General update
Submitted by Earok on Sat, 10/10/2009 - 21:42
Yikes, over a month has past since I last made an update on the site! I'll try to get back into the swing of posting content more often.
The main thing I have been doing is still working away on this mystery Drupal project (I think I should be able to announce it soon, but for now you will have to take my word for it that it is big). But, as far as game development goes.. I haven't done anything at all.
I still don't really have any time or passion for game development at the moment, so I have decided to not work on any game projects for the rest of the year (Except for giving a hand with a mate's BlitzMax project) and just focus on refining my Drupal knowledge.
I do have a rough plan for getting into game development next year though, which is to port Blow Stuff Up to C++ from January to March, and spend the rest of the year developing something bigger (Probably a ground-up rebuild of Derelict in C++, though I'm quite keen to do a FPS Mecha game or a Metroidvania-styled remake of the Kiwi's Tale)
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My aim is to make a RTS.. I still have my TBS, no one wants to play. :(
http://www.arran4.com/node/6
A Metrovania style game would be cool to work on. Lots of art assets though.
http://gaming.wikia.com/wiki/Metroidvania
So it's like the rogue-like game for the Scroller? Sounds interesting. How would you make it? (Any example games?)
Well, the best freeware example of a Metroidvania game is Cave Story, though Cave Story uses a central hub system where you get to levels from a village, whereas my hypothetical game would be more labyrinth like (The original Metroid may be a better example)
@JoshuaSmyth yeah, art assets would be a pain, though we did produce a fair few for the Kiwi's Tale in only three months somehow.
@Arran4 do you think that the fact that 'ranbenchamaitbs' has a weird name, as well as the fact that you need to be a programmer to play it, has anything to do with the fact no one is playing it?
Ok will check out Cave Story.. Perhaps on the Wii once I get the classic Nes controller!
Weird name.. I have no idea what you are talking about. :P To be honest I wouldn't play it if you didn't have to be a programmer to play it.