fantanoice Posted July 21, 2018 Posted July 21, 2018 Have you ever tried working on your own video game? What was your experience like? I'm a programmer and in a previous job worked some number 1 games here in Australia. I'm hoping to one day open my own studio and work for myself, but I have a few things to sort out before that's possible. How about you?
Alyxx Posted July 23, 2018 Posted July 23, 2018 At the moment I am actually developing my own game, a metroidvania run'n'gun platformer called ETHER, which is heavily influenced by games such as Metroid and Duke Nukem. It's style is pretty much intentionally mimicking early 90's DOS games, particurarily those by Apogee Software, using a 16 colour EGA palette and SoundBlaster/AdLib OPL synthesizer sounds and music. fantanoice 1
9Online Posted July 24, 2018 Posted July 24, 2018 5 hours ago, Alyxx said: At the moment I am actually developing my own game, a metroidvania run'n'gun platformer called ETHER, which is heavily influenced by games such as Metroid and Duke Nukem. It's style is pretty much intentionally mimicking early 90's DOS games, particurarily those by Apogee Software, using a 16 colour EGA palette and SoundBlaster/AdLib OPL synthesizer sounds and music. Dude, that is awesome and looks like fun! I'd love to know when you release it. I love Metroid, and I'm glad you're inspired by it and started working on your own game. On another note, I've never even thought about game development. ZERO knowledge in that area... LOL!
fantanoice Posted July 26, 2018 Author Posted July 26, 2018 (edited) That's awesome, @Alyxx. I'm really digging the retro aesthetic. What tools are you using to build it? Edited July 26, 2018 by fantanoice
Alyxx Posted July 26, 2018 Posted July 26, 2018 13 hours ago, fantanoice said: That's awesome, @Alyxx. I'm really digging the retro aesthetic. What tools are you using to build it? Game Maker Studio Professional.
fantanoice Posted July 27, 2018 Author Posted July 27, 2018 Do you do any of the coding yourself or do you only use the drag-and-drop tools? What are you using for the art? I'm not sure what an 'EGA' palette is.
DylanC Posted September 22, 2018 Posted September 22, 2018 I wrote a really simple, rudimentary game for my Amstrad CPC 464 when I was about eleven years old using BASIC. That's about it, honestly.
Heatman Posted September 11, 2021 Posted September 11, 2021 Seriously - games development isn't something that everyone can get into because it really requires a lot of skills, knowledge and even financial resources to back it up.
Head_Hunter Posted September 24, 2021 Posted September 24, 2021 Interesting to hear that from you that you're a video game developer. You should push yourself up to achieve your dream, but it shouldn't make you being in a haste for that.
Heatman Posted September 24, 2021 Posted September 24, 2021 9 hours ago, Head_Hunter said: Interesting to hear that from you that you're a video game developer. You should push yourself up to achieve your dream, but it shouldn't make you being in a haste for that. Yeah - once he's well committed to the work, there is always a possibility that he's going to become very good at it.
Justin11 Posted October 13, 2021 Posted October 13, 2021 I never tried developing my own video game, but that's something I would love to embark in my career in the future. But I have to start from somewhere to learn, in order to build experience.
