Development diary of Celso Riva

Archive for November, 2009

Spirited Heart update on the way

Thursday, November 26th, 2009 Posted in adventure games, roleplay games, spirited heart, winter wolves games | 1 Comment »

After some minor updates, I started working on the big Spirited Heart update today! :) There will be some major changes: - you can now play until you're 30 years old (so 2 more years) - the penalties even in the Standard play ...

Heileen 2 preorders beta

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 Posted in adventure games, heileen, tycoongames | No Comments »

So yesterday I released a Beta pre-order version of Heileen 2! Since I had many people waiting for it, and since the game is basically done (except some last-minute fix) I thought I could release it this way, without voices. Of ...

Leveling Up

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009 Posted in development screenshot, planet stronghold, roleplay games, winter wolves games | No Comments »

I've been playing Fallout 3 on Xbox a lot lately. A thing I've noticed is that leveling up is done in the JRPG style, and not in the old AD&D one. For those unfamiliar, let me translate: JRPG usually have ...

Almost done

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 Posted in adventure games, development screenshot, heileen, tycoongames | No Comments »

Today got the last missing background of Heileen 2! So the art is completely finished. In the two screenshots below you see Jack as woodcutter (what!? yes!) and a friendly group of pirates who seems to be interested in our ...

Visual Novels in AAA games market

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 Posted in adventure games, other games, planet stronghold, strategy games, the flower shop | 2 Comments »

No, outside Japan there aren't any AAA-commercial quality visual novel games, of course. BUT - and it's sa big but, the visual novel elements are starting to pour into the normal AAA genres. Some examples? Mass Effect, The Witcher, and ...