[In Progress] ZMonsters - Introduction

nullsoldier · 07-22-2008, 09:56 PM

Hello, I just got my zune a few days ago and have immediately begun working on a project in XNA 3.0 so I wanted to show what I have started off to the community.

About
Remember the old days of the Tamagatchi? Those silly little hand held pets that you'd take care of and watch them evolve? Well now there back, and on the zune. Welcome to the world of ZMonsters (ZueMs)! ZMonsters is a game in which the user choses one of two starting pets, and then feed, takes care of, and watches their Zuem grow. Depending on how you treat your Zuem it will evolve into different Zuems so make sure watch over your Zuem or it may even die! ZMonsters fully takes advantage of the Zunes Wifi to enable users to play Coop mini games with each other allowing them to unlock new features solo.

Highlights:

Feed, Bathe, and Play with your Zuem
Watch your Zuem grow through different stages of its life as a Baby, Teen, and Adult with different Zuems depending on how you treat your pet.
Unlock special mini games to play with your Zuem through wifi multiplayer
More features to come..

Progress
I started yesterday but have most of the framework put together already. At the moment your Zuem will idle around on your screen till it gets bored then falls asleep. I'm making pretty good progress so far. I only have one artist so please if you can do interface art or monster art I need your help. I'm a programmer, not an artist. You wouldn't even look at this game if I did the art.

Looking for Artists
Looking for an interface artist to develop the interface graphics for ZMonsters as well as creature designers who are creative enough to create monsters that are up to par with what I'm looking for.

Media
These are prealpha pictures I've taken awhile debugging the program just so you can kind of see the progress thats occurring as I write updates. Though you can't see it, the monster is running in idle animation mode and then after about 5 minutes goes to sleep.

While the media does look sub par, my one artist should be helping me draw the monsters now so it should change. I guess thats what happens when you have programmers draw interfaces and monsters in mspaint instead of actual artists.

LedZepp · 07-22-2008, 11:48 PM

I moved this over to development discussions, as it is more of an appropriate place for this.

What you have already sounds pretty nice, and the features you plan on implementing sound even better.
Many people have wanted something like this, so this will be very appreciated once it comes out.

Welcome to ZuneBoards, its nice to see another developer join, Im looking forward to seeing more work from you.

serjtankianrocks555 · 07-23-2008, 12:49 AM

sounds good. im good with pictures but i cant really make creatures and stuff

but if you need backgrounds or whatever your more than welcome to use my fractals that are all made by me > seto1kaiba's deviantART gallery <

LedZepp · 07-23-2008, 12:51 AM

You can also hit up the Graphics Corner here on ZuneBoards, Im sure they would be more than happy to help you.

outkast32 · 07-23-2008, 05:56 AM

any idea or relative time that the public will get an alpha or beta version? a week or 2 maybe?

nullsoldier · 07-23-2008, 02:58 PM

Nope, i'm going to take the ol' Blizzard route and say it'll be out when its done. Basically I refuse to release my program with ANY bugs or ANY features I'm missing or regret putting in until I'm satisfied I have something thats releasable.

Don't worry though I don't think it'll take THAT long! As long as my single artist doesn't abandon me.

I'll of course post updates and screenshots every now and then.

birdman · 07-23-2008, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by nullsoldier

Nope, i'm going to take the ol' Blizzard route and say it'll be out when its done. Basically I refuse to release my program with ANY bugs or ANY features I'm missing or regret putting in until I'm satisfied I have something thats releasable.

Don't worry though I don't think it'll take THAT long! As long as my single artist doesn't abandon me.

I'll of course post updates and screenshots every now and then.

Thanks for not having a beta. It seems like the best games here weren't released for testing early. I've got high expectations for this though, good luck.

nullsoldier · 07-23-2008, 10:59 PM

Heh, it's interesting how much progress you make when your team is working together overnight. I jsut thought i'd show you these because I think the progress from those alpha shots from yesterday compared to these alpha shots are rediculous.

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nullsoldier · 07-28-2008, 10:01 PM

Heres some more shots from the alpha build we put together this week. We agreed as a team that I would never do the art again.

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sir justin · 07-28-2008, 10:17 PM

looks good so far for just starting and being in prealpha. I can find and edit pictures but I dont know how to write them in codes or anything like that.