take your time josh. i rather wait for a full great game than a half baked one. this looks great and i hope you guys can deliver the game this year
Thanks guys this is great. As far as development its in a workable state now but i want it to be as good as possible so improving and improving. Ill only announce a release date once the game is finished and submitted. As for water planets It sounds like plunderland built into prevail lol. Don't know if it will be in but i might experiment. Though bare in mind at the moment I have no illustrator and am working with the graphics I have. If the launch goes well ill be able to add new content when I can hire an illustrator. Hope this answers your questions. Theres tons of fun to be had playing around with the AI in the game, given the various emotional states etc. This can only really be experienced by playing the game and experimenting. Hope you all have fun once its out
I've got a couple of questions if you don't mind How does space travel work? How do you travel between planets and then between solar systems? Is planet to planet the same as in some of the earlier vids with a screen where you choose which planet to go to?
You can just fly around with no restrictions. The map is just to leave markers so you know which way to travel to reach a certain planet. Hold a direction on the joystick and the spaceship will turn in that direction. At the moment the game only generates one galaxy but I can easily make it create more. Its fun finding a spaceship that can fly fast enough to reach other galaxies so will make more for sure, maybe ill implement that tomorrow.
A thought and some praise Water planet or not, I'm amazed at the amount of detail. It's an procedurally generated map of planets that has dynamic AI in the palm of your hand. I'm not a mobile gamer by choice BUT I am a hard core gamer that moved to mobile and I can't be more thrilled to watch this. This and horizon chase has my wallet and my heart. I know you've been through a lot, your partner leaving, your family issues and the two year hiatus but you've come back even stronger than ever and I can't be more appreciative. Thank you
Sounds great! How many levels of zoom are there on the map? Galaxy > Sector > Solar System or something like that?
Why thank you for your kind words, very much appreciated I used to be a hardcore gamer too, mostly fps on the pc when I was a teenager. I still play the odd game on consoles when something exciting is released. Also cool you recognise the complexity going on, I think mobile has a lot of potential for more complex but easy to access games, its fun making more advanced games but it sure took me a while but I learnt a lot from the process.
Hehe yes theres a lot of potential for updates! I like the idea of a water planet, its fun making dynamic water. Then fish and things would be nice to add
Multiple Galaxies I have multiple galaxies spawning with planets in This would take a while to explore each planet that exists here. This is just one generation, A different seed number and the results would change.
What else is there in the game? I mean, you generate a universe through a seed, explore galaxies and planets, cool... And the objective? Is there a high score chase? A "find as many alien races as possible"? Or is it just as in Topia, where there's no real objective and you just enjoy exploring/creating/destroying? I've really, really liked what I've seen in the videos, but I didn't see scores, treasures found nor anything objective-oriented. Since you talk about "explore each planet that exists", I guess that at least you have an objective in mind, right? In any case, it's sooooo nice to be able to dream again with this game
You can mine resources to make money and spend in shops on equipment. Thats the only real score system in the game, the fun comes from playing with the various ai creations and vehicles. There are lots of ways to play with peoples emotions etc and have funny events occur. The game remembers every hole, item, vehicle, person, animal etc so when you return to a planet it still contains everything you left there. Originally there was a story mode but thats been scrapped since I can't complete it on my own. Of course there will be updates assuming the game does well enough and will listen to peoples feedback. There are "events" in the game such as planet attacks, transportation, space battles, meteor showers etc that happen to give the game life. Also you can do taxi missions lol You can chose to save the kind alien races and spend your time interacting and creating happiness or go around ruling the galaxy depending on your point of view.
Sounds good to me! Any chance of another vid? I really want to see movement between galaxies, space battles, some vehicles and a variety of equipment
Hey Josh, can you cook the meat of the animals you hunt? Also , can you sell the hides for money as well? I just saw the video where your guy made friends with the animals and then killed them. I just wondered if there was more to it. Thanks
Thanks a lot everyone Ill do another video at some point, will think about what to show in it. Thing is I want some of the content to be a surprise so don't want to show too much off
This is a great idea. And there are more rare animals and you get more money for them. Also what about bounties? I'm sure they are implemented but that's a great way to earn cash in an open world game!
