Longer than expected :)

Hey all,
Sorry for not updating lately but I was having a very large exam MI exam (Machine Intellegence) I dont think I solved good at all in the exam :) it was so hard for a human being to solve and remember around 500 pages in only 7 days :D

Forget about this painfull experince I passed through it :) Now lets take alook about everything indie :)

About my Game Projects Hello World! and Pace Maker FP no new as I was studing hard the last week :) but about two old games Ninjaki and Night Guard I moved them to an Abandon games section :) and may I will release their source code if anyone interested but I dont think it is nice as I am always work unarranged and with no plans :)



Talking about source codes both two very famous games Gish and Aquaria go now open and you can download their source code from the internet and work with it :)
Here are the links: Gish Source Code, Aquaria Source Code repository link

Aquaria Level Editor Video Nice one :)



About competitions it has been long time since I talked here about any new one ) There are several compos are held by time.

First one:


Expermintal Gameplay launch its new theme which is Casual Addiction which will last for two monthes. More details are here.


You can make use of that entry and enter with it another compo for Jayisgames which is the second compo on the list of todays compo :) here is the link for more details.

Third Compo on today list:


Its a large one held by Activision with total prizes ranges to 175,000$ :O Which is pretty amazing :) here for further details about rules.

After this avalanche of compos lets back for more indie news :)


AMD and YoYoGames launched a new site for kids to learn game design and programming called Activate :) you can check on it for lots of cool stuff. But someone may call where is YoYoGames involved in this thats pretty easy its main tool GameMaker is used as a primary tool at the site.

Last two stuffs :)


About FlashPunk recently ChevyRay made class for splash screens and its so cool take a look (preview) (Source Code)

Last is a nice video by Alec Holowka at Pecha Kucha talking
Here is the video check it :)



Last thing the E3 will be this month and it will start at 15 June and ends at 17 June which so amazing :) and waiting for it :) to see it online as I still cant go to it :)

This is my last words for now :)

Bye Bye

Thats was long long time

Hi All Followers,
I know that it was long time since my last appear here on the blog but I was too busy and still too busy but I decided to make a very quick post for all my followers and friends who still check my blog.

I was saying that I am going to participate in YoYoGames 5th Competition with my game NightGuard I started working on it till I make a very descent engine but afterwards I stopped alittle due to my military training but when I finish the training, me and graduation project team where having a presentation that must be finished in two weeks maximum so we were working so hard these days and I didnt study anything during these days till we made a very descent presentation where lots of people love and we get good marks.

After the presentation we had very tight time before the midterm exams so we had to work hard everyday then by time we stopped for midterm exams because none of us study anything and if we didn't study well for it, Bad things will happen :D So due to all that I missed the YoYoGames 5th competition, so I stopped working on NightGuard but may be one day I will return back to it and finish it.

First lets talk alittle about what I have done in past days:

First about NightGuard:

As I said I made the engine and it works fine (its made by GameMaker 8 Lite version) and made some tiles and graphic asset but I didn't like the tiles alot I wish I had time to change it.

Here are some screen shots for the game:


Second My Graduation Project (Formally called Hello World!):

First of all I have said before that my graduation project by time is an Online Multiplayer Arena game (client server game). We still working on first prototype where you can move and attack (melee attack only).

Since due to very small time remaining an amazing artist (Hassan) decided to join to help us with the graphic assets. He didn't do isometric before but I know he will be amazing :) you can check his drawings here.

I knew hassan from a friend of mine called Ahmed Saker (well known on TIGSource Forum) as they are working on collab project called Fares you can check it.

The game will be a new type of gaming that never been made before (So stay tuned). Till the beta release here are some pictures for flyers and small intro made for by the flash for the powerpoint enterance (which we made at our presentation day):


The flash entrance of my presentation (click on the flash to view the animation)

Last thing is the News :) that I was late to post but they are amazing :)

First Flash Gamming Summit:

First this video will show the nominies for the award show:


Then now the winners are:

• Best Flash Game Port: Canabalt onto iPhone
• Best Indie Game: The Company of Myself
• Best Game Art: Machinarium
• Best Multiplayer Game: Zilch
• Best Strategy Game: Shadez2 - Battle For Earth
• Best Puzzle Game: Rustyard
• Best Social Game: Bejeweled Blitz
• Best Shooter Game: Captain Forever
• Most Creative Game: Time Fcuk
• Best Kongregate Kerds Game: Sacred Seasons
• People's Choice Award: Cube Solossus

