CU Amiga Super CD-ROM 17/CU Amiga Magazine's Super CD-ROM 17 (1997)(EMAP Images)(GB)[!][issue 1997-12].iso/CUCD/Programming/AMOSList/AMOSLIST.0897/[e-mail]_Sat Aug 9 04:34:02 1997.msg

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From: Garfield Benjamin <[e-mail]>
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On 09-Aug-97, --==Murray==-- wrote:

>>    Actually, Warcraft is a good choice for AMOS.
>There's that quoting previous games again.

   ? I mentioned Warcraft just to give some frame of reference
   same as you mentioned Command and Conquer...


>Warcraft (although quite good) good be severly improved upon I
>think. Much more originality needs to be put in and to be honest
>I'm not sure the entire game topic would be best either.

   Definitely, I think it could be improved on too. Again, I just used
   it as a style of game. We could use Warcraft as a starting point
   and work more detail/gameplay into the whole thing...


>A fantasy style game has the feeling of old role playing games
>and whilst alot of people like that (including myself, although
>not as much recently), things like Command and Conquer with
>much more familar topics is more widely appealing.

   Okay, forget Warcraft and use Command and Conquer as the
   starting point then. Actually, I think Diablo looks pretty cool so
   we could also use that as a model and build on it...


>Something else that seems to get at me recently is that I feel
>that things have to be done fast due to the AMIGAs demise. I
>think its still going down hill and theres not alot of time to
>spend working things out before creating your masterpieces.

   First, the time of the 680x0 series Amiga is over. There's no
   denying that. It is still a great machine, but the CPU speed and
   Blitter speed are "outdated" as far as leading-edge commercial
   development is concerned.

   Personally, I believe the worst is over... we are now at the dawn
   of a new era. Gateway2000 can make the new Amiga generation
   succeed. The A\box and PIOS One machines will be able to
   compete in the current marketplace and in the coming years
   as well.

   Second, you have to take the time to do the project right. I love
   to see how fast I can make small Freeware games, but to make
   the kind of games selling IBMs and consoles you must be willing
   to spend MANY months of hard work. Many of the top games on
   IBM and consoles were created in a period of 2, 3 or more years.


   The way I see it, if you are going to work on a SUPER system-
   seller of a game, start it now on the Amiga, but target the
   A\box or PIOS One (at the very least the 50MHz Amigas).

   Don't rely on Amal or too many AMOS-specific commands so the
   game will be as portable as possible. Actually, we really do need
   that AGA Extension which should be arriving in the weeks ahead.
   Then we just make the biggest, greatest game ever seen and
   don't even worry about the fact that it runs at 1 frame per
   second on a standard A1200. Once it's on the A/box, we'll
   probably find it hitting 50/60fps easily.

   That way, when these machines are available, Gateway,
   Phase5 and PIOS(?) will have some SUPERB software available.


>I've tried Powerbobs but found it so limiting that I'm not sure I
>could really ever use it. I can't remember all the problems but
>one was a 32 pixel width limit. It may be OK for the side shooter
>though...?

   32-pixel width limit? That's a bit rediculous. I could use it for
   Phase One of the SideShooter, but that's it. The Mid-Stage Boss
   is 96 pixels wide and some of the asteroids (Phase three) are
   64 pixels wide. Who knows how big the Final Boss will be, half-
   screen maybe...


   Speaking of the SideShooter, this weekend I should actually be
   able to work on the stage. As I said, this MidBoss Phase is very
   simple compared to mapping out the hundreds of details for the
   Enemy appearance maps of Phase One, so it won't take nearly
   as long.

   Should have a new demo up Sunday night... maybe. I seem to
   only work on the thing on the weekends, don't know why
   exactly. Just seems like the weekdays are so busy and fly by so
   fast, next thing I know it's the weekend again...



     Take Care,

      GARFIELD