Attack of the Red Spiders Resumes

That pretty much says it all. We are picking up work on the project again after months of doing little to nothing. If anyone has any suggestions then let me know in a comment.

Yet More Setbacks

The Attack of the Red Spiders has been set back yet again as I have lost my AI programmer. That makes the team a total of, you guessed it, one person: me.

If you are interested in helping with the game and know a little about programming in Game Maker 8 than let me know. I could use some help to get this project done and finished with.

Hopefully I will have time to work on it soon.

All help is appreciated.

Now, on a high note, I have received the music for the game. The music was created by Jet Peks and is interesting to say the least. Hopefully I can make it work in the game. This means that Geomatrix will be set back as well as I attempt to finish The Projects and Attack of the Red Spiders.

Some advice: Never start more projects than one. You will never finish them...

Attack of the Red Spiders - Weapons

I am looking for ideas for my Attack of the Red Spiders Game. I need some ideas for machines (think towers in a TD) that are based, somewhat, off the webcomic of xkcd.

The game is a 2D platformer (Mario) with guns. You must protect a havoc point(s) from being destroyed by an army of spiders that will build ladders, bridges and fling themselves across gaps in order to get to you. You can use either your player character or your wie array of turrets to defend your point.

I am looking for some good ideas for player turrets. If you have any ideas then just leave a comment with a name or something and I'll think about adding it.

Current Weapons:

• Spikes
• Generator - All weapons run on energy and this gives you more, thus more firepower
• Sentry Gun
• Saw
• Laser Beam - Floor to ceiling laser beam
• Tesla Coil - An electric death machine
• if you have more comment below

In other news on this project: we still don't know when we will be publishing this yet. Maybe early next year? I'll let you know when we find out.

Buy the xkcd book.

Not all Email's are Boring

Suciô I have found the site for you! Actually, you have probably already been here. The name of the site is 27bslash6.com.

The site is basically a compilation of email's that the author has sent to people and include amusing pieces such as his discussion with his child's School Teacher about a bunny dropping an egg on Jesus and attempting to pay for his late fees with a spider.

This is not just limited to Suciô however and I feel that all of you should check this site out.

You can buy his book here:

Enjoy!

I am running late and do not have the time to post a meaningful article (I have my last final tomorrow). The Music of the Week will be posted tomorrow. For your information, if you can't wait, the Artist of the Week is Hammerfall. More on that tomorrow though, for now enjoy the book and his emails.

Attack of the Red Spider Beta Comming Soon

The Attack of the Red Spiders is a game based off of the webcomic xkcd. The comics at xkcd involve a form of humor that our age seems to lack. They possess not only humor but also intelligence. The comic has been one of my favorites for a very long time and I have greatly enjoyed the over 700 comics that are posted at xkcd.com.

The Attack of the Red Spiders is a game based off of a few of the comics posted early on in the xkcd series. These comics depict mischivous red spiders doing all sorts of terrible things (climbing walls, flying on floating cubes and walking over each other). In The Attack of the Red Spiders we attempted to duplicate these things by adding references to many of the xkcd comics as well as adding a few twists of our own. The game is two dimensional and is a platformer (think mario with guns) that also incorperates features of a full tower defense game. The basic idea is to stop the spiders from causing havoc and destroying the world (yeah it's cliched but so what?).

We have added a lot of stuff to the game including achievements and credits (used to buy weapons). The game is based on the spiders AI. They are capable of doing many different things such as creating a bridge to cross a gap or climbing on top of each other to form a red spider made ladder. The spiders are countered using a veriaty of machines to damage and slow their movements. The placement and selection of weapons is what will keep you alive in this game.

As well as placing towers and other machines the player will be able to control a player character as well. This character will also be armed and will be able to move around the battlefield and slay spiders with a bloated arsenal of deadly weapons. These weapons will allow the player to take an active part in fighting off the terrible spiders and their quest to sate their hunger for chaos.

We have been working on the game for about a year now and plan on releasing a beta by late October or November (this date may change). The game promises to be a fun one and looks like it will show off plenty of the features that Game Maker 8 offers.

If you want to learn more about the project visit the site at: http://www.code.google.com/p/attackredspiders/. Their you will learn about all the weapons and AI features that we have incorperated into the game as well as other details about the project.

More news will be posted when the release date nears.