I’m proud to announce that the strategy/wargame made in partnership with Phelios is ready to download. It’s version 1.0, so any comment / feedback on improvements and bug reports (hope there won’t be any though) is welcome.
You can download the demo from this page.
The game demo is limited to ten matches but should be enough to give you an idea of the game. I recommend to check the tutorial videos on this page before playing the game so you understand better how it works.
ToD (my friendly way to call my upcoming RPG game “Tower of Destiny”) got a major update today, in the engine (programmer tested it on mac and surprise, works!) and in the maps. I decided to do a “stress test” of the engine by placing lots of sprites over an open space, like a plain surrounded by trees.
So you won’t face only grey cities, unholy graveyards and zombies, but you’ll be also able to relax in a more bucolic map. The engine was going slower with that amount of sprites to render, but isn’t bad considering: a) is still work in progress so can be optimized, b) the engine is running in debug mode, so the speed is already slower than its true potential
For the record, I’m surely not talking about a powerful/complex engine 🙂 But it’s enough for the kind of game I have in mind. I’m sure players’ attention will be drawn by the enemies, the gameplay and the variety, but a nice art doesn’t hurt!
You can see a screenshot and a video below:
Well, more like “running with a girl”. Indeed Clara is a very sporty girl, and to win her heart you’ll have to keep her pace 🙂 I just got some events for Clara and Marian and I can feel the game is already taking shape. I should use schedulers more often, since they’re great fun, add more strategy and make the game unpredictable.
In the screenshots below you also see the infamous “relationship bar”, which is present in almost all my games (except Heileen). Probably in the final version of the game the bar will be replaced by something more “floreal”.
I also like the painterly backgrounds, I think they integrate well with Deji manga artwork. A pity those BGs artists are always so slow…! More info coming soon, with new pictures of the other girls (Jill and Marian).
Yep, that’s the title I’ve come up with for Heileen 2. I remember there was an old game called Hands Of Fate, and I thought would be a good sub-title for Heileen 2, since the game largely deals about the tarot cards, and concepts like “shape your own destiny” and so on.
A friend of mine that was playing the demo, which isn’t out yet but I wanted to show him, made a fun comment how the game also borrows some ideas of Lost. I really don’t think so, since concepts like space / time travels and such aren’t present in the game. Really, everything is just a dream… 😉
Some more info about the game:
– it will feature multiple endings, so far I have planned 10 but probably will be more. I don’t think will reach the amount of endings of Bionic Heart (24 is hard to reach) but there will be still many interesting ones!
– as you might have guessed you’ll be able to choose between virtues or sins. There isn’t really a “good” or “bad” way to end the game, but the endings should reflect player’s action thorough the game. If you were lazy, you’ll see the Sloth ending, and so on.
– relationships: while you can deal only with Ebele and Robert in the “real world”, you’ll met lots of old and new faces from the dreams. And at the end of the game new cool characters will be introduced. Arrrrr!
While I wait for the final release of ElimiNation, I have time to tease you with some more screens from Heileen 2. First one shows a very angry Ebele, under a beautiful sunset. Choosing to set the game in a tropical island was a very good one, since there will be really some nice backgrounds. A good mix of warm colors and cute characters 🙂
The second screen instead shows Heileen in bed, with Lora playing very nice, asking her what she wants for breakfast. It seems a very happy moment for the two, but will it last? Heileen’s relationship with Lora was always a bit rocky, and full of misunderstandings.
