May 9, 2014 by fusarolabs

The Down Time

It’s been a long while since we’ve posted on our blog here, and it feels good to update it once again. We are currently waiting for lots of licensing and business-end thingies to finish up, and it may take some time before you’ll see some new screenshots and progress again. We thank you for being patient, and look forward to bringing you more content.

Head of Publicity – Centurion Softworks

March 24, 2014 by fusarolabs

Changing Direction with Redshift

Into the next development phase of asset creation, we are slightly changing the trajectory for the game’s future development. Redshift was originally advertised as a game for the OUYA game system, we believe it would be best to get a stable release running on the Windows operating system first, as it is a much larger market. Afterwards, part of the team will be directed to porting it to OUYA while the rest of the team will be working on a new project which will be unveiled at a later date.

March 12, 2014 by fusarolabs

Redshift Stability Updates

As a developer, I feel that you tend to have a huge bias towards all of your own work. For me, that comes in the form of: “Nah, that’ll be fine, just leave it”

While this saves me time initially, it often comes back to haunt me later and cause me more troubles, which is why I’ve chosen to write about it today. While building the early mechanics for the game, it occurred to me I would need to spend more time on it than I had originally planned to. So, with that, I have decided to take an extra week tightening up the way the tech demo functions before moving to the next plan of action; NPC’s and interactive world objects. (Note: The tech demo posted in the arcade is out-of-date, bear with us here)

Also, it occurred to me another thing I liked about games I’ve played is the vast amount of hidden unlockable secrets and ‘Easter eggs’ that players can find, without necessarily being led to them. Now I’m not going to really say any more regarding that, all I’m saying is keep your eyes open….

-Programming Department Head, Centurion Softworks

February 28, 2014 by fusarolabs

Redshift – Work Summary 2/27/2014

So, here’s what happened in the last week:

-A few days ago, we got authorized on IndieDB! Be sure to check it out HERE!

-I’ve been working on the gameplay, trying to make it as user-friendly and smooth as possible, but we need to nail down the meat & potatoes of the game’s frame first.

-Alpha version Maximus can now shoot stuff

-I’ve updated the Arcade tech demo to the latest version to support the pause menu and dynamic save system (does’t save from previous sessions because it is hosted in a web browser, but will in the Desktop Version)

For the Upcoming Week:

-Basic enemies (this may take longer than a week)

-Particle systems to enhance visual effect

-Full connectivity of portals and scene switches for proper testing (painful!)

Stay tuned folks.

February 21, 2014 by fusarolabs

Redshift Gamesave Feature – An Update

As I was writing the code for the gamesave function, I realized what I had disliked about many of the games I’d previously played. When it comes to saving the player’s progress, most games offer to save the game via a pause menu or some sort checkpoint the player would need to reach. While this promotes continuous progress in terms of the gameplay, that isn’t what I’d set out to make when I began Redshift. To remedy this, I’ve created a dynamic savegame system which allows the player to instantly save the entire state of the game with the push of a single button, without ever leaving the game window for a menu or ever reaching a checkpoint. At a later date, I may implement an actual physical game save menu to manage the saved games you’ve created, but for now this is a solution which offers flexibility to the player, and also allows casual gameplay without any clear-cut required goals the player must reach before being able to sign off.

All in all, I think it went well.

February 17, 2014 by fusarolabs

Daily Work Summary: 2/16/2014

I spent the latter half of the day doing tedious work with Redshift.

Today was spent polishing up the GUI, as well as giving the planetary selection screen functionality, allowing the player to choose where to fly to. Also, navigation assistance has been added to the player’s personal computer when traversing a planet so they always know how to get back to the return pad.