2010-05-24, 07:46 PM
Hey Guys, been busy, and look for changes to www.fallenbytheway.com this week, I am revamping my site to reflect my changes....and working on a new mytrosia links ....... to ben, Remember story is great, gameplay is vital, but eye candy in 2010 IS A MUST.Even if it is simple as better textures, or using better software to make your models.....Or even simple bump maps.... Even gamesbuiding for dummies says so. The following is a quote from thier book...........
Using old technology
We're not all millionaires, but using old technology and old ways doesn't pay. Try to keep up-to-date as much as possible. Even if you can't afford to get the latest C/C++ compiler or the best 3-D modeler, at least you know that they exist. Maybe you can ask the company for a demo version or an evaluation unit. However, all excuses aside, game development is a high-tech business, and you have to be as up-to-date as possible."
Read more: https://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/a...z0os9EBrS9
That being said WE ARE ALL using an old engine so there is only so much we can do, however I told you that by using blender you can make way better models and have better basic feel for you SoM based game.The advice worked right so by taking a few extra minutes and adding 24 bit textures instead of 256 color ones, adding "bumps" to your models... it makes the best use of old tech, to intice NEW players to want to play our games...... However you roll your way, I roll mine....your customs look great the way they are so if that works for you, then roll with them...Trust me when I knew FBTW was going to be way subpar on the SoM engine I killed it as an som game.....and used all my months of work to construct another game, I feel that I made the right choice, after all FBTW is for my brother and best freind whom commited suicide, so it has to rock even if it takes years to complete, however my love for SoM , has made me want to use all that I have invested in it, and use the skills and TOOLS I learn for other projects... I write this because, I feel that you are questioning my "gameplay" and saying that "your game might look good but but will it play or have a good story" rest assured I have spent as much time comming up with my story and unique ideas as I have my pretty models, so much, that it is why it takes so long, I am a one man team as well... And I am making a web site to support my games as well, and I have a wife 3 kids, and a 45 plus a week job......... soccor practice, and I still put 6 hours a day to my SoM.... so don't tell me about , time.. One last thing to quote "Tom Hanks" in the Movie "A Leauge of thier own"..........When the co owner of the team came to him and said"Did you have to scatch your balls' for the last hour of the game?"..Tom, Looked up and said...."Anything worth doing, is worth doing right"............Nuff said....................ML
Using old technology
We're not all millionaires, but using old technology and old ways doesn't pay. Try to keep up-to-date as much as possible. Even if you can't afford to get the latest C/C++ compiler or the best 3-D modeler, at least you know that they exist. Maybe you can ask the company for a demo version or an evaluation unit. However, all excuses aside, game development is a high-tech business, and you have to be as up-to-date as possible."
Read more: https://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/a...z0os9EBrS9
That being said WE ARE ALL using an old engine so there is only so much we can do, however I told you that by using blender you can make way better models and have better basic feel for you SoM based game.The advice worked right so by taking a few extra minutes and adding 24 bit textures instead of 256 color ones, adding "bumps" to your models... it makes the best use of old tech, to intice NEW players to want to play our games...... However you roll your way, I roll mine....your customs look great the way they are so if that works for you, then roll with them...Trust me when I knew FBTW was going to be way subpar on the SoM engine I killed it as an som game.....and used all my months of work to construct another game, I feel that I made the right choice, after all FBTW is for my brother and best freind whom commited suicide, so it has to rock even if it takes years to complete, however my love for SoM , has made me want to use all that I have invested in it, and use the skills and TOOLS I learn for other projects... I write this because, I feel that you are questioning my "gameplay" and saying that "your game might look good but but will it play or have a good story" rest assured I have spent as much time comming up with my story and unique ideas as I have my pretty models, so much, that it is why it takes so long, I am a one man team as well... And I am making a web site to support my games as well, and I have a wife 3 kids, and a 45 plus a week job......... soccor practice, and I still put 6 hours a day to my SoM.... so don't tell me about , time.. One last thing to quote "Tom Hanks" in the Movie "A Leauge of thier own"..........When the co owner of the team came to him and said"Did you have to scatch your balls' for the last hour of the game?"..Tom, Looked up and said...."Anything worth doing, is worth doing right"............Nuff said....................ML