Game Dev Competition Folks, Post Your Screenshots Here!

Since they want us to gather some screenshots anyway, why not post a couple here? After all, this is all about fun way more than it is about winning.

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... or so one would hope.

Our game: Primmies.

General concept: If Lemmings were dropped into Second Life, it might look something like this.

Pictured: One of our early "trap" concepts. And yes, it works.

The sun rises over PodLand as construction of Podlets Coliseum commences.

The sun rises over PodLand as construction of Podlets arena commences.

In-world team leader Gary Bukowski and I test an early incarnation of an Extended Virtual Agent node. This shot is a little out of date, we're several revisions ahead now.

You can check my own blog evaresearch.blogspot.com for news/info.

GIANT SNAIL races at Montmartre the The Largest AV race in SL and there off

No offense, RacerX - but this thread is reserved for residents who are competing in the Game Dev Competition this year, and reactions to that.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the Giant Snail Races aren't a part of that since that's been released already.... right?

Newer picture. Lots more progress done.

If this doesn't make you smile, check your pulse.

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lol that is great... the question is what was your HeartAv before you looked at the screesnot?

Is everyone checking the New World Notes this week for descriptions of the Game Dev entries?



-Satch-
http://www.riddlecityransom.com

Heh. Hamlet quoted me directly for our entry... which makes for some rather "interesting" dialog.

Ah well.

Primmies looks cute, Kryyterz looks fun... this is going to be a great competition.

Most of our screenies are being posted to SLPics (search for "DNA" or to the Riddle City Ransom Website.

Couple more screens of RCR.

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We've had a great turnout so far for Riddle City Ransom. I wanted to post some picks from Opening Night

The first explorers arrived right on time.

And people played and partied all night...

Yeah. In all honesty, I see RCR as becoming the next Tringo.

Which leads the question: Why are "old skool" games and puzzler's so popular in Second Life where most attempts at more traditional PC gaming are not? Does this reflect on the Second Life community as a whole, or is it just a footnote in our history?

I find the extreme nostalgia to be quite stifling as a developer. This is a trend that goes far beyond RCR and Tringo, to the point I'd call it the "Yahoo Games" era of Second Life.

I realize this is more a question I've addressed before, but this seems the appropriate place to put it. Maybe it's just me?

Wow, thanks for putting us in the same category as Tringo, we're not quite there yet. But if everyone comes down to the Shogunate Temple and starts playing maybe we can get there.

As far as the "Yahoo Games" era, well Yahoo Games has been a downright successful venture for Yahoo! Besides you haven't seen anything yet, wait til HTML comes to world.

To answer your questions, it's a trend called "Casual Games" and it's taking the game industry by storm. It is a market that is estimated to grow from $600 million last year to $2 billion in 2008. Everyone likes to play games, but not everyone is a gamer. As for the SL trend, perhaps its because all the "gamers" are playing WoW and CoH.

Satchmo mentioned the one thing - SL is not inhabited primarily by gamers. It is inhabited by people who like to play games. As a result, quick-playing, simple-to-play games dominated. (The dodgy state of speedy anything in SL would seem to be a factor too.)

That said, more "gamer" games do exist, and are as reasonably popular as you might expect - appealing to the more gamery SLers... like myself, for that matter. Portal Wars being my current interest.