First things first… I’m sure folks want to know what the status is and what I have been working on for the last few weeks. The good news is that I am working on the final stages of the final mission as I type this (well before and after I type this). CW3’s story missions turned out to be far wilder than I ever imagined when I started this project over a year and half ago. At their heart is core CW game play, but I have added in a large amount of variability across the missions. This variability reaches an apex in the final story mission. I can’t wait to show it to you…
This is all fitting, because I wanted compelling missions to serve as the foundation to tell the story on. I could have had a good game and a bad story, or a good story and a bad game… but I have not rested till I have both in a place I can be proud of. This has meant I have made decisions that added months to the game implementation time… but so be it.
I’ll let you in on a little secret. I don’t make these games for the fans… I make them for me. Don’t get me wrong, I love and appreciate the literally hundreds of thousands of fans. But at the end of the day, I have a story to tell, and a game to make… and when I figuratively put brush to canvas it’s an act of self expression.
Yes, I know this means I have crossed over from being an engineer to an ‘artist’… whatever that means. What it does mean for the fans is that they have to put up with waiting for me to find a happy place with my creation… and that’s the bad part. The good part, I hope, is that when the game is released you’ll see it not as some formula engineered game to generate maximum revenue with minimal effort… but simply as one man’s passion.
As for that waiting part, I appreciate everyone’s patience. It means a lot to know that fans and supporters of the games hang in there for the long haul.
Anyway, what’s a blog post without a picture? Check this out… This ‘camouflage’ world is the remains of a civilization that took a different approach to evading the Creeper. Perhaps, they thought, if they limited their technology the Creeper would pass them over. Worth a shot, I suppose. Unfortunately for the inhabitants, it didn’t work. But, I wonder what might lie within those pyramids?
Looking good. Can’t wait for release! It’s going to be so chaotic on the forums
Hmm.. So pyramids extend far beyond (or is that closer to the dawn of?) humanity? Not exactly a lost art form then.
Oh, and the subtle pun in your text is noted and appreciated.
I am apparently missing it. Can you point out the pun?
I found the pun… it’s subtle, but very good…….
I wont spoil it tho, so I can’t tell you… it’s more fun to discover it on your own 🙂
Yes, I’m easily amused… can you tell?
Yeah I noticed it but forgot to reply to say that I found it. There is no bold because the words are camouflaged.
There’s a… River, in the middle… Pretty useful flooded with AC to control the creeper advance. I may have a good strategy to work this map now. Can’t wait to test it
Where will you get the ore from? 😉
If i had to guess, the white object in the bottom right corner looks like a AC emitter
nope. Its probably a recorded message. I saw it when knucklecracker was demoing the first few missions. Anyways glad to get a status update, hope to buy the game when it comes out.
Thought that was an orbital?
Think again…
That’s a Inhibitor I think, if you kill the inhibitor you win the map, it doesn’t eject AC.
I think an AC emitter there would be drowned out by the inhibitor. 😀
They may be ways to obtain anticreeper and therefore ore on this map…
Good point. Maybe from… Dunno, if only there was some machine that turned creeper into AC.. Wait, there is, conversion bombs, will they be in CW3?
Every time I come to the site feeling all impatient for the game, I see a blog post about some cool feature or level and I think “wow, this is worth waiting for.” 🙂 Looks great!
Concur completely, I came hoping for a video or for a release date, but I know deep inside that those will come when the game is ready and not a secon before.
It keeps getting better and better, and as Virgilw expressed, it is as close to art as any other artistic expression.
Keep up THE work virgilw 😉 anyway i think its a good idea to ad some gravity like in cw 2 . And im thinking of something like playing it online ? Co-op or somthing isnt That a good idea ? Please respond someone that works for or with virgilw?
The idea of online play has been brought up about a gillion times. Virgil is pretty much a one man show and does not have the resources and/or desire to make a co op or head to head mode for creeper world. Sorry man, I think it would be awesome too.
Depending on how mod-friendly the game is with CRPL, I don’t doubt Co-Op could happen eventually one day. It would be possible for Co-Op wth the individual command nodes but honestly it would be very hectic and each player would have to be on unconnectable networks, otherwise they would share energy collection and output and it would just get frustrating if not SUPER complicated.
But Co-Op could add a nice teamwork element to the game. IF i wanted any kind of a multiplayer element to the game, it would be best to start out with Co-Op since you wouldn’t have to worry about balancing titans in regards to other enemy players, which can take years for a complicated game since you’d also still have to balance and keep it fair vs Creeper.
