September 9th, 2008
Progress with my Isometric Engine has been slow to static, seeing how I only ever seem to spend a day every six months or so on it (damn you paid work). But every time I play with it I come up with something cool to share, so now, if you have five minutes to kill, you can have a play with my isometric world builder.
Within the cube you create your own isometric spaces and structures, and rotate and zoom around them. Click on the image to launch, and have a play around.
There will, inevitably, be a game built with this thing one day soon, so this will be the level editor. If you come up with anything cool-looking feel free to email the XML to me, or post it below. With any luck, if the credit crunch starts biting and the work dries up, I may find a day free to finish the physics sometime in the next year. Don’t hold your breath though.
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January 16th, 2007
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Growing up in the Midlands in the 80s, most children had to endure copious trips to Dudley Zoo. The only highlight of these visits, the dangled carrot that got you past the sleeping hippos, bored lions and the seemingly empty reptile house, was the arcade, which featured the original Star Wars arcade machine.
This machine was a classic. It had two killer features. First was the design of the cabinet “ a reclined seated position, speakers behind your head, an X-wing style controller in your hands, and the glass panel behind you which all your mates clambered over while they awaited their turn. At the age of 10 this was the nearest I’ve ever been to experiencing deep space combat.
Second killer feature – the vector graphics. They looked stunning at the time, and have aged really well. There’s something about the austere simplicity of those lines, which I’m sure must somehow tie in to my love of comics books on an aesthetic level.
So after playing on one of these machines for the first time in 20 years at GameOn, as well as Elite, Asteroids and the more recent shareware game Warning Forever, I left the exhibition demanding the return of the vector game. When even shoe-gazing is getting it’s second time around, surely vector graphics are overdue their revival.
tags: vector games retro games star wars elite
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