Yeah, I've almost completed a game.
My "StarField 2" has one level almost complete. I'm going to post the "1 level" version probably this coming week (week of Feb. 18th) as a "demo" version. The final incarnation has 5 levels planned.
A side scrolling space shooter is a little strange in ColdStone, but it's workable.
-John
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Originally posted by gwihlidal:
**My game is Dark Rage RPG. Some of you may remember the initial public release that made MacAddict Millenium as the featured demo, but they had grabbed the wrong build which had a few "problems" 
Since than, I've started it as a 3D game using a custom engine which was going good (you could move around fully deformable terrain, etc..) but making a 3D RPG is a LOT of work. Events, story, etc.. Shooters are much easier 
So I switched focus (time to finish this project to Coldstone. I am impressed and I have lots done. Story is done, I will mostly be using the art shipped on the CD (don't want to extend the project dev time even more by making custom art), all the music is done (more will be made though :), and you can already play the first bit of the game.
The story and a few screenshots are on my company's page at http://www.chronostorm.net
Direct link is http://www.chronosto...jects/DarkRage/
I still haven't gotten many comments on the story, I'd appreciate if some people could post their thoughts on it?
Just keeping this thread alive!
Thanks,
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Cool, when will the other sections of the page be up?
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Okay-- has anyone (non-Ambrosia or related parties!) created and finished a real, play-able game yet? Coldstone is a huge opportunity for creative expression... I'd love to see what it can do! Anyone out there getting close? I figure a quick, short, playable game shouldn't take TOO long...
How about a contest?
Or better yet-- a RACE-- The first person to publish a shareware game and actually RECEIVE a shareware fee wins? (honor system judged)
Perhaps Ambrosia should offer a prize...
better yet what have you done, this is an arduous process, and is complicated by real life, so button it
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Originally posted by ill_a_nois:
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better yet what have you done, this is an arduous process, and is complicated by real life, so button it
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Yikes! Down, nasty evil frowning man!
Seriously, I never meant to imply the opposite... of course it is arduous and of course we don't have limitless time to pound away at our games... my apologies if I struck a nerve.
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Yikes! Down, nasty evil frowning man!
Seriously, I never meant to imply the opposite... of course it is arduous and of course we don't have limitless time to pound away at our games... my apologies if I struck a nerve.
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Bleh, you shouldn't be apologizing. I don't get why some of the people that were paying attention to pre-ASW Coldstone feel that they can be rude without consequence.
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Originally posted by theGlueBubble:
**Bleh, you shouldn't be apologizing. I don't get why some of the people that were paying attention to pre-ASW Coldstone feel that they can be rude without consequence.
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Well, perhaps-- but I always like to give people the benefit of the doubt, spread good web-board karma, you know. I haven't got a good hot flame anywhere inside me. Must have been all that asbestos in the schools growing up.
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Originally posted by theGlueBubble:
**Bleh, you shouldn't be apologizing. I don't get why some of the people that were paying attention to pre-ASW Coldstone feel that they can be rude without consequence.
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what was rude about that, really you yourself have , what 2-3 games, and you beta tsted with us, but yet you have no game yet have you?
and what do you mean paying attention to the pre-asw versions, if that was your unsubtle way of pointing to me, you got me... (especially since i'm pretty much the only active person from that period)...then again that's why you've put up karma..."do you"
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Originally posted by ill_a_nois:
**what was rude about that, really you yourself have , what 2-3 games, and you beta tsted with us, but yet you have no game yet have you?
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Hey ill_a_nois,
I took a look at your web-site-- some interesting stuff.
I think you are a creative person and I think you're doing neat things. It is brave and generous to put unfinished Coldstone games up for people to see and play with... that kind of "sharing progress" was why I posted my original message. I hope more people do the same!
seriously, thanks.
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The StarField 2 Demo is done. It's up on my personal web site. (URL is also in my sig.)
(url="http://"http://www-students.biol.edu/~johns")Heart of the Fyre(/url)
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Originally posted by ill_a_nois:
**what was rude about that, really you yourself have , what 2-3 games, and you beta tsted with us, but yet you have no game yet have you?
and what do you mean paying attention to the pre-asw versions, if that was your unsubtle way of pointing to me, you got me... (especially since i'm pretty much the only active person from that period)...then again that's why you've put up karma..."do you"
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Oh, I completely agree with the fact that real life is very busy and complicated, and hence games are not going to be produced immediately, but I thought the "so button it", was rather abrupt and rude.
And about the pre-ASW thing -- Chill was consistently rude and spammy, and liked to think that he had that right since he had been around longer -- so I'm a little bit touchy when it comes to similar situations.