Super duper complicated I imagine very well. Virgil would need some help I would think to implement something like that.
Thanks for the reply and hopefully THE game come out soon:)
I don’t think co-op would be terribly difficult to do as a player, but a lot more complicated for Virgil. Case in point, Planetary Annihilation is set up so that if you are on the same team, you share an economy. As long as you are in constant communication with team members, it makes it incredibly efficient. Also, in large scale environments where you are fighting on multiple fronts and have to worry about an economy, having a couple of well-coordinated individuals allows you to operate at maximum efficiency.
Just my 2 cents coming from playing an RTS where this is done.
Keep up the great work Virgil, checking back here multiple times a day to see if it’s done! I know you’re doing this for yourself first, so you’re the one who has to be happy with it when it’s done.
It would be awesome if there was co-op in the sense that you simply both share the screen. So, you are basically using 2 mouse cursors to control the same units and resources and buildings and such.
Years ago I played Command and conquer with a friend where we both controlled the same faction. I basically focused on the base and resources and building units, while he did the micro-management attacking with the units.
I hope I explained it so that it’s clear what I mean.
Worth every day of the wait if only because there won’t be any in-app purchases!!!
Matthew
I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it again.
Shut up and take my money.
Oh, god, THE WAITING!
Seriously, I get more and more hyped for this with every day passing through.
*insert squeal of joy*
amazing ….. on the way….can t wait anymore!!!!!! i want to play it!!!!! :(:(:(:(:(:(:(:((:(
WHERE ARE THE BOLD WORDS?!?!?
Also, looking good. Making a game that YOU want to play is the key to keeping us happy. If you try to please others, you won’t get it right. IF you just try to make a good game, you’ll do so, just have you have done with CW1 & 2. Looks great Virgil. I know when CW2 came out there was the nonsense with someone complaining about entering a key to unlock the game; however, I look forward to not just playing the game, but supporting you through the purchase as well.
Yes, where is the bold words scattered like its ingame text or something? Thats been pretty great to read.
I thought maaaybe he was counting down with the bold words so maybe the game will come out instead of an update. 😛
Well I am inferring that the next update will be the release or release date. Just think about everything CW3 related for one minute 🙂
I can’t wait for all the epicness that will follow everthing. There’s gonna be some incredulous maps made by the entire community. I’m looking forward to it.
Anyone have thoughts on what’s topping the pyramids? 🙂
looks like a torch or a person icon, so it could be fire becons ( like the shield ) to push creeper away or Fire Children whom go into a fit of rage stomping around the board killing everything ( including you ) with my luck if you don’t complete the board in 10 minutes….lol
My thoughts are they are really large energy caches, or they could possibly somehow generate power fields. That or they might be some knid of cloaking field.
Power Field Generating buildings…. probly not gonna happen for awhile Me thinks.
My guess is that you will un-cover a secret hideout filled with people that will become the games main protagonist/antagonist (besides the creeper, of course.)
Wait a second! There’s no bolded words! How am I supposed to read between the lines? 😛
It’s almost like camo- wait… Well played Virgil, well played…
Refrence:
“Hm, I can’t find the Where’s Waldo book- Wait… WELL PLAYED WALDO, WELL PLAYED.”
Wait, the bold words meant something? I assumed they were just an eccentricity. I hope someone explains; I’m no good at figuring these things out.
camo-
camouflage…
the name of the blog post 🙂
yeah…
no bolded words, no reading between the lines…
that type of stuff 🙂
I told my mom the Waldo one. She didn’t get it. 😛
What is the name of the character on top of the Pyramids? It looks familiar I just can’t come up with the name. Oh and thanks for the update.
There’s ships on top of those pyramids! Are those Liberation Ships with a top view that are cloaked? I wonder…
So wait the blue things are emmitters right? If so that’s gonna e a hard map if that faint brown line is not a change in elevation. Immediately, i think no matter what spot you pick, you might just be in for a rough ride. I love maps like these.
Yes, the blue things are emitters. Strong ones…and no, the brown line is not a change in elevation. Enjoy 🙂
Oh god, then yeah it’ll be an intense map. Seriously can’t wait to paly it 😀
just looks like roads to me or possible digitalis path maybe…?
