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Modeling Format Request

Part rant, part public request... =) Folks, I really, truly appreciate all the hard work that goes into various model packs for Torque. They're great! Some really nice artwork has been released ...

Author Kevin McLaughlin Date 10/05/2008 (10:40 pm) Comment 36 comments

Truespace 7.6 released - for free!

Didn't see this anywhere else here yet, so I thought I'd pass the word along... Well, it's pretty surprising news. But yes, this ~$700 software package is now free. Along with hundreds of dollars o...

Author Kevin McLaughlin Date 07/24/2008 (7:53 pm) Comment 8 comments

Role of the Hero - April Contest Report

Here we are, in the final hours of the Dream Games contest. Thirteen months has gone by. Over three dozen games have already dropped out or been eliminated, and the contest is down to the final few....

Author Kevin McLaughlin Date 05/01/2008 (3:00 am) Comment 2 comments

Role of the Hero - February Contest Blog

Note: I originally attempted to post this back on the 23rd of February, and THOUGHT it had gone through. I only just now realized that it had not, so I've cut and pasted it back in for a second try h...

Author Kevin McLaughlin Date 03/07/2008 (4:13 am) Comment 0 comments

January Role of the Hero Blog

If any of you have been following my main blog, bless you. If not, and you're interested in the trials and travails of trying to make an online RPG by myself, the site is here: http://roleplayerswor...

Author Kevin McLaughlin Date 02/01/2008 (4:54 am) Comment 1 comments

Creating an Interactive Story

I don't usually just repost these blogs from my weekly blog. But - I had an especially pertinent post on Saturday, and I thought there might actually be interest in reading it! If you want more back...

Author Kevin McLaughlin Date 10/31/2007 (11:42 pm) Comment 1 comments

Role of the Hero - August Blog

Work is continuing apace on modeling for ROTH. I've uploaded another teaser screenshot, this time of an outpost tower: [image]http://roleplayersworld.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/outpost.jpg[/image...

Author Kevin McLaughlin Date 09/01/2007 (12:56 pm) Comment 1 comments

Role of the Hero - July update

July has come, and almost gone... So it's time for me to report on the progress of my DreamGames contest entry. If you recall from past posts, Role of the Hero is a smalescale persistant world game ...

Author Kevin McLaughlin Date 08/01/2007 (3:32 am) Comment 0 comments

Role of the Hero - First DIF sets

Continuing the ongoing saga of my DreamGames contest entry! Over the past week I have begun work on DIFs for the game. With limited time, and only myself working on the project, I'm creating model...

Author Kevin McLaughlin Date 06/08/2007 (9:33 am) Comment 8 comments

APIServers Sponsors Role of the Hero

http://www.apiservers.com, a server hosting business that has offered some excellent pricing for small online indie games before, confirmed today their offer to sponsor the Role ...

Author Kevin McLaughlin Date 05/15/2007 (6:08 pm) Comment 0 comments

Role of the Hero - Dream Games Contest Entry

I tried posting this yesterday, but somehow it seems not to have made it through... A friend commented that it has probably ended up posted to someone's cute little kitten blog somewhere, but I suspe...

Author Kevin McLaughlin Date 05/01/2007 (8:21 pm) Comment 1 comments

Plan for Kevin McLaughlin

Multiplayer persistant world game about to exist design and enter development phase.

Author Kevin McLaughlin Date 02/24/2004 (4:37 am) Comment 0 comments