The Shining Source

Dev’s silence was the calm before the storm [actually, Ty and I were on holiday :P], so here I am posting some news, in an attempt to appease our bratwurst-loving leader.

All the projects seem to be making great progress, and all are gaining support and fans – particularly Acebloke’s DSC and Shining Odyssey by Zylokh, although the scene on the whole looks strong. Although there might not be much in the way of “things to do”, with regard to a huge rush of demos, but I think all the projects look very solid, and hugely promising. Good luck everyone, and well done.

Anyway, the main point of this post is for you, the TSS-viewing public, to submit your questions towards three of our finest fangame developers, namely Acebloke, Lazy Bum and DevelinTales [possibly with Grom :P]. I’ll give you a little information about them and their projects, just to whet your appetites.

Acebloke – Dream Shining Character

Ever wanted your own Shining Force character? If you’re here, I’ll warrant the answer is “yes”. Couldn’t be bothered doing a cameo for Shining Online? :P Well, Acebloke has the solution for you – a Shining character creator!

After some tinkering with The Games Factory, Acebloke changed development engine, settling for the online game-creator “BYOND”. Despite a comparatively short development time when compared to the bigger projects, Dream Shining Character already has a loyal following which is growing all the time. You can find out more information by visiting the Official DSC website.

If you have any questions for acebloke about his projects [“Shiming in the Darkness” was a previous game], his ambitions or just general questions, click here.

I’ll be posting again later today/tomorrow with information about Lazy Bum and his work, but in the meantime please send your questions, they are much appreciated :)

Excuse the late news posting, but Zylokh released a fresh demo of Shining Odyssey! The demo features a bit of plot and exactly one battle. Feel free to try it out!

You can find it here. :)

P.s. while you’re at it, you might want to visit his site too :).

I just got back from camp, but I’m going on holiday again in a few hours. Obviously I won’t be posting any project news when I get back, but I might get around to uploading my article on A* pathfinding as well as a few other things.

Enjoy your summer ;)

I’m not sure what’s up with everyone here, but lately there has been surprisingly few activity with any of the projects here.

Perhaps everyone is out there just drinking booze or whatever, but as lively as the whole scene was a couple of months ago, as dead is it now.

It’s quite the bummer, but hopefully somewhat better times lie ahead of us…

From Ye Olde Chat tonight.

[20:22] [Ty] Who here wants to know a secret?
[20:22] [Devlyn] I'm really curious about what you've got on your mind :).
[20:22] [Newts] Not me
[20:23] [Ty] You know SO demo 3B?
[20:23] [Ty] That's as far as it'll ever get :P
[20:23] [Devlyn] Really?
[20:23] * WeirdGuy covers
[20:23] [Devlyn] Are you gonna can it??
[20:23] [WeirdGuy] aaah, its the evil Tymaster
[20:24] [acebloke] so you gave up on it and started demo 4
[20:24] [Ty] Get in that can!
[20:24] [Ty] demo 3B was a baby form of demo 4
[20:25] [acebloke] so thats it ? no more SO ?
[20:25] [Ty] All good things come to an end

I’m off on holiday on Friday, so the hate mail will have to wait until I get back.