How did he get the terrain to be a different color without elevation change? Hmm…
Anyway, I will be checking back every day for the release. Possibly every hour. Or minute. Or second. Or…
Now, those things on the tops of the pyramids. If you look close, the walls make it look like a cannon. It could be a power source, or pretty much anything. Looks like a pretty hard mission. The flat terrain would make it easy to advance, but the creeper can too. And no ore, so no anti creeper. A challenge. Just the sort of mission I like.
Still hoping on the Alpha and Beta missions! I want to try Dungeon Novice, among others.
I think the roads are just part of the background. I don’t think its actually a setting like terrain, but I don’t know. Just a guess.
“I don’t make these games for the fans… I make them for me”
I can relate to that, not in game making, be in making maps for games, particularly Starcraft 2. I only like to make things that I would enjoy playing, and that haven’t already been made. Sometimes people will make suggestions like, add X. When X would essentially make it a different map that already exists.
Of course I don’t have the huge amount of fans to worry about, that you do, haha. 🙂
If I apply those words to what I do it would say “I don’t prescribe glasses (and treat eye problems) for the community, I treat people for my self. The art of refracting is act of self expression. I love my patients but if they have to wait a few months for there glasses so be it, as long as I am happy with my work in the end” BTW what do you like better 1 (month) or 2?
Virgil, If every thing goes according to plan I’ll be fully licensed in 2016 and would love to have you in my chair…
Totally not the same thing and you know it. 😛 😉
I would have to agree but there are Docs out there that wouldn’t (I think most of them work at my university). When I read this update it made me think how ridiculous it would be in my field although I would have to admit this joke was not really geared toward this audience but I still want Virgil in my chair, I want to know if I can see creeper in his eyes….
Haha. The difference is you’d be out of your livelihood 😛
not if Virgil’s fans were my patient base, you guys would totally understand and settle for nothing less than perfection.
Arent you supposed to be updating ParanoidAndroid? 😉
“final mission as I type this (well before and after I type this)”
So we can be fairly sure that Virgil only has two arms…
I don’t see how engineers can compare themselves to artists and vice versa. Artists are all about feelings and emotions. Engineers are borderline sociopathic and take awesome stuff to make it more awesome. I’m sorry, Michelangelo, I can’t hear you over the sound of my SPACESHIP! With LASERS!
And most importantly: WOO! Status update! I wonder if the new fancy things on top of the pyramids are artifacts (like from the first game, replaced by holocubes in the second) or something else? Not tech, I wouldn’t think. Orbitals would probably be marked. No idea, honestly.
Unrelated: Firefox is awesome. The power surged in the middle of typing this, and I rebooted and everything was how I left it.
my opinion to the engineer/ artist debate is this. have you ever seen a beautiful car. an engineer designed the BEAUTY of it.
Exactly, creation is an artform. Engineering is creation. Creation is art.
I’m an engineer. I treat every one of my designs as a work of art. In engineering, as in art, everything must fit just so…
If engineering is technical and detail.. and artistry is passion and emotion..
Then who’s to say you can’t have great passion in detail?
When this comes out, no one will see me for weeks.. Except for my score submitals..
It doesn’t really matter because Virgilw is an artist 2.0 in my eyes! 😀
The whole blabber about artist and engineer was slightly inspirational to me. Virgilw, when you finish the game, I want you to enjoy a day at 6 flags, come home, and order pizza hut. You deserve it for such a great peice of “art”!
I’ll let you in on a little secret. Today, I was asked to write down the first 5 games that came to mind. I wrote this game on slot number one 😀
I disagree with you. Engineering itself can be a form of art. By creating something out of nothing, by solving a problem that maybe others haven’t even realized was a problem that could be solved, by using creativity and ingenuity, the engineer creates a masterpiece. A carefully engineered and elegant solution is no less beautiful, inspiring or wondrous to behold than a symphony or beautiful tapestry. It’s true there are some people who are maybe more inclined to expressing themselves via certain forms of art, whether it be painting or building an electric circuit, they are all bound under the same common denominator. So yes, they can compare one another to each other.
perhaps the pyramids contain survivors? if not perhaps those blockades/ shields give a clue to what they are
I wonder if the shields have anything to do with what the pyramids do/are.
If you could quickly place a CN next to the pyramid in the top left and rush over to grab whatever is on top, that top of the pyramid would be the PERFECT place to move your command node. I can’t wait to try it out!
this seems like a good point to ask this, how much has been done? how much is left to do?
how much longer?
^ that question is evil.
