Firemen are one of the new things I added to the game recently. Similar looking to the construction workers, these are simply guys that run around and put out fires. This is especially helpful in the "base building" type missions because extinguishing fires helps the buildings to survive longer ( Read more... )

Ah. Suddenly, I'm reminded why I didn't bother to release any new versions in the last year or so. Note to self, re: further releases - don't bother ( Read more... )

The new version is ready, and can be downloaded at ( Read more... )

After taking a long break from the game to work on Elixir, I suddenly find myself very excited to be working on it again. I never did finish Elixir, of course, but I just didn't seem to be getting anything done on it lately. So I might as well work on whichever project I'm more excited about. And these days, it's R:2084 ( Read more... )

The good news is...the game now has true, beautiful, dynamic lighting that works with any number of light sources ( Read more... )

There's something of a tradition in the computer games industry to always mention release dates that are always unrealistic. Then, when the promised date comes and goes, inevitably the discussion forums fill up with posts complaining about ( Read more... )

Recently, I'd been struggling with what I should do with the buses in the game. The way they were currently working seemed rather unrealistic, not to mention relatively useless. But at the same time, I was very reluctant to remove them completely, since I had spent so much time on their implementation ( Read more... )

I'm working on re-writing the Soldiers' AI for what is probably the third or fourth time. I'm not so much concerned with trying to make them smarter now as I am just trying to make the code less ugly and more convenient to apply to different situations. I want to use a system of "modes" that I came up with while working on a different game. I ( Read more... )

I should make note of a couple of interesting discoveries I've made lately ( Read more... )

Lately I've been concerned that I won't be able to finish the game. Certainly not because I don't want to, but because I'm afraid as the game gets larger my computer will no longer be able to run it. So far, I've tried to upgrade my computer and it hasn't helped, although the upgrade itself proved problematic ( Read more... )