Hi Michael, Smile. One thing i won't be doing is taking a great deal of input on this game. For one thing it will be free, and second I have a pretty good idea of the kind of game I want. I was merely seeing which style or format would be of interest so I know what direction to take the game in.
However, your advice is well taken. You are of course right. I need to recharge, and this project is a chance to get back into programming without the stresses of the public saying they want this, that or the other thing. Its, for me, a chance to give MOTA a break and work on something I'd personally enjoy. Cheers! On 9/28/11, Michael Feir <michael.f...@gmail.com> wrote: > Personally, I always wanted to play a sidescroller similar to Ghouls > and Ghosts. However, before you go handing us choices, consider what > you've been going through this past long while. Now that you have your > engine ready for a small test project, why shackle yourself to other > people's wishes yet again? The artist in you longs to do a project > free from constraints. What you need a short break from is working to > everyone else's ideas. Given such a short development time, I presume > that this project will be offered freely. Given this, I think you > should follow your own creative impulses here and try to create as > much a mini-masterpiece as you can. Add in some manageable randomness > and replay value so that this game serves as a good indicator of what > people might expect when you really pull out all the stops. Hopefully, > it'll stick in everyone's mind and increase sales of MOTA and other > future projects. Once I'm finally done my design document for my own > masterpiece and have gotten the hang of Inform7, I may follow in your > footsteps and try to produce a much smaller game which tests out the > mechanics of the larger work. > > I very much look forward to a halloween gaming treet whether it be > sidescroller or 3d. Most of all though, I hope this short stroll off > the path will give you new drive to complete MOTA. The family ought to > come first though. Enjoy Halloween with everyone. Don't let this be an > all-consuming passion that takes you away from the rest of life. You > need to recharge. Best of luck with this project. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.