I can wait for the game, I just want to know how close to being done, then check last time you answered that question and calculate how much longer, then see it be completely wrong
around 90-95%. Maybe more! 🙂
I believe that I asked this before, but I’m too lazy to go crawling through the old posts. PRETTY PRETTY PLEASE WITH ICE CREAM ON TOP can you make a way to remove those green walls after you fend off the creeper? I cannot tell you the number of times in CW1 that my perfect collectornet would be screwed up by a leftover blue brick thing, but I can tell you it is in the THOUSANDS. Like I said, I may have posed this question/idea before, so don’t murder me. One way that I’d think would be a balanced way would be having the ability to destroy them with terps, but at a VERY high cost in energy/time per block.
It would be useful.
Yes!!!! The ability to make a completely perfect grid!!!! Buuut It may mess up some difficulties to the maps.
I only said remove them, NOT add them…..
That would make it really easy to make an impregnable fortress.
The ability for the player to remove them could take away the difficulty of some maps though.
I’ve given it some thought, and I can’t figure out how removing creeper-blocking walls could make the game easier, rather than harder. I suppose a map could exist where the walls were designed to prevent you from building in certain places, but then you could use those pink walls, or something. If those still exist.
While I’m on the subject, it’d be useful to make those green walls clickable, to view current and max health. The button to destroy them could be accessed that way too. Win/Win.
Pink walls are just annoying. sure they cant be destroyed but that makes things easy for you and not the creeper. I think there should be a third wall that can be destroyed by creeper and terraformers. I think that would solve a lot of these problems and would be friggen awesome.
The walls keep creeper and weapons separated. Sometimes removing a wall would make it easier to kill the creeper. i could also see walls keeping creeper ponds on ground you wanted where draining the pond into handy low ground you don’t need would be useful. (or possibly allowing leftover AC from taking a hill to flow into a valley to help you clear the valley.)
Yeah, that all makes sense. Though it would still be awesome to be able to check their health.
I second the idea of the clickable walls, but i still feel that they should be destroyable because they get in the way after you’ve cleared the area of creeper.
About the whole wall concept- I think walls should be a clickable. I also think some experimenting with upgrades may be nice. Maybe quicker repair time? I don’t think that would really be great in the actual game, unfortunately.
Looking good can’t wait
CW3 is out soon… But is it going to be an CW4? Sorry if this has been asked before, I am a newbie to this blog.
I believe Virgil said something along the lines of: I will continue to make CW games as long as the creeper needs to be fought. This hints at future CW games but who knows? Maybe you defeat the Loki once and for all in this game.
I think he will make a new series after CW.
He’s done the XY plane, then the XZ, and now the XY again. I think CW4 should be XYZ (3D). =P
And for those on other parts of the planet, feel free to swap Z and Y or however else you decide to orientate your planes. =P
Noooooooooooooooo! Please not 3D!
The fact that you can see all of the terrain in one glance means that you can play it tactically and strategically. If you change to 3D then because of Z-occlusion, you would have to ‘run’ around to see everything.
Now, isometric 3D (2.5D) could work very well. But, it already is more or less like that.
I think your out of luck man, Virgil announced his plan to make a 3D game back on April 1st…
An FPS Creeper World hahahaha
LOL, for a moment there I was sad. Then I read the second part of the sentence.
Iso-3D would be great for creeper world 4, unless its fully 3d, like Tower Raiders 3. You should check out the Tower Raiders games if you like tower defence. They are pretty cool.
Back on topic, Iso-3D would work well for CW4. Maybe with terrain generation like in Railroad Tycoon 2, with mountains and valleys done in shadow.
That’s totally no secret! I think most of us already knew that. That’s part of why the creeper saga is so fun and awesome! There’s something special about any work made like that. Best way I can describe it, is as having a “glitter” inside it; something you can’t see but feel. Unique works of art and cult classics have it, and these games certainly have it too. Creative impulse + Engineering skills + Imaginative vision + V = Creeper apocalypses and sweet unique games! And the “bad part” sounds like the good part to me. I want to play the game when it’s at V’s happy place because that’s the point at which the games are there best!
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Sorry for your keyboard but that made me laugh. That’s just too funny. Here’s some t’s to help ya out.
t
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Couldn’t you copy a lowercase ‘T’? o.O
You should change one of the lesser used buttons, such as { or | to automatically be replaced by a t and a T.
