[Koji]

Ken had a good thing going with SF.... then he decided to make it better and better and better and... well now it'll never come out...

HEED MY WORDS KEN, SIMPLIFY OR DIE. D:

[asiekierka]

It should be Starflight MZX Forever.
or "If ever."

[Risu2112]

lets team up for chronoflight

[Frobozz]

Or how about these combinations...

Koji + Logicow = Chronosaur
Ken + Logicow = Dinoflight

[Dr Lancer-X]

'Chronosaur' is an awesome name, but that pairing would never happen. Not even in slash fanfic.

[Koji]

hrrrm.... could be an interesting idea though... I mean we all know I'm better at planning things than doing them... and logicow is good at making stuff FAST... why with our combined efforts... we might actually make a memorable game!! D:

[Risu2112]

Excuse me, this thread only supports hybrid games that have my project in them, so unless your talking about chronoflight or starsaur take it outside.

[Risu2112]

Rebalancing shields again, shield management will be much better and now have more to do about tactical choices than just button mashing. Basically you're not going to be able to transfer shields any more, just reinforce shield arcs that reduces incoming damage to this arc. It's of course much more complicated than that but it's a bit confusing to explain as I'm still thinking out the details ^^

[Risu2112]

Tons more work done today, added in a lot of key elements to the combat engine, most of the painful stuff has already been done. Hope to have the engine finished off this weekend. Once I'm satisfied with the polish I will almost certainly re release it for you all to play around with! If you loved the old engine you're gonna go nuts for this one, if you didn't like the old one well then to hell with you, I think there was only one or two people like that any way. =p

The only downside to this progress wave is that there will be something of a trickle down effect to the other engines, I've standardized a lot of counters that now need to be corrected in other parts of the game, random encounters are going to be completely changed (for the better). And the displays on the H-space and star system boards needs to be fixed up to reflect the new changes. At this time I have no intention of extending the pixel perfect renovations to other aspects of the game, the benefit really just isn't there, and it would never work without radical changes to how it's set up right now any way.

Pretty sure this is the last significant revision of the engines that I'll be making

ha ha ha ha ha

[Kakita]

Can I get of a copy of this? Sounds pretty cool to me.

[Risu2112]

Kakita, on Jun 4 2007, 10:00 PM, said:

Can I get of a copy of this? Sounds pretty cool to me.

As soon as I have one ready!

Seriously though there will probably be another tech demo/beta to show off the new combat engine and receive any bug reports, You might expect to see that as soon as a week or two.

[Risu2112]

Make sure to check out the demo that was just uploaded to the new game releases forum!

[Csonicgo]

I did. It ain't workin' for me, either. Maybe it's my computer, I don't know. I win before I even move. nice, but, that isn't right.

[Risu2112]

Make sure you are using mzx2.81c or higher. Other than that the only thing that could cause this is NOT having all of the support files for the demo, (for example the text files) redownload and make sure you have them.

[Padz]

I've just played your combat demo and i am outstanded in the detail and fluidity of the ship! The way it all works together with shields, speed and weapons and energy is all just perfect. I am really impressed, if you ever release the full game it will probally be the best mzx game ever made.

Keep up the great work. Please!

[Risu2112]

LeDgEnD, on Jun 29 2007, 06:28 AM, said:

I've just played your combat demo and i am outstanded in the detail and fluidity of the ship! The way it all works together with shields, speed and weapons and energy is all just perfect. I am really impressed, if you ever release the full game it will probally be the best mzx game ever made.

Keep up the great work. Please!

Glad you liked it. I'm still working on some rebalancing, nothing major though. Personal problems are going to add a slight delay on, roommates bailed out, moving to a new house, got dumped hard core etc.

[Risu2112]

Starting tomorrow I won't be homeless any more!

Expecting quite a bit of progress coming up =D

[Elig]

This is surely going to be as awesome as Demon Earth. I mean dear god, this game has been in development for like YEARS, and every demo has been awesome.

[Risu2112]

Glad you liked it, constructive criticism is always welcome, I changed my mind about the balance changes, they are probably going to be very significant, mostly revolving around the players weapons, still not sure EXACTLY how I want to fix them, but the problem I'm having right now is that the cannon seems to be mostly worthless and doesn't scale well on the upgrades. Any suggestions would be welcome, the rebalance would probably significantly change all of the players weapons.

