The Geared alpha is finally live and working! After two weeks of hard work, blood, sweat and loads of tears, Geared has finally reached the indev-alpha stage. The font doesn't look too great for now and it's extremely buggy and underpopulated, but it's there!
We can't wait to hear what you think! Post your comments in the G+ community.
Monday 30 June 2014
Sunday 29 June 2014
RIP GreyWolf media
GreyWolf media has been closed down and is done, out of business. Due to many factors, including the recent email problem. But Geared won't be discontinued!
I will still continue development and support of Geared and the site will remain unchanged. I will continue to use the development blog and will be posting regularly to our Google+ community (check under community tab).
The alpha is now completely open and anyone can join! Take a look on the g+ or website if you're interested. Geared alpha will still be releasing on Monday (12:00 PM - New York time)
I will still continue development and support of Geared and the site will remain unchanged. I will continue to use the development blog and will be posting regularly to our Google+ community (check under community tab).
The alpha is now completely open and anyone can join! Take a look on the g+ or website if you're interested. Geared alpha will still be releasing on Monday (12:00 PM - New York time)
Thursday 26 June 2014
What a day!
The alpha sign-ups crashed completely! We had to send out an email to complete the verification process as our alpha quota was reached withing a few minutes.
Finally done with the new map!
We're finally over the large part, we've redone the map! Now we can add multiple maps and world types later on in the game... It was better to fix it up now than to have a problem later. We're tweaking the last parts of the resource spawning and will add our friend, the porcupine, tomorrow. We're making huge progress this week!
We think we'll be ready to launch the public alpha on Monday but still have a lot to do before then. We crashed the game once this week as well, but fixed it later xD. We also think we'll replace the font with the same as Epic Inventor uses. AI is working fine and we have a temporary health bar in place (ugly but it works).
Well, until Monday then. Enjoy this cool poster for now:
We think we'll be ready to launch the public alpha on Monday but still have a lot to do before then. We crashed the game once this week as well, but fixed it later xD. We also think we'll replace the font with the same as Epic Inventor uses. AI is working fine and we have a temporary health bar in place (ugly but it works).
Well, until Monday then. Enjoy this cool poster for now:
Wednesday 25 June 2014
Erli Bird alpha starting on Monday!
The first real public alpha will be launching on Monday, 29 June 2014! We're only accepting Earli Bird sign-ups for the moment but are very excited to hear what the public thinks of our efforts so far! We'll have a chance to do some in-depth structural tests as well.
If you want to be a part of the alpha, please sign-up with Erli bird to secure your spot, before Monday! You can find it at http://www.erlibird.com/go/geared
After Monday we'll still accept Erli Bird sign-ups but release updates and then add new members slowly. These next 2 weeks are going to be crazy exciting!
If you want to be a part of the alpha, please sign-up with Erli bird to secure your spot, before Monday! You can find it at http://www.erlibird.com/go/geared
After Monday we'll still accept Erli Bird sign-ups but release updates and then add new members slowly. These next 2 weeks are going to be crazy exciting!
Friday 20 June 2014
We have no power here!
The power was out here for almost two days and our generator stopped working after about twenty minutes. Thus, we haven't been working on Geared at all the last two days. The power is on again though and we'll keep updating as fast as we can. Half of our team is away at the moment so progress is slow but by next week we'll be back at it full speed.
We have finished up crafting in the mean time though and armor works! We have added the shirt as a test model and it fits well. We plan to add one of every type of item and property in the game first and from next week fill up the database and game. We still haven't redone the map but will take a look at it next week. We're busy with the wiki and will soon have it up and running.
We've released a new update to test a few consents but so far it can't be called a game yet. Our dev version looks amazing so far and we think the game will be a very large game, compared to other android and ios games (in size, not in MB).
Here's our new trailer for you guys to check out:
*Three trailers actually
We have finished up crafting in the mean time though and armor works! We have added the shirt as a test model and it fits well. We plan to add one of every type of item and property in the game first and from next week fill up the database and game. We still haven't redone the map but will take a look at it next week. We're busy with the wiki and will soon have it up and running.
We've released a new update to test a few consents but so far it can't be called a game yet. Our dev version looks amazing so far and we think the game will be a very large game, compared to other android and ios games (in size, not in MB).
Here's our new trailer for you guys to check out:
*Three trailers actually
Wednesday 18 June 2014
Armour is and in the game and working!
We've slowly been starting to add craftable items to the game and armour works! We still need to redo the entire map and resource spawns but so far the development is going well. Placeable objects such as the Town Hall works and mob AI is finally good enough for us. We're still not sure about implementation of the robot but we've still got room for him if we decide to include it.
Today, we need to figure out what to do with the map!