You can however, buy a usb keyboard and use that. 😉
Depending on what kind of laptop, you can add a new keyboard and not use the built-in one…
AlexMVW10, you can probably replace the keyboard. Try Youtube’ing your laptop modal + keyboard replacement, there might be a tutorial. However, I would recommend getting a wireless keyboard and using that instead- would be cheaper and a lot easier. USB corded keyboard would work too if you have one laying around.
My laptop kept typing oooooooooooooo without stopping, and had keys not working. I got a wireless keyboard and that got me around the broken keys. Had to take the keyboard out and stab the “O” key with a knife to get the ooooooo’s to stop; was a “fun” time. (note: stabbing keyboard only encouraged if keys type endlessly on there own)
Well that sucks 🙂
copy a lowercase t (<- right there) from the interwebs to use instead.
I really like CW, and replaying the first one these day, there is something i really like to see : cylinders and toric maps.
some exmplaination : a cylinder map is a map where east and west are connected (think CIV V for exemple), a toric (or dougnut) map is a cylinder map where north is also connected to south.
I think is something very important (but i fear very difficult, so if it’s not already done, it won’t be for CW 3) for the overwhelming effects.
When playing a standard map all the borders of the map acts as wall against Creeper, in a toric (or spherical) map, you are really in the middle of the action.
I’ve seen the circular map (with the sun), and i think it is a start but once again, the border of the disk will protect you
This has been discussed as a possibility. I think some of those more familiar with programing have shown how you could use CRPL to do it.
I wish I could hug you ._.
Your games have such a good gameplay… And a OST so fitting… A nice price and no DLC bullshit .-.
I wish all devs had your… Passion.
The wait is killing me! BUT WORTH EVERY SECOND!!!
Update, anyone?
Скорей бы! Просто нет сил ждать!
И да: Спасибо за CW1 и CW2!
wat? Pls tell me!!! I want to know!
Do we have a release date yet?
Also, Biot said: “Hurry! Simply can not wait! And yes: Thanks for CW1 and CW2!”
Labor Day weekend Release? Maybe? Hopefully? Please!!!!!!!!!! Would be great to be able to play it over the long weekend…
Oh I hope so. I desperately hope that sometime tonight the “coming soon” is gone.
Ikr. Really want a labor-day weekend release, but I don’t think we’ll get it, sadly. 🙁
I’d just like to say: Virgil, you villain. You have had me convinced that this game is going to be released some time in the next hour or two almost continually for the past… five months or so.
Hahahaha I know how you feel. I was expecting it 12 or 13 months ago 😉
I was expecting it in March. Tick tock, Tick Tock.
upon having watched the development and creation of this game, and noting the assumed size of the game due to the impressive amounts of diversity, i have to wonder how the game will be released in an orderly fashion without the severs crashing? just curious to the background machanics
Virgil will probably arrange with his webhost to get something so his website can handle more traffic for the first few days after the release.
its easy to use a cloud service for the day of release and will hold no issue with servers crashing
I can’t wait to buy this, I CAN buy it, right?
Can it come out in 2 days as a birthday present? PLZ?
Ugh Virgwil….
I just spent too much money getting a 3DS XL so I could get Pokemon X next month.
Take your time 😉
By time, I hope you mean about 20 days. My birthdays coming up! For the second time since the announcement! Hehehehe 🙂
I think that everybody who has had a birthday since the announcement should get a free copy.
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Hey, my birthday is on… umm.. whatever day Creeper World 3 is coming out! Yeah!
My birthday is on October 5th.. I hope it’s not going to take THAT long anymore…
Virgil we are all waiting to get more news from you… this last story mission must really be complex if it takes you so long 🙂
He posted that he was working on the last story mission 23 days ago…
I…. I simply can’t wait any longer.
Im sure the absolute last step before releasing the game is finishing the final story mission. He has to work out the last minute kinks for example
I’m sad to say that after thinking release was just around the corner for so long, I think I am actually growing fatigued and becoming slightly less excited.
Hurry up! Take my money! I want some new Creeper World.
No, but seriously, I’m glad you’re doing it right and enjoying your story telling. I’m excited to try the new version and see the new world you’ve designed. Your other two Creeper worlds are still some of my favorite games, and there’s no question that I’m going to fork over whatever you ask for this new one, sight-unseen, demo untried.
I’m guessing that’s going to be the case for everyone here. Considering most are meticulously watching the main site/the blog for any news.
You missed my birthday yesterday… Better late than never though.
Mine too now. 🙁
Guess well have to wait for release on our un-birthday.
My birthday is coming in like a month!!! maybe it will come out then!
