Comments on: Goals for Company and Journal

By: Erik

Erik — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:02:55 +0000

Just got to the site from reading the QuestHelper changelog; just wanted to say thanks for all of the excellent work that you've done! I'm looking forward to trying some of the games & want to offer sincere gratitude and encouragement.

Good luck!

By: Zorba

Zorba — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:46:33 +0000

Finishing up some stuff on Devastation, then moving on to one of several possible projects. I'll be posting about them eventually :) I'm basically financing it off my savings right now, though I'm considering a part-time job to give myself a little more income. We'll see. No family, it's just me :)

By: Prasanna

Prasanna — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 03:45:14 +0000

Hi Zorba,

I like the Devastation.
What games are you working on nowadays?
What's the source of income for mandible.net. Are you doing it part-time?
[off the topic, do u have a family? ;) ]

By: Zorba

Zorba — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:12:32 +0000

Thanks :) I'd probably put saving in if I added a real singleplayer mode - I'm not sure I'll get to the point where I'm making that mode however. And yeah, you're meant to end up specializing in one way or another. Can't buy everything, and if you try, you end up with crummy versions of everything :) I have not tried Mail Order Monsters but I'll add it to my list of things to check out.

By: Kaolin Fire

Kaolin Fire — Tue, 27 May 2008 23:20:15 +0000

Just played the current demo for about 30 minutes. You've definitely got something. And yeah, it definitely needs real people to play against.

Separately, I really wanted to be able to save my progress and quit.

Did you ever play Mail Order Monsters? That's the closest analog I've got for this. I loved that game to death :)

The "upgrade" scheme really invests the player, and (to a point) allows a certain personality. I find myself leaning towards lasers and EMPs at first, then went more heavily with missiles.

Oh, and I love that the environment is destructive. :D

I'm also on a quest to revitalize the classics–though I think I'm going to be taking the longer and possibly less interesting route as I go as it's, at best, one hobby among many, and I'm not as conscious of the field of games. :/

By: Zorba

Zorba — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:19:31 +0000

I am hoping. :) I don't actually think games are in much of a dark age right now, though. A lot of classic genres have been forgotten, and that's sad, but there's no shortage of innovative and interesting new games showing up. (I'm playing Mario Galaxy right now, as an example.) Still, there's a lot of room for the classics to be revitalized. That's probably the single thing I'm hoping to do most.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:09:27 +0000

If there's anyone who can save us from the dark age of gaming we've entered, I believe it to be you.

By: Zorba

Zorba — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 03:08:46 +0000

Oh, I'm well aware it's not a good logo. I actually went through Worth1000 to get a good logo, which I now have – however I wanted some tweaks done to it, and those were only finished two days ago.

Guess who's been in Ohio for the last week, away from all his standard tools that he'd use to get that logo on this site.

But in a few days I'll be updating it, and likely making another post about all the annoying little details of making a game studio.

By: Webjourneyman

Webjourneyman — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 03:04:21 +0000

This is a really interesting website, especially since it's not commercial and not a personal rant box either, just an interesting journal. I realize you probably don't need a great logo but that thing on the top left side really doesn't qualify. Not trying to be cruel or sarcastic but if you are satisfied with this logo of your's you really need some help in the visual art's department. But that's the only thing I don't like about this site, the rest is really interesting without trying to, if you catch my drift. I wish you luck on your journey.

By: Lancemaker

Lancemaker — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 12:22:25 +0000

i mean Fan … lol