Shifting Ages Release! Read more...

davidpsy · #1 09-30-2004, 01:09 AM

Soul blade has desided to stop work on shifting ages, he has released it enjoy. Here is what he said in his exact words.

"Hello! I know it has been a while since anyone has heard any word on SA, but he is the deal: It is now released.

I am not releasing it because it is finished, and all work on it will now cease. I want to show I have made something, and it was so close to being playable, but it will be far to much work to salvage.

Basically, you will need a super computer to play it at optimum. I will not explain controls and gameplay features, I will let you figure it all out; it is a little to comprehensive and difficult to explain.

As playing keep in mind this game was not finished, and it never will be. I will never work on this space game again, but it has prove EXTREMELY useful.

My Past PW projects have each taught me a lesson, and with this project that has combined all my graphical, scripting, and design skills, I have learned the limits to what I can/should do, and the importance of optimization. If you look at the reasource files for SA, you will understand.

The game will have glitches, it will have errors, and they will not be fixed. I just want people to see what I made, and what is possible on graal. It could have been alot better had I not made the graphics the quality I made it, but I know that now and in the future I will not fail again.

It is a Classic UC world which means all those people without upgraded accounts can also play it.

To play it, go to classic tab and type in on the drop down box:

Shifting Ages

You will be brought to the downloading screen. It is 20 mb, so just wait for everything to download. It may take a while.

That is all...after most people are bored of it I will be taking it down and uploading new stuff for testing out my next project. My next project will embody all that I've learned, and it will not fail. More information about that later.

Thank you,

-Soul Blade"

Slash-P2P · #2 09-30-2004, 01:23 AM

Cool. *Logs on*

It's totally different than what I thought it would be...I remember it being kind of old? With like pick axes and stuff? I know some of you have seen the screenshot...Where the guy is on the cliff?

That download makes me want to kill someone..

osrs · #3 09-30-2004, 01:49 AM

I have checked it, it is very good. Besides the lag, everything is perfect.

Silver Knight · #4 09-30-2004, 02:44 AM

Indeed, if not for the lag it would be insanely fun.
Even in my one-on-one screening it was way too laggy to play,
I can only imagine what it'd be like to have 5 players on, or so.

Cool that other people get to see what he's worked so hard on, though.

Slash-P2P · #5 09-30-2004, 02:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Silver Knight

Indeed, if not for the lag it would be insanely fun.
Even in my one-on-one screening it was way too laggy to play,
I can only imagine what it'd be like to have 5 players on, or so.

Cool that other people get to see what he's worked so hard on, though.

I played along with about 5 people and it was fine. Just go to options inside your ship and turn down everything.

Lance · #6 09-30-2004, 02:53 AM

Interesting disclaimer.

thrashsoul · #7 09-30-2004, 03:06 AM

It's fun .

Eagle · #8 09-30-2004, 03:10 AM

Fun, I was playing earlier. I was lagging like a son of a cat though. ):

nullify · #9 09-30-2004, 03:28 AM

No offense or anything, But I fail to see the point in creating non-Graal games with the Graal engine.

Silver Knight · #10 09-30-2004, 03:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Slash-P2P

I played along with about 5 people and it was fine. Just go to options inside your ship and turn down everything.

I know, but then it completely destroys the look of the game. You go from 100 frames for the ship down to 16.

VeX_RaT_Boy · #11 09-30-2004, 04:05 PM

I want to test with other people

Loriel · #12 09-30-2004, 05:40 PM

Looks pretty interesting.

I appreciate the possibility to customise the controls a lot, though I seem unable to assign most keys to things. Also, the controls were reset when I entered and left my ship.
There seem to be a lot of issues with properly hiding showimgs and stuff. I am now flying my ship through my ship with stars all over the controls.

Once you fix these issues and can improve the performance a bit, it will be great.

xAndrewx · #13 09-30-2004, 06:03 PM

Did you even read the first post loriel?;o

Loriel · #14 09-30-2004, 06:57 PM

As a matter of fact, I did!

Dach · #15 09-30-2004, 09:00 PM

Wait, so I'm not special anymore? Darn. Hmm, I was really looking forward to seeing how this would end up. You definitely have a nice set up, would have made a rather interesting PW.

Quote:

Originally Posted by nullify

No offense or anything, But I fail to see the point in creating non-Graal games with the Graal engine.

Imagination shapes the mind's eye

Quote:

Originally Posted by xAndrewx

Did you even read the first post loriel?;o

Shhh!! he's using mind trickery to get SB to finish!