[Alex.]

Since this thread started, Sqdef 1.1D has been released.



{ Download from archive }

Sqdef is still a work in progress.

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This is a continuation from this topic, where someone asked for a tower-defense game for our little handheld. By the time I had some early engine work done, Jontte already released his great Tower Defense 2X game. However, I did not want to throw away what I had done so far, and since my game is a tad different than his and some people told me to continue working on it, I'm doing just that.

My tower-defense game is called SqDef, and it has abstract, colourful graphics inspired by Kenta Cho's Noiz2sa. Right now the game skeleton is in a fairly mature state, and soon I'll begin working on the actual 'game content'. The later product will have a lot of creatures, buildings, and maps to play through.

The last few days I got some more things done: an in-game menu, buildings that shoot creatures, and more graphics. Here are the two latest screenshots:

The second screenshot is a stress test with 200 bullets on-screen, and it still averages 20fps.

Please leave any comments and feedback, that's always encouraging and helpful to hear. I'll continue to post the progress as it happens :) Updates on this and my other GP2X games-in-progress can also be found at http://artraid.com/alex/

- Alex

This post has been edited by Alex.: 27 July 2007 - 03:55 AM

[purple_goat]

*right hand goes up*
*says slick*
*right hand goes down*
*left hand goes up*
*says sqdef*
*cries i want b-b-both*



:lol: very exciting looks great :)

I'd love to beta test one a beta is ready (same with slick, and if you will allow my review it :P )

This post has been edited by purple_goat: 08 March 2007 - 05:58 AM

[SiDCrAzY]

Wow, those screenshots look amazing.

Def. love the look of the game, glad you decided to continue working on it :)

[PoisonedV]

The graphics look great, can't wait to get my hands on it.

[xnopasaranx]

looks cool! I will definetly check it out. I would also be up for a beta test if you care.

[Peter R]

Nice work, brilliant again Alex :)

[prairiefire]

very VERY excited. :D :D :D This (SqDef) looks like it will be an awesome game! Cheers Alex.

[XaMMaX90]

Looks really cool! Can't wait to try it!

[Ravnos]

Cool beans. Looking forward to this. :)

[Goemon4]

cant wait for a release

Great Job!

[Imerion]

Looks very nice! I really like these Tower Defence games, and it will certainly be fun to have another one to play. Thanks for continuing to work one it!

[jbrodack]

looks great. can never be enough good homebrew for gp2x. plus i love the astract style and the fact that you are going to keep everything on one screen so it should run pretty fast. I loved your other 2 gp2x games you've released so I'm sure I'll love this.

[Alex.]

Thanks for the support and kind words :) About a beta, perhaps it will be a public one, with two or three maps to play around on. All in due time (I get waves of free time every now and then, so I can't pin point any dates)

I got some more small tidbits done: anti-aliased fonts, main menu, and I retouched the hud. Next I'll work on killing the creatures and getting money, and redo the hud icons.



Cheers!

- Alex

[XaMMaX90]

I think anti-aliased fonts in this game looks not really good ((

[Gruntfuggly]

This is looking smart. I love these games with the Kenta Cho/Spout type minimal look...