I’ve finally released my new game - Fruit Drop

It’s based on a colour matching game on Windows Mobile, but I’ve updated it for the PC with sound effects, music and enhanced graphics.

I’ve included the source code as well if you want to check that out.

Download it from:
http://www.savefile.com/files/1696274

Just unzip the file anywhere you want and play.

I’ve uploaded two new youtube tutorials on Blitz basic. They cover how to replace your mouse cursor with a custom one, and how to do simple animation of images/sprites.

My channel is: http://www.youtube.com/amcadam26

I’ve been getting some more work done on Fruit Drop, I posted a video blog on this on Youtube, you can see it here: http://www.youtube.com/amcadam26 it’s the entry called Lone Game developer video blog, or something along those lines.

I’m really looking forward to finishing Fruit drop off now, because I’ve started the design docs for my next game. It’s an overhead view, futuristic actions RPG, it’s working title is “Alpha base 23″. It’s look will be similar to Alien Breed for anyone that remembers that game. But will have many more features. It’s not a copy of alien breed I only mention that as the graphical style will be similar. It will be much more RPG based, you’ll have missions to accomplish, an inventory system, NPC’s, maybe levelling, although that’s not in the design doc yet.

The level editor will be written in Blitz3D aswell as the scripting programs and object editors. It’s my goal for the game to basically be an engine to run the levels data files. So technically you could write a whole new game based on the same engine using different levels and graphics and everything. This is actually how games like Doom worked, they have everything pertaining to the story and levels in a big WAD file then the game is simply the engine that runs what ever it finds in the file. that’s how my game will be.

I’ll be looking for help later on to speed things up abit, initially I may need someone to help with graphics, drawing tiesets and sprites, then later on we’ll get to level design, writing dialogue for NPC’s and general scripting of cutscenes. It sounds like a very complicated game, but I’m sure if I break it down into simple to manage pieces, that I’ll manage it okay. I’ve got a number of games under my belt now, so I’m ready for the challenge. I will of course still be writing smaller games at the same time, maybe even some relatged to this main project.

Let me know if you’ve be interested in becoming part of the team…

Hi all,

just a quick update on everything I normally blog about:

The You Tube Blitz Basic videos are proving popular, I’m getting some good comments and have just hit the 21 subscribers mark. I’ve seen other you tube posters make little games to celebrate hitting certain numbers of subscribers, I’ll be doing this for getting to 25 I think, just need to decide what the game should be.

I’ve not been doing much at all on Fruit drop lately, it’s nearly finished though, it’s just the small details that need fixing now, such as changing from text to bitmapped fonts, which is faster. I also need to implement the high score tables and tidy up the graphics. Don’t know when I’ll have this one finished.

Other games, well I’m wanted to get started on my Action RPG title, I’m still not 100% sure what language to write this one in, I’d like to do it all in Blitz3D, but I want to be able to use it on my CV as an example game, so it might be better to do it in C++ using the allegro graphics library. I’ll make that decision once the design document’s finished.

My home life? I’m still spending all my week days away in Switzerland, which really sucks, especially as I’m trying to move into a new house with my girlfriend, due to the leaky roof problem in our current flat. Might be moving this coming weekend, will have to wait and see.

I’m now over 1200 views from 5 days ago, and have 10 subscribers. I’ve alos finished the first set of tutorials showing how to program a simple space invaders clone.

I’ve been getting good feedback from viewers, so I’ve begun a new series of videos showing simple techniques in 2D for games, such as how to do gravity.

See my videos at: http://www.youtube.com/amcadam26

Here’s a Work in Progress video of Fruit Drop: