I would honestly have to say just stick with C++ and Allegro. It's what I'm using to write Yumé: The Eternal Dreams and it's quite simple. C# and XNA are pretty Windows-only in nature. Unless you're doing solely Windows-only development, in which case go for it I guess.

[edit]I stand corrected on the XNA comments... so.... how about this: why rely on framework ports when you can use something that works on all platforms?

But death warrants are awesome!

Anywho, have some alpha demo of Nanami's movement engine.

Recording's a little laggy. Most likely it's because I recorded it directly on my netbook with gtk+recordMyDesktop

*ahem* I believe this has been long overdue `-`
Includes bonus content of a 900x900 pixel artwork and a 1600x900 pixel wallpaper. Should be the 1.11 version which should have all bugs fixed aside from xLIB's slight graphical retardations at times.

A'ight, Sanctuary: 2 | Survival: 0

@ZTrumpet: I posted about each one in their respective threads but to repost here: Yumé 1 comes out either today or tomorrow, depending on when I finish the bonus content that goes along with it. Yumé 2: Rika's Story comes out sometime this summer.

@DJ Yep, there's a Wine for Mac OS X, at least according to google search

@Binder News: I'm thinking more like areas surrounding specific statues

As much as I love programming on a TI calculator, I do not believe that my skill level is adequate enough for my ambitions. In essence, there is so much I want to do but so little I really can do on a z80 hybrid BASIC platform. As such, I've decided to port the Yumé series over to the PC and continue it as a PC game series. Note, however, that I will still be releasing the TI-84 Yumé and finishing and releashing the TI-84 Yumé 2. I just won't be making any further Yumé games (or perhaps games in general, who knows?) on the calculator.

Anywho, on to the meat and potatoes!

Yumé: The Eternal Dreams
The Eternal Dreams is divided into 3 chapters, the first two of which being rebuilds of Yumé and Yumé 2: Rika's Story and the last being Yumé 3: Finality. The chapters are simply titled "Nanami", "Rika", and "Finality".

The alpha title screen:


One of Nanami's 12 current alpha sprites:


Still need to add detail to Nanami's outfit and create "felled" sprites.


Slated Features
 - Anytime Saving: Due to the expansiveness of the game, you will be able to save your progress at anytime and resume exactly where you left off.
 - Expanded Map: The explorable portion of the Dream World in the Nanami Chapter will be larger than it is in the original. The explorable portion of the Dream World in the Rika Chapter will remain the same but will also include the areas from Nanami Chapter. Finality will be confined to its own relatively large map (moving on from Chapter 2 to 3 is a PoNR [Point of No Return]).
 - Expanded Gameplay: Nanami Chapter will be longer and include more items and events
 - More Easter Eggs

Game Summary
Nanami Chapter introduces the Dream World and its mechanics. As with the original Yumé 1, there won't be much in terms of plot development.
Rika Chapter delves into the actual plot and begins to unravel the mystery of what exactly the Dream World is.
Finality is the climax of the plot and the solution of the mystery.

The Dream World
"I was drawn into a world so strange... a world devoid of life... every moment I feel weaker as if my soul is being slowly devoured...." - Nanami

The Dream World is a strange land that exists outside of reality. Devoid of animal life, it is a very desolate land. Mysteriously, an unseen force drains away the life energy of those caught in the Dream World's grasp. It is possible to escape from the realm, but whether or not you do depends solely on your wits and skill (and a few other factors).
Your character's life energy is literally slowly drained away every moment. However, you will be able to restore it in small amounts. At this point in time, I'm debating between two methods. Feel free to vote on them:

Survival/"Classic" - As with the original TI-83+ games, there are respawning "Life Energy" orbs scattered throughout the Dream World. Collecting these will restore some of your life energy.
Sanctuary - Certain areas of the map are "sanctuaries". The draining effects of the Dream World do not take hold in them and your life energy will naturally and gradually recover.

Actual Progress
I have some semblance of a movement engine done. I'm hoping to get the full movement engine complete in a couple of days. Then it's on to the Tile Mapper and HUD.
The game is being written in C/C++ with Allegro with cross-compatibility in mind. That is, I should be able to compile this on Linux AND Windows without changing source-code (much).


Thoughts? Comments? Questions?
Oh, and I might be requesting sprite and/or music help. I will also post progress updates on weekly if not daily intervals.

[Necro Post]
This game is not dead! I'll finish it sometime this summer and release it before Fall of 2011! It too will have bonus content!

For those wondering, the lack of me in the community and lack of work on the Yumé series is mainly due to college draining a lot out of me to the point where I wanted to spend my free time doing everything NOT considered work so I could de-stress. Furthermore, I have begun investing time into two long-term projects that I will post about at a future date. Both are games

My current one as of this post is Vocaloid Gumi. `-`

(In case I change it)

Calvin & Hobbes is the greatest comic to date. Simply, there is no better comic than Watterson's.  I own most all of the books and reread them to this day. Some day, if I ever end up with kids, I will introduce them to Calvin & Hobbes as well. It's not just a comic, it's a way of life