The X is just a roman numeral for ten. I’m not trying to make this update seem more extreme than other updates; it just happens to look amazing with an X at the end.
Alex is working on adding the store to Outwitters, after which he says we are “feature complete”. My ears perked up a little when I heard that. Don’t let the word “store” throw you, we won’t be selling hats or gold or nuclear arms (you can’t hug the world with nuclear arms). Just teams and maps. We don’t even have plans for bugging you with ads. This is the ideal we’d like to make work. We’ll see how that goes.
In Artland (population: me), the game tiles are getting a makeover. One thing that stood out for me from GDC was art directors talking about focal points, contrast and color. These were important lessons from art school that I’d left to die by the side of the road. I was drawing tiles the same way I drew characters, and everyone kept asking what they did! They are walls. They do nothing. IGNORE THEM.
18 responses to “Outwitters Update X”
Wow, that background makes me wanna name my first-born child Adam!
No matter what gender it is
Hahahahaha! ^ I cant wait to play this on my iPhone…
lol Harti. Art looks awesome as always… also could we get some sort of screenshot of what the screen looks like with the fog of war on?(i recall you guys saying you would have some sort of fog of war)
@solan: There is fog of war on many screenshots, including this one. If you look in the lower left and lower right corner, the darkened cells – that’s the fog of war. Simple, clean, elegant.
@Kamikaze28 oooooo…. lol i guess that is. what i meant was more like just one person’s view though, so i could see how it looks when you’re playing. 😛
The care bears… THEY ARE COMING FOR YOUR SOUL!
This game is going to be awesome.
Selling races is fine as I’m sure you’ll still maintain balance (i.e. you’re not going to ruin your game by making the purchasable races way better =P), but I’m a bit worried about the maps. Will this split the player base since only players who buy particular maps can play them? Or maybe you’ll sell groups of maps in packs so that it’s not as broken up. Selling fewer map packs with more maps is probably the way to go over many smaller map packs or even worse, individual maps.
I hope that menu is not final version. Otherwise looks cool
@Jaeson: Purchased maps will only matter when you want to do a Pass n’ Play game, or start a custom one with a friend. The league matchmaking system chooses a random map for you, and it can be any of them.
@Adam I’m worried about purchasing maps and playing custom games. I will probably only play custom games does this mean I will only be able to play with friends that have the same maps? Or can I initiate a game with any map I own and they get to play on it but can’t start a game with that map unless they own it?
I think your game looks great I just want to be able to play with as many of my friends as I possibly can. Is there any way to make maps free and find an alternate form of monetization like avatars or team colors ala Hero Academy?
Plan at the moment is: if you own the map, you can start a game with it and invite whoever you want.
@Adam Perfect! Thanks for the prompt response. Can’t wait for Outwitters.
I am also wondering about all the in-app purchases. If everything is bought individually, that will add up to large costs for the consumer. Will it not be like TTL HD with its free regular mode and a single purchase for everything else? Whatever the case, the game is going to be amazing!
@Nolan: We’re including a “Full Game” style purchase for those that want everything. If you just happen to want a particular team, you can get it separately for a little cheaper.
Every time you guys say anything, this game sounds even better, even when what you say has nothing to do with it.
@Adam: That sounds great! Thanks for the response, and I have to agree with Leaf_It that the game just keeps sounding better all the time. I am so pumped for this game!!!
I’ve been lurking for a while, and figured this is a good time to finally speak up. Multiple remakes for textures are necessary. I’d like to see an update to the menu and remake of the on-board characters. They are definitely lacking.