A verry happy un-birthdayyy, to youuuu!
Say, Virgil, you should actually say that to everyone whose birthdays you missed on release day. 😉
well happy birthday!
I wants it man. I wants it so bad.
I stopped checking really frequently a week or two ago, but now I’ve started checking back like crazy again. It just feels close… But not yet… But right there! Just out of reach…
See you in an hour 😛
Wow, can I relate to this. I wonder if V has any idea of the size of the download. The beginning of a new month means my usage has reset and I can download at full speed. After the first 10GB I am stuck at the old dialup rate. Here’s to hoping it becomes available at the beginning of some month. See you also in an hour.
I wonder if Virgil has a release date in his head yet. Not that he would tell us but I wonder if he has one none the less
he had one like a year ago and look where the game is now? WORTH THE WAIT!!!
Woah, it has been like a year. Sometimes time goes by too fast xP
Since we know Virgil reads all of these posts…
You’re almost there, Virgil! C’mon, you can do it!
Your Killing Me Smalls!!!!!!!!!
You’re
Loving the sandlot reference there. 😛
BABE RUTH!?!!?!?? AHHHHH!!!! *runs to fence*
(PS: If that wasn’t a sandlot reference you were intending to use there, what I said above may not make sense to you. If you remember the movie sandlot, it will. Probably.)
You’re (thanks Occido)… Yes, Sandlot… One of the best!
Your welcome! (hehe, get it?)
Final Stages of the Final Mission must be huge… It’s been 12 days!!!
Virgil, you will finish it today and release the game tonight so I have something cool to play this weekend… There will be a patch as there are with all games to tweak stuff, Release the game tonight….. Oh, and these are not the droids you are looking for…..
Let’s hope it works….
Virgil, you are either a perfectionist or a procrastinator. Or both. But this game will be the best one since Pong!
My sister made a version of Pong with gravity. Obviously it’s not public, or else there would be this huge lawsuit probably.
Pong can be copied in under a day in C++. I assume. I’m not a programmer. But the original game only had like a hundred transistors. It’s not public domain yet, but it’s such a basic thing that it really might as well be. As long as you don’t make money off it, you should be fine.
Creeper pong with gravity!
Thanks for CRPL!
Far as I know, my sister made this version of pong in under 3 hours. Might have only taken 1 or 2. Far as I know, it only took her half an hour.
Actually, I made one, graphics and all, in about an hour and a half. Its kind of basic and the opponent’s AI is a little glitch, but it works.
Looking at my watch every ten seconds for the past two weeks. Quote from one of my favorite movies: (in Spanish accent) “I hate waiting”. Guess what its from?
I know! Cult classic there.
Question, will the first two creeper worlds be bundled with 3? I don’t know if I should buy the first 2 now.
They will remain separate games, but CW3 will combine mechanics from both games giving the player an unique and ultimate CW experience, so if you just want the gameplay the CW3 will most likely be the best, but if you want some nostalgia and story then you should get the first two.
I think at some point Virgil mentioned there’d probably by some kind of “save X dollars by buying all three as a package” kind of deal.
Which implies there will be some kind of deal, but you won’t automatically get 1 and 2 for free with 3.
Final Stages of the Final Mission must be huge!! It’s been 12 days!!!
Virgil, you will finish the game today and release it tonight. I need something cool to play this weekend. There will be a patch where you can tweak small stuff as their are in all games.
Release the game tonight…. Remember, tonight. Oh, and these are not the droid you are looking for……
Hope it works….
looks like some characters don’t work….
Suppose to read;
Final Stages of the Final Mission must be huge!! It’s been 12 days!!!
(Jedi mind trick)
Virgil, you will finish the game today and release it tonight. I need something cool to play this weekend. There will be a patch where you can tweak small stuff as their are in all games.
(Pressing finger to temple and squinting eyes for more power)
Release the game tonight…. Remember, tonight. Oh, and these are not the droid you are looking for……
Hope it works….
I think the post works just as well without the bits I assume you put between angle brackets. Then it’s more a subtle hint at the end that it was a jedi mind-trick, and that gives a greater “Aha!” moment as you look back over the post with that new bit of info in mind, plus the satisfaction of ‘getting the reference’ just from the “These are not the droids you are looking for”
Though seeing some things here and there go down in the comment section over the past few months, you were probably right to make it blatantly clear you were joking.
12 days? It has been 25! He announced that he was working on it August 12th.