Cheers for now, will probably post again later...
Today, we need to figure out what to do with the map!
Cheers for now, will probably post again later...
Saturday 14 June 2014
Working hard before the next alpha update!
Everyone who wants to become a part of the alpha has to sign up on the site so they can registered for the next build. We are working on mobs and their AI although they are really stupid at present. We're unsure how we're going to let them behave but we'll fix it soon!
Behold the mighty porcupine:
Thursday 12 June 2014
Crafting works! Jipee!
It's been a long week with a lot of difficulty. We really though that we weren't going to be able to create a compact crafting system to accommodate the over 100 items we have planned. It's finally been done! We decided to go with a category based scrolling system and add item ID's later when there was a lot of items and it gets hard to scroll through everything.
We also started working on mob AI (which is pretty dumb at the moment). Sorry we haven't been posting lately but it was really a hectic week. We fixed up the bug in the inventory (which shouldn't have been there in the first place) and also added a alpha registration list, visit our website to find out more. We can now directly draw bug reports and see who does what.
The file size will jump around a lot this week as we start shifting items around but should stabilize at about 25-30mb. We expect the entire game to be 40-50mb but no larger than 50mb. We thought of replacing random generation with a teleportation system, then we can add multiple cool maps with their own biomes and weird creatures!
We also started the wiki (which you can find online or on the play store) and you'll be able to search all the items there soon. We added the Town Hall (something new) and placeables work well.
Those are the reasons we didn't post this week xD
We also started working on mob AI (which is pretty dumb at the moment). Sorry we haven't been posting lately but it was really a hectic week. We fixed up the bug in the inventory (which shouldn't have been there in the first place) and also added a alpha registration list, visit our website to find out more. We can now directly draw bug reports and see who does what.
The file size will jump around a lot this week as we start shifting items around but should stabilize at about 25-30mb. We expect the entire game to be 40-50mb but no larger than 50mb. We thought of replacing random generation with a teleportation system, then we can add multiple cool maps with their own biomes and weird creatures!
We also started the wiki (which you can find online or on the play store) and you'll be able to search all the items there soon. We added the Town Hall (something new) and placeables work well.
Those are the reasons we didn't post this week xD
Sunday 8 June 2014
Geared alpha is now live for iOS too!
After a long day and hard work, we finally have an alpha dev build ready! It is a few versions behind the Android version but can still (barely) be called a game. It's there, and it's beautiful!
If you want to try the alpha send us an email or use the contact us form on the page. On the development side, we're still working on crafting and how it'll fit together. We're going to need to compact it a lot more seeing as the game is already 20mb but it's going well. We're going to try and fit the game into 50mb but it will be hard to do with everything we want to add.
We'll use the coming week to figure out crafting.
If you want to try the alpha send us an email or use the contact us form on the page. On the development side, we're still working on crafting and how it'll fit together. We're going to need to compact it a lot more seeing as the game is already 20mb but it's going well. We're going to try and fit the game into 50mb but it will be hard to do with everything we want to add.
We'll use the coming week to figure out crafting.
Say hello to Geared on iOS too!
Repost from June 7, 2014
We just got our things in order and have the certificates and mac’s and gadgets and gizmos for iOS! We decided that we’re going to release the game for both iOS and Android at the same time and not delay iOS as we initially thought. Apple is difficult to distribute on due to initial costs and porting the game but we seem to have bridged most of our worries…
The game will be coming out on both iOS and Android and will recieve the same updates on both platforms. We also took a look at a few independant reviewers who agreed to preview and review the game for us.
Further, our dev team expanded a little more and we’re now 5 working on the main project of Geared, looks good so far!
We’re really starting to ‘Gear Up!’
We just got our things in order and have the certificates and mac’s and gadgets and gizmos for iOS! We decided that we’re going to release the game for both iOS and Android at the same time and not delay iOS as we initially thought. Apple is difficult to distribute on due to initial costs and porting the game but we seem to have bridged most of our worries…
The game will be coming out on both iOS and Android and will recieve the same updates on both platforms. We also took a look at a few independant reviewers who agreed to preview and review the game for us.
Further, our dev team expanded a little more and we’re now 5 working on the main project of Geared, looks good so far!
We’re really starting to ‘Gear Up!’
Achievement Get: "Taking Inventory!"
Repost from June 7, 2014
We’ve finally figured out crafting! Crafting is done and looks fantastic. You can now craft items and we have an easy system to add new items and thier recipe! Seems like we’re really making progress…
Well, I’ll probably post again tonight so cheers for now!
We’ve finally figured out crafting! Crafting is done and looks fantastic. You can now craft items and we have an easy system to add new items and thier recipe! Seems like we’re really making progress…
Well, I’ll probably post again tonight so cheers for now!
