HackIt Release and other things....

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Nick Zafiris   (May 25, 2006 at 12:27 GMT)   Resource Rating: 3

Congratulations on finding a publisher!

I remember, I was in Chicago when the '94 World Cup was held in the states and it sure was fun. I got myself a job in security just to be in all the games!

Edit: Sorry, I accidentally rated it.
Edited on May 25, 2006 12:29 GMT

Maxwell Marsh   (May 25, 2006 at 13:59 GMT)

Sounds great.

I don't want to tell you what to do or anything, but you should really finish your first projects before you move on to other ones. But thats just reccomended by me, you can do whatever you want.

Logan Foster   (May 25, 2006 at 15:47 GMT)

@Maxwell

I have worked with Markus daily for the past year and a bit and I have to say that he is probably one of the most underrated talents in this community. His drive, dedication and determination on the work that he does is second to none and if you question his ability to finish a product I would strongly recommend that you take a look at the game he co-developed "Hack It".

"Hack It" is a pretty dammed cool puzzle game that Markus and his business partner have been developing for the past year or two while receiving little to no help from this community. So the fact that they can make a very rich and entertaining game against all the odds that they faced is a pretty good sign that yes Markus can finish products and probably knows more about what he is doing making games and working with this game engine than anyone but a small handful of people here in the community.

As such I can say without a doubt that Markus knows what to do and how to do it and as much as it sucks that work has to stop on a project, you will learn that sometimes it is necessary from a business standpoint to put a project aside.

@Markus


Looking forward to seeing Hack It finally available for retail sale, its been a long time coming.

Ian Roach   (May 26, 2006 at 00:04 GMT)

So GG arent helping with Realm Wars 2 anymore ? too bad. it was looking great, would have loved to have seen that horsepack in action :)

Wiley   (May 26, 2006 at 05:59 GMT)

"Hack It" Looks pretty cool. I like the concept behind it.. Seems very simple but engaging and fun. It looks like they took something as simple as the classic sliding puzzle game and spiced it up. You should see if you can get this game on XBOX LIVE. Personally, I think I will give the game a try when it is out. Seems like alot of addictive fun.

Was the game developed with Torque?

Andrew Nicholson   (May 26, 2006 at 09:20 GMT)

Congrats on finding a publisher for HackIt !

I am looking forward to the World Cup too, infact I cant wait. Good luck to your National team :)

Markus Nuebel   (May 26, 2006 at 13:47 GMT)

@Maxwell: Logan is right on this one. Stopping development on RW2 wasn't caused, by the team, not getting things done. In fact it was the other way around, we got quite some stuff in there for a GG internal playtest. But without a publisher backing up the project, there is no sense in continuing with it.

@Ian: Unfortunalely they seem to have lost interest in RW2. Since they own the RW IP, we cannot go forth and complete they game and have another publisher sell it. That's why it no longer makes sense for us to continue the development.
On the other hand RW2 (already the stuff you may have seen on IGC 05) is no more based on the code and art of the Realm Wars Comunity Project (exception is the Orc). So we could simply rename it, throw out the orc and finish it for another publisher. The bad thing is, there seems to be no high publisher interest in a RealmWars style game and there seems to be not so much general interest in this game, that we can risk a self-publishing. So we came to the only conclusion, that makes sense: Stop the project and concentrate on other stuff.

@Wiley: Yes, HackIt is TGE 1.3 based. It was the first torque project I did and we (my partner and me) finished it up in a VERY polished way. We started this project to with the goal, to make a simple game, that helps us to get into torque quickly and be sure, that we really finish it in a professional and commertial way.
So HackIt became super polished, with all bells and whisles. Since it is a two man project, Ivan doing the art and me doing the programming, we achieved a lot with this little puzzle game.
My friends over at MaxGaming showed HackIt at IGC 05 and Jeff Tunnel commented somewhere on the GG boards later on, that HackIt is very polished, but unfotunately too simplistic. He would have liked to see a more interesting gameplay for this super polished thing. While I must agree with him, that the game is kind of too simplistic for the GG comunity that is somewhat in love with fast action and FPS based games, I do not agree with this statement in general.
We perfectly meet our goal to finish the game in commertial quality and I think there are lot's of casual gamers and young gamers (kids) out there, that will be very pleased by the beauty of the game and will love playing it.

@Andrew: Yeah man, can't wait for the games to start. In fact I see England as one of the favourites, so it will become very interesting for you, too. Haven't checked this, but I really hope we meet England not earlier than in the final :)

@Logan: Your right, that we had no support form the comunity while developing HackIt, but I am very thank ful for Adrian Wright, Justin Meete and you, Logan, in beta testing the game. You guys gave me very useful input and helped to get the game to this high quality. Thanks again.

John Coyne   (Jun 02, 2006 at 13:54 GMT)

I had forgotten about "hack it" until I found the demo video sitting on my hard drive. Gratz on getting a publisher.

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