With my friend Jan, we will be participating in Ludum Dare for the first time. I am responsible of the graphics and he is programming. We are planning to work from 9 AM to 5 PM for three days starting from Saturday morning. You will be able to watch our development process live at my Twitch channel here. Theme is not chosen yet but these are what we decided on:

– Unity 3D as the game engine

– C# as the programming language

– Hand drawn vector art and animations for the graphics

– Mobile or PC as the platform (if mobile also a Web version)

We are developing games for almost a year together and hoping to produce something awesome for this Ludum Dare.

Good luck everyone!

We decided on the concept and genre of the game. It will be a space exploration game with micro management and a storyline! Right now we are focusing on the exploration part. Movement and  space, planets etc.

Later there will be;

– Material gathering (mining)

– Fighting with other AI ships

– Buy/Sell

– Upgrade ship

– Bounty hunting

You can watch the progress right here:
http://www.twitch.tv/dinoemirikol

Good luck everyone!

Hello all,

We finished these features for now:

– Movement with physics

– Rockets (changing color when you go backwards)

– Zoom out based on speed

Graphics:

– 2 planets, space station, spaceship, space, space cloud

You can watch the progress with graphics here: http://www.twitch.tv/dinoemirikol

We finish for today after getting 2 interface tabs and mining laser done. A lot of work done for only 1 day so I’m happy

We have managed to finish some more assets. There is a force field in front of space station entrance which limits your movement now. Camera shakes when you speed up. We are also debugging movement of camera. Next step will be adding a minimap.

We welcomed the second day of development. Today we plan to accomplish so many things including a completely working interface, mining, minimap and so on.

You can watch our development at http://www.twitch.tv/dinoemirikol

Good luck everyone!

We struggled a lot with Unity 4.6’s new interface system and we still don’t know how it exactly works. However graphically interface is getting more and more advanced. We have minimap icons and cursor as new graphics and already done pieces are already in the game. You can mine planets till you fill your cargo completely or planets run out of minerals. You cannot mine when you’re too fast in speed. You can also dock into the station and access your upgrades and store.

Here you can watch the on-going stream: http://www.twitch.tv/dinoemirikol

And here is the first day’s stream in 4 minutes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQdJzDDhhd4

And the graphics we have now:

These are implemented or done:

– Scanning the area by radar (upgradable) and showing the materials on planets
– Minimap icons, icons of planets according to the materials on them
– Docking to home station and being able to open station menu window
– Spaceship stats show on screen, fuel gets consumed, cargo gets full, materials get gathered
– Zooming by scrolling middle mouse button
– Federation market station for shopping purposes

After a good night’s sleep, tomorrow, we will go on with the list we made. Some of the crucial things are;

– Making the station window fully interactive, material management, selling materials, upgrading the ship
– A federation newspaper that includes the story. The story will affect the space market.
– Federation fuel station, buying fuel
– Buying materials and spaceship parts in federation market station
– At least 5-6 more planets
– A complete world map that can be toggled
– Moving at light speed
– Explosive material that reacts to heavy damage on ship when carried
– Remaining weapon upgrades (laserguns are already done) and shooting
– Security for federation stations (if you are caught with illegal material on you or if you attack them)

By this point the game will be playable but there are also extra stuff we are planning to add if we can manage to finish these;

– Cargo ships that move from market to market and that you can shop on if you dock
– Other merchants with their own stations moving around
– Pirates (enemy AI and combat)

Here is our federation market. (It’s a gif!) (Spaceship for the app. scale) Good luck everyone!

These are implemented or done:

– One more spaceship
– Asteroids with random color tone, velocity, angular velocity and spawning location, mining asteroids
– Federation newspaper (unfunctioning for now)

Today we are going on with the list we made. Some of the crucial things are;

– Store transactions after docking at station
– A federation newspaper that includes the story. The story will affect the space market.
– Buying materials and spaceship parts in federation market station
– At least 4-5 more planets
– Functioning federation newspaper with random issue per day
– Security for federation stations (if you are caught with illegal material on you or if you attack them)

By this point the game will be playable but there are also extra stuff we are planning to add if we can manage to finish these;

– Cargo ships that move from market to market and that you can shop on if you dock
– Other merchants with their own stations moving around
– Pirates (enemy AI and combat)

You can watch the development stream here: http://www.twitch.tv/dinoemirikol

Here is another spaceship with double lasergun weapon and the first issue of Federation News. I guess federation didn’t bother to pay for a graphic designer

These are implemented or done:

– Scanning the area by radar (upgradable) and showing the materials on planets
– Minimap icons, icons of planets according to the materials on them
– Docking to home station and being able to open station menu window
– Spaceship stats show on screen, fuel gets consumed, cargo gets full, materials get gathered
– Zooming by scrolling middle mouse button
– Federation market station for shopping purposes
– Moving at light speed
– A complete world map that can be toggled
– Shooting by laserguns
– Upgrading the ship after docking at station if required materials are satisfied
– Asteroids, one more planet, missile launcher, laser cannon

Today we are going on with the list we made. Some of the crucial things are;

– Store transactions after docking at station
– A federation newspaper that includes the story. The story will affect the space market.
– Federation fuel station, buying fuel
– Buying materials and spaceship parts in federation market station
– At least 4-5 more planets
– Explosive material that reacts to heavy damage on ship when carried
– Security for federation stations (if you are caught with illegal material on you or if you attack them)

By this point the game will be playable but there are also extra stuff we are planning to add if we can manage to finish these;

– Cargo ships that move from market to market and that you can shop on if you dock
– Other merchants with their own stations moving around
– Pirates (enemy AI and combat)

You can watch the development stream here: http://www.twitch.tv/dinoemirikol

Here are the new graphics done, will be screenshots soon:

We are submitting our game in a second but it is not finished. It is playable though.
We enjoyed developing it and learned&practiced a lot except these last few sleepless hours. It was a little bit painful
I’m putting the graphics which are not in the game. We want to go on working on it later and implement all the features we planned to do so. Hope you enjoy the game. We are going to rest now till we come back and try to play and rate as many of your games as possible.