Geared is finally starting to become a reality!
Repost from 1 June, 2014
We finished the inventory (looks great!) and can confirm it works just as well on touch as on PC. The inventory (at this stage) will have 29-slots, including the hotbar. Instead of making the hotbar display differently when an item is selected, we decided to display selected items in top corner of the screen. We did this so your hands don’t get in the way and block valuable information. We also decided to add a pause feature after all and will make crafting display in a seperate window, rather than an overlay, due to space constraints on smaller devices. The game will then pause(it’s better this way…) and you can happily craft away without having to worry about being killed.
Talking about crafting, we have drawn up the consept for crafting and think it’ll be fine for touch. We decided to make it display more information (the reason for pause) and less small gadgets and gizmos to miss-tap on.
We are still in two minds about our friend, the robot… He seems so much a part of Epic Inventor but might over-power the game on android. The amount of items we can add for his storage space might make it worth it to cut him out of the game. His controls also make space difficult and his movement is hard on small processors. The game seems to have so much growth prospective without the little guy and can turn way more to the direction of survival.
If you want to comment or let us know whether you would miss the robit(Futurama joke) please send us an email at geared-alpha@programmer.net or beyleveld@outlook.com
We expect to have the game out of alpha somewhere in the next 3 months and will then run a beta for at least a month or two to make sure everything works. Don’t worry, there won’t be ads and the game will be free. Cheers for now, have to go Gear Up! for finishing the crafting.
We finished the inventory (looks great!) and can confirm it works just as well on touch as on PC. The inventory (at this stage) will have 29-slots, including the hotbar. Instead of making the hotbar display differently when an item is selected, we decided to display selected items in top corner of the screen. We did this so your hands don’t get in the way and block valuable information. We also decided to add a pause feature after all and will make crafting display in a seperate window, rather than an overlay, due to space constraints on smaller devices. The game will then pause(it’s better this way…) and you can happily craft away without having to worry about being killed.
Talking about crafting, we have drawn up the consept for crafting and think it’ll be fine for touch. We decided to make it display more information (the reason for pause) and less small gadgets and gizmos to miss-tap on.
We are still in two minds about our friend, the robot… He seems so much a part of Epic Inventor but might over-power the game on android. The amount of items we can add for his storage space might make it worth it to cut him out of the game. His controls also make space difficult and his movement is hard on small processors. The game seems to have so much growth prospective without the little guy and can turn way more to the direction of survival.
If you want to comment or let us know whether you would miss the robit(Futurama joke) please send us an email at geared-alpha@programmer.net or beyleveld@outlook.com
We expect to have the game out of alpha somewhere in the next 3 months and will then run a beta for at least a month or two to make sure everything works. Don’t worry, there won’t be ads and the game will be free. Cheers for now, have to go Gear Up! for finishing the crafting.
Me and me trusty o'le stick!
Repost from May 31, 2014
With the hotbar finally working it’s time to move on, the inventory isn’t quite right yet but we’ll fix that later. For now, we started by trying to figure out how to work around fine mouse clicks and utilise android to its full potential. Already, the game is turning out to be much different from Epic Inventor. It looks the same and even smells the same but everything is different now…
Resource mining will be completely different to Epic Inventor and the tools used to mine will also be a first. The stick (classic) has been added and we fixed up object motion so android knows what to do. The game is relatively simple but we’re making every little detail PERFECT, the coding is really neat and has no useless loops or unused variables. We can grow the game to about double the PC version and still have it use less resources the way we’re going about it.
We got someone to work on map generation and are still thinking about how to do crafting. We might make the wiki in the game with direct crafting or something similar. I don’t see this game being Epic Inventor for android anymore, I see it being an android game like EI.
We’ll let’s start working on the crafting system, Gear Up!
With the hotbar finally working it’s time to move on, the inventory isn’t quite right yet but we’ll fix that later. For now, we started by trying to figure out how to work around fine mouse clicks and utilise android to its full potential. Already, the game is turning out to be much different from Epic Inventor. It looks the same and even smells the same but everything is different now…
Resource mining will be completely different to Epic Inventor and the tools used to mine will also be a first. The stick (classic) has been added and we fixed up object motion so android knows what to do. The game is relatively simple but we’re making every little detail PERFECT, the coding is really neat and has no useless loops or unused variables. We can grow the game to about double the PC version and still have it use less resources the way we’re going about it.
We got someone to work on map generation and are still thinking about how to do crafting. We might make the wiki in the game with direct crafting or something similar. I don’t see this game being Epic Inventor for android anymore, I see it being an android game like EI.
We’ll let’s start working on the crafting system, Gear Up!
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