Comments - Threeli

01/22/13 Pre-News Update:

After a month long debate with myself over the future and scope of Egg, I have decided to drastically change it. While the story and ideology of Egg's game-play will remain unaltered - the look and functional game mechanics are changing. While working with Egg and trying to keep it possible to complete I have consistently come to an impasse. On one hand I have the desire to have a completed game experience for folks to enjoy, and on the other I have a very grand idea of how much content the game should entail.

After I spent the past month debating how to deal with this issue I finally mustered a compromise. The game will now be depicted in the fashion of an 'old' ascii roguelike: but instead of text characters, the world will be represented in graphical runes, characters and pictographs. While this is a dramatic departure from where Egg was headed it means two important things. (1) I can work on the game without worrying about the time limitations imposed by graphics and (2) I can focus on what matters; the game-play itself.

I'm sure this will push the game towards a more niche market and turn many would be players off, but I'm happy with this decision. I think this will make me more productive and in the long run provide a better time for people willing to give it a try.

I'll be posting this info and more in a news update within this week! Thanks for watching!

Important update coming tomorrow.

Thank you - I'm spending a fair amount of time on getting the details right. Well, the details I find important anyway.

*Sorry about the watermark. I'll be purchasing the software as soon as possible so I can post fresh content, watermark free. Unless anyone knows of a cheaper (or free) alternative.

The main character is one of this species.

12/12/12: working on the sort of general populous species of the Egg world, known as The Commons. I'm refining what makes them tick; and generating a historical and ideological layout to provide them with a cultural backdrop. As they are to be the more prominent species in the world, they'll need to show more diversity which follows widespread evolution.

I'd like to have my encounters system built to bare-bones status by this weekend and test it out on some unsuspecting commons folk.

Thank you for checking up on Project Egg. I'll be getting to posting some actual info about the game's experience this weekend.

Thank you for checking up on Project Egg! More information to follow this weekend.

Hey! Thanks for checking out, and commenting on, the currently sparse Project Egg page. I'll be posting some more substantial information this weekend.

Thank you for checking up on Project Egg. I hope I'll be able to make a game worth your time!

12/11/12 Weekend Update Teaser:

This week is devoted to bulking up a little content so I have more to show than simply code. I'd like to have the 'Talking' functions complete by weeks end. I am also deciding on what the starting area should look like and how it will function. I don't want a tutorial, but instead to demonstrate the games features in a self-paced controlled environment. As always I will continue to work on the lore of the land, and flesh out characters - though this is difficult to show off.

Stay tuned - My penultimate goal is to have one update each weekend. There should always be something to look forward to. Thanks for those watching!

This is the first shot from Update 1. This is mostly me tinkering with the shadowing effect and generating a system for speech bubbles. The actual meat and potatoes of this update will be revealed this coming weekend. Stay tuned.

Looking good.

I have no updates available, just doesn't work for me. Anyway, the game looks good - hope you do well.

Strange; I'm using an Radeon HD 6700, DX 11, and it claims to support opencl. Additionally I meet the recommended specs so I've really got no idea why it's not functioning.

I find that every time I start the game, I am floating some 30 meters in the sky. I can find no way to reset myself to earth - and this seems to happen no matter the graphical setting I choose (if that is even relevant).

Looking exciting.

Still can't wait to enjoy this.

Consider me intrigued.

Very cool. I feel like there's lots of room for genuine 'game' in this little experience. I've seen it around for a while and didn't expect it to play the way it does. I'll be very interested to see where this goes.

Great work,
Eli.

I love this, thoroughly. I can't wait to indulge my senses more.

I'm really into the second version. The best possible result (in my eyes anyway) would be to combine the font/logo from the first with the box/box art of the second. - Also, tracking now. Very interesting game. Love the visual flare.

Loving the look of this - and the Zelda V Ultima inspiration is a solid start. Looking forward to hearing more, and hoping I'm not too late.

I've played with this for a few hours - I'll be keeping my eye on it.

Very intriguing - tracking.

Brilliant. Graphically it looks a bit like my work. I'll be tracking for sure.

Love it.

Very cool. Just pre-ordered and didn't honestly expect it to run very well on my Mac, but it runs quite smooth. You had me at knife fighting.

It may have been revealed elsewhere, but I have not found it - where can I purchase this for OSX?

I love this stage of development - you know, when it's really frustrating. I'll be watching this looks like it might be interesting.