03-13-2007, 08:54 PM
Again, since I don't have my own blog yet...
I think my next game project will probably be a Galaga type game. That is, a space shooter with a simple starfield background, tight keyboard controls, and ships that have interesting movements. I don't feel any Mac games have really gotten this genre right. I hear from Psychotronic that Kaijin is popular, but I don't understand why. The game feels so weird to me.
Anyway, I know many Midnight Mansion players may have no interest in a
Psychotronic may end up being an alpha tester for this game too, because he also likes twitch shooters like Galaga.
I think my next game project will probably be a Galaga type game. That is, a space shooter with a simple starfield background, tight keyboard controls, and ships that have interesting movements. I don't feel any Mac games have really gotten this genre right. I hear from Psychotronic that Kaijin is popular, but I don't understand why. The game feels so weird to me.
Anyway, I know many Midnight Mansion players may have no interest in a
twitchshooter, but I'll be making it for *me*, to do something that *I* want to work on and play. As a nice simple game project that will be a break from things like Midnight Mansion, where I have to deal with legacy code, legacy resources, etc. And a break from a project I started last summer, which was a casual game that I hope to finish some day, but it was hard to work on because I don't really enjoy casual games myself.
Psychotronic may end up being an alpha tester for this game too, because he also likes twitch shooters like Galaga.