Planet X2 (and X3)

[impaktor]

Not quite a "space game", but a Star Craft inspired game for C64(!), by the 8 Bit Guy:

Very interesting and inspiring video of how it was made (30 minutes):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB_VBl7ut9Y

[FluffyFreak]

Wow that's a really nice description of the process actually.

Good find!

[darekdeo]

I could feel awesomeness of retro games after watching this video. My first machine was Amiga 1200 if I remember correctly, I had around 6 years back then (1996).

This game looks really fun. ;d

[impaktor]

A