Artifacts
It’s been a while since my last post…. things have really been popping at KC in the mean time. I’ve taken some time to implement some of the other objects that will be present in CW2. I generically call all of these objects ‘artifacts’. Right now there are 6 fundamental types: [Scroll, Tech Cache, Bio […]
Creeper World 2 Dev Video #1
After much work, here is the first of the development videos for CW2. You’ll find footage of the map editor and a little bit of game play in this video. Remember that this is a work in progress and there are many details yet to come. But, this will give you a good basic understanding […]
Up Fighting
So far In CW2 I have talked mostly about returning to the old Creeper covered worlds of CW1 and liberating them once and for all from the scourge of the Creeper. On some maps this means fighting down into the belly of a world and routing out the emitters and destroying them. Make no mistake, […]
Creeper World 0572
After a few months of development and testing, a new update to Creeper World has just been released! You can check out the forum post here: Forum Post In a nutshell, there were some small bugs fixed and a few major new features added. New Features: – You can speed up and slow down the […]
Micro-Rifts
Another cool thing in Game 2 are portals/wormholes or as they are currently called “Micro-Rifts”. These things can be built around a map and connect different points in space instantly. Sounds neat and it is… but let me explain further why these things are a good idea and how they solve an important game design […]
Creeper Redemption
What if there were a way to take that nasty old Creeper and make it your pet? Destroying the ever expanding Creeper is plenty-o-fun, but what if you could manufacture your own Creeper and send a little payback towards those emitters? Well, that’s the plan for game 2: Now this is just a quick game […]
Play Area
Here is one more very early screen shot for game 2. This shows the main play area of the game. I’m not showing the menus at the bottom because, that contains spoilers right now… In this shot, you can see the main Assault Ship at the top center. This is home base and what you […]
Unit: Repulsor
One often requested unit in Creeper World has been a shield, a fan, or some kind of mechanism that would push the Creeper around. In Game 1, this was sort of difficult to pull off since the field of play wasn’t originally designed to handle this. For Game 2, this changes. I planned from the […]
Enemy Finding Algorithms
Sorry that it has been a couple of weeks since my last update…. I’ve been busy making some serious progress on game 2. I’ve been on a sprint to get some major things in place and I have achieved some pretty cool things. One of these things has been formulating a strategy for identifying what […]
Save Games
Yes, game 2 will allow game saves. This is not necessarily an indication that the missions will be intrinsically longer, just a realization that some maps and some players sometimes need to be able to save a map and continue it later. I suppose it may also lead to a ‘gray’ market in saved game […]