Irrlicht Engine

Alright, a brief update. Doing some more work on the loader and the data formats for maps, units etc.. It's basically a ton of different xml-files storing maps, units, events etc. These are quite different depending on the data type, meaning it's going to take a bunch of time to get all of the parsi...

Thanks for the tip :-) I'm actually thinking about keeping the graphics intentionally simplified for a while. This is something i learned when doing prototypes for websites: If the prototypes are too good looking, people will tend to focus on minor issues, like a button being off-color, rather than ...

Yes, certainly. I love customization, i enjoy tinkering with my character and the game will reflect that. An important design point for me is that equipment should never be outdated. If you just want to use the initial configuration for the whole game, only installing more addons as you unlock more ...

Most likely somewhere inbetween. I envision the mechs as being small-ish and designed for exploration of hazardous areas, meaning they would require some mobility yet don't really have to be super-fast. That said, as the game progresses i want players to be able to trade armor for mobility and vice-...

I've recently started my first "serious" game development project after poking around with Irrlicht and game development in general on and off for roughly a year. I work professionally as a programmer (mainly Java, Python, PHP and JavaScript), though game development is a new field for me....