Comments on: When Pet Projects Demand Attention: Sneak Preview of My Untitled Game

By: Hrafn

Hrafn — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:16:46 +0000

@Nils
Cool. Thanks for the link! I wonder whether his brother blogs too. I remember I used to enjoy the Making of Myst video almost as much as the game. Looked so fun to create.

@Eric
If it gets into presentable shape, I’ll probably put it online for everyone

@Mike
Hah. If it were tradable, I’d give you some of my programming skills for a bit of your webdesign talent!

Thanks for the comments and praise, guys!

By: Mike Rundle

Mike Rundle — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:15:31 +0000

Man that looks hot buddy, I wish I had half your programming skills. I do all the wimpy programming stuff but you do the hardcore, fun stuff. Very jealous

By: erric snow

erric snow — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 21:04:47 +0000

Bro. u gotta show me this game once ur done with it.

By: Nils

Nils — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:59:08 +0000

When I got my Apple Performa (years ago, obviously) it came with Myst. I loved it. If you’re ever in need of inspiration, browse through Robyn Miller’s blog Tinselman. Of course, going for the purely sci-fi side of things would be cool too.

I get to be ‘creative’ a lot in my job (luckily) but I don’t think I could ever find the time to do something like this, as well. Not to mention that I lack the talent and the skill.

Good luck with this, and enjoy.

By: Hrafn

Hrafn — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:35:19 +0000

Thanks Eli!

You’ve got all these ideas … why not start with something small and fun first? Creating a Myst on your own is one helluva thought.

Ooops, I should’ve mentioned more details. Adding the italicized to the post:

The idea started simple: create a 3D, first-person puzzle game. Two to three rooms where you have to click around to figure something out.

So, yeah, the plan was never to make a full scale game the size of Myst. Like you say, I’m starting small and fun — I just want a couple of small rooms with similar gameplay Of course, now that the project has started to take shape I want to make it larger, but like I said — can’t jump on that. Better just to work on the small stuff and see where I end up

I was even hoping I could make it small enough to put online in an Applet like I did with my 3D brain, but I’m currently pushing 3.6mb with 1/6th of the game ready. So unless I figure out great ways to optimize it seems unlikely.

@John
… Plus you maintain this blog! I really don’t know how you do it, but I’m glad you do.

Gets hard at times Glad you enjoy it, makes it worthwhile.

Let me know if you ever need any beta testers for your game!

I’ll definitely need testers if development continues at this pace. It’ll probably be some time before it reaches that point, but I’ll keep you in mind!

By: John

John — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:08:30 +0000

“I have a constant flow of ideas and am occupied with at least one long term project (usually more), and several smaller short term projects at any given time.”
… Plus you maintain this blog! I really don’t know how you do it, but I’m glad you do.

Let me know if you ever need any beta testers for your game! And Good post! I can truly relate.

By: Eli James

Eli James — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:50:07 +0000

This is great stuff, Hrafn. Those screenshots are beautiful stuff – all made by you? Awesome!

You’ve got all these ideas … why not start with something small and fun first?
Creating a Myst on your own is one helluva thought.

I wish you the best in this project: damn it looks cool.