Prospectus Alpha 1.0 [wip]

civicdude95 · Post by **civicdude95** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 5:47 pm

Hey guys, I've been hanging around this site for a few months now and I think I should tell you guys about a project that I'm working on. I'm using Xna Game Studio to make a game similar to Terraria and Zelda. I'm keeping up a blog about it

http://jefflamoureux.blogspot.com

Come check it out and let me know what you think about it.
P.S. I'm recording videos of it...

N64vSNES · Post by **N64vSNES** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 6:14 pm

Sexy looking game!

I look forward to seeing where this goes

JaxDragon · Post by **JaxDragon** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:48 pm

Well I am impressed by both your game and your blog, you seem to put a lot of effort into both and I respect that. Keep up the content.

civicdude95 · Post by **civicdude95** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:04 pm

Hey thanks guys, I'm definitely gonna work hard to see this one through to the end. I'm really excited about the possibilities for this game. Oh and I do update my blog pretty regularly these days (thanks to this game), so feel free to check back every so often for more updates.

Thanks again for checking it out!

civicdude95 · Post by **civicdude95** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 1:04 pm

Hey guys I have a poll going on here to help me decide what to name my game. Please check it out and vote to help me decide! Thanks.

Post by **short** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 8:33 pm

So i see the terraria side of it, what about the Zelda? I'm curious, I've found your blog interesting (yes i voted)

THe Floating Brain · Post by **THe Floating Brain** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 2:48 pm

Looks epic dude, is it for PC or xbox?

civicdude95 · Post by **civicdude95** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 9:50 am

short wrote:So i see the terraria side of it, what about the Zelda? I'm curious, I've found your blog interesting (yes i voted)

At this point it's pretty much a straight Terraria clone. The Zelda part will come later. I plan on having dungeons w/bosses, different levels (instead of biomes), and more of a quest-based game (in the style of Zelda that is) than Terraria. Thanks for following!

THe Floating Brain wrote:Looks epic dude, is it for PC or xbox?

I'm making this for PC

Post by **short** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:47 am

civicdude95 wrote:
short wrote:So i see the terraria side of it, what about the Zelda? I'm curious, I've found your blog interesting (yes i voted)
At this point it's pretty much a straight Terraria clone. The Zelda part will come later. I plan on having dungeons w/bosses, different levels (instead of biomes), and more of a quest-based game (in the style of Zelda that is) than Terraria. Thanks for following!

THe Floating Brain wrote:Looks epic dude, is it for PC or xbox?
I'm making this for PC

Never used XNA, well I tried it, but would it be difficult to do it on both? If you were so ever inclined to do so that is.

civicdude95 · Post by **civicdude95** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:28 am

It's actually really easy to make it for both, you basically have to have different code for the input, display (only minor differences), and data storage stuff. Those are the big differences (which aren't that big), I'm sure there some others as well. The XNA framework itself is designed to run on both, it's just the platform-specific stuff that you have to modify.

civicdude95 · Post by **civicdude95** » Sat Jul 16, 2011 10:41 am

Hey guys the first demo of my game, Prospectus, is up on my website to download FOR FREE. Head over and check it out! I also have an email set up for any feedback, comments, or bugs you find.

Thanks for checking it out!

EddieRingle · Post by **EddieRingle** » Sat Jul 16, 2011 10:48 am

Amazing, I came across your blog awhile ago while reading up on terrain generation, never knew you were a part of this forum.

And yeah, epic game you have going. I would have liked for it to be a bit more cross-platform (it's not so much XNA, but .NET can be a pain to install under Wine), but seriously, I hope it goes places.

Post by **short** » Sat Jul 16, 2011 9:13 pm

haha I like the sideburns on the sprite

civicdude95 · Post by **civicdude95** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:03 am

short wrote:haha I like the sideburns on the sprite

Thanks, I was trying to go for a brown-haired, 2D version of Link from Ocarina of Time

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