Comments on: Game development is tedious, let’s go shopping!

By: jordy

jordy — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:08:58 +0000

LOL ^^, that’s so old, that was back in the 19th century, now, 2 centuries ahead, it’s all about making money, and making it quick. I’ll advise you to do the same…;p. OK, you’re right, I wish it where those times again, and I can nothing but commend you for taking your time.

Captcha; Daniels

By: checker

checker — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:36:20 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSs6DcA6dFI

By: XJ123

XJ123 — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:31:34 +0000

So, the game is coming out in 2 years? IT BETTER BE GOOD! Lol, jk. Do your best! =)

By: jd

jd — Wed, 12 May 2010 01:40:29 +0000

Looks cool so far, chris! Let me know if you need a greek letter tester.

Hope you can still convert to negative-Y-forward before it’s too late.
And what’s so hard about writing an IK solver? :)

By: RobKohr

RobKohr — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:07:33 +0000

Yep, Y is only up in flatlands (or in basic geometry text books).

By: checker

checker — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:43:59 +0000

Of course I remember you, and I’m going to try to post more development stuff!

By: Flux

Flux — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 06:13:06 +0000

Hey Chris we’ve worked together before you probably won’t remember me, was an intern at Spore at the time. VERY happy to see someone tackle this game idea, I think it’s brilliant. It’s funny how difficult the entire process can be, from bones to rigging / skinning then getting the game code to understand everything, doing this traditionally. And that’s before you ever get to testing and playing it. It really makes me feel like I’m not alone when doing these tasks solo, the same way you’ve been working. Thanks for writing these posts, love watching other developers in their process as already it’s a time consuming task documenting it on top of designing / animating / coding!

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 01:26:43 +0000

Thanks very much for answering the questions,
Also, PLEASE post some sort of video-gameplay and more screenshots :)

-Alex

By: checker

checker — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 21:34:36 +0000

> what standard are you hoping to achieve?

Well, I’d like to make SpyParty what I call a “AAA Indie” game, so think of the level of polish of games like Braid, Castle Crashers, World of Goo, and Flower, as examples. I don’t know what the final aesthetic is going to be, but I’m pretty sure it won’t be “realistic”, because I don’t want to fall headfirst into the Uncanny Valley. Plus, I don’t have 200 people working on the game. :) So, something stylish but achievable at a high level of polish with a small passionate team.

> what do you think will take up most of your time in order to complete this? :)

Well, mental-energy-wise it’s going to be the game design. The problem with doing something different is there isn’t a map to travel by. But, actual wall-clock time, it always seems to be code, on big or small teams. We’ll see…

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:22:26 +0000

You say you’ll be working on the graphics, to what standard are you hoping to achieve?
Also, what do you think will take up most of your time in order to complete this? :)

-Alex