continue development...?
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Apprentice
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written Wednesday, October 29 2003 13:23
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based entirely on and only on screenshots  do you guys think I should continue to develop (or rather update would be more appropriate). My old RPG.. I ask here cause well, most of you are RPG fans.. so why not.. you can view some old screenshots of my game here . I got it to a point of being around 65-70% finished.. but it was learning experience.. and thus I kept re-writing it... eventually destroying any motivation I had to work on it.. but I have recently wanted to go back and update it for OS X and use more advanced technology, like OpenGL, CoreAudio etc... that comes with OS X.. thoughts? look cool? or should I crawl back to that hole I used to live in  Hank- Aka: Loki -------------------- My game will be out soon!...... no really it will! Posts: 9 | Registered: Wednesday, June 11 2003 07:00 |
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Post Navel Trauma ^_^
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written Wednesday, October 29 2003 13:57
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I say release it, and if you can't be bothered, release the source. -------------------- Grammar wenches beware: This is the house that the malt that the rat that the cat that the dog that the cow that the maiden that the man that the priest that the cock that the farmer kept waked married kissed milked tossed worried killed ate lay in. My Website desperance.net - Leave your sanity at the door Posts: 1798 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Wednesday, October 29 2003 14:13
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I agree. If it's in a vaguely usable version, certainly upload it. You may find the programming more interesting with others playing it, and even that more inspiration comes from hearing others' comments. Certainly it looks very good from the screenshots! -E- -------------------- Let them eat cake! Polaris Boards: The System is Up. Perennially. Posts: 2314 | Registered: Tuesday, January 15 2002 08:00 |
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Babelicious
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written Wednesday, October 29 2003 15:07
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I second what Khoth said. -------------------- You are my precious thing Thing of speed and beauty, You are my precious thing As long as you remain beneath me -- Big Black Posts: 999 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Wednesday, October 29 2003 16:31
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Release it, it looks rad... (Too bad it's for Mac though...) [ Wednesday, October 29, 2003 16:37: Message edited by: --Troubled queen-- ] -------------------- GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY TOMATO! Posts: 367 | Registered: Sunday, December 23 2001 08:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Wednesday, October 29 2003 17:21
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I had always planned on porting it to PC and if I use OpenGL as the graphics system.. then it will be much easier... I think after this semester of school finishes I will begin work on it. -------------------- My game will be out soon!...... no really it will! Posts: 9 | Registered: Wednesday, June 11 2003 07:00 |
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Babelicious
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written Wednesday, October 29 2003 19:20
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Where'd you get the tiles? They're pretty nice. -------------------- You are my precious thing Thing of speed and beauty, You are my precious thing As long as you remain beneath me -- Big Black Posts: 999 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Wednesday, October 29 2003 20:15
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It does look very nice. If you do end up updating this for OSX, please try to also release your old version, or retool it if you wish, for us OS9 and earlier folks. [ Wednesday, October 29, 2003 20:17: Message edited by: Stughalf ] -------------------- "Let a man find himself, in distinction from others, on top of two wheels with a chain- at least in a poor country like Russia- and his vanity begins to swell out like his tires. In America it takes an automobile to produce this effect."- Leon Trotsky Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Wednesday, October 29 2003 21:11
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All the tiles I made on my own, well a few are from some free sets, but even those I went and did some pixel editing to make everything fit properly.. And if I were to do an OS X I would definately see what I could about an OS 9 version.. if there is any interest for one.. as it stands right now, I would like to concentrate all my development on OS X since there are a lot of things in OS 9 I would have to write by hand... and OS 9 users would net get OpenGL graphics. Right now I have a fairly complete build for OS 9, I mean there are a alot of bug fixes and things that do not work, but I can work from that and make something out of it. OpenGL allows me to a lot of things with the game in the future, allows me to support 3D models easier and will have better performance, and scaleable resolutions. But I shall what I can do. If you would like to try out a build of the old OS 9 version please email at: muffinking@rogers.com and I can send you a build. Hank- PS: the only tiles that are not mine are from the only OS X screenshot.. I riped them from another game for testing purposes only too see how they would look. -------------------- My game will be out soon!...... no really it will! Posts: 9 | Registered: Wednesday, June 11 2003 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Wednesday, October 29 2003 23:24
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quote:If you want to make porting even easier, you might want to go with SDL instead. It's already been ported to quite a number of systems, so for the most part your code should be portable without many changes. It handles video, audio, events, etc. And you can use OpenGL with it. [ Wednesday, October 29, 2003 23:26: Message edited by: Frobozz ] Posts: 117 | Registered: Friday, November 2 2001 08:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Thursday, October 30 2003 08:44
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Port it to PC and I'll download and play it ASAP. -------------------- - The Great Mister Posts: 972 | Registered: Tuesday, October 28 2003 08:00 |
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Master Jeweller
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written Friday, October 31 2003 02:35
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I'm curious if by 70% finished you mean whether the engine is nearly finished, or the game data is nearly finished, or both. I believe what you're writing has potential. In my experience 95% of all game designers on the internet are just plain bad and this game certainly is not. It looks pretty good and you seem to know what you're doing and have put a lot of work in there. However the game could be improved by adding a class or two, three, and some wizard spells that aren't just variations on a damaging theme. -------------------- Freude, schöner Götterfunken, Tochter aus Elysium, Wir betreten feuertrunken, Himmlische, dein Heilighthum! Deine Zauber binden wieder, was die Mode streng getheilt, Alle Menschen werden Brüder, wo dein sanfter Flügel weilt. Pieter Simoons aka Radiant Official Crystal Shard and SubTerra webpage Posts: 798 | Registered: Monday, December 17 2001 08:00 |