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[anthnich]

New devblog post. I talk about my KickStarter relaunch plans, writing Turnover's story, and a little on optimization.

Thanks everyone here on TigSource who has checked out Turnover so far!

[anthnich]

Making a new variation of the gun turret called, for obvious reasons, the Rocket Turret! Putting a couple of these together makes for tough situation.


Also, Turnover's KickStarter relaunch is going live 7/30! Read about it and the most recent progress of Turnover at my devblog.

[anthnich]

Hey tigsource!

Turnover's KickStarter campaign has relaunched and is now live. Check it out here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1615971712/turnover-survival-stealth-pc-game

The campaign has new rewards and an improved setup. Be sure to head over and check it out!

Also, a new teaser video!

[anthnich]

KickStarter Update #2 - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1615971712/turnover-survival-stealth-pc-game/posts/936051

Also, here's a link to the teaser that was posted with the campaign:

[Chianese]

The gameplay looks pretty promising (I ended up backing the project) and there's room for more good 2d stealth games.

However, I think the sprites could use more work. As they are, they lack character and are for lack of a better word, boring. You could do worse than to look at Hotline Miami for inspiration on how do top down character sprites.

[anthnich]

The gameplay looks pretty promising (I ended up backing the project) and there's room for more good 2d stealth games.

However, I think the sprites could use more work. As they are, they lack character and are for lack of a better word, boring. You could do worse than to look at Hotline Miami for inspiration on how do top down character sprites.

Thanks a lot for backing Turnover!

Development is iterative and I do plan on taking some time in the future to revisit the sprites and improve them where I can. Right now, my most pressing concern is to make sure that I keep a decent schedule and get the game to a "completed state". Thanks for the feedback.

Today, I just posted KickStarter Update #3 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1615971712/turnover-survival-stealth-pc-game/posts/940825. The updates goes into the security system and the NPCs of the game world.

[Thanar]

Looks fun =D
Also, wherever fire physics are involved, it's fun to play, sometimes even to watch the game progress itself ^^
I'll be tunned in for updates in this fire system =)

[anthnich]

Thanks, Thanar!

Lately, I've been messing around with improving some sprites. Just trying to add some depth to the ones that don't quite look right. Here's one example. Before/After of a PC console.

[anthnich]

KickStarter Update #5: The Watchful Eyes - Turrets & Snipers  - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1615971712/turnover-survival-stealth-pc-game/posts/951385

This update talks about two watchful enemies in Turnover: the turret gun and the sniper.

[anthnich]

KickStarter Update #6: Bartleby HQ (level work)  - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1615971712/turnover-survival-stealth-pc-game/posts/958049

[anthnich]

KickStarter Update #8: Experience System & Progress Update   - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1615971712/turnover-survival-stealth-pc-game/posts/964136

This update is a general progress update that goes into the new experience system.

Only 3 days to go on the campaign!

[anthnich]

Final 24 hours! Pretty close to hitting the goal!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1615971712/turnover-survival-stealth-pc-game

[anthnich]

With 2 hours left, Turnover has met and exceeded its KickStarter goal!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1615971712/turnover-survival-stealth-pc-game/posts/968844

[anthnich]

Here's a sprite improvement for a trash can sprite. Doing what I can to add some proper perspective to the older, flatter sprites.

Before:


After:


You can check more out at Turnover's most recent devblog update: http://anthonydev.tumblr.com/post/97150311051/turnover-progress-update-post-kickstarter-edition

[anthnich]

Detailed in the newest devblog update:

Dirtied up the look of the NPC vision cones:

Before:



After:



I really like the new look.

[anthnich]

New dev blog posted, going into HUD & NPC work.



Here is a test of the new Bystander NPCs. They are workers who are trapped in the building. Here, there are running from the sound of gunfire.

[anthnich]

For #screenshotsaturday.

The minimap arrow that points to the exit. This will be the only help the player will have on each floor. From there, the player will need to figure out how to escape.

Also, Turnover's website went live this week. Check it out!
http://www.turnovergame.net/

[anthnich]

http://anthonydev.tumblr.com/post/101097649221/turnover-progress-report-for-10-27

New dev blog post for the week. I go a bit into the minimap work as detailed in the above post. I also talk about some enemy mechanics for the Attack Dog.

[temoo]

I like the idea of a hostile takeover as a theme for a game story. Off the top of my head I can't think of any other games that deal with that, so it will be interesting to see where you go with it.

Also, your fire extinguishers are cool!

[anthnich]

Thanks temoo!



Spent a few days recently getting Turnover up and running on MAC OS X 10.10. The release will be targeted for 10.9. So now, Turnover will be released for Windows (XP,7,Vista,8), Linux (tested on Debian 7), and MAC OS X.

Edit: Also, I recently launched Turnover's Facebook page.