Archive for 06月, 2008

Three new roguelike devlogs

星期一, 06月 30th, 2008

Krice’s Kaduria Devlog discusses the development of the game as well as the rants from one of the controversial posters at r.g.r.d (here you go, a bit of attention for you :) ) Perdurabo’s Kharne Devlog sports interesting articles about random dungeon generation and several interesting roguelike development topics Mr. Donick’s LambdaRogue ...

Procedural Generation Compo over TIGs

星期六, 06月 28th, 2008

TIGSource, your source for indie games information, has arranged a videogame development competition centered aroung procedural generation, the favorite topic for a lot of roguelike developers! It will run from May 5 to June 2. If you are interested on participating just head over to the TIGs forum and yell!

The Joystiq Free Game Club: The Several Journeys of Reemus

星期六, 06月 28th, 2008

Filed under: Features, PC Thanks to entries in the genre like Sam & Max, the debate over the life or death of the point-and-click adventure seems moot at this point. But we're still encouraged when we see them not just taking on life, but shining in a different venue. The latest ...

To Hideo Kojima stalkers: He’s in London next week

星期六, 06月 28th, 2008

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Action According to Eurogamer, Metal Gear heads Hideo Kojima and Yoji Shinkawa will be in London next week to scribble signatures across their latest work, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Kojima and co. will be at the HMV Oxford Street, London store as ...

Draw Physics

星期六, 06月 28th, 2008

The evolution of physics games which involves drawing objects using basic lines or circles. (post updated with download link for Chalk Physics)Chalk by Joakim Sandbergdownload, 3.85 MBCrayon Physics by Petri Purhodownload, 5.63 MBDraw the Physics by Beatshapers (NDS)no download available (source: Alex Aktion)Chalk Physics by JA2download, 4.5 MBScribble (WIP) by ...

Arika continues work on Ketsui DS

星期六, 06月 28th, 2008

Sometime before 5bp announced they were bringing Ketsui to the Xbox 360, Arika (side note: this is the same company who developed Dr. Mario Online Rx and Forever Blue) announced a DS version of the Cave shoot ‘em up. Not much information has come out beyond the initial announcement, but ...

Clock Tower’s Secret

星期六, 06月 28th, 2008

Clock Tower's Secret is a platformer in which players have to figure out a way to reach the exit portal by activating the correct switches to rotate the entire world towards the direction shown by the blue arrows.Hold the Z key to zoom out, and tap the C key to ...

Sega publishing Shiren 3 in Japan

星期六, 06月 28th, 2008

In case your ass is feeling a little better after the reaming Mystery Dungeon: Shiren The Wanderer gave you, I bring you some good or bad news (depending on how much you like your ass reamed) - Sega is publishing Chunsoft’s Shiren 3 for the Nintendo Wii in Japan, and ...

Capcom Takes On Legendary Anime Heroes In New Fighter

星期六, 06月 28th, 2008

We may never see another Marvel vs. Capcom. But  anime otaku the world over should jump at the chance to pit Ryu and Chun-Li versus some of their favorite animated heroes. This week's issue of Weekly Famitsu will include details on Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes. The arcade game, ...

Clock Tower’s Secret

星期六, 06月 28th, 2008

Clock Tower's Secret is a platformer in which players have to figure out a way to reach the exit portal by activating the correct switches to rotate the entire world towards the direction shown by the blue arrows.Hold the Z key to zoom out, and tap the C key to ...