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I miss the old crowd too.  Hanging out at HAL-PC, making indie games in the BASIC Special Interest Group, and making the Assembly Language SIG folks jealous.  Bitching about the BBS's portal to the Internet eating all the good lines.

All those shareware/freeware indie games to download from the board...  All those demos from the demoscene... One CD could hold thousands.  That feeling when you made your own game/demo or found one that no one else had, and uploaded it -- Sweet brief little godhoods.  Browsing for something new to play then BAM "SYSOP WANTS TO CHAT" and your screen splits in half and you're talking to an admin about some obscure indie game, but we just called them "games".  Chatting was a bit more personal when you could see the characters appear as they were typed.

That was back before the multi-hundred-million dollar budgets when just one or a few guys could get together and still make a game that could compete with the top of the line.

Yep, that's why I'm here.  I miss the old days too.  It's strange really: I stopped making games because of work/life, and being discouraged -- None of us could compete with the big guys...  It seemed that people wouldn't ever want to play my little games when they could be playing those impressive 3D monsters -- But I was Wrong!  I was Dumb!  People WILL play indie games.  They CAN compete, and lots are better, richer, or deeper than many AAA games.

So, yeah, I miss my old crowd, and I might be new here, but I owe a really big thanks to your old crowd for re-kindling the creative sparks and helping lead me back to the path again with their own games.

Sir, you are a gentleman of exceptional quality and i tip my hat to you.

i should add:  I don't know nearly as many of the "new crowd" as i'm sure i'd like, and maybe i'll work on changing that, i really do miss the feel of a nice fitting community ;-)  but i will say seeing the likes of Paul Eres, Blademasterbobo, Dragonmaw and Cthulhu32 posting makes me feel all fuzzy inside :3

Going to be way more confrontational than necessary, and this is a bit non-serious, but I can't ignore such a shit-stirring thread.

I don't miss the old crowd.  Every time they come back to TIGS they say something along the lines of "Things suck. Things used to be better. I miss the way things used to be." and generally act like dicks to those people who didn't know that indie games existed pre 20XX.  If they think that is the best way to contribute to the community, then I'm glad they stay away.

Now, those members of the old guard that still contribute regularly and meaningfully to the community, yay on them.  But those people who haven't posted in 3 years acting like this website is somehow theirs and not everyone's, fuck them.

Lol, well i wasn't moaning per-se, just expressing regret at a time passed by..  i used to love spending 10 hours a night on #tigirc with those who knew me, but real life got in the way and i can't live life the way i used to..

but you rage on buddy, seems you have beefs :D

i know what you mean dude

Thats what i mean

i like the look of this

Oh Noes, what happened to that link? i was just about to read through it!

Interested

GTX 275

we're going to "alien breed like" to generic topdown shooters, no good

You're right..

Though i do think alien breed done in the angle of chaos engine would have been great, still, i am making a game a little like that...(very slowly)

if its not top-down, or its not chaos engine style, its not valid.

i remember the characters were pretty small and there was also some blood showcased.

Possibly The Chaos Engine

The Chaos Engine was AWESOME

I've been slacking for far too long, but I've recently got back to work on my game engine and an Alien Breed tribute is a major priority for me :D

[Aliens Attack On Colony: Online Domination]

Aliens Attack On Colony: Online Domination
http://gear-studio.com/note/show/aaocod-aliens-attack-on-colony-online-domination-aktualny-projekt

 i thought the gamemaker project aliens attack on colony (version 2.1 beta = 25 mb) was canceled...
gameplay trailer


but i found out today that there is a new game in the making:
aliens attack on colony: online domination
gameplay trailer



looks pretty damn good. like in the original game: splatter included...
i asked the developer (because the site itself is in polish) about the release date and if it will be freeware and he said that the approximate release date will be mid 2009 and he confirmed that it will be freeware.

Homepage (google translated)

name change
Aliens Attack On Colony: Online Domination  -> Alien Territory

and a new gameplay video

I'm keen to hear more about this, a project i'm working on is running along the same lines

I love Gauntlet style games

Well, ol' Onwards Jetpack gentleman has served me well, and he isn't totally gone, but I think it's time to honor the greatest A-Team screencap ever.

This is win

Its hard to find other Alien die-hard fans who are appalled at AvP's crappery to the series and the fact that Alien 4 was a steaming pile of pewp.

OMG..  that's exactly how i feel!

On a separate note, I'll freely admit to bringing the tone down on many occasions, but that's why people love me :D

Except..  I've not been on much lately