I changed something today that I wanted to change for quite a while. I made the humans act a little smarter. Specifically, I made it so they don't walk into buildings, and then stop. They still walk in random directions, but now they walk around the buildings. This is especially nice when you call them, because if there's a building in the way, ( Read more... )

Well, this latest version has certainly been getting a good response. True, only two of my playtesters responded, but they both really liked it. Likewise, everyone in the GMC forums seems to love the game and find it really fun and addictive. Almost no one had anything critical to say about it, which was surprising. I know it is fairly polished ( Read more... )

The new version should be uploaded now. You can download it here:

http://www.mts.net/~mdpglc/resist.html

Heh, I came up with a cute idea this morning. I made it so that on Mission 9, when it starts to get dark, you can still see the eyes of the ControllerBots "glowing" in the darkness. It's not true dynamic lighting (it's just a sprite drawn on a different layer), but it's a neat touch.

I hope to have the new version of the game uploaded by

The game's development is gradually getting back on track, now that the summer is ending, and at the moment I have nothing to complain about. Very soon I'll have a new version of the game ready to show my (so-called) playtesters. Right now I just have to finalize the mission ending conditions for Mission 13 ( Read more... )

When I first started working on implementing the destructible buildings idea, I wasn't exactly sure what sort of gameplay I had planned to go with it. It was more like the idea was a sort of foundation, and I was hoping some new gameplay ideas would eventually flow out of it ( Read more... )

It's been a long time since I updated, and I suppose I haven't been working on the game much lately either. I've been spending more time outside while the weather is nice. But today it's cloudy out, so I'll just do a general update to summarize how things are going ( Read more... )

Working on the destructible buildings is getting a little frustrating. Although it functions fine, getting the effect to LOOK good for the larger buildings is very tricky. I think I'm almost there, but for now I need a little break from that ( Read more... )

Implementing the destructible buildings is coming along fairly well. So far, I have it working and looking pretty good for the smallest buildings. The main challenge so far has actually been more aesthetic than technical. The actual code was pretty straightforward, but getting it to look realistic is much more difficult ( Read more... )

Indecision, it seems, is not very conducive to efficient game development ( Read more... )