The Shining Source

Akir's is gone. Sir Phill's has gone to the dogs. Shining Force Online from ol' mattyb seems to be down (as does his website), Zylokh's page has gone and I'm not sure Bowie Online is supposed to look like this.

At least Suckgas's website is still around. Huzzah!

No one is doing anything.

As far as I know, my little project is the only playable thing released since I came back.  That received enthusiasm from 2 people willing to give it a go.
So I guess it's over if no one else steps up.

Would love to see further progress from Peter.

Guess the shiningness is dimming to a faint light now.

I admit that development of Dark Resurrection was a bit slow the last few months,
but that's because I'm waiting for input from Scott ( he's doing the battle-AI ).
So far I haven't seen progress from him ??.

Meanwhile I continued work on ANOTHER project I was working on (even before Dark Res.. was on the radar ) ,
and I started yet another project ( a game based on the TV-series AIRWOLF ) cunningly titled AIRWOLF.

Now these three projects run simultaneously in terms of development.
I still learn new things from Blitz, and new techniques (be it programming or effects)  for one project can be used for the other two.
There are a number of functions that I have reprogrammed,... better writing, better use of commands  etc. etc.

So far everything benefits from everything, which is good.

and eerrmm....

Things about Dark Res. I failed to mention:

1) Animated Drawbridges
2) Doors that open automatically away from you, depending on which side of the door you are standing
3) Animated TreasureChests ( the lid will open if the chest is unlocked , and of course it will stay closed if it is locked ( unless you have the key , that is )

I have a lot more ideas where those came from

Very soon I will present you guys with some tests, ( FPS tests , keyboard usage , buying / selling items & weapons ) , new screenies , and ( if time permits ) even a few movies.
So DARK RESURRECTION is very much alive


(btw my last update was yesterday      )

Perhaps some of the projects listed by Newts haven't been updated for a while but, it looks to me like there's several new projects that could be interesting. I myself am putting time into my project everyday!

These projects aren't dead, they're just sleeping.

Playing Elv's project rekindled my interest in Shining games, but there just seems to be an enormous amount of work to be done on every front. Perhaps my vision is too large, but there's a mountain left to climb. I don't like climbing. Trying to balance sorting my life out and writing fun projects is a big challenge, but I'll get there.

Digressing: Best Advert Ever (found on the Bowie Online website).

After progressing through my big task list i've come to:
...
- Make Javascript version of Latex Lab
- Make a page for my Lobby/Chat components
- Make the multiplayer Shining Force engine

So i have shining stuff on my third coming item, so there will be at least some news. The item before it, regarding the lobby is actually related. The shining stuff should be 1-2 weeks away assuming all goes as intended. I have so many projects i want to work on.
Anyway all the work i've been doing hasn't been for nothing. I think you guys would be impressed with my site's backend. It's all in C# .NET 2.0 with SQL2005. I actually have a site API. It's really something.