PSR (Project Status Report)
Whoa, it's been five days since my last post already? Well, I've been hard at work on several projects the whole time. I'm dedicating around 6-9 hours a day to game development lately! (Woo unemployment!)
To someone following my projects, it may seem like I have a lot going on right now, but I'm actually very focused on two things at the moment. My first Flash platformer is my primary concern, and RunMan: Race Around the World is coming in at second place. This might be confusing to some, seeing as I just teased Jumper 3D in my last post. It gets even more bewildering when I reveal that my first Flash platformer is not, in fact, Islands.
Here's the skinny on Jumper 3D: It does exist, but it is in a very early stage of development and I am not working on it yet. It is a collaboration with my friend Chevy Ray, and he is handling the early programming while I will be jumping in to do design work later. We're just experimenting with the third dimension and exploring the possibilities for Jumper-style gameplay right now. Hopefully it will turn into a full-size game (and hopefully one that is quite fun to play as well)!
Meanwhile, Islands is on hold for various reasons. Mostly because I need to finish a game soon. Islands is a bit too ambitious to finish quickly and I must release a Flash game this month to pay the bills. So Islands is completely off my plate for now - sorry I jumped the gun with teasing it only to take it away, but these things happen.
Also meanwhile, Runman: Race Around the World is slowly nearing the finish line. I don't have much else to say here except that yes, we are still working on it and yes, it rocks.
And finally, that brings us to my mystery Flash platformer. I don't want to reveal much, because a lot of it may change. All I will say is that it isn't a Jumper game and that I hope to have it done by the end of May.
Whew. The tangled webs we weave...
To someone following my projects, it may seem like I have a lot going on right now, but I'm actually very focused on two things at the moment. My first Flash platformer is my primary concern, and RunMan: Race Around the World is coming in at second place. This might be confusing to some, seeing as I just teased Jumper 3D in my last post. It gets even more bewildering when I reveal that my first Flash platformer is not, in fact, Islands.
Here's the skinny on Jumper 3D: It does exist, but it is in a very early stage of development and I am not working on it yet. It is a collaboration with my friend Chevy Ray, and he is handling the early programming while I will be jumping in to do design work later. We're just experimenting with the third dimension and exploring the possibilities for Jumper-style gameplay right now. Hopefully it will turn into a full-size game (and hopefully one that is quite fun to play as well)!
Meanwhile, Islands is on hold for various reasons. Mostly because I need to finish a game soon. Islands is a bit too ambitious to finish quickly and I must release a Flash game this month to pay the bills. So Islands is completely off my plate for now - sorry I jumped the gun with teasing it only to take it away, but these things happen.
Also meanwhile, Runman: Race Around the World is slowly nearing the finish line. I don't have much else to say here except that yes, we are still working on it and yes, it rocks.
And finally, that brings us to my mystery Flash platformer. I don't want to reveal much, because a lot of it may change. All I will say is that it isn't a Jumper game and that I hope to have it done by the end of May.
Whew. The tangled webs we weave...
posted by Matt Thorson at
11:23 AM
3 Comments:
I'll never give up on you Thorson!!!
Keep working hard! But not too hard!
As long as the games are running...I'm happy.
he's not superman. :\
but it's cool to here a detailed report on what's happening.
Err... wow. I'm not sure I can actually say anything beyond that.
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