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Originally posted by JohnStokes:
**The StarField 2 Demo is done. It's up on my personal web site. (URL is also in my sig.)
Heart of the Fyre
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Congrats, JohnStokes!
A playable game! Hurrah!
While certainly a bit rough around the edges, StarField2 is a very interesting experiment with Coldstone... side-scrolling CAN be done.
I have 2 questions:
1. Where did you get the music (INTENSE.mp3), and is it public domain?
2. Have you taken a look at TNT Basic? It's a game engine like Coldstone, but designed to create fast-animation games (like side-scrolling games). There is an article about it at (url="http://"http://www.idevgames.com")www.idevgames.com(/url).
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Originally posted by JohnStokes:
**The StarField 2 Demo is done. It's up on my personal web site. (URL is also in my sig.)
Heart of the Fyre
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I tried to connect to this site... it wouldn't work for me... :frown:
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Let's just say I had a little insight, into the cards. Next time bring a deck that isn't transparent to infared light.
Geordi LaForge.
I am developing a game called Seveth Quest. It has 7 different maps, 2 modified and 5 origional with about 10% original graphics. All the maps are complete including access areas and movement between the maps. The first quest is 95% complete and the game is playable but with no intro or ending. I am also building a website to show it off but I am spending more time on the game rather than the website. The game so far uncompiled is almost 200 meg's in size. Once all the quests are complete (about four weeks) I will be looking for people to try it out. I am not sure how to get it to people based on it current size and I haven't included sound yet. I can be emailed at squak@outgun.com if you are interested.
Squak - the seal makes all the noise not the approval
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Originally posted by JohnStokes:
**The StarField 2 Demo is done. It's up on my personal web site. (URL is also in my sig.)
Heart of the Fyre
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Mmmmmh... the link doesn't work for me either. The URL you give in your message is not the same as the one in your signature -- unfortunately both give me a DNS error :frown:.
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Beenox inc. - (url="http://"http://www.beenox.com")www.beenox.com(/url) (check our new web site!)
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I'm currently working on a Cluedo game in coldstone. It is not very much done as I am waiting growl for the CD.
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Let's just say I had a little insight, into the cards. Next time bring a deck that isn't transparent to infared light.
Geordi LaForge.
Thanks for the Kudos re: StarField2.
You're right. I made an error in the link, though my sig link is correct. I think the school's server was down for a time.
So, here's a direct link to the download.
(url="http://"http://crmstaff.org/stokes/StarField/StarField2.sit")StarField 2 Demo(/url)
INTENSE.mp3 was included on the ColdStone CD, so I'm assuming it's "public domain".
Thanks for the Basic tip. I'll check that out!
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Originally posted by ill_a_nois:
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and what do you mean paying attention to the pre-asw versions, if that was your unsubtle way of pointing to me, you got me... (especially since i'm pretty much the only active person from that period)...then again that's why you've put up karma..."do you"
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ahem I posted on the Beenox boards quite a few times, and I download beta 7. Git yo facts right boyo. 
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Originally posted by JohnStokes:
**Thanks for the Kudos re: StarField2.
You're right. I made an error in the link, though my sig link is correct. I think the school's server was down for a time.
So, here's a direct link to the download.
StarField 2 Demo
INTENSE.mp3 was included on the ColdStone CD, so I'm assuming it's "public domain".
Thanks for the Basic tip. I'll check that out!
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Gonna compile a "low carbon" one, too, or does it require OSX and latest-and-greatest to run?
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Originally posted by Squak:
**I am developing a game called Seveth Quest. It has 7 different maps, 2 modified and 5 origional with about 10% original graphics. All the maps are complete including access areas and movement between the maps. The first quest is 95% complete and the game is playable but with no intro or ending. I am also building a website to show it off but I am spending more time on the game rather than the website. The game so far uncompiled is almost 200 meg's in size. Once all the quests are complete (about four weeks) I will be looking for people to try it out. I am not sure how to get it to people based on it current size and I haven't included sound yet. I can be emailed at squak@outgun.com if you are interested.
Squak - the seal makes all the noise not the approval**
Sounds like fun, squak-- you might submit a call here on the web boards for players-- and then burn the game on CDs and mail it off... BUT, there is a Stuffit Lite version for free, so you might be able to compress the game and distribute it that way without using all the bandwidth in Texas...
From a post on another board, it sounds like Ambrosia is welcoming game submissions to its "Addons" page... though I don't know how open-armed that policy is.
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Just a small request, would I be able to get a PC version? I have been extremely unhappy since I found out Coldstone won't be on PC (sniff) and basically I have just been waiting for some games from it to try
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