Indie game devblog for TKLB, Dragon Audit, 8BitMMO and more
This weekend, I made a 2 vs 2 multiplayer action game for Global Game Jam 2018.
Space colonists must mine for resources and transmit them to their friends across the chasm.
This game was made in 48 hours. You can download it here.
In order to clean up old accounts so the server uses less memory (part of an upcoming server migration), I’ll be wiping inactive characters soon. This mostly affects ancient accounts that were never used much.
Characters which meet ALL these criteria will be wiped (all below conditions must be met):
The wiped character’s inventory will be deleted; any placed objects in world will be reassigned to a pooled character.
As most serious players built more than 20 objects, this primarily only affects the accounts which were created and quickly abandoned. However, if you’re worried, simply do a quick login on the server(s) you wish to keep your character data on.
Update 3/13: The inactive character wipe is now complete. Between that and some other optimizations, server is now using way less ram and can reboot much more quickly than before. Looking good for upcoming server migration.
A point and click adventure game in a DOSpunk visual style.
Story: A group of youths discover a conspiracy in their town that has destroyed all waves. They take it upon themselves to restore waves to the city! But what is the true purpose of the conspiracy?
Runs about 25 minutes based on our playtester.
Warning: This story gets a bit dark. Intended for mature audiences.
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Post jam quick fixes:
v4 fixes: (2/28/17)
Written and implemented by
Robby Zinchak
Blog: RobbyZinchak.com
Twitter: @RobbyZinchak
Audio by
Chris Hodel
Web: soundcloud.com/christopher-hodel
Andrew Pang
Twitter @pangtiece
Evan Witt
Site: wittynotes.com
Technology used
Unity
Adventure Creator
Fonts used
ASCII Bitmap Font by Creature
Code New Roman by Sam Radian
Special thanks
AIE
Pacific Science Center
Thank you for playing.
I was planning to skip Bitmas this year, but setk’s bitmas poem inspired me to do Last Minute Bitmas 2016!
All previously registered, non-muted accounts now have full Platscription benefits for the next holiday week (now through 1/2/2017). This includes daily plat, double gold and 9BitMMO access. Just type /platscription in-game (note – you may need to use standalone build for this as I didn’t get around to adding steam/kongregate support for platscription).
Enjoy!
This weekend I participated in a 48hour game jam. Each participant was randomly assigned a game idea. I received “Business Dogs…? F###, I don’t know.”
So I designed a game where you acquire knowledge so you CAN know, and in doing so eventually get hired to be a BUSINESS DOG. (If you know enough human business knowledge, people won’t realize you’re a dog!)
Sneak around and find business knowledge to win!
Code/Art/Design
Robby Zinchak
(twitter: @RobbyZinchak)
SFX/Music/VO Recording
Jarryd Elias
(twitter: @JEliasMusic)
(web: JarrydEliasMusic.com)
VO Acting
Those two guys ^
Additional Contributions
Unity tips from Chad Jenkins
Impact Label font Michael Tension
Lazy Dog font by Paul Neave
Thanks for playing!
The megamap has been updated (be sure to clear your cache if you want to see the updates)
In what is probably the biggest change to the game economy since platinum was added in 2012, it’s now possible to get massive amounts of plat as part of a new $9.99 per month subscription.
Platscription is a monthly subscription offer intended to A) help cover server costs, and b) to experiment what it would be like to monetize the game as a more affordable subscription business model than as a microtransaction business model.
With the new system, active subscribers can get access to all the platinum features in the game, including all construction & dungeon objects. The only things that would require the old plat packs are high plat clothing items and larger town expansions.
The new system should allow for plat stores to be restocked more easily, allow more players to build dungeons, as well as encourage more daily activity.
Subscribers receive:
This system is currently only available to players of the standalone or web version of the game (through Stripe credit card payment), although if there is demand, I may expand to support Patreon and/or Steam.
Menu > Get Gold will show a new window for standalone/web players:
Choosing Learn More for Platscription will allow you to access the Platscription window, and if you’re a subscriber, claim daily plat:
Chat shortcuts:
Direct link to subscription web page
In the shop, the following additional pricing changes have been made:
Added a little Captcha system during registration to make it harder for bots to make accounts.
It works for in-game registration too:
