Comments on: Game in 10 hours with Unity 3D http://elecorn.com/blog/2009/07/game-in-10-hours-with-unity-3d/ Indie Games, Computer Graphics, Animation, Comics, etc. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:41:06 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: michael http://elecorn.com/blog/2009/07/game-in-10-hours-with-unity-3d/comment-page-1/#comment-4307 michael Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:22:22 +0000 http://elecorn.com/blog/?p=238#comment-4307 Hello, Is there any chance you could share the project files for Moderation.html Game you have created? Im currently using Unity and the project files or code would help out tremendously :) Please can you share so I can see how you coded the enemies appearing from random directions. Thank you. Hello,

Is there any chance you could share the project files for Moderation.html Game you have created?

Im currently using Unity and the project files or code would help out tremendously :) Please can you share so I can see how you coded the enemies appearing from random directions.

Thank you.

]]> By: buensashimi http://elecorn.com/blog/2009/07/game-in-10-hours-with-unity-3d/comment-page-1/#comment-4226 buensashimi Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:53:27 +0000 http://elecorn.com/blog/?p=238#comment-4226 Oh one more thing just because I'm curious and developing an iPhone game. I saw that Caster has 241 ratings at an average of four stars. That is damn good. How many copies of it have you sold on the iPhone? If you don't answer or answer in email, I understand. Thanks again Oh one more thing just because I’m curious and developing an iPhone game. I saw that Caster has 241 ratings at an average of four stars. That is damn good. How many copies of it have you sold on the iPhone?

If you don’t answer or answer in email, I understand.

Thanks again

]]> By: buensashimi http://elecorn.com/blog/2009/07/game-in-10-hours-with-unity-3d/comment-page-1/#comment-4225 buensashimi Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:49:26 +0000 http://elecorn.com/blog/?p=238#comment-4225 Nice job on Caster. I bought it a while ago for the iPhone and it was good fun. I'm evaluating Unity 3D and I appreciate your comments on it. I'm still a noob coder so Unity should help get me on the indie road. If you had a part in Defense Grid, know that there are a lot of fans in my circle of friends =) Nice job on Caster. I bought it a while ago for the iPhone and it was good fun. I’m evaluating Unity 3D and I appreciate your comments on it. I’m still a noob coder so Unity should help get me on the indie road.

If you had a part in Defense Grid, know that there are a lot of fans in my circle of friends =)

]]> By: vazor http://elecorn.com/blog/2009/07/game-in-10-hours-with-unity-3d/comment-page-1/#comment-4222 vazor Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:36:02 +0000 http://elecorn.com/blog/?p=238#comment-4222 Hey I found your game through the Experimental Gameplay feature- I remember seeing you at Indie Game Nights but I don't know if you're still around here in Salt Lake City any more. Anyway, I thought your Unity game was really cool and it kind of inspired me to go ahead and learn Unity too. Obviously a lot more work went into your game, what with the physics, the AI, the collision, effects, sounds, score, restarting, connecting it all together, etc. The movement and shooting felt nice and polished, and it successfully kept me playing through several lives as I explored all the options and aspects. Good work! Hey I found your game through the Experimental Gameplay feature- I remember seeing you at Indie Game Nights but I don’t know if you’re still around here in Salt Lake City any more. Anyway, I thought your Unity game was really cool and it kind of inspired me to go ahead and learn Unity too. Obviously a lot more work went into your game, what with the physics, the AI, the collision, effects, sounds, score, restarting, connecting it all together, etc. The movement and shooting felt nice and polished, and it successfully kept me playing through several lives as I explored all the options and aspects. Good work!

]]> By: Elecorn http://elecorn.com/blog/2009/07/game-in-10-hours-with-unity-3d/comment-page-1/#comment-4180 Elecorn Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:59:57 +0000 http://elecorn.com/blog/?p=238#comment-4180 No problem! You'll have to ask Frank about why he went with SDL_mixer instead of irrKlang. We use OpenAL on iPhone which is becoming more of a standard. The reason people don't make more games for Linux has nothing to do with the APIs. It's because there is no money in it. How many people use Linux vs how many use PC and or Mac? Take that into account with how PC game sales are doing in general. Who / how would you advertise the games for Linux? It's a small niche market. Not to mention the insane amount of support you would need to have to help people get the game working on their system (most of that could probably be handled in a forum, but it's still a large cost, even on PC and Mac). On that note, is there a certain place that I should advertise Caster for Linux? What are the main Linux games web sites? Thanks! No problem!

You’ll have to ask Frank about why he went with SDL_mixer instead of irrKlang.

We use OpenAL on iPhone which is becoming more of a standard.

The reason people don’t make more games for Linux has nothing to do with the APIs. It’s because there is no money in it. How many people use Linux vs how many use PC and or Mac? Take that into account with how PC game sales are doing in general.

Who / how would you advertise the games for Linux?

It’s a small niche market. Not to mention the insane amount of support you would need to have to help people get the game working on their system (most of that could probably be handled in a forum, but it’s still a large cost, even on PC and Mac).

On that note, is there a certain place that I should advertise Caster for Linux? What are the main Linux games web sites? Thanks!

