Blog - Boston Game Jam
Max
Technical Director, Unknown Worlds Entertainment Join Date: 2002-03-15 Member: 318Super Administrators, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, NS2 Developer, Constellation, Subnautica Developer, Pistachionauts, Future Perfect Developer
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/me goes to try it out.
<img src="http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/4834/greatsuccessmc6.png" border="0" alt="IPB Image" />
20 seconds after i posted that image
<img src="http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/4512/notsogreatsuccesszf6.png" border="0" alt="IPB Image" />
"We are the evil Spaceships, we come to stay!"
Edit: IRC log reveals all.
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><Dirtie> my "city of earth" has 0.00 reproduction :(
<Dirtie> but like 10 spaceships
<Dirtie> TIME FOR WAR
<Dirtie> DIVIDE THE MASSES
<Dirtie> MUAHAHAHA
<anon> no reproduction and you're going to war?
<anon> hope you win
<Dirtie> EXCELLENT
<Dirtie> but theyre reproducting now
<Dirtie> cos theyre not spread so far out
<anon> :D
<Dirtie> technology war between green and yellow
<Dirtie> uh oh pink is getting jealous
<Dirtie> yup it happened
<Dirtie> green attacked yellow
<Dirtie> uh oh
<Dirtie> a faction of green split up
<Dirtie> into greenish-yellow
<Dirtie> goodbye berlin wall
<Dirtie> lol
<Dirtie> i have two guys
<Dirtie> sitting in a tiny country
<Dirtie> with negative 15 knowledge
<Dirtie> yet they have a spaceship :(
<Dirtie> DUN LET DEM HICKS NEAR DAT SPACESHIP
<Dirtie> time for them all to die methinks
<anon> drowning time?
<Dirtie> HAHAHAHA GREEN
<Dirtie> YOUR ARROGANCE HAS COST YOU
<Dirtie> i have 3 surviving people on the face of the earth
<Dirtie> AND ONLY 94% COOPERATION
<Dirtie> YOU DO NOT DESERVE LIFE
<Dirtie> :O
<Dirtie> now only one
<Dirtie> hes not even 100%
<Dirtie> only 99
<Dirtie> i have lost faith in humanity
<Dirtie> WTH
<Dirtie> HE REPRODUCED SOMEHOW
<Dirtie> how does 1 become 7 :/
<Dirtie> HOORAY
<Dirtie> THE WORLD IS DEAD
<Dirtie> i think i might just try and grow trees now
<anon> damn
<anon> spinning the earth doesnt kill them all :[<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
When we get more free time (when is that going to happen?) I think it would be great to do ultra-small games like this frequently to keep us on our toes and trying new things. I also like the idea of switching roles on small titles like this, so I could do art, you could do design (or music?), etc. I think we would gain a lot of appreciation for the work of others as well as insight into how the different elements contribute to the overall experience.
Congrats to Max and everyone else at the Indie Game Jam (many old friends/bosses/coworkers were there!). Nice job!
Sounds interesting, though!
-Ryan!
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
-- Voltaire
Speed coding ftw.
Awsome little game <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/asrifle.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="::asrifle::" border="0" alt="asrifle.gif" />
teacher even gets in on it
In the end I left it and came back to find every 'country' completely littered with meteroites <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />
I had 3 nations with tons of ships and 2 who just kept shooting at stuff. I I marged them into 2 nations, but that caused even more shooting. So I just merged the whole word, right to the edge. Winnar!
Back on track: Addictive game, maybe not as much as NS, but very fun none the less. Like Flayra said, you guys should make more of these mini games (maybe sell them too or put them on Xbox Live Arcade <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" /> to help with funds).
<b>Some maybe useful tips:</b>
- More people together = More knowledge = More reproduction = Less cooperation
- Less people together = Less knowledge = Less reproduction = More cooperation
- More knowledge for 1 nation = More bombs to other nations
More to come?
*Goes back to playing to discover there are 2 dudes left*
I wish I could play...
-Sheepe