[asiekierka]

could you just RELEASE IT?

[Risu2112]

asiekierka, on Sep 1 2007, 10:32 AM, said:

could you just RELEASE IT?

I did just release the demo.

[asiekierka]

I mean, the full game! It's OVER 6 years!

[Risu2112]

The full game has almost no content, there wouldn't be much to do at all.

[steel_dragoon]

Well now that the game engine is primarily done (am I right?) will you start working on adding content to the game?

[Lachesis]

asiekierka, on Sep 1 2007, 10:34 AM, said:

I mean, the full game! It's OVER 6 years!

Ken: I look forward to new content! :D

assie: relese AiL 32140184.712 MK 35.6 NAU PLAZdsf!!r

[asiekierka]

I'm planning to release a game 1 bit better than AiL. That bit is "title".

ASIE`RANDOMNESS!

[Risu2112]

steel_dragoon, on Sep 2 2007, 09:02 PM, said:

Well now that the game engine is primarily done (am I right?) will you start working on adding content to the game?

Thats the idea.. except the engines has been "mostly" done for years now.
Still hung up on balance issues at the moment, a couple of engines aren't quite finished, the planet surface board needs tileset support still which is quite a bit of work.

Basically the problem I'm having is I get huge diminishing returns on my time invested on each engine, 90% functionality takes a few days, 90-98% takes a few weeks and 98-100% takes a few months ;_;

EDIT: Also, I'm hoping to pass content development out to other people as much as possible. :3

This post has been edited by Risu2112: 04 September 2007 - 06:02 AM

[Risu2112]

wooo! balance changes!

*weapon ranges were all reduced around 10%
*weapon firing rates were increased around 30%
*weapon "holding" energy costs were reduced by about 50%
*weapon charging energy costs were slightly increased to scale with the now shorter recharge times.
*Cannons now deal 1+(level of cannon) damage 4 times, roughly doubling the damage of the weapon, total ammo increased slightly. (ex: class 2 cannon deals 3 damage 4 times, class 5 cannon deals 6 damage 4 times) Previously cannons did 2 damage at all levels, and the number of shots was equal to the level of the cannon
*Missile damage was cut in half, but now all missile damage that penetrates shields is applied to ALL sectors of the ship greatly increasing the potential damage of the weapon, this means if your class 2 (10 damage) missile hits a 4 sectored enemy with full shields, you deal 10 damage to the shield arc you hit. If you hold off till you knock down the targets shield, the same missile would do 40 damage (10 to each sector) of the enemy ship.
*Missile speed increased from 10 to 12

Said changes have significantly increased the damage potential of the players ship, all the while providing you with some better tactical options in a fight.

Shields still need some changes, not 100% sure how I'll be handling that just yet.

Also sectors now flash rapidly after receiving damage making weapons fire all the more visually satisfying. Said change also makes it a lot more obvious that your weapons are being effective.

Wervyn is still attached to develop content for the game, so if you all want to see the finished product sooner put the pressure on him! haha
Seriously though, brainstorming sessions HAVE produced some pretty interesting angles to take the game in that I'm pretty excited about.

This post has been edited by Risu2112: 13 September 2007 - 06:48 PM

[Risu2112]

I'm considering rather than porting the new robotic to the old space/system screens and disabling the pixel sensitive stuff, I might just be better off expanding on the combat screen and integrating system and space travel into it, retaining pixelperfectness as well as just making the game far more seamless. Some cosmetic compromises will have to be made for said port to be successful, (namely the physical size of stars and planets while in space would be greatly reduced) I'll be reviewing my options and determining if this is the best way to move forward or not.

[Elig]

Risu2112, on Oct 19 2007, 10:20 PM, said:

I'm considering rather than porting the new robotic to the old space/system screens and disabling the pixel sensitive stuff, I might just be better off expanding on the combat screen and integrating system and space travel into it, retaining pixelperfectness as well as just making the game far more seamless. Some cosmetic compromises will have to be made for said port to be successful, (namely the physical size of stars and planets while in space would be greatly reduced) I'll be reviewing my options and determining if this is the best way to move forward or not.

I think it sounds like a good idea depending on how much work it would be.