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[eddietree]

This game has been reborn as:
Nova-111

[Franklin's Ghost]

Always good to see a new eddietree project and this one is sounding and looking great. Looking forward to seeing more.

[amidos2006]

Looks promising looking forward to see more details and nice art work

[kamac]

I expect shaders. Lots of shaders.

 

[eddietree]

I expect shaders. Lots of shaders.

 

oh you know it. shader all up in your grill like a BBQ

[mauz]

great vehicle design and colors!
Are you going for classic top-down or side perspective?

waiting for more! 

[Mittens]

loads of style and nice colors,

for some reason I was reminded of this game,


keep up the good work

[DustyDrake]

(Don't) Stop being so damn amazing!

[Miguelito]

Shit art, wouldn't play.

In other news, mockups are being done as we speak, and I'll get to tilesettin' tonight!
Also trying my hand at design on this one as well!

And damn, wait until I make a logo, this looks depressing!  

[Alehkhs]

I'm going to say that I can't wait to see where this goes. But you probably already knew that before you even started this... 

[Miguelito]

Sneak peeks!

[eddietree]

Basic enemy animation by Miguelito

[eddietree]

Also, in-game screenshot of the crew-select screen. Still work in progress!

[Franklin's Ghost]

Looking nice. Is each row and specific colour of crew going to be a specialised field?

[Miguelito]

We're not yet sure if we want 1 row = 1 color. Probably not, to be honest, it's rather limiting.

But yes, every color is one "class" of scientist. Think a degree in biology, engineering, AI, economy...
And as you can see, you can load up to 10 eggheads onto your ship!

[eddietree]

Progress report:

• Basic game rogue-like mechanics implemented
• Procedural world generation complete
• Animation framework complete

Things are going quite smoothly. Most of the core enemies mechanics have been implemented, but just need to add in some polish such as artwork and sounds. I will post more as they come. Meanwhile, enjoy this small slice of an in-game screenshot!

[eddietree]

and another screenie

[thebarryman]

Looks really nice, guys! Can't wait to see it in action.

[eddietree]

What I really like about roguelikes is the amount of strategy and critical thinking involved to succeed in turn-based combat. With our game, we really wanted to focus on the meaningful choices that arise when faced in a tough battle situations. The relationship between the player, enemies and the environment should be interesting, dynamic and unique for every type of encounter.

The goal of the enemy designs were to focus on positional variation. That is, each enemy should affect the environment in a way that affects the possible actions that the player can execute but still allows the player to think critically to chose the best move.

[eddietree]

Introducing the slow shooter. This enemy is unique in that its projectiles do not immediate hit its target but instead slowly moves one grid by turn. We feel that this will create dynamicism by requiring the player to evade the projectiles while traversing the alien planet.