Judith on 30/11/2014 at 14:00

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Well, the thing with modular walls is, they can't be flat planes lined up against each other like that. Even in modern engines it would look poor (although blended normals might hide the seams a bit). There always have to be some angle and depth for shading and normals to work right. That's why I went on and did something like this:
(http://postimg.org/image/fh27ekxax/) http://s28.postimg.org/fh27ekxax/111.jpg

And started working on textures and color palette:
(http://postimg.org/image/z06snxw2h/) http://s28.postimg.org/z06snxw2h/222.jpg
(http://postimg.org/image/clp47ptax/) http://s28.postimg.org/clp47ptax/333.jpg

I think walls are ok, now onto some modules for the floor and ceiling.

Sulphur on 16/12/2014 at 19:51

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Play video game.

Ask self, 'how the fuck did they DO that?'

Find out by doing it yourself. Realise that you have great ideas to translate to games. Run a kickstarter. Hire art team, sound team, programming team, QA team, PR team, HR team, production interns, admin and facilities teams, accountants, executives, business excellence operatives to run pie charts and graphs, PAs, assistants, localisation teams, and a sweatshop in Taiwan to turn out low-cost incidental art and t-shirts with company logo.

Turn a profit, standardise an annual work production cycle by cutting the same kind of game each time but with more features, monetise end-product by introducing microtransaction/subscription-based platforms.

Kill self.

http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/143/2/f/blood_splatter_transparency_by_sagacious-d3h1yw6.png

The end.

henke on 17/12/2014 at 08:06

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The problem is not lack of ideas. I've started making 4 different games this year, and gotten them into what might charitably be called "early alpha", but eventually I get to a point where I just can't get a certain piece of code working, or I'd really need to buckle down and start doing some proper work to get assets made. At this point my enthusiasm for the project usually runs out and I either start working on another game, or give up and just play other people's games. I had the same problem when I was making Flash animations. Eventually tho, I gotta get one of these damn things finished. Think I'll go back to Adrift. I got some new ideas for how to make that thing fun. Would love to get at least one thing finished this year.

Sulph, lol.

demagogue on 17/12/2014 at 11:05

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My feeling lately is that you could approach game-making as a game itself, or anyway as part of your pastime or game-time.

I think it's better to aim for a platform and ambition that one person could take-on by themselves without dedicated help, and (to recycle the old Irrational philosophy) to have a tech & asset base to work with that doesn't require you to do massive amounts of work like asset creation or creating new tech... Set your ambitions with what you can largely do with the tech you have in hand or near to hand without too much work, with maybe a few reasonable additions.

Of course, better to come out with a finished smaller project than an ambitious project you quit on. But even smaller games can be inspired. Sometimes smaller games even have an advantage in being inspired, since they cut out the bloat that can water down the inspiration that can happen with big games.

What's another truism to throw out? Figure out some core idea that drives your work and keep focused on it. Better your 4th best idea that has a really driving core idea than your 1st best idea that's actually a tangled mess of ideas which aren't very implementable, and wouldn't make for a solid game even if they were.

faetal on 17/12/2014 at 13:21

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What could be fun is to upload the code somewhere (insuring you are adequately protected in terms of rights first) and run a sort of crowd-sourced "remix competition" - see who can finish the game in the most interesting and high quality way in exchange for % of any money made.