I made "Tunar" and "Oh! The Humanity!" and now I am finishing "Retrovirus RTS", an original real-time strategy game for the gp2x. September 1st 2006.

Great, an rts :-)
wanne. have, now!
Good luck, im sure it will be great.

Watch out...Everything I've ever said "Coming Soon" to has failed miserably, whereas other projects have succeeded. So in the words of Hollywood, "Break a leg!".

Uncomfortable these tenterhooks, aren't they?

Or, rather, the words of theatre for hundreds of years.

Aaanyway! It's great to see that more people are working on RTSes for the GP2X! It'll be interesting to see what kind of a game design you've worked out for it.

No! RetroVirus is my game!

It really is finished and titled retrovirus, I just have to decide if i'm going to release it for free or into some comp.

Well, this has an 'RTS' at the end.

any pictures?

Perhaps there should be a subcategory in the Community Game Contest: Best Game Named "RetroVirus".

SquidgeRetroVirus is class

Like inferno said, any screens?
And is it an RTS or something else?
If it's something else, who cares?
If anything, you could always rename it.

I know its not the biggest of deals, but i would rather not rename it, the whole (tedious and flimsy) story hinges upon the retrovirus machine.

Its not an RTS (as you can see) but it could still get confusing since the games have nothing to do with one another.

I've been working on this puzzle for some years now, there is even a gba version of the game that i release some time ago. This is a complete overhaul for the gp2x.

gba retro-virus

Both games look great! But since thos_thom seems to have been there a wee bit longer with the name, I think it would be in dodgyville's best interest to try something new.


Man, I cannot wait to play either... *dashes to the archive*

Ace work, both of you. I am interested in seeing more, Dodgyville.

No, the world of homebrew is too small for us to be fighting over names, don't change it on my account. There is room enough for the both of us.

I look forward to playing Retro-Virus RTS

Tell me a little about it, will it be as it seems, at the cellular level? If so will you be playing the virus, the body or the retro-virus?

Thos_thom, thank-you for your generous offer to share the name, I was genuinely touched. Your game looks like it will be a lot of fun and I look forward to playing it.

I see no harm looking for an alternative name, in fact, if anyone on the board has a suggestion I would love to hear it.

What I liked about [R]e[T]roviru[S] RTS was the aliteration(?) and symmetry of the title, so new titles will be looked upon favourably if they match that.

About the gameplay:
The game is indeed set at the cellular level, but I make no claim to being medically accurate.

Basically - an alien virus has invaded a body infecting cells. You play a doctor who uses a scanner to inject retroviruses into "good" cells to mutate them into specialised cells or to upgrade them.

I suppose other title suggestions could possibly be:
RNA RTS
DNA RTS
strange condition rts
Cell Fever RTS
The Frantabulous, Crantankerous Infection of Gustav Beyer
Strange Patient RTS
dioxin rts

Any other variations would be good.

Regards,
Luke

I happen to like The Frantabulous, Crantankerous Infection of Gustav Beyer.

Sounds like a good concept

I'd like the name 'Cell Fever', without the 'rts' or 'The Frantabulous, Crantankerous Infection of Gustav Beyer'. On the other side, 'RetroVirus Rts' would be great as well, just probably will be a little bit confusing since there'll be the 'RetroVirus' puzzle game as well. But since thos_thom wouldn't mind it if you would use it, that''s pretty much your decision.

Whatever you choose, good luck with your rts! And goodluck to thos_thom as well, looks like a game that could get me addicted

Gene Therapy
Mutator
Mutatroid
Manic Mutagen
Lukemia (yuk yuk)
Dr. Luke, RTS
Sign This Release Form Please
Nucleus
Splinter Cell (that might be taken also)

Nucleus RTS?

gotta kinda ring to it.

Retroviridae?

RotoVirus - Fun Outta Both Ends

Just so long as we don't get in an argument about whether it is "viruses" or "virii" like they did over at Darwinia Forums when that game came out

I don't think there is any risk in that, after all, only a freedom hating fool would think virii is the plural of viruses.

Really Twisted Syndrome - RTS


Hey, I'm not too inspired, wait until I have my beers... Both games are looking / sounding great , well done.

Generalise the virus bit, Pathogen?

I like RNA RTS. Due to the fact that the restorviruses would be created by modification of their RNA. DNA RTS doesn't have the same ring to it, although you do suggest that the retroviruses change the DNA of the Human Cells.

Ribonucleic Acid RTS?
Deoxyribonucleic Acid RTS?

Many great suggestions from people.

I really like this one, actually (I don't know why). I guess my top three so far are:

Pathogen RTS
Really Twisted Syndrome RTS
and the original
retrovirus RTS

STI RTS! Or, Stirts.

Please nobody suggest STD RTS!!!

I'm also leaning towards
Alien Bodies RTS

So please let me know your preference from:

Pathogen RTS
Really Twisted Syndrome RTS
retrovirus RTS
Alien Bodies RTS

Really Twisted Syndrome minus the RTS.

Random Tourettes Syndrome RTS? Strategically place you character when the outburst metre reaches max to avoid as much emotional discomfort to passers by, as possible.

Pathogen RTS has a nice ring to it.

And I still at your avatar!

"Dexter's been expelled?!??!?!"