Second Peice of News is about IGF:

Here is a video showing the award show:



And the winners are:

• Seumas McNally Grand Prize: Monaco
• Excellence in Visual Art: Limbo
• Excellence in Audio: Closure
• Excellence in Design: Monaco
• Nuovo Award: Tuning
• Technical Excellence: Limbo
• Audience Award: Heroes of Newerth
• D2D Vision Award: Max & The Magic Marker
• 2010 IGF Student Showcase Winners: Continuity

Third peice of News is About GDC:

First sony made a great and amazing show there you can check the video below:



Although the Sony press conference was epic the Award show was much more amazing check it:



And the Winner in the Choice Awards are:

• Game of the Year: Uncharted 2
• Best Game Design: Batman - Arkham Asylum
• Best Writing: Uncharted 2
• Best Debut Game: Torchlight
• Best Technology: Uncharted 2
• Best Handheld Game: Scribblenauts
• Best Visual Arts: Uncharted 2
• Innovation Award: Scribblenauts
• Best Audio: Uncharted 2
• Best Downloadable Game: Flower

And last peice of News is about the YoYoGames 5th Competition entries where there are lots of amazing stuff there here are some of them:

CowboyKilla
Extinction 3d
Zoo Escape 3d
Western Shootout
Zombie Movie
Flash Five
Crucial Challenge
RJSGT
StarLoad
They Need To Be Fed
Tetrex
Tower of Heaven

and there are more and more amazing stuff there go and check with yourself. Thats all what I got for now :) Sorry for long time abscence but I will try to be more active, But now time I will disappear again as I have midterm exams the next week wish to me good luck.

Bye Bye

Sorry it has been long time

Hey all,
Sorry for not posting from long time :S But I am too busy these days as at the morning I had a 2 weeks military training :S which is so bad and hard on me.
And at night I had to work on my Graduation Project which is changed to fit with my interests (this change happens by luck :D)

Now my GP (Graduation Project) will be an RPG Online Arena game :) it will be looks like DOTA but in my friends prespective :)

I am sorry for not updating so often so I have some old and new news :D


The first piece is the Experimental Gameplay month theme is Rejection :) you can find all the info on that link.


The second thing that TIGSource Assembly Compo Results are out :D yay :D here are the results :)

1. Bitworld
2. Dungeons of Fayte
3. Realm of the Mad God
4. Mr. Kitty’s Quest
5. BirdyWorld
6. Backworld
7. Tiny Crawl
8. s h i n e
9. The King, the Queen and the Jester
10. Great Dungeon in the Sky

For more info about the results here is the link of the post :)

Third stuff is FlashPunk v0.8 is out with lots of cool features new documentation and new games section on the main website :) for more information about new stuff in it :) go to the original post here.

Last thing about my YoYoGames compo entry :S (Night Guard) I made the main engine of the player movement long time ago but I stopped and didn't continue due to military training and GP project so I don't know if I will have time to finish it.

And about starting with FlashPunk I wanted to do that so hardly but I only use it for 2 hours then I had went to sleep and from that time I didnt see it again due to the same reasons for not continue working on Night Guard.

Thats all what I can say right now hoping that I can do something good. May god be with me :) Thanks for everyone who still come to my blog I will try to make frequently news now and often after my military training which will end on next thursday :).

Thats all for now :)

ByeBye

:S Bad News :S

Hey All,
First I am totally sorry that I didnt post anything for long time but I started exams on past sunday and I had an exam yesterday and the days before I had to study hard :)

Till now I didnt start AS3 with FlashPunk hopefully I can start it soon also the progress in Night Guard has been stopped since I started studying for the exam (means two weeks ago :S) which is along time :D


For the assemblee compo :) it has come to an end and there are 73 entries that you can view them all here :) there are some desecent games there :) its so nice :) and also the voting for best games is open and here is the link for the voting :)


There is a new contest running on SigmaNine.net community :) its their first contest :) the theme is to make a game that set on eart in the past you have 24 hours to finish the game but the deadline of the compo extends till 25 January :)
For more details here is the link.

