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[QUOTE=Kinglah Crab;34059369]and these are, uhh, these are ghost blocks... uhhhh... when this guy takes the block and puts it there, you can notice that it... becomes a real block, uhh...[/QUOTE] So he doesn't speak well? Who cares, he's a fucking game dev, not a public speaking master. Give the guy a break.

Please tell me I'm not the only one who had their hopes up for a Cave Story sequel. This does look pretty fun though.

I actually clicked it thinking it was like a Cave Story mod or some shit. Def buying this though.

I just love how sandbox games have an golden age right now. I really need this game, looks like an RTS game made just for me, holy shit.

To be perfectly honest I was expecting another Kairosoft game. Looks pretty good but I;m waiting to see if they'll allow you to bridge to other islands.

[QUOTE=Mombasa;34060770]To be perfectly honest I was expecting another Kairosoft game. Looks pretty good but I;m waiting to see if they'll allow you to bridge to other islands.[/QUOTE] In the video there was a wooden bridge to a smaller island near the end.

Now lets hope that they have a lot of warfare, and it doesn't end up like every other sandbox building game where everyone just builds their spergtower. The fact he said "What's the point of building if you can't blow it up" gives me hope.

An RTS where you have to build every single structure by hand seems kind of time consuming, especially since RTS games tend to go by really fast.

[QUOTE=JustGman;34061215]An RTS where you have to build every single structure by hand seems kind of time consuming, especially since RTS games tend to go by really fast.[/QUOTE] Most RTS I play last about 1 hour per match on average, sometimes the match goes on up to 5 hours (SupCom). Starcraft is fast but that is just one kind of RTS. Also quite sure this is not meant to be a traditional RTS.

[QUOTE=JustGman;34061215]An RTS where you have to build every single structure by hand seems kind of time consuming, especially since RTS games tend to go by really fast.[/QUOTE] That depends entirely on the RTS. Soase, Civ and other 4X RTSs tend to take quite a long time. The only fast RTSs I can think of are Starcraft and Dawn of War, and even DoW is slower than Starcraft.

I would love for this to have individualised characters for each of the grunt units (in a way like Dwarf Fortress), I think a game like this not only needs great environment based interactions but also great unit-to-unit interaction to make it truely memorable (so names, personalities, proficiencies etc)

I hope you can save blueprints of entire castles so that you can just set it somewhere and your guys start building the whole thing. Would make destroying it in battles much easier.

To me, it's very reminiscent of the vapourware Clonk Extreme game. I'd to see steampunk hang-gliders and cannon-armed airships eventually, but who knows what direction it will go in. This game could very well squarely hit that niche goldmine genre in which Dwarf Fortress resides. Minecraft only accidentally bumped into it and then didn't focus on it, but this could hopefully become a big thing. RTS-like NPC control won't appeal so much to the ingrate 10 year old MC kiddies, but it does allow for so much more. I hope they keep their development open so we can follow along.

I hope they add some kind of transparancy mode or something so you can see through the castle walls easily when you a building. [editline]5th January 2012[/editline] Or a first person mode which lets you possess one of the little bricktrons and wander about.

[QUOTE=squids_eye;34061640]I hope they add some kind of transparancy mode or something so you can see through the castle walls easily when you a building. [editline]5th January 2012[/editline] Or a first person mode which lets you possess one of the little bricktrons and wander about.[/QUOTE] Both, and maybe a way to change Z levels like Dwarf fortress, having a lot of transparent stuff can be complicated when wanting to view a single floor.

[QUOTE=scratch (nl);34061676]Both, and maybe a way to change Z levels like Dwarf fortress, having a lot of transparent stuff can be complicated when wanting to view a single floor.[/QUOTE] I was thinking it should be like the highlighting for which area you want to mine, so you highlight a cube and all the blocks inside it appear transparent.

I was watching the video thinking "It looks pretty cool, I guess I'll buy it when it comes out" Then he blew up the tower [B]AND THE BLOCKS PILED UP AND NOT DISAPPEARED AND HE SAID YOU CAN CLEAN THEM UP AND REUSE THEM[/B] shutupandtakemymoney.jpg

[QUOTE=acds;34061222]Most RTS I play last about 1 hour per match on average, sometimes the match goes on up to 5 hours (SupCom). Starcraft is fast but that is just one kind of RTS. Also quite sure this is not meant to be a traditional RTS.[/QUOTE] Brood war games lasted me up to 2-3 hours at times

[QUOTE=Rubs10;34057284] I made this thread without seeing the other one, sorry Lagerhaft![/QUOTE] Hey, no worries man. Yours have more information anyway.

[QUOTE=GameDev;34058734]I hope they add a ton of different materials to build with-- Imaging building something like a city as intense like in Minecraft and having a full out battle in it.[/QUOTE] Like wood and stuff yeah, but you can build tons of cool stuff with stone blocks too. Would be good if they had like different material strength

[QUOTE=Thunderbolt;34062528]I was watching the video thinking "It looks pretty cool, I guess I'll buy it when it comes out" Then he blew up the tower [B]AND THE BLOCKS PILED UP AND NOT DISAPPEARED AND HE SAID YOU CAN CLEAN THEM UP AND REUSE THEM[/B] shutupandtakemymoney.jpg[/QUOTE] I hope there'll be both destroyed and intact blocks, so that you not just can blow shit up to rebuild stuff out of it without any downside. [editline]5th January 2012[/editline] but yeah it looks fucking awesome right now. This'll be one I'm probably not going to regret buying.

Multiplayer and cannons please. I will give you a fat Grant for it.

hnng i want this game so bad.

Very nice. I want to do this co-op.

Just needs an awesome Multiplayer Reminds me of clonk (if you dont know it google it you cant miss it)

Is there an estimated release date?

I'd love to just have a freebuild mode where there maybe comes some monsters at night, instead of rounds/matches.

This looks insanely cool. I'll have to stay updated of dev news somehow.

[QUOTE=Eeshton;34064719]Is there an estimated release date?[/QUOTE] E-mail them asking for a demo or some shit. I'm sure that if enough people ask they'll whip one up.

Hey guys, I'm sure you guys are super busy working on the game, and I feel like an asshole asking for this, but a good amount of people over at Facepunch ([url]http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1152892[/url]) are EXTREMELY interested in this game and love it, most of them asking for a demo, bugs or no bugs, we just want to play it for ourselves, so on behalf of the Facepunch forum, I'm asking for a demo release, with or without bugs, if you would like to release one. Sent that then.