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10Feb/091

Dystopia released on Steam

Well, I was going to post this a couple of nights ago but it kind of got swept up in the excitement. What excitement you ask? Well...

The new version of Dystopia is out! Although 1.2 might seem like a meager decimal increase from 1.1, it actually marks a huge improvement to the game and even more importantly, the first release that I can really say I had a huge part of. My latest work on the game was creating the trailer along with the help of the team's musician, bioxeed. Bioxeed has also recently put up a mix of all of his Dystopia music, so if you like this music style be sure to check it out.

High quality x264 download link for the trailer available here.

It's really been a great ride. I never thought I would become a game developer but it is something I really enjoy. Even moreso, I never thought that the old Doom maps that I'd toy around with in DoomED would be the precursor to year-long projects that push every limit of a next-gen engine. Having finished two maps from scratch, picking up and finishing a partially-completed third one, and collaboratively working on a fourth with other members of the team (termi, Venciera, charlestheoaf, Spire), and creating a few dozen model props and textures, I've been working on the mod for over two years now. And even though Dystopia is getting to a point where I can see myself being done working on it, there is plenty more exciting things in the future in the world of game development. I don't know if I'll ever be ready to pursue an actual job in the industry (I don't know if I could be as passionate about something that isn't my brainchild), but I'll certainly be continuing it as a hobby.

I'll try and get a Game Development page up soon highlighting the work I've done so far with Dystopia, now that it's all public. If you've got a Steam account and any source game that includes the Source SDK Base, be sure to check out Dystopia and let us know what you think on the forums.

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5Oct/080

And then there was a weblog

After tooling around with a few crummy web designs and trying to think of what I'd even like to do with this website (and the sullen realization that I'm pretty out of touch when it comes to the technical side of web design), I have installed WordPress. I'm not sure how often I'll update it, but I at least plan on putting stuff about my current gaming interests here. Expect tidbits about Dystopia, the 3D Source engine project I work on, game development in general (with a focus on indie games most likely), and probably some Warhammer Online stuff. I was thinking about doing some strategy posts about the class I play, the Disciple of Khaine, so I'll probably just toss those here if I go through with that.