There are lots of small contest on GameJolt two :) beside the rogue one :)


Random Contest by MadMaker :)
Theme: make a random game
Deadline: 1st March
More details: link


Binary Code Contest by Zack :)
Theme: Binary numbers and codes
Deadline: 15th March
More details: link

Innovation Contest by Toadsanime :)
Theme: Innovation
Deadline: 14th Febrauary
More details: link

About the IGF student entries :) as I usual I didnt pass to the finals (as expected :D) but the students final entries are truely amazing :) here is a link to see some entries :)

At the last some YoYoGames compo entries are rockin' till now :) the are still indevelopment but the rocks


1- CowboyKilla is a collab between Banov and Andrew both are amazing game designers since they are now collaborating so their game also an amazing master peice you should try the demo :)


2- StarLoad looks descent although I couldn't run it either on my PC or laptop it threw an Unexpected exception for some people while others dont threw :) but the designer of this game (GraniteGear) make lots of amazing stuff before so I think this game will be cool :)


3- Extinction 3D is an amazing 3D game that reveals the power of GM it is made by Sakisa one of the most talented GM game designer he made lots of cool games like CrimeLife series :)


4- Symphony game is made by 3dpursit :) and the game looks so nice :)
and there are more amazing games coming in the way :)

By these games my probability to win the compo will be very small :S I know that but I won't let hope pass I will continue my Night Guard game and never give hope :)

At last here are two piece of strange art I do past days :)
A pixel art for a devil :)


This was for Terry(The one who made VVVVVV game :)) Birthday


This is a strange thing I drew :-?? I dont know why I drew it


That all the news I know they aren't much but that what I knew for now so

ByeBye

YoYoGames Compos returns again

Hey All,

A very delightful news I just saw YoYoGames have started new Compo for the new year.
The theme of the compo is to make a game for handheld device using GM7 or GM8
Compo Rules (Copied from YoYoGlog)

1. Your Game must be less than 10MB (uncompressed)EXE only…NO ZIP files.
2. Maximum Screen Size 480X272
3. No DLLs or other extension packages can be used.
4. No Installation packages.
5. No use of the registry.
6. Game Controls must use cursor keys and space-bar only, escape to quit
7. Game Maker versions 7 or 8 only
8. All games must be tagged “Competition” and “05″
9. Contest finishes March 30th 2010 at Midnight GMT
   

More info go to this link

I will particpate in the compo with a new game (the game idea was developed for RoboSquid Contest but I didn't start on it at all as I was too busy)

Yesterday I started making a platform engine so as to use it in my future games where this game will be one of them and Alexitrón (The designer of lots of amazing games such as The Power) told me that he will help me in level designing as I am horrible at it. (I am so happy when I knew that Alex will help me :) )

Today when I hear about the YoYoGames Competition 05 I decided to participate in it with my newgame which is called Night Guard :)

I won't talk about it for now when I finish some parts of it I will post about it :)

Thats all for now :) Hope to see lots of amazing entries there :)

ByeBye

Game Release: The Egg & The Stone (In my view Bad news)

Hi all,
You maynot understand why bad news ?? Thats easy because it is not really a game its learning game to learn what is called resolution principle a logical principal to solve logical problems.The game team was large 20 persons divided to lots of things. Although we were large but we dont work alot on this game as we were too busy in lots of other projects.

The game is finally done (without sounds or music) I was assigned me and two others to make the game graphics using XNA studio.

I draw the whole charcter set and make the design of the GUI code and classes in C# and make the integrate everything of the GUI and help in final integration in the game.

The game in my view was a horrible experience and also was not funny it still contain some bugs but these bugs are becz of the A* algo used in moving and we didnt have time to correct it.

Important Note: be sure to install CNFFont.ttf file in your windows and install XNA runtime :)

You can give it a try I upload it on GameJolt as usual and here is the link.

By the way the game isnot easy to be learned :) you may dont understand what to do.

Also I've heared about a new compo on website called IndieHell.


Theme: SandBox
DeadLine: 31 Jan 2010
Link: IndieHell Contest

I wish I have some time to enter Robosquid Compo as I had an amazing idea and I want to do it :)
Thats all news for now :)

ByeBye