StarChild - a Demo

This looks wonderful. It's very well polished. Is there a playable demo available?

This looks wonderful. It's very well polished. Is there a playable demo available?

Thank you major Tom! sadly the game is not yet in a distributable state. Its also made for a fairly strong graphics card so I couldn't port to a browser or a phone. This is in all sense of the word my first game, made primarily for educational purposes, so I know (or begin to know) what a game engine is or does.

It looks like you're holding a camera to the screen or something in the video or that something went awfully wrong with the compression; murky colours and banding wherever you look! Only reason I mention it is that the game looks gorgeous -- it deserves a better presentation than this!

Of course, Youtube doesn't have the best compressor in this case but you should be able to squeeze out something prettier than this when downsizing from HD - also, a 720p version is practically a must

Thank you Darkly!

You're absolutely right i'm afraid. I did film this footage. I've been trying to find a good,cheap, and accessible solution to capture my demo in HD for a while. I think I may be close though now. I've tried screen capture software ofcourse(that gave me something like 5 fps). I got impatient and filmed it to share.

The game looks very interesting. Let us know when there is a playable demo.

Thank you Darkly!

You're absolutely right i'm afraid. I did film this footage. I've been trying to find a good,cheap, and accessible solution to capture my demo in HD for a while. I think I may be close though now. I've tried screen capture software ofcourse(that gave me something like 5 fps). I got impatient and filmed it to share.

I see! No problems then, I just think that the video is a poor visual presentation of a quite nice looking game - maybe if you can find someone else who can screen capture the footage for you with stronger hardware? Either way, the game looks gorgeous and I'd love to give it a shot whenever you release - keep us posted!

The game looks very unique and interesting ! great work !

Hey guys,

Due to popular demand ( ) Here are the high-res vids. (part 2 coming soon)

http://www.youtube.c...M&feature=feedu
Part 2:

Hey guys,

Due to popular demand ( ) Here are the high-res vids. (part 2 coming soon)

http://www.youtube.c...M&feature=feedu

Now, that's more like it - nice job and great look you got going there!

thanks darkly. I ended up using a Matrox to record (went through a blackmagic card that gave me nightmares).

Hey guys, just added a bit of sample code (the painterly shader). i felt that would be the most useful thing to share.
you can find it here at the bottom of the page.
You can use it in any way you like, a credit would be nice but not necessary.

http://majdakar.blogspot.com/2011/10/techy-stuff-shader.html

Looks really cool. It seems teleporting upwards is a bit finicky, you seem to be having a bit of trouble in the demo. Are the controls still being worked on?

thanks boolean. actually, the controls are done, and there is no real upward problem when playing. The problem was I was HD recording the demo, and there was a half second lag between the output I was seeing and the actual game. That teleport specifically had to be timed perfectly, with the lag it was very difficult. If you want to see a better playthrough but with worse graphics, check out the old videos. (I was thinking of editing out those bad teleports haha) But then I left them because they show that you have to time your jumps, and that you loose health when you enter another object.

This is going to be an amazing game. I hope to see it go wild in the indie world. Good luck!

At first I didn't think the game would be much, but then it completely blew my mind. It's very creative and very original. I can definitely see it going somewhere in the indie world. I like the fact that if you get stuck in a wall, you die. I like that you have to really think and involve other objects to solve the puzzles. Will there be other objects besides boxes?

hey Laina! Yes, there will be other types of objects, like circular ones, because eventually, objects in motion will have a bigger role in the puzzles (this will make timed teleports necessary).