I honesty to god picture Virgil at home just reading this comments and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6MlHxAzLXA
I don’t see Virgil as a good supervillain. “Mwahahaha! I shall announce a game… and then delay the release!” That’s barely evil. We don’t need Superman for that. We just need Adam West to give him a stern talking-to. Not even Adam West as Batman, just the actor.
It’s close. I can feel it.
yes….. every day i look and i say, it’s for today, but ….. no :/ no news on twiiter neighter :/
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
^that was me, it is getting worse, i need an email in my box with a link saying download here your life for the next years….
When you say coming soon, do you mean like flying cars soon or winter is coming soon?
Flying cars like Terrafugia? 🙂
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smGmrpn2Vrk
Whoa. That. Is so cool.
I want that almost as much as CW3 or star bound or star fighter infinity
We need an updated. I need some sort of fix.
Demo, plz!!!
The demo will come out after the release of the game.
I have to ask, has there been a set back? This may be my fault but I assumed (and you know what they say about that), with your last post that the release was coming very soon. I took, ‘I am working on the final stages of the final mission as I type this…” as it would be a few more days. Obviously that is MY time frame and have no idea what your time frame was so in that regard, I was wrong…
There are many things that probably have to be done before you release but I was wondering since it has now been two weeks since that date if things are rolling along or have they hit a snag… I check this website (like others I imagine) daily hoping it will ask for my money so I can download your new game. I am just wondering if we are looking at a few more weeks?
Developer speak for “coming soon” can mean weeks or even months. We live in a temporally tormented universe. Some days we are stuck in time, other days we move faster than can been seen.
As for CW3, the final mission… she’s done. I’m working on some insane Credits (I really should be stopped) and final changes to different game modes right now. After that, collateral material and the launch.
Awesome…. Thanks for the reply… Will wait patiently…..
HL3 Confirmed!
I will wait but only because i must….
“Talent hits a target that no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.”
Arthur Schopenhauer
Innovative and awesome game V. looking forward to the release.
Thanks. I bought the first two games and currently having fun with them while I wait for the release.
Virgil, why are you reading this? Back to work!
Collateral material sounds ominous . . .
I’ve been playing Creeper World: Evermore every day for the last two weeks in preparation for the new game. Don’t keep me playing it evermore!
I wouldn’t worry too much about credits. After all, we know who the lead procrastinator is. 😉
See the thing is… Virgil makes a post like this and I’m like “Okay, the game isn’t coming out immediately,” and I’m good for anywhere between 12 and 36 hours. Then I start to think he probably could have handled everything he mentioned by now, and I’m back to thinking CW3 could be released any minute.
My heart as I read this (Virgil’s reply): Thud thud thud… (Normal) thud…. thud… (Thumping louder…) thud thud thud thud thud (Harder and louder, then I see “She’s done”) THUD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
for me this sounds as : I need to post somthing to keep some attention
So, five or six more months then?
(laughs)
probably yes
your joking now but, i was expecting this game to come out about six months ago.
How long does it usually take to rlease the game after you are finished? I cant imagine with one click of the button, it can be instantly buyable to every computer across the globe.
Actually aside form the traffic crashing the site I would guess this is exactly what the release will be like.
Always good to here from you..
As a diversion, I’ve jumped on the StarMade alpha bandwagon..
“(I really should be stopped)”
STOP!
I’ll join with that…
“(I really should be stopped)”
STOP OR I’LL COME IN TO YOUR HOUSE WITH A RIOT OF FANS AND KILL WHAT CREDITS YOU HAVE ALREADY!
No I wouldn’t actually do that, we could set the game back days, MAYBE even months. xD
I can imagine Virgil posting a fake download of CW3 for Friday 13th…
Your avatar looks really distressed about that.
And your avatar looks perfect for that comment.
come out already or not?
Yes, it did. Haven’t you bought it yet?! What are you waiting for?! The “Coming soon” on the main page is just a ruse, don’t believe it!
Not gonna lie, I have tried changing the URL to take me to the CW3 page, but I’m getting 404 errors. I guess it doesn’t exist yet.
This blog has become what Creeper World 3 is, for me. Creeper World 3 is about coming to this site, hoping for some dribble of information… There is a sense of hope that something momentous might happen, but the idea of the game actually coming out and my actually playing it has become strange and alien.
I agree, personally I already lost hope that he is going to release the game anytime this year, so whatever. Why did he have to tease everyone saying how soon the release is, 3 months ago, I don’t know.
