I’ve been poking with the game’s monster AI today, amongst other things. In all the recent milestone builds, a certain pattern would commonly play out in combat: the player would run toward the monster, but the monster would typically stay at its spawn point, just shooting fireballs until the player got close. This happens because…
About eighteen months ago, I created a logo for MMORPG Tycoon 2. I was tired of using generic icons for the game, and so used a little tool to make what I felt at the time was a somewhat elegant logo. But now we have a real one. This has been a long time coming.
The single most persistent visual problem I’ve had in this game has been how to make the “grid” view visually interesting. It’s a necessary view; there needs to be a way to see, visually, the layout of your map using color to indicate something other than visible geometry. (In this screenshot, I’m using it to…
Here’s a bit of experimental map design that I’ve done. There are a few things to note. First is the new water.