Game_tester Posted June 6, 2012 Posted June 6, 2012 What about this ideas .. ?Some ideas for engine - any news ?
Game_tester Posted June 6, 2012 Posted June 6, 2012 Game of 1999 year ...but current mechanics of Xenonauts is worse than in this game ... Now 2012 ... form ja2 & 1999 gone 13 years !!! Game mechanics in Xenonauts must be minimum as here ... (or better) [video=youtube;P2T1kKgfh5E]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=P2T1kKgfh5E#! [video=youtube;4G0mn_moQ9s]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G0mn_moQ9s&hd=1 any news ?
szmf7v Posted June 7, 2012 Posted June 7, 2012 Just a thought for a last minute up the pledge idea. Currently you can only name your own soldier and have your own picture for those of us that have contributed enough. A low cost (as opposed to having more pics done) would be to be able to name other soldiers/nationalities. Thus players could play with their family members, friends, or worst enemies (someone has to be the guy [or now gal] that draws fire) even if they were not computer gamers. This would essentially just be adding names/nationalities into the database. After lying in bed in a hotel room thinking about this for a while I came up with the following. What about with an additional commitment of $50 you can name another soldier/nationaity (within naming conventions). Currently there is big jumps between the 200 and 500 mark and the 500 and 1000 mark with little gain. I know for me to go from 500 to 1000 would be hard to justify but 500 to 550 or 600 to have my wife and ex girlfriend as troops in my squad would definately be do-able. Neither of which play computer games so would not be plaing one of my additional copies or comiting money to the kickstarter. I'll let you guess which one I have walking into a room 1st t is occupied by a gang of aliens. This would make reasonable steps up from the 150 mark for very little resources. Also the people that have comited at least 150 have already shown a good comitment to the project and willingness to front up the cash. This is not to discount the comitment and dedication of all fans of the project who have comited time and money.
Gorlom Posted June 7, 2012 Posted June 7, 2012 szmf7v: You are aware that you can effectively rename soldiers by changing their callsigns right? Submitting other people for ingame soldier names sounds a bit iffy imo.
szmf7v Posted June 7, 2012 Posted June 7, 2012 Yes, but there is a huge difference from "Hey I know that guy" to "I think I'll name that guy..." Hey but I'm open... Bring something out to make me spend more money ;-)
ender101 Posted June 7, 2012 Posted June 7, 2012 (edited) any news ? Yes you're comparing apples to oranges JA series was made by a large studio with a large budget = apple Small team of indie developers with, with shoe string budget = orange If it makes you feel any better as far as homages to XCOM...this game is waaay better graphically than other recent market offerings... Such as: http://ufo.ufo-extraterrestrials.com/ close, but horrible stilted animations, , missing key features, weak sauce all around see below http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul-2PYpjDYQ UFO Series http://www.ufo-aftermath.com/pages/headquarters.html Also poor graphics overall, not even close gameplay wise, completely misses the feel of the original, and missing tons of the features in this game Now comes Xenonauts with a reto feel for sure, but all the depth and feel of the original, plus many new small touches and improvements. It nails the essense of what make the original so great, and looks much better than decent with what resorces they had to work with! However if you are looking for are STILL looking for a flashy bright glossy apple, you might want to stop looking in the tasty orange bin... Edited June 7, 2012 by ender101
Kilrathi Posted June 7, 2012 Posted June 7, 2012 Almost to $125k and the stretch goal! Let's make a real push here and see if we can generate enough buzz to hit $140k or $150k in the final push... time to use Twitter, mention it on forums, etc. Three more days to go, so let's see what we can do to make a great final push!
thothkins Posted June 7, 2012 Posted June 7, 2012 like a sad e-bay sniper, my pledge takes us over the $125k mark. Yay! Too much to hope for the Soviet tile set in 3 days?
Commissar Pancakes Posted June 7, 2012 Posted June 7, 2012 Bumped mine up to $85 (added another $10). And there goes my spending money for the month...
jamoecw Posted June 9, 2012 Posted June 9, 2012 dithering isn't in yet, still on the list of things to do. no news on the other stuff that i can think of. @ender101 - the things he is talking about is dithering, multitile overlays, and climbing. dithering as i said is pretty much on the things to do (keeping track of your guy when he is behind a wall), multitile overlays are pretty common for 2D engines, it was even around when xcom was made (xcom used it for the explosion animations, several jrpgs used static ones in order to help draw scenery, JA2 used static ones to add texture/grime to tiles)
thothkins Posted June 9, 2012 Posted June 9, 2012 wow! total funding isn't a millions miles away from the next stretch point. Here's hoping for a good last day.
stx Posted June 9, 2012 Posted June 9, 2012 Let's hope so! A new tileset is better than tileset specific friendly AI Solders... It would increase more the overall value of Xenonauts.
Guest Posted June 9, 2012 Posted June 9, 2012 Current pledge is $136,517 at 26 hours to go, I think we may just make the 140K.
Rogue Trooper Posted June 9, 2012 Posted June 9, 2012 I've brought the standard version of Xenonauts on desura. If I upgrade to the premium version through Kickstarter, what proof do I need to send to Chris?
Gorlom Posted June 9, 2012 Posted June 9, 2012 (edited) You should have gotten an email from desura with the topic "Thanks for your purchase" with a reference number or confirmation ID or something. If you still have that email you should be all set (assuming you can prove ypu have pledged on kickstarter as well). If not then I'm not really sure. Edited June 9, 2012 by Gorlom
Chris Posted June 9, 2012 Author Posted June 9, 2012 Yeah, today's been a strong day. Let's hope the next 24 hours are equally strong, if not more so!
Commissar Pancakes Posted June 10, 2012 Posted June 10, 2012 The reds are coming!! THE REDS ARE COMING!!!
Terkhen Posted June 10, 2012 Posted June 10, 2012 I'm glad that the game reached the Soviet Town terror mission tileset stretch goal. Anyone wants to donate 40k $ so we can also have the Military Base terror mission tileset?
Shima Posted June 10, 2012 Posted June 10, 2012 Update #13 made me very happy! Russian tilesets are cool and much desired variety, but tileset specific AI soldiers is what I want most from all the stretch goals! I'm glad Chris wants them too
Daltrain Posted June 10, 2012 Posted June 10, 2012 I'm happy to chip in my $50 as a dirt-poor uni student, good luck with the project & I can't wait for the final results!
Langy Posted June 10, 2012 Posted June 10, 2012 Now we just need it to hit $190k so we can have the military base tileset and tileset specific soldiers. A boy can dream, even if his dream is unlikely to come true.
Guest Posted June 10, 2012 Posted June 10, 2012 8 hours left and current pledge is $144,509, I think it'll be a close or near miss for the next stretch goal.
thothkins Posted June 10, 2012 Posted June 10, 2012 The reds are coming!! THE REDS ARE COMING!!! "Better Bread than Red!" is the shout from the baked goods aisle where Commissar Pancakes' secret base* is. *well, not so secret now really..um..sorry about that Commissar.
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