It’s been a productive week! The difference in the feel of the game between last week and this week is pretty astronomically huge, which is awesome because I spent at least half my time on non-AVWW business stuff this week. That means future weeks will go even faster — but I digress. Here’s the new…
This one packs a fair number of tweaks. It lets you bind mouse buttons beyond the first two, which is a handy new feature for players with a lot of mouse buttons. The core triangle ships have seen some balance tuning after much discussion with players, as have reclamators and guardians. It’s nothing that fundamentally…
It’s a balancing act, with your own strength on one side, and the AI’s opinion of you on the other. Piss it off before you’re ready to face it, and you’re going to get squashed. That moment, when you’re finally in a position to turn the tables, is about as glorious as gaming gets. –…
The Light of the Spire Expansion Arcen Games is proud to announce AI War: Light of the Spire, the game’s biggest expansion ever, is out now for PC and Mac on Steam. To celebrate, the base game will go for 50% off and the new add-on 10% off on Valve’s digital distribution platform until February…
We have another sizable interview on A Valley Without Wind to pass along. Chris and I got together with James Murff of BigDownload to chat about Arcen and our upcoming game in detail. Topics touched upon include world-building, comparisons to other titles, pre-order plans and more. Also packed with the feature are some exclusive screens…
So! It’s been less than a week, and a lot has changed. I’ll start by showing the latest footage of the game: The reaction to last week’s video and screens was mostly positive, particularly when folks saw shots reflecting the actual in-game resolution, but there were common concerns about the buildings, the character’s running animation,…
It’s been argued that there is no such thing as “original” music anymore. That everything you hear on the radio, films, games, commercials, musicals… all of it is just a recycled revision of something already written. This copycat theory is incredibly troubling for me as a composer because I’ve dedicated my life to writing, and…
Chris recently sat down with RPS’s Phill Cameron for a nice and extensive two-part interview on all things A Valley Without Wind. There are new details and a lot more in-depth explanation on the features we talked about in our recent announcement. The pieces contain a couple of new screenshots put together exclusively for the…
Figured out a lot of stuff today for improving the art, and actually improved the framerate massively while I was at it. See above, and click for the fullsized screenshot (from the Unity Editor) if you like. Instead of rendering quite so many short, tame grasses, I’ve taken the original renderings that I did and…
This was originally posted in a comment thread over at Gamers With Jobs, but I’ve been meaning to talk about the art pipeline for A Valley Without Wind for a while over here, too. So here we go! For those curious on how I’m doing the art, it’s a pretty huge pipeline: – Characters and…
