@\NightandtheShape/@ Posted August 4, 2007 Posted August 4, 2007 Okay so...Canalside Studios and then... Top20 Dream Build Play Finalists I need not say anymore. I wasn't heavily involved with Yo Ho Kablamo, but I did contribute to the game. (I wrote the sprite engine, and worked with the lead coder of Yo Ho Kablamo on some multithreading implementation, not directly but in R&D, and did some R&D stuff that meant they had the process for skinned mesh implmentation). I'm lead programmer on the other project G3, which wasn't entered into the competition. But I thought I'd share with you obsidianites . "I'm a programmer at a games company... REET GOOD!" - Me
Walsingham Posted August 4, 2007 Posted August 4, 2007 How imaginative "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
@\NightandtheShape/@ Posted August 4, 2007 Author Posted August 4, 2007 ... Yeah.. That's a little much if you ask me. "I'm a programmer at a games company... REET GOOD!" - Me
@\NightandtheShape/@ Posted August 4, 2007 Author Posted August 4, 2007 (edited) But we had a monkey, and pirate ships, and and anyone knows anything knows that monkeys+pirates own skantly clad harlots! Edited August 4, 2007 by @\NightandtheShape/@ "I'm a programmer at a games company... REET GOOD!" - Me
Gorth Posted August 4, 2007 Posted August 4, 2007 (edited) it "looks" like a fun game. The likes of which has become rare since the days of 8 bit computers when imagination was the prime requirement (because it was all you could do with the resources, manhours and platforms available) Edited August 4, 2007 by Gorth “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
@\NightandtheShape/@ Posted August 4, 2007 Author Posted August 4, 2007 It's extremely fun, it was actually prototyped in space three times until eventually there was a major engine rewrite, and the whole thing redesigned for the sea. The inital prototype was brough to us having been made using "The Games Factory". Then it was alpha prototyped in 2D, in space using XNA. Then in 3D. Then changed to the whole sea, pirate and monkey theme. It wasn't an amazing technical challenge(I got dumped with all that stuff, on another project that's still being developed), but Yo Ho Kablamo, it's development name was Sea Zoggers, is an extremely fun party game. As you can see from one of the screenshot on DBP, I was actually play testing it when they grabbed the screen shot . "I'm a programmer at a games company... REET GOOD!" - Me
Cantousent Posted August 4, 2007 Posted August 4, 2007 Awesome. Plus, hot babes with guns? How could we complain? It does hearken back to the days of tape drives and cartidges. Makes me wish I had my old temple of Apshai game and a computer on which to run it. Fionavar's Holliday Wishes to all members of our online community: Happy Holidays Join the revelry at the Obsidian Plays channel:Obsidian Plays Remembering tarna, Phosphor, Metadigital, and Visceris. Drink mead heartily in the halls of Valhalla, my friends!
@\NightandtheShape/@ Posted August 11, 2007 Author Posted August 11, 2007 I'm currently in seattle attending microsofts gamefest monday and tuesday... "I'm a programmer at a games company... REET GOOD!" - Me
Cantousent Posted August 11, 2007 Posted August 11, 2007 I'm currently jealous, doing laundry and eating cold taquitoes. Rat bastard. Fionavar's Holliday Wishes to all members of our online community: Happy Holidays Join the revelry at the Obsidian Plays channel:Obsidian Plays Remembering tarna, Phosphor, Metadigital, and Visceris. Drink mead heartily in the halls of Valhalla, my friends!
@\NightandtheShape/@ Posted August 11, 2007 Author Posted August 11, 2007 I'm currently jealous, doing laundry and eating cold taquitoes. Rat bastard. LOL I just wanted to keep everyone that was interested updated. Atleast you have cold taquitoes . "I'm a programmer at a games company... REET GOOD!" - Me
@\NightandtheShape/@ Posted August 18, 2007 Author Posted August 18, 2007 So we came second, and we got a contract, so it looks like Yo Ho will be on XBOX Live if all things go well, there is some work to do yet! Saw a couple of guys in Obsidian shirts, but I didn't actually get to meet any obsidian employee's, I did meet some cool folks from NCSoft and Gas Power Games, heh Microsoft also bought me lunch, HA I had lunch on Bill! LOL All in all, great news, Loved Seattle! "I'm a programmer at a games company... REET GOOD!" - Me
Gorth Posted August 19, 2007 Posted August 19, 2007 So we came second, and we got a contract, so it looks like Yo Ho will be on XBOX Live if all things go well, there is some work to do yet! Congratulations Is now the right time to whine and complain about not appearing on the PC? “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
@\NightandtheShape/@ Posted August 19, 2007 Author Posted August 19, 2007 So we came second, and we got a contract, so it looks like Yo Ho will be on XBOX Live if all things go well, there is some work to do yet! Congratulations Is now the right time to whine and complain about not appearing on the PC? It will most likely be on PC, and if all goes well you'll be able to play against your friends on XBOX . "I'm a programmer at a games company... REET GOOD!" - Me
Tale Posted August 19, 2007 Posted August 19, 2007 It will most likely be on PC, and if all goes well you'll be able to play against your friends on XBOX . Vista only? "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater."
@\NightandtheShape/@ Posted August 19, 2007 Author Posted August 19, 2007 It will most likely be on PC, and if all goes well you'll be able to play against your friends on XBOX . Vista only? We're hoping not, it's in the initial phase the idea is to hopefully support XP, Vista and XBOX 360, depends what feature are in XNA GS2.0. "I'm a programmer at a games company... REET GOOD!" - Me
Cantousent Posted August 19, 2007 Posted August 19, 2007 How is the other project coming? The one you didn't enter this time around? Fionavar's Holliday Wishes to all members of our online community: Happy Holidays Join the revelry at the Obsidian Plays channel:Obsidian Plays Remembering tarna, Phosphor, Metadigital, and Visceris. Drink mead heartily in the halls of Valhalla, my friends!
@\NightandtheShape/@ Posted August 19, 2007 Author Posted August 19, 2007 How is the other project coming? The one you didn't enter this time around? It's in stasis, and acting a fully playable game to show off our more sophisticated game engine. There has been talk of making basically a bomberman style game but upon a cube. "I'm a programmer at a games company... REET GOOD!" - Me
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