We are dead tired but it was worth.
Use the link below to start delving deep into the space.
Hope you will like!
Space Delver

Space Delver is waiting for you to play it!

We wish we could implement a combat & AI system but you know how long it takes for that kind of stuff.
Instead you can mine, sell, buy, upgrade, explore and so on.
We will be coming with a post jam game later on and maybe even with a full release one day.

Don’t forget to rate and comment.
Hope you all like

PLAY SPACE DELVER HERE

I’ve made a list to myself where I add the best entries in my opinion.
The list has three categories:

Awesome Games
Very Innovative
Awesome Graphics/Sound

I’m streaming while I play so if you think there is a game that I should try out, don’t hesitate to post a link into the chat.

WATCH THE STREAM

OVERALL
1.NEXUS (brokenbeach) >> 41470 [Compo]
2.Chipset-0 (deepnight) >> 2982 [Compo]
3.Crystal Keeper (3CGames) >> 40729 [Jam]
4.One Ship Two Ship Redshift Blueshift (01010111) >> 11474 [Compo]
5.The Lion’s Song (LeafThief) >> 3923 [Jam]
6.Mor (Ditto) >> 14669 [Compo]
7.Heart Star (AdventureIslands) >> 11391 [Compo]
8.Close Your Eyes (nonetheless) >> 36254 [Compo]
9.Notes from a Mad Mage (Razoric) >> 27935 [Jam]
10.Orange (JaJ) >> 5496 [Compo]

GRAPHICS/SOUND
1.Schrodinghost (Carduus) >> 7279 [Jam]
2.Starpiercer (Schrodinger Games) >> 39357 [Jam]
3.Uninhabitable (Slikker) >> 38414 [Jam]
4.Sinister (Joe Williamson) >> 28182 [Compo]
5.Hello Worlds (dustyroom) >> 33150 [Jam]
6.Waterfly Octus (gillenew) >> 40452 [Compo]
7.Courier (Conk) >> 40797 [Compo]

INNOVATION
1.Matters of Perspective (nesis) >> 2726 [Compo]
2.Get Connected (sephyka) >> 23770 [Jam]
3.Elemental (Aru Nyan) >> 1645 [Compo]
4.Warmageddon (schizokoa) >> 31786 [Jam]
5.This Little Piggy… (InfectionTeam) >> 37445 [Jam]

I will update the list later, after adding up new entries that I found out.

I’m going on playing LD entries, commenting on them while streaming and adding the best ones into my list.
If you’d like to watch the stream or recommend a game, go ahead, post the link into the chat.

STREAM

We are developing Space Delver further. Right now we are working intensely on interface visuals and functions.
This includes maps, upgrade screen, symbols, ship stats and so on.
To follow the development you can check my Twitter account.
To play the Jam Entry version click here.

Please click on the image to see it in real size. And tell us what you think about it

Space Delver is a game where you play as a space merchant. It’s a game of space exploration, advancement and micromanagement spiced up with a little bit of story.

What can you do in the game?
– Fly around as much as you can with the amount of fuel you have.
– Gather resources from asteroids and planets by using your mining laser.
– Land on planets, explore the planet, communicate with many different races living on them.
– Trade on your home station, on cargo ships, on federation space stations, on other merchant’s space stations and on planets .
– Upgrade your ship to be better at controlling your ship, mining, defending your ship against pirate attacks, increasing your cargo capacity and so on.
– Call for help if you run out of fuel, only by taking the risk of getting the attention of a pirate ship. If you run out of money and fuel together, the game is over for you.
– Follow the federation news, actively participate in events happening around galaxy or use business opportunities wisely.
– Choose the hard way for earning a lot, hunt bounties with your merchant ship.
– Travel to other solar systems with your warp drive or a warp gate, discover new resources hidden in the depths of space.
– Buy new ships, enlarge your station hangar.
And many other things that we may come up with in the following days.

From now on, we have a development blog here >> http://spacedelver.wordpress.com
We are working hard to flesh out the game we wanted after the jam.

You can play very limited jam version here >> http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-30/?action=preview&uid=39580
Please don’t hesitate to rate and comment. Every single idea helps us in development process.

You can download different sizes from the Dropbox link below. Enjoy
Ludum Dare 31 Wallpapers

Anil Demir (Animation, Effects)
Geribal (3D Modeling, Textures)
Jan Szczepanik-Dzikowski (Programming)
Urszula Samplawska (Concept Art, Interface, Textures)

We’re in and got started with discussing the idea for unconventional weapon. Our protagonist will be children fighting against evil monsters with teddy bears, pillows etc. It will be a multi-player coop game with one server serving all the players. There will be ~70 degrees angle camera from top. Cartoon-like 3D graphics with fantasy environment.

We’ll be using Unity, C#, Photoshop, ZBrush, Modo and Blender.

We’ve some particles already for blood and portals!