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I've done it again
Well well well, here we meet again. Smitty has done the 'impossible'. That is, yet again, creating a new game. BUT, this is not any ordinary game. Oh, and it's been an ongoing project for quite some time now. The idle-pixel updates between coding what's coming has been hard, but we are finally getting close. Keep reading if you're interested.
Well well well, here we meet again. Smitty has done the 'impossible'. That is, yet again, creating a new game. BUT, this is not any ordinary game. Oh, and it's been an ongoing project for quite some time now. The idle-pixel updates between coding what's coming has been hard, but we are finally getting close. Keep reading if you're interested.
Past experience
I have now succesfully built from scratch a game engine that supports MMOs. I have managed to combine all the coding skills I have learned from diamond hunt offline, diamond hunt 1, diamond hunt 2, diamond hunt mmo, diamond hunt 3, idle-pixel, to create the dream project I've always wanted to create. My first diamond hunt came out nine years ago. And I KNOW some of you reading this are still around, and I love to see that.
I have now succesfully built from scratch a game engine that supports MMOs. I have managed to combine all the coding skills I have learned from diamond hunt offline, diamond hunt 1, diamond hunt 2, diamond hunt mmo, diamond hunt 3, idle-pixel, to create the dream project I've always wanted to create. My first diamond hunt came out nine years ago. And I KNOW some of you reading this are still around, and I love to see that.
Why I'm doing this
I've been a long time fan of the mmo called runescape (oldschool). I wanted to created something similar, but in 2D. It's so fun to see our levels go up while doing other stuff, and I wanted to take it to the next level. Think of it as an idle game, like idle-pixel, but you can actually walk around, equip items and so on. The game is coded to have a lot of afk skills, and not so afk-skills, such as combat.
I've been a long time fan of the mmo called runescape (oldschool). I wanted to created something similar, but in 2D. It's so fun to see our levels go up while doing other stuff, and I wanted to take it to the next level. Think of it as an idle game, like idle-pixel, but you can actually walk around, equip items and so on. The game is coded to have a lot of afk skills, and not so afk-skills, such as combat.
The big move - Should I do it? (Last year)
This was a tough descission. Do I put 100% of my effort in idle-pixel, or go half/half with this project? Well obviously if this site is up, it's because I went half half. Nobody noticed, because idle pixel updates were still being released quite regularly.
This was a tough descission. Do I put 100% of my effort in idle-pixel, or go half/half with this project? Well obviously if this site is up, it's because I went half half. Nobody noticed, because idle pixel updates were still being released quite regularly.
Time to work
So I got to work. I'm a pretty decent coder when it comes to backend, but my frontend skills really do suck. All my previous games shows how bad I am at UI and drawing. So I took lessons for pixel art, and I am attempting to draw everything in this game. I will not be using AI (not a fan, even though I've used it for idle-pixel), and I'll be creating all animations frame by frame.
So I got to work. I'm a pretty decent coder when it comes to backend, but my frontend skills really do suck. All my previous games shows how bad I am at UI and drawing. So I took lessons for pixel art, and I am attempting to draw everything in this game. I will not be using AI (not a fan, even though I've used it for idle-pixel), and I'll be creating all animations frame by frame.
