151 replies to this topic

[tabc3dd]

your leaving the world of programming sad days, you will be missed around here

Lol thanks, but I didn't help that many people ^^. And I'll hopefully be back in a few years.

Just a free bump too

[dialgpalkia]

hey dude dont go ur awesome!! anyway why did u remove the mission editor?

[wargeneral]

*stand to attention
*Three-volley salute
*bang....
*bang....
*bang....hits bird..... O.O

[tabc3dd]

hey dude dont go ur awesome!! anyway why did u remove the mission editor?

Small bump as I was passing by.
I removed it since it was incomplete and I wanted to leave behind a finished game ^^

[tabc3dd]

As i had a bit of free time i decided to improve the tutorial, and it should now be much more intuitive and usefull. I also removed some slight bugs and reduced the filesize.

Hope you guys like it
Tabc3dd

[dialgpalkia]

testing new version now ^.^

[tabc3dd]

testing new version now ^.^

Thank you , although nothing noticeable has changed apart from the tutorial ^^'

However, i decided that I will work a bit on the game during the next vacations in 4 weeks if I get some demands in this topic ^^.

[dialgpalkia]

I love the tutorial!!!Its great!!

[tabc3dd]

I love the tutorial!!!Its great!!

Thanks
Bumping my topic up, hopefully someone will find this game interesting ^^

[Terrified Virus]

Love the concept of customizable ships, it's very unique...

[tabc3dd]

Love the concept of customizable ships, it's very unique...

Thank you , was there anything you really didn't like that I should change please ?

[NicroGames]

Actually, I remember this game from a while ago. It kind of inspired me!

[tabc3dd]

Actually, I remember this game from a while ago. It kind of inspired me!

Glad it did

Btw, I was thinking about adding a lower hud to the game, which would show stats of selected units and contain command buttons . Does anyone who has previously played this think it would be a good idea, or should I keep the clean UI I currently have ? Thank you for any feedback.

Tabc3dd

[Yal]

Some feedback on the topic:

You shouldn't have the first post center-aligned, it makes it harder to read. That might be the reason you have such a high views-per-reply ratio. It's OK for headlines, but the main text suffers for it.

BTW, did you know you can use bold text and change the size and color of text passages? If you don't overuse it you could likely spice up the opening post a bit.

[jflorek]

You definately need command buttons... As for the UI... I think that you should move everything to the bottom exept the unit/building counter, and add command buttons on the right bottom. Also you should add a decorative panel that the bottom UI things sit on, also needing the view to be able to 'pan down' farther so that you can still see the bottom of the map (or add useless object at the bottom that acts as the room edge)
BTW ur game inspired me... im definately adding u to the credits of my RTS in the 'inspirations' section (along with the new 3 musketeers movie, AoE3, simcity, and maybe some more things)
lol random chicken

[tabc3dd]

Some feedback on the topic:

You shouldn't have the first post center-aligned, it makes it harder to read. That might be the reason you have such a high views-per-reply ratio. It's OK for headlines, but the main text suffers for it.

BTW, did you know you can use bold text and change the size and color of text passages? If you don't overuse it you could likely spice up the opening post a bit.

Thanks, I've tried to edit the opening post a bit. However, due to a bug I believe, I cannot align the text correctly so it'll have to stay center aligned :/.

You definately need command buttons... As for the UI... I think that you should move everything to the bottom exept the unit/building counter, and add command buttons on the right bottom. Also you should add a decorative panel that the bottom UI things sit on, also needing the view to be able to 'pan down' farther so that you can still see the bottom of the map (or add useless object at the bottom that acts as the room edge)
BTW ur game inspired me... im definately adding u to the credits of my RTS in the 'inspirations' section (along with the new 3 musketeers movie, AoE3, simcity, and maybe some more things)
lol random chicken

Thanks, I'll take all of that into account

Edited by tabc3dd, 15 April 2012 - 08:15 AM.

[tabc3dd]

After some time off, here's an update, mainly concerning the HUDs and buildings.

Spoiler

Change-log

- Made team colors selection more professional looking.

- Removed "Grid Flare" option, why cause more lag for confusing SFX ?

- Removed "Smoky Background" option, even though it was a great atmospheric BG having 2 BGs caused unnecessary lag, also it didn't fit in the clean cut theme.

- Various other small improvements to the option menu.

- Removed message prompting players to vote and comment on the game if they liked it after 1 hour of play.

- Cleaned up some code.

- Stability issues fixed.

- Tutorial improved, more readable and less prone to skipping parts.

- Ordered the parts in the shop by type.

- Removed the achievement reward parts, too gimmicky, uselessly complicating the game.

- Performance improvements for all aspects of the game.

- Removed top-right and top-left HUD.

- Moved minimap to bottom and merged previous HUDs into a single bottom HUD.

- Added many new functionalities to the lower HUD, such as replacing most keybinds by buttons.

- Improved attack move and formation move.

- Moved messages to upper part of screen and optimized their rendering.

- Selected units now show a small icon in the HUD, allowing you to track their various stats easily. In addition, clicking an icon selects the ship.

- Many small bug fixes and other small changes.

- On hover info for HUD buttons.

- Updated the way buildings are interacted with. Now you can select them and commands appear in the HUD rather than around the building.

- All buttons now placed in lower HUD.

As always, any feedback wether it be positive or negative is gladly appreciated. Let me know if you disapprove with any of the changes.

Edited by tabc3dd, 13 July 2012 - 01:50 AM.

[dialgpalkia]

ok i wanna test this new updates

[junhalestone]

I played this a while ago and it's great - I can't believe it doesn't have more attention!

[orse ost e7 o]

This game has come quite a long way since i fisrt saw it, which was way back when you fisrt announced it! Games much better then when i first played it, and that saying something, seeing how amazing it was back in the day Great job, there is no reason this shouldn't be featured at the sandbox.