Orcs vs. Martians beta 3 is finally out! Video and download link inside. Check out an RTS made with Torque.

Author Geom Date 11/07/2009 (8:12 pm) Comment 20 comments

Some recent screenshots of Orcs vs. Martians, some interesting project statistics, a delay in the beta, and <boring project management task warning!>doing the legal legwork to properly credit all the media files used in OVM.</boring project management task warning!>

Author Geom Date 10/21/2009 (4:00 am) Comment 6 comments

It swivels, it pitches, it recoils, and it fires lasers--what more could one ask for? Screenshots and implementation notes for laser towers in Orcs vs. Martians.

Author Geom Date 10/06/2009 (5:36 pm) Comment 12 comments

Some thoughts and reflections on doing audio content and coding in the RTS I'm working on, Orcs vs. Martians. Plus, there's a beta coming up.

Author Geom Date 08/31/2009 (4:23 pm) Comment 6 comments

The 2nd in a 2-part update on Orcs vs. Martians progress. Map doodads, dust & debris FX, muzzle flashes, building scaffolds, and A.I. sharing its attack plans with you. Lots of RTS goodness. Enjoy!

Author Geom Date 06/16/2009 (2:37 am) Comment 10 comments

I haven't posted much about Orcs vs. Martians lately, so here's an update. There's lots of visual improvements: here's pics of bldg foundations, new water textures & skyboxes, and three new tile sets. Enjoy!

Author Geom Date 06/09/2009 (10:52 pm) Comment 16 comments

How does one make terrain elevation clear, when the camera is pointing down? Inquiring minds want to know.

Author Geom Date 03/17/2009 (6:05 am) Comment 7 comments

I haven't blogged in a while but I am still working on my Torque RTS, Orcs vs. Martians. It's coming along quite well, and is ve...

Author Geom Date 10/04/2008 (8:28 pm) Comment 8 comments

Lately I've been giving a cosmetic makeover to Orcs vs. Martians' menus and guis, with particular emphasis on re-fonting things. Here's the old Game Setup screen: [image]redbrickgames.com/...

Author Geom Date 01/02/2008 (9:56 pm) Comment 5 comments

Lately I've been sprucing up my tab control in order to turn it into a code resource. The main thing I've been doing is adding support for custom bitmaps to it, something it didn't have before. So...

Author Geom Date 11/29/2007 (5:50 am) Comment 8 comments

I am pushing the Orcs vs. Martians Beta1 out the door today. w00t! Finally. I'm not sure why I'm calling this the Beta1. Wait, I know -...

Author Geom Date 11/11/2007 (4:09 am) Comment 14 comments

It's been a while since I've posted about Orcs vs. Martians, and I've got something exciting nearly working, so I figure it's time for an update. The past six months I've worked on a little of almo...

Author Geom Date 07/11/2007 (3:11 am) Comment 25 comments

http://www.garagegames.com/blogs/58091/12158 I mentioned I had been experimenting with adding billboards to DTS shapes, programmatically. This is the idea where your game code...

Author Geom Date 05/31/2007 (2:23 am) Comment 16 comments

I've run into an interesting problem while developing Orcs vs. Martians. I need to recolor my RTS units and buildings, so that they show the color of the player that owns them. But, Torque doesn't ...

Author Geom Date 02/14/2007 (1:09 am) Comment 14 comments

I'm happy to say, Orcs vs. Martians has gone alpha. For the alpha release, all the main gameplay features are either working or mostly-working. All the building types are in, the unit types are in, ...

Author Geom Date 01/24/2007 (9:12 pm) Comment 13 comments

Orcs vs. Martians is finally starting to feel like a real game. Not yet a game that anyone would want to buy :) But hey, at least it feels like a game. OvM now recognizes when somebody has...

Author Geom Date 09/14/2006 (3:02 am) Comment 14 comments

Lately I've been working on generating random maps for Orcs vs. Martians. It's been pretty fun since it's all very visual work. I owe Derek Adams a beer for [url=http://www.garagegames.com/...

Author Geom Date 04/17/2006 (11:33 pm) Comment 6 comments

Here's some progress on the RTS I've been working on. All models and textures are just stand-ins at the moment. I'm focusing more on functional behavior before I worry about the art too much. E...

Author Geom Date 03/21/2006 (1:19 am) Comment 20 comments

I started work on a simple, casual RTS game about 3 months ago. So far, development of this game has been immense fun. Already the GUI works, players can harvest resources, build new bases, and the ...

Author Geom Date 02/10/2006 (6:12 am) Comment 7 comments