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Tweet: Sauropod studio @SauropodStudio We will demo Castle Story live at the Montréal IGDA on Jan 31st! January 31 - DemoNight! demo showcase Event Details When: Tuesday, January 31st - 6:30pm doors/food/drinks open | 7:30pm presentation begins What: IGDA-Montreal DemoNight Where: The SAT, 1201 St.Laurent Why: Demos from local devs Who: All game developers, and those related to the game industry Entry: free for IGDA members; $5 for non-members Presentation "DemoNight" DemoNight is the chance for local studios to show off their work-in-progress games to the Montreal development community. These are all pre-release games - some are big budget highly anticipated AAA games, some are indie projects of passion that we've never heard of before. All will be presented in real-time (no pre-baked marketing flying throughs allowed) and get approx 7 minutest to show off and be discussed. Here's the list of games to be presented, in alphabetical order: [url]http://www.igda.org/montreal/Jan31_DemoNight[/url]

Even when there exists only one gameplay video and a few pictures of this game, it does not stop people from producing fanfiction already: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq9MSLV2vk4[/media]

[QUOTE=DasMatze;34515967]Even when there exists only one gameplay video and a few pictures of this game, it does not stop people from producing fanfiction already: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq9MSLV2vk4[/media][/QUOTE] Need a gif of 0:56-0:57 :v:

Why hasn't this been postet yet? [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPAMXCCEgkA[/media]

I love the detail they put into mining, like the stairs appearing when the hole gets deep.

I like mostly how the terrain is smooth yet it's still a voxel game. Wish they'd release a demo soon.

Finally some more media!

This looks awesome... Potential beta can't come fast enough.

I want this so much.

tree phy-x Xtreme! but that game is what i'v been looking for for a while now.

I'll update the OP in a bit.

[QUOTE=GozMit;34586845]Why hasn't this been postet yet? [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPAMXCCEgkA[/media][/QUOTE] Poor guy at 3:16 :(

Yeah those bugs in the timelapse worried me, but I really want to play their game.

Hmm, seems like it takes a long time to resource gather...

[QUOTE=Eeshton;34601868]Hmm, seems like it takes a long time to resource gather...[/QUOTE] It's an RTs though, you'll have a whole bunch of yeller guys to do your bidding.

[QUOTE=Eeshton;34601868]Hmm, seems like it takes a long time to resource gather...[/QUOTE] Good. Making a large fort shouldn't be easy, this way fortresses are worth a lot more and it won't be easy to build a huge megafortress.

[QUOTE=acds;34604793]Good. Making a large fort shouldn't be easy, this way fortresses are worth a lot more and it won't be easy to build a huge megafortress.[/QUOTE] Would lead to really interesting games. Small, newly founded Lords with little castles slowly expanding outwards, trying to oust the big King from his impenetrable fortress. Would be fun to have a map full of floating islands, each with their own liege lord and castles of varying strengths and sizes :)

I'm a bit disappointed that it is only [I][/I]floating islands. I would love some other settings as well.

[QUOTE=squids_eye;34605998]I'm a bit disappointed that it is only [I][/I]floating islands. I would love some other settings as well.[/QUOTE] I'm pretty sure they're adding in more stuff later, like mobs and other settings. They just want to the core mechanics working first. If you can build and mine with one yellow guy, then it'll work with 50 etc etc.

[QUOTE=acds;34604793]Good. Making a large fort shouldn't be easy, this way fortresses are worth a lot more and it won't be easy to build a huge megafortress.[/QUOTE] Time-absorbing doesn't mean it's challenging. Just takes up more time and is annoying.

