Hobbyist Game Developer: Pat AfterMoon's blog

• december 28, 2004
  My two daughter, were born yesterday. It's a real happiness for me and my family. It will probably slow down AfterMoon project and COOP or DIE development, but don't worry, it won't stop it.
  
  
• december 23, 2004
  A new release of COOP or DIE is available. It contain a correction of the bug that frequently prevent map progression and inventory to be saved. You can download the file here.
  
  
• november 22, 2004
  This website has been reorganized and is now more focused on the AfterMoon game.
  
  
• november 15, 2004
  The Tank Pack for the Torque Game Engine has been released by BraveTree.
  The AfterMoon Game could not be considered as a Tank game, but there will have some vehicles with treads, so this pack is a great resource for me.
  This cool pack is also a "coup de coeur" for me, because it contain a Sherman M4 3D model. It has remember me the old Sherman M4 game I've worked on when I was a salary of the French Gaming company named Loriciel.
  
  
• november 11, 2004
  The RTS Starter Kit for the Torque Game Engine has been released by the GarageGames team. The AfterMoon game is not a Real Time Strategy game, but the high quantity of enemies moving in formation allow it to share some similar mechanisms with RTS. The Mini-Map provided in the kit is also a very good resource.
  
  
• september 9, 2004
  The 2005 Independent Games Festival Competition Entries are Announced !
  You can look at all entries here. I have started to browse the list and already found some very interesting games. I particulary like Dark Ore by Raylogic.
  
  
• june 19, 2004
  COOP or DIE has moved to www.coopordie.com
  The 0.4b version of COOP or DIE has been released. You can download it on the new COOP or DIE download page. For those who already have the 0.4 version there is a patch (only 802 Ko).
  I will update the website during the next week.
  
  
• june 9, 2004
  COOP or DIE release is on the way
  After many equivocations I have finally removed the new menu and restored the old one. It was two much work for complete and debug it. I also want to stay the most possible near the Knightmare engine code, for easy upgrade in the future.
  So the new version will principally include bug fix, security fix and anti-cheat fix. The Challenge mode will be reactivated and the new web site launched.
  Stay informed !
  
  
• may 24, 2004
  Here are some news !
  

  There is no need to take it secret, my next game project will use the GarageGames Torque 3D Engine

  I am a Torque licence owner since march and I have enought played with it to confirm my choose of this engine and start the new project.
  The War Against The Cyborgs concept has highly evoluted, but I will talk about that later. The only word I can tell is that I will primary work on a strong single player mode, then add the multiplayer cooperative mode, and then add the WorldServer and the online dimension.
  
  About COOP or DIE, I don't forget it, I admit that I am less motivated for releasing a new version, but I will do it, I will release all source codes, including the last worldserver and the GameLaunchPad , and I will finally move the game site to www.coopordie.com
  
  
• february 27, 2004
  Here are some screenshots of the futur release of COOP or DIE
  Even if the AfterMoon Project will know great changes during the next months, COOP or DIE will stay an alive Quake2 modification, and it's WorldServer will be available for a long time.
  
  
• february 17, 2004
  Big changes are on the way
  After 2 years of GPL Quake2 coding, worldserver coding, a little piece of mapping, drawing, HTMLing, PHPing and a lot of fun ...
  ... a big revolution is on the walk for the AfterMoon Project.
  Stay tuned ;-)
  
  
• january 26, 2004
  The 1000 Limit reached !
  Yesterday, the 1000th player has registered to COOP or DIE.
  It also seem that a lot of old players are actually come back and try a little game. Maybe they are curious about the Christmas gift :D
  
  
• january 3, 2004
  Happy new year !
  COOP or DIE is currently in a freaky state since christmas, feel free to take a look :D
  During the next months, I will allow more time to the AfterMoon project. I will make an important release with the new GameLaunchPad, a lot of bugfixes (security holes, interlevel_triggers, players stucked ...) and I will complete the COOP or DIE website, principally by rewriting the help section.
  I plan to finish COOP or DIE, then I will allow all my energy for starting WAR AGAINST THE CYBORGS, so, stay tuned ;-)