Maybe you can pre-program some small patterns, basically precomputing the AI's tactics?

I've been lurking for a few years before joining. Basically, Triplefox hits the nail on the head as to why I ignore the general section.

I feel burned out with discussion forums anyway - it's usually a shouting match. I mostly just stick to the devlogs, because the discussion there has more focus (the game being developed, a gameplay mechanism being discussed) and therefore less noise. Those subjects also are inherently better fit to the reflective type of discussions that message boards encourage.

This looks very neat. I like the building aspect of 4x more than the combat, but I'm going to keep an eye on it anyway.

Sorry, it's just taht thanks to that video I can not not read that typo without hearing that dudes voice

Fuck, I used to have that game... what happened to it? It was fucking awesome!

It's a "philosophical webcomic" with good bits covered in layers of pretentiousness.

It looks nice, but is a bit sluggish on my netbook. Also, I need to downscale it to see everything - it would be nice if I could just scroll up and down and keep everything zoomed in.

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This is slightly problematic beacause the landscape and mountains are procedurally generated they can be static-batched.

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The gravity thing reminds me of Unicorn Jelly...
Why oh why did you remind me of Unicorn Jelly?

http://tubedubber.com/#6B3EzgDYx2c:MK6TXMsvgQg:0:100:0:0:1

- fully customizable scheme (character set + palette). scripts will be able to arbitrarily change which scheme is being used, so there's a lot of leeway to be had here with graphics.

So basically, this could be ported to your engine?

Another example similar to the ones in the first post: GB Zelda games, which have side-scrolling sections as well as the top-down ones. I think it adds a lot of variety, and all your equipment still works, although maybe changed a bit due to the perspective.

It's especially fun considering there's jumping in both sections (with the Roc's Feather). I think it works because it's more a perspective-shift (literally: from top-down to side-scrolling) than a genre shift.

Dose pixels... The Bitmap Brothers would be proud!

I can answer this one. The games score is very much true to the sound of gameboy, but as the game goes on and gets more colorful, the soundtrack expands to offer a greater pallet than just the basic synth sounds. The trailer doesn't really reflect that.

Might be a good idea to hint at that progression though...

 

Wait... Roy.. Biv..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_G._Biv

Also, what platforms are you supporting? Then I know if it's even worth bothering you for playtesting

I love highly-detailed handdrawn/painted box art combined with minimalist graphics. So evocative...

Say, just wondering... are these guys the enemy in this game?

You know what, I think this should be like, the Tarkovsky of games.

You know how his movies are always incredibly slow with "nothing" happening most of the time, but at the same time are like (if not literally) a river full of symbolic imagery in which you gently float around and don't mind passing time?

Watching Stalker is four hours you spend without being bored a single moment.

Please, please keep the large, open, empty feel you have now, with "gameplay" elements sparsely distributed in a huge digital forest and the real meat and potatoes of the game experience being mostly just strolling around and enjoying the atmosphere.

Does it have Liero-like slingshot mechanics?