[QUOTE=Eeshton;34608938]Time-absorbing doesn't mean it's challenging. Just takes up more time and is annoying.[/QUOTE] True, but how fun is it when everyone can just build a megafortress in 5 minutes? Anything short of a megafortress becomes useless/pointless, and there is no sense of achievement. Free building for 2 hours to build a decently sized castle is boring and not rewarding at all, building the same castle in a PvP game while at constant war with another player is another thing entirely. [editline]8th February 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=squids_eye;34605998]I'm a bit disappointed that it is only [I][/I]floating islands. I would love some other settings as well.[/QUOTE] The terrain is randomly generated, can't imagine it being too hard to modify the generation to make a single, huge island (basically making it on the ground).

You can't build a megafortress in 5 minutes, also they have mobs planned so you'll have to defend your yellow guys from baddies.

[QUOTE=acds;34609065]True, but how fun is it when everyone can just build a megafortress in 5 minutes? Anything short of a megafortress becomes useless/pointless, and there is no sense of achievement. Free building for 2 hours to build a decently sized castle is boring and not rewarding at all, building the same castle in a PvP game while at constant war with another player is another thing entirely. [editline]8th February 2012[/editline] The terrain is randomly generated, can't imagine it being too hard to modify the generation to make a single, huge island (basically making it on the ground).[/QUOTE] I didn't say a megafortress in five minutes would be rewarding. It's up to the developer to balance a good amount of time and also take into account a person's attention span. 30 minutes to build up a basic house just to survive the night (assuming night will bring enemies?) seems a bit much. [editline]8th February 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=suppertime;34609304]You can't build a megafortress in 5 minutes, also they have mobs planned so you'll have to defend your yellow guys from baddies.[/QUOTE] He didn't say that, he was talking hypothetically.

Let's get the dust off this thread! In case you didn't follow the dev diaries every Friday, here's a quick summary of what has changed in the past months: - Added doors to keep enemies out or locked-in - Added LOD (Level of Detail) system [img]http://www.sauropodstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/LOD.jpg[/img] - Added combat system [img]http://www.sauropodstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/DevDiary4Banner.jpg[/img] - Added barrels, arch-blocks and a radial construction menu [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFKBw4UuHkQ[/media] - Revamped Bricktron mesh [img]http://www.sauropodstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Part3.jpg[/img] - Added wooden structures [img]http://www.sauropodstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/WoodBlock_06.jpg[/img] - New equipment [img]http://www.sauropodstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Weapons.jpg[/img] - Bricktrons who meet on a narrow path won't walk through each other, they change their equipment and swap roles (genius.gif) - Started working on bad guys - Added ballistics to bows - Added ladders [img]http://www.sauropodstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Blog9_Banner.jpg[/img] - Far Z-clipping has been replaced with a skybox camera (so things won't just disappear at the horizon) - Added catapults [img]http://www.sauropodstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Banner.jpg[/img] - Added ragdoll physics [img]http://www.sauropodstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Ragdoll.gif[/img] The whole time they also talked about optimizations of the path finding system. Today, they showed their To-Do list: [img]http://www.sauropodstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Milestones.jpg[/img] Soon they will start a Kickstarter project. I will definately support it! [url]http://www.sauropodstudio.com/blog/[/url]

Damn, all of that's awesome, and I am almost completely sure they'll reach their kickstarter goal, but I hope they kick up the pace when they get their money and not just say "Fuck it, we'll just pull a notch"

I hope that they do say that, and then it turns it they were joking.

Kickstarter launched, new trailer and stuff: [url]http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/902505202/castle-story?ref=recently_launched[/url]

[QUOTE=acds;36959879]Kickstarter launched, new trailer and stuff: [URL]http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/902505202/castle-story?ref=recently_launched[/URL][/QUOTE] Been watching out for this for a while. Definitely backed!

[QUOTE=PieClock;36960164]Been watching out for this for a while. Definitely backed! Sucks that you don't get the final game though.[/QUOTE] It says that when the beta turns into the final game you'll get that too.

[QUOTE=nnoah95;36960264]It says that when the beta turns into the final game you'll get that too.[/QUOTE] Just came back to edit my post after I noticed that, I'd misinterpreted the pledge descriptions.