Hi Dark, Yes, exactly. I pointed out the Rail Racer track editor for precisely that point. Che can allow people to expand the games to their heart's content, but not in anyway that would prevent him from writing Rail Racer 2.0 and selling the upgrade to his customers which is a good compromise for having level editors and things like that.
As you pointed out 2d levels isn't my strong suit, and opening that area up to end users is one way of taking the work of developing lots of levels off my shoulders and shifting it to the community at large. Although, my problem isn't that I can not construct 2d levels its just that I can always see ways to improve the design by moving to a 3d format which is more my forte. I think that is do in large part to my level of exposure to 3d games. As we've talked about before you have been able to see classic NES and Super NES games better so mostly stuck to 2d games with simpler graphics and 2d levels. As for myself while I started out with that stuff too as soon as the games for the PC came out I was playing First-Person Shooters and Third-Person Shooters like Jedi Knight, Tomb Raider, Soldier of Fortune, etc which drastically changed my views on video games in a fundamental way. No longer could I just move up and down left and right but I could turn 360 degrees, move up, down, left, right, forward, backward, and everything in between. You can jump, dive, roll, crawl, do flips left/right, and all kinds of things 2d games just don't offer. Now, as a game developer myself I can see how much more I can do with a 3d level map than just a 2d one. So its not so much that I am unable to design 2d levels its just that I don't have as much personal interest in doing so. Still, this is where a 2d level editor could come into play allowing others to do that for me or themselves. :D Cheers! On 4/10/13, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: > Hi Tom. > > the rr track editer is a good example and one I didn't considder myself, > indeed in the differences betwene the track editers of Railracer, a > commercial racing game, and topspeed which is not there is a good example of > > what an editer could do, particularly since che is! working on a sequal to > rr, and yet lots of tracks have still been created which much extend the > function of the game. > > So, should you ever develope a game like monti, I hope it will! come with a > > level creation tool that lets players move the objects around, indeed I > remember you saying yourself that 2D design of levels for games like monti > isn't your strongest sute, ---- well this would also be a nice way of > letting interested, but none programmer fans like myself do the job for you > > :D. > > All the best, > > Dark. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
