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Releasing the complete Wheels for free

Releasing the complete Wheels for free
Name:Christian Siebmanns 
Date Posted:Feb 16, 2008
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Hi,
After a few days of thinking I decided to release the complete Wheels for free. As I said I was trying to get some money back that I put into development. But now I decided that it would be the best way to release the full game for free and get more feedback. So, I'm happy to announce Wheels has been released for free this morning. The game now contains 60 missions. As little bonus I added the creator mission, which helps you to create new missions yourself. Now download the full version of the game and have fun!

Download Wheels!

Please take the Wheels survey:
survey

By the way: A mission update for Wheels 2 is on the way and will hopefully released soon.

-Christian

Recent Blog Posts
List:07/10/08 - Wheels 3 Update 1
07/08/08 - Next Wheels out now
04/30/08 - Wheels 3 Development diary - The problem with the size
04/29/08 - What I am currently doing
04/27/08 - ITunes vs. Windows Media Player
04/27/08 - About myself
03/22/08 - Wheels2 released for free!
02/22/08 - Wheels2 Update

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jydog   (Feb 16, 2008 at 13:57 GMT)
Now thats a deal that cant be beat. Will download and try it out.

Kevin James   (Feb 16, 2008 at 20:51 GMT)
I'm checking this out as well, Christian. Some screenshots on this blog would be cool.

Christian Siebmanns   (Feb 16, 2008 at 21:15 GMT)
@Kevin, sorry my misstake. Added a picture.

Kevin James   (Feb 17, 2008 at 18:39 GMT)
No need to be sorry, my friend! I just like pictures. ;)

Plus - now I'm really interested in the game. That's a pretty fantastic screenshot! I haven't played the game yet, yesterday I was super busy trying to get a prealpha build of Unek ready for release.

Kevin James   (Feb 17, 2008 at 20:32 GMT)
Christian,

Do you do any TGB games? It seems like I know your logo from somewhere else. Any way . . .

The game didn't work on my computer, this is what it looks like:



An atlas terrain problem? I tried a bunch of different video options; they didn't change anything.

H.W. Kim   (Feb 18, 2008 at 03:30 GMT)
I got a problem to download it. Does it work fine?

Christian Siebmanns   (Feb 18, 2008 at 15:34 GMT)
@H. W. Kim: FileFront.com has sometimes problems with the page layout and with download managers. I guess without a download manager it works fine.That's the problem with free games, I have to keep the costs low:)

@Kevin:
I do't do TGB games, I didn't even try it... To your problem: Just don't have an idea. I installed the game without a problem. The problem occurred during early development process, because of wrong Atlas texture paths. It has been fixed a long time, ago. Please provide more information about your system, sometimes it

Pesto126   (Feb 18, 2008 at 17:59 GMT)
I'm glad you released for free.... are there other textures beyond just painted green?

Christian Siebmanns   (Feb 18, 2008 at 18:03 GMT)
There are other textures as well, but textures in this game are very simple.

Jacque Perin   (Feb 18, 2008 at 23:53 GMT)
Thanks but no Thanks. If I wanted free poop I would get it from my toilet. This game is very sloppy I suggest you burn it to the ground!

Kevin James   (Feb 19, 2008 at 22:57 GMT)
Jacque,

You have such a way with words. Why don't you create a .plan and post all the games you have made - or in the very least offer constructive criticism here; instead of behaving like a fool.

Christian -

Here's my specs:

Intel Core2Duo 2.66ghz
512 memory graphics card (nVidia something or other)
2 gigs of ram
Windows XP service pack 2

What do you think?

Christian Siebmanns   (Feb 20, 2008 at 13:30 GMT)
@Jaque:
Feel free to write me an email, with a list of all the things that you would improve. You'll find my email adress in my account information.
@Kevin:
Just don't have an idea. I didn't try it on XP, yet, but I'll do and let you know if it's working. Until then my only idea is that you reinstall the game into another directory.

Christian Siebmanns   (Feb 20, 2008 at 18:30 GMT)
@Kevin:
I tried it on a machine with:
AMD Athlon64 Duo 2,4 ghz
256 memory graphics card (nVidia)
2 gigs of ram
Windows XP service pack 2

It works without problems. I suggest you open the Wheels directory and send me the file console.log via email. Maybe that would show me where the problem is.

Jacque Perin   (Feb 22, 2008 at 12:51 GMT)
Soory chris thought I that was funny and im not the only pesimest! I will give you some tips.

Christian Siebmanns   (Feb 22, 2008 at 15:02 GMT)
@Kevin:
I've got another idea. Try out Wheels2 would be interesting to see if the problem still exists in the next version.

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