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…
DetailsSo! 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,…
DetailsIt’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…
DetailsChris 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…
DetailsFigured 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…
DetailsThis 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…
Details[Cary, NC] — February 4, 2011 — Arcen Games, developer of the cult classic and ever-evolving space strategy game AI War: Fleet Command, is excited to announce its third full title A Valley Without Wind, a procedurally-generated action-adventure game coming this year to PC and Mac. AVWW is a complete departure from what Arcen has previously…
DetailsAs of February 3rd, 2011, we have so far raised and donated $14,798.42! We missed our 2010 goal by about $4,000, but less than a month later we made it! Most of the money earned by our games is actually paid on “net 30” or “net 60” terms to us, meaning that the money that…
DetailsVersion 5.0 is out most places (not yet Steam, but that’s coming) along with the latest massive expansion, Light of the Spire. This is a big milestone! And you might notice that the next expansion isn’t due until late this year at the earliest. So what happens in the meantime? Well, our take on the…
DetailsSo I promised a first screenshot on Friday, didn’t I? How foolish of me. Not only did the release of AI War 5.0 / Light of the Spire take longer than expected, but also we ran into some issues with the art that have set us back some. It turns out that a purely tile-based…
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