So, seems people liked it so I am going to start making a new version of Hack24 in Unity
Building it in Unity will allow me to get past a lot of my performance issues.
If you enjoyed the game, please let me know what you liked and what you want in the next version!
So, a few of us gathered at Compsoft for another random GameJam, there was a theme but I don’t think anyone could remember what it was. It was more of a hack some stuff together using Unity. Now I am not the biggest fan of Unity, I love doing things the hard way, Unity seems to do too much for you, like Magic.
This time I focused on trying to get a simple example working for my Oculus Rift DK1 on a Mac, I thought this was going to be very hard. I googled and saw Oculus’s new SDKs does not support OSX, I also saw very little mention of DK1. I read about people hacking stuff together etc, things where not looking good.
However, the people at Unity rock, there was a simple tick box on the build settings for my project, that just made magic happen! I had a simple 3D First person demo from the store, I ticked this box and BOOM, VR baby!. I was actually blown away, to the point where I actually want to learn Unity! I had a beautiful 3D Forest in VR without coding a single thing! (The demo of course had code but I had done nothing)
I couldn’t of made this by hand in a million years! I then proceeded to add snow, a snowman and a elf!
Everyone has been telling me to use Unity, I think their right. I just need to give in and learn it!
I May of just solved a programming issue that’s been bugging me for many months. The only way I thought I could get round it was a complete rewrite of the 3D engine for Hack24. However it seems you can get around the massive performance with Hack24 by having multiple threads. Yes seems obvious however this is OpenGL world and that is completely different, the items have to created in the main context!
The fix worked, so a new version of Hack24 has been submitted (with other bug fixes!)
Humble Bundles generally consist of a number of indie games sold together at a low price in support of charity. This time however it’s a bit different, as this one is composed almost entirely of game development tools and asset packs. The bundle currently includes:
The above list is the complete purchase list however, and requires an investment of at least 12$. That said, Spriter alone usually has a 50$ price tag and Stencyl Indie is 99$, thats an extremely reasonable price tag.
More details about the Humble Game Making Bundle are available right here.
So, finally I got some time to update Hack24, my first ever MMO for iOS. 2.0 is not as big upgraded as I hoped but added some more fun to the game.
Next, I plan to improve performance, the game keeps getting new users, and so development will continue
You can get it free from iTunes
Just a small update, the following features, bugs have been fixed.
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So, tonight I decided just to punt out Virtual Worlds. Probably a silly move but nothing has been happening lately with it due to work stuff, a 3 week long cough, 2 birthdays, Christmas and home life!
I will soon know how bad it is!
I managed to do some useful bug fixes, tested it on a couple of controllers etc. More will come soon!
So, Virtual Worlds, hmm I had planned to release that by the end of the month however a few things have come up! Man Flu has not helped me code, the snot just goes everywhere!
I have also had a few other things on!
Wish me luck!
What? a? Virtual Worlds? What a sh*t name? Your probably right but its just better than Android 3D mmo thingy!
Progress so far? I would of liked to give it more time but some times I am not in the mood, sometimes I can’t get out of the mood which also leads to lack of sleep! Last night I had beer! (not a usual thing sadly)
What can you do so far?
Whats next
So to get it to the point where I can alpha test it I would like to do the follow
The aim is to have a demo zone thats setup for xmas when I release alpha:)
Off to bed!
So Hack24 has seen some downloads, and some regular players. 1.01 was a fast update to fix a few issues however 1.02 (which may become 1.1) will hopefully see quite a few improvements.
New stuff coming (hopefully) soon
Near Future:
