Neofeud

[Blondbraid]

Yes, I saw the thread in Critic's lounge, it will be most exciting to see how the character will turn out!

[Mathias]

Hm, I see what you're getting out, like pulling the surface of a balloon out and then letting go (except the balloon is the fabric of spacetime, hehe).  This isn't actually the final animation at any rate, it will actually be longer in game as this is a particularly epic and pivotal scene altogether.  Thanks for the suggestion, Mathias!

The ballonpulling was a perfect example of what I was getting at

[SilverSpook]

Two pieces of good news to share.  Good News The First: Space/Time travel itself will be included as a game mechanic in Neofeud!

The other bonus: Donald Trump died of asphyxiation when his wig was flung into the air and landed in his mouth during a firing of the entire Republican Party.  JK lol.

I have recently run into a possibly extremely fortuitous employment opportunity as a co-author / ghostwriter (official job title in flux), for a potential science fiction novel.  This would cover the need to hard-terminate the dev cycle on Neofeud and ship that game in March, covered in e-Duct Tape and crawling with more bugs than Mr. Boogie Woogie from NBC.  It's my brain-baby, and I hate to induce labor in the early 3rd trimester because electric / WiFi bills and Uber pays shit.

Even if this new freelance wordsmith job saps eight hours of my daily brain cycles, it would allow indefinite extension of the game dev time as the regular G-Man programmer or bank quant or Walter White-esque High School Math teacher job I would've had to begrudgingly sentence myself to might not be necessary for the forseable future.  Fuck dayjobs, bitch! I'm straight breaking bad, breaking literary sci-fi bad, in my underwear.  It's my empire!  I Am The One Who Types!

[Rocchinator]

Lol [emoji1] congrats pal!  Thats huge. Keep up the good work!

[AnasAbdin]

New game mechanic sounds awesome
Good luck man, you have a rich mind for sci fi and deserve the best

[Blondbraid]

Good luck! The latest screenshot looks gorgeous, can't wait for this game!

[SilverSpook]

Thanks guys!  Because of this development life extension, I'm going to be holding off a bit on the voice acting and the release will probably be pushed back a bit so that Neofeud can be a more complete game that it should be. 

I will be keeping all of the auditions on file though!  Thanks to all who did audition for parts and I am still on the lookout for potential voice actors and actresses!

[SilverSpook]

Oh, and in case anyone is interested in learning more about the world of Neofeud, my story, The Cospauper has been published in the latest Mythaxis Magazine.  It's a short story set in the Neofeud future.

Fortnightly Writing Competition folks might remember this one from the "Archer" competition, last Fall.



(My illustration of Gem Roguestar, from the story)

[SilverSpook]

Junkyard revolution!

Quick update on progress: I am going to be officially rescheduling the release of Neofeud to "TBA" given my present situation with angel-investors flocking in to help fund the project.  My Neofeudal patrons have enabled an extension of development beyond March 2016, and so I will be increasing not only the total length of the game, but the completeness and buglessness, and general goodness of Neofeud with the added time.

At 1366 resolution, everything takes at least twice as long to build, but hopefully, the end-product will be exponentially as epic, in that Silver-Screen sense.  Not to blow my own golden trumpet but I think Neofeud does have that Star Wars / Blade Runner "We have never scene this before" edge to it, coupled with a Breaking-Bad kick-to-the-head storyline, and I think it needs that extra hundreds, thousand hours of love to reach its full potential.

Go big or go home!

[Cassiebsg]

Good, cause I was fearing that March2016 would not do justice to the game.
looking good, keep up the good work, and a new build soon.

[SilverSpook]

Thanks Cassie, stay tuned for the new build!



Spent all weekend on this and boy are my eyes tired!

[Danvzare]

Ooh, very impressive.
I can only imagine how beautiful the whole game will look, if everything is animated as good as that.

[SilverSpook]

Thanks Danvzare. 

I try my best to get everything up to the standard of that animation.

[SilverSpook]

The in-game father of Artificial Intelligence and solver of the Hard Problem of Consciousness.  Oh, and the meaning of life, the universe, and also kicked time-travel in his sleep.

Of course, being reality and not Gary-Stu sci-fi happyland, Noah Goertzel lost his tenure, had all his research stolen from him by an asshat businessman, and had to take a public high school teaching job to make rent.  He may or may not be doing some "alternative economy" work in his off-hours to supplement his income.  And I'm not talking about driving uber.



He may or may not be distantly, in a galaxy far-far-away, related to Roy Batty.  Roy Batty and Christopher Walken secretly eloped and had a vat-baby.

[Blondbraid]

Wow, sounds like a real fascinating character, I'm already curious to know more about him and how he will fit into the story!

Noah Goertzel lost his tenure, had all his research stolen from him by an asshat businessman, and had to take a public high school teaching job to make rent.  He may or may not be doing some "alternative economy" work in his off-hours to supplement his income.  And I'm not talking about driving uber.

That, and the yellow jumpsuit, a reference to Breaking Bad?

[SilverSpook]

Hehe, I can neither confirm nor deny this suggestions, sir. 

[SilverSpook]

The Artist, Re-Animated.

"The philosopher Jean Beaudrillard once said, 'The sad thing about artificial intelligence is that it lacks artifice, and therefore intelligence'.  I was designed to be the portrait of the artist," --intentionally convoluted quote from the creepy dude.

If only I had a transhuman manticore/Hindu God to hammer out these animations.  Perhaps when I get the big tax refund.

Boss fight against him will be a #huesday digital arting-jam.  May the best pixel artist win.

[Slasher]

i would not fancy my chances fighting that thing

good luck with the project.

[SilverSpook]

Working on future telephony and assorted gadgetry.  I need to stop watching The Expanse or every manufactured object is going to turn out to be transparent and octagonal.



CARBON: "Damn, it's got a quantral-encphalograph lock.  The only way to open this phone is by brain-scan."
SIX BILLION DOLLAR BALLER: "Easy peasy, dog.  We just scoop up the doctor's brain jello, stuff it back in him brainpan like Thanksgiving turkey, then scan his head."
CARBON: "A.) 'That's flakkin' disgusting.  B.) The brain needs to be in its *original* condition, not a bunch of scrambled eggs.  And most importantly, C.) The consciousness scan requires you be alive and awake and 'conscious', since the scanner reads electrical brain activity."

Also, I'll take my 20% royalties, Apple, when this comes out on the i-Thing 8. 

[SilverSpook]

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