The game will be released this year… I’m very confident in that. Story missions and such are complete… it’s just about final polish and collateral material at this point. I’ll be doing a final status update post in the next few days with more info.
I love the idea of a “final” status update! That sounds promising. I cannot wait until this game comes out. It looks amazing. I check this blog every single day looking for any sort of update I can find. Awesome work Virgil. Not too much longer I hope!
:O
🙂
😀
:D!!
So close to GTA 5 launch as well..
Nice work, but, I was wandering if you have any plans of releasing it on androids / ios or given any though of it.
I’m sure of my galaxy s4 is big enough and powerful enough to be play on.
Or any other tablet.
A tablet does seem like a reasonable size, but as Virgilw has already stated, its not happening anytime soon IF at all.
I was thinking about this and I would love to see this too. Given that it is in the Unity engine it wouldn’t be impossible but I’d still consider it a stretch given the complexities of the game and adapting an interface that works. Although it has been stated to be far more efficient I still wonder how stressful it would be even on modern devices. That said I’d still pay for a version that was limited to maps no larger than the original CW.
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First – your S4 is a sweet phone, but it is neither large enough or powerful enough to run CW3. This coming from a Note 2 owner and beta tester. It just wouldn’t really work. CW3 maps can be, and often are, a LOT larger than CW1 or 2.
Second – there wouldn’t be a good way to support most of the in game controls on a touch screen, other than using up a lot of that precious screen space.
Don’t mean to step on your hopes, I would also love to play it on my phone. Virgil has talked about this in the forums in the past and the challenges are a little too steep for a mobile version.
I think you are jumping the gun a bit. CW3 maps can be a lot larger but they wouldn’t have to be for a mobile version. Besides the nature of the platform makes it rather likely to be cumbersome to have such large maps.
I bet that it could run on mobile platforms. Mobile devices these days are more powerful than many realize given that what most usually see is the device running in low power mode where the processor is well underclocked which is usually 95% of the time in use. At full power they can do quite a lot but kill the battery fast.
The mobile version clearly wouldn’t be a straight port. It would require a lot of work to make it playable and if it was particularly heavy on somewhat older devices some processing power could be saved by cutting back the creeper calculations to something a little closer to the rate in the original CW. The interface problems could be solved (I’d envision pop-open and drag style interface similar to radial menus) as well but would also require dedicated work to make it happen.
I’d imagine the lack of interest in a mobile version probably has more to do with the struggles of the UI design and implementation than anything. I hear that can be a real pain and I don’t know what Virgil’s experience is in that area.
im mostly talking about adding creeper world 1 as in that one out for ages and doesn’t take much requirments to run on pc
I think the S4 is more powerful (or at least as powerful) as my desktop (which can run CW1 and 2 fine).
To leap off of this thought:
Virgil, should someone (this is hypothetical, i’m not saying me!) chose to try and bring creeper world to the mobile world, would you be willing to give out source code for someone else to try and develop the app/port? would you even want someone to do develop an app/port for CW? Also, what about like open source type projects for other platforms (xbox, playstation, ect.)? I dunno, just wondering on your view on this type of stuff.
-Sevy
Make a much smaller CW for the phone. I don’t think anyone would care if it wasn’t as huge. Sell it for a couple bucks.
Or perhaps a whole different game in the CW series. Something like ‘CW Mobile’ or something. Like, Virgil could make CW4 be exclusively mobile, since pretty much everyone has SOME sort of mobile device these days. And of course, it would be pretty small scale. But it could work.
if virgil makes cw 4 exclusively mobile, ill, stop caring about cw and un-bookmark knuckle cracker in .5 seconds. and I dont have ANY mobile device and I know lots of people who also dont.
Even that would be a huge step and be unbelievably complicated. Theres just too much to do especially considering its a multi-person job.
I thought Knuckle cracker had a large team though.
Leader – Virgil
CEO – Virgil
CFO – Virgil
All sound designers and game designers – Virgil.
With that huge team we could achieve everything.
Why are people still caring about this when there’s a much better 3D, tactile, immersive battle environment on the way?
http://knucklecracker.com/blog/index.php/2013/04/a-message-from-the-ceo-video-games-are-dead/
When I started reading that I was so angry and thinking “How did this get approved!? BLASPHEMY!”
Then I read the URL on the link.
That was an April fools post
Correction,
a rather awesome April Fools post*
🙂
Now that I’ve had a chance to play this map, it’s easily one of my favorites, this was a real treat to play.