]]> By: Quinn http://elecorn.com/blog/2009/07/game-in-10-hours-with-unity-3d/comment-page-1/#comment-4179 Quinn Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:02:09 +0000 http://elecorn.com/blog/?p=238#comment-4179 Yes, I'm using the Linux version. It's interesting to know about SDL_mixer's stability issues, I wasn't aware of that. Linux has always had "issues" with sound libraries for some reason, but to hear it on Windows is definitely unusual. What I'd like to see come from Linux is just a fully-functioning system that utilizes 3D sound and 3D graphics relatively without trouble. Not in the sense of being another engine or library to cover up the BS going on under everything, but just a massive clean-up OF the BS underneath it, then that system need to become standard on all Linux distro's. If that'd happen, programming games on Linux would be FAR more stable. I honestly think one of the biggest turn-off's for game developers to using Linux is the hideous API in a lot of situations. Maybe I'm just not a fan of "Less is More". Out of curiosity, why the conversion to SDL_mixer on Linux, I'm pretty sure IrrKlang works on Linux? Thanks for responding to all my questions! Yes, I’m using the Linux version. It’s interesting to know about SDL_mixer’s stability issues, I wasn’t aware of that. Linux has always had “issues” with sound libraries for some reason, but to hear it on Windows is definitely unusual.

What I’d like to see come from Linux is just a fully-functioning system that utilizes 3D sound and 3D graphics relatively without trouble. Not in the sense of being another engine or library to cover up the BS going on under everything, but just a massive clean-up OF the BS underneath it, then that system need to become standard on all Linux distro’s. If that’d happen, programming games on Linux would be FAR more stable. I honestly think one of the biggest turn-off’s for game developers to using Linux is the hideous API in a lot of situations. Maybe I’m just not a fan of “Less is More”.

Out of curiosity, why the conversion to SDL_mixer on Linux, I’m pretty sure IrrKlang works on Linux? Thanks for responding to all my questions!

]]> By: Elecorn http://elecorn.com/blog/2009/07/game-in-10-hours-with-unity-3d/comment-page-1/#comment-4177 Elecorn Sat, 18 Jul 2009 16:24:54 +0000 http://elecorn.com/blog/?p=238#comment-4177 Hmmm, are you looking at the Linux version? That version may still be using SDL, I'll have to ask Frank since he did the port back to Linux. The reason I switched to IrrKlang was because of poor stability with SDL_mixer. I would get some hang ups / deadlocks in the SDL_mixer dll loading section under Windows. Since Hmmm, are you looking at the Linux version? That version may still be using SDL, I’ll have to ask Frank since he did the port back to Linux.

The reason I switched to IrrKlang was because of poor stability with SDL_mixer. I would get some hang ups / deadlocks in the SDL_mixer dll loading section under Windows. Since

]]> By: Quinn http://elecorn.com/blog/2009/07/game-in-10-hours-with-unity-3d/comment-page-1/#comment-4176 Quinn Sat, 18 Jul 2009 08:07:14 +0000 http://elecorn.com/blog/?p=238#comment-4176 That's interesting, your program still includes the SDL_mixer library with the program, is there still some dependencies on that? I also didn't see the Irrklang lib, is it statically linked? And yeah, Irrklang sounds like a really good choice for sound, though I'm not sure if SDL_mixer would be harder to use or fare worse/better with the performance. What's your experience? That’s interesting, your program still includes the SDL_mixer library with the program, is there still some dependencies on that? I also didn’t see the Irrklang lib, is it statically linked?

And yeah, Irrklang sounds like a really good choice for sound, though I’m not sure if SDL_mixer would be harder to use or fare worse/better with the performance. What’s your experience?

]]> By: elecorn http://elecorn.com/blog/2009/07/game-in-10-hours-with-unity-3d/comment-page-1/#comment-4175 elecorn Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:16:17 +0000 http://elecorn.com/blog/?p=238#comment-4175 Yeah it was just me working on Caster. I had a friend help with the port to Mac, but most of that work was dealing with endian issues on power PC for some of the binary data formats. I used SDL to handle the input and window creation, and obviously OpenGL for the rendering. I went through several audio engines including SDL_Mixer, FMOD, and finally settled on IrrKlang for the PC / Mac / Linux build and OpenAL for the iPhone build. Switching out audio engines only took me about 2 hours each time I wanted to do it since I kept that code pretty well abstracted out. Yeah it was just me working on Caster. I had a friend help with the port to Mac, but most of that work was dealing with endian issues on power PC for some of the binary data formats.

I used SDL to handle the input and window creation, and obviously OpenGL for the rendering.

I went through several audio engines including SDL_Mixer, FMOD, and finally settled on IrrKlang for the PC / Mac / Linux build and OpenAL for the iPhone build. Switching out audio engines only took me about 2 hours each time I wanted to do it since I kept that code pretty well abstracted out.

]]> By: Quinn http://elecorn.com/blog/2009/07/game-in-10-hours-with-unity-3d/comment-page-1/#comment-4174 Quinn Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:47:41 +0000 http://elecorn.com/blog/?p=238#comment-4174 I was referring to your engine, and yeah, I would use Unity if it worked on Linux like your game did (already bought yours). Was it just you working on the Caster engine? I was referring to your engine, and yeah, I would use Unity if it worked on Linux like your game did (already bought yours).

Was it just you working on the Caster engine?

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