iPhone Game

A lot has been going lately, but it has been hard to find time to blog about it.  I continued toying with multiplayer turn-based games and Unity during August and September.  The 4inline game I put online was rewritten using Erlang, an excellent language for massively parallel and distributed applications.  If you want to check out what Erlang looks like, you can browse the source code on my github page. But the game is not up right now.  Although I was expecting to work on multiplayer games with Jose Luis, things took another turn and he got involved with a group of people from his video game school and they had decided to work on a space shooter game.  So, I tagged along, putting my multiplayer plans and the Alien Party project on hold to join the group.  After finishing this simple prototype of an isometric level while trying to coordinate with the guys in the group, things took another turn.  

Isometric Prototype

The group thing did not work out.  There was no communication really, and it felt like it was just me working by myself on someone else's project without feedback.  And in the end Jose Luis and I decided to just go it alone.  That is, just the two of us. So in the last couple of weeks we have been trying to restart the project and find a new direction.

During that time, I bit the bullet and finally got an iPhone and started learning iPhone game development with Unity.  I got a prototype working on the iPhone and even though it is just a first step it is absolutely exciting! You can play the web, PC and Mac version of this simple side scrolling prototype here.  Hey, if you have an iPhone and do not mind doing some testing for me while I am learning, you can send me your device id and I can send you a link to download it for your phone.

But of course, nothing is easy on the path to finishing a video game.  Jose Luis is struggling a bit, things are not all peachy in his life.  I hope he pulls through.  I have wanted to finish a game with him for so long now. We have got to make this work... Meanwhile, I keep toiling away at night and trying to make progress.  Luckily my new job is truly great.  I am very, very busy, but the people I am working with are all so nice, all the way to the company CEO, that I feel very stress free.  My last year working with the scientists was not that great.  I did not enjoy it, although I made a few very good friends.  But I have moved on and things are good.  Now I just HAVE TO FINISH A GAME!!!