Last weekend I had a few of my friends work on a game that we started from scratch and brought through to a state of completion. A lot of the ideas were things we had been discussing for a while, but the concrete plans came into being during that 3 day period. If you want to see what we made, the game can be downloaded or you can play it in a browser (assuming you install the right plugins). For the record, the title of the game is Wizard Fight Race 7II, and the number should be pronounced "seventy-two".
If you download and try it and want to provide any feedback, feel free to send me messages at my twitter account, @cordoro1, and I'll try to get back to you when I can. I feel like this experience was something that I needed and that it helped me remember how fun it can be to rapidly prototype a game when using the right programming environment. We used Unity as our game engine, which we had barely touched before we started this project. I'm impressed with how much we got done, despite the fact that the game might feel a little unfinished (the whole thing was done by only 2 programmers/designers in 72 hours).
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Diablo 3 Release Date
I'm super excited and just needed to mention that Diablo 3 finally has a release date. It'll be out on May 15, 2012. For proof, here's a twitter post. That is a time that works extremely well for me, meaning that I might actually get to play it a fair amount when it comes out.
Also, I'm happy they decided to remove PVP from the game at least at launch. I think that the best thing for a game like Diablo would be to maybe allow PVP but completely ignore it and just let players do whatever they think is best. If they allow PVP balance to affect the main part of the game, then they will be doing a huge disservice to the players that actually wanted to play the game.
Also, I'm happy they decided to remove PVP from the game at least at launch. I think that the best thing for a game like Diablo would be to maybe allow PVP but completely ignore it and just let players do whatever they think is best. If they allow PVP balance to affect the main part of the game, then they will be doing a huge disservice to the players that actually wanted to play the game.
Games Made in a Weekend
I think the development of a game from scratch in a very short time is an interesting way for new ideas to end up as games. If you're interested in checking one out, take a look at https://sites.google.com/site/72hourgame/
There should be more content appearing there shortly.
There should be more content appearing there shortly.
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