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Tooth and Cog: Online Strategy Game
« on: June 13, 2013, 01:42:41 am »
Hello everyone! It's great to see that the TI community is alive and well after my many year absence.

You may know me as the author of The Shadow of Narkemen, the RPG for TI-82/83. After a stint in the real software world at Amazon, I've decided to return to my roots of game development along with two of my friends. We are working on an online turn-based strategy game, and will be doing a Kickstarter next month. We would be especially thrilled to have the support of anyone who enjoyed my old TI games.

Some brief features:
  • True 4x multiplayer strategy gameplay
  • Synchronous turn resolution ensures you are never waiting
  • Slower-paced games similar to play-by-email are also supported, but without the typical nuisances involved
  • Unique post-apocalyptic steam-powered world to explore and discover
  • Uncover ancient artifacts and produce epic machines

EDIT: We are now live on Kickstarter!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/630327008/tooth-and-cog-turn-based-strategy-game

More info is available at our website:
http://www.rivetinggames.com/

Also we'd appreciate it if you add us on Twitter and Facebook. We're actually trying to decide on a game title now, so let us know if you have any thoughts.
https://twitter.com/Riveting_Games
https://www.facebook.com/RivetingGames

Thanks!
Kerey
« Last Edit: July 15, 2013, 04:49:42 pm by Kerey »

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Re: Online Strategy Game
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2013, 07:47:42 am »
Hello Kerey, welcome to Omnimaga. It's always nice to see old community members around. Sounds pretty nice that you're working on a new online game. Best of luck with that! :)

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Re: Online Strategy Game
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2013, 07:47:48 am »
Nice, i hope that you can pull it through, it's sounding cool!
Good luck with it!
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Re: Online Strategy Game
« Reply #3 on: June 17, 2013, 05:42:22 pm »
Heya and welcome here. I remember the Narkemen series and even visited the website a few times. Too bad it wasn't finished, but I was glad to try the first Narkemen game on emulator a while back because it's quite good.

Glad you are still doing video games, even if not for calcs. I wish you good luck with your new project! :)

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Re: Online Strategy Game
« Reply #4 on: June 17, 2013, 05:48:35 pm »
Can't wait to see what it turns out to :D
Just make sure to not piss off players with overpowered in game premium stuff (that you must purchase)
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Re: Online Strategy Game
« Reply #5 on: June 17, 2013, 08:48:25 pm »
Thanks for the support everyone!

@aeTIos: no worries, we're on the same page as far as premium items go. We are not fans of F2P games ourselves when they cram that stuff down your throat.

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Re: Online Strategy Game
« Reply #6 on: June 17, 2013, 09:03:31 pm »
Hey! Kerey Roper if i recall correctly? TSoN was awesome.
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Re: Online Strategy Game
« Reply #7 on: June 17, 2013, 09:53:19 pm »
Yep that's him. I actually figured out when I saw his post on MaxCoderz forums, but I guess if I didn't see it I would have remembered after reading "Narkemen" :)

And yeah personally I don't mind premium stuff, but not if it's required to buy it in order to avoid grinding for 8 hours just for a single level up or if with the free version we can only play through like 1 dungeon, and I especially hate individual games that has a monthly fee like World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy XI and XIV. Xbox Live or PS4 online fees plus the Internet bill are already enough, so I don't want to have to pay $9.99 a month just for one single game.

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Re: Online Strategy Game
« Reply #8 on: June 18, 2013, 03:22:25 am »
As long as it is Free to Play i'll maybe give it a try :)
And tons of online games have premoium stuff to buy extras or gait quicker progress and I don't mind that, i just don't buy it, have better things to spend my money on.

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Re: Online Strategy Game
« Reply #9 on: June 18, 2013, 02:51:23 pm »
better things to spend my money on.
Especially when I hear stuff about MMORPG companies going bankrupt then shutting everything down as a result, causing people who invested years of time and hundreds of bucks in the game to lose everything. Granted, it takes money to support the MMORPG, but I think I would just put in-game ads and make everything dirt cheap so people will feel more like buying it.

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Re: Online Strategy Game
« Reply #10 on: June 18, 2013, 03:08:32 pm »
@aeTIos: no worries, we're on the same page as far as premium items go. We are not fans of F2P games ourselves when they cram that stuff down your throat.
Glad you have the same view on that :D You could have premium skins or so though (like, fancy outfits for your units or so)
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Re: Online Strategy Game
« Reply #11 on: June 18, 2013, 03:10:09 pm »
Hey, may I beta test???

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Re: Online Strategy Game
« Reply #12 on: June 18, 2013, 03:57:03 pm »
Hmm, there's not too many good online strategy games out there. It'll be interesting to see where this goes and how it develops.

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Re: Online Strategy Game
« Reply #13 on: June 19, 2013, 03:25:06 am »
@aeTIos: no worries, we're on the same page as far as premium items go. We are not fans of F2P games ourselves when they cram that stuff down your throat.
Glad you have the same view on that :D You could have premium skins or so though (like, fancy outfits for your units or so)
Agreed. I hate expensive game breaking purchases, but cool cheap items are OK for me. ;)

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Re: Tooth and Cog: Online Strategy Game
« Reply #14 on: July 02, 2013, 03:45:05 am »
Hey, just wanted to update this thread with our new game title, Tooth and Cog. And while I'm at it and feeling generous, I'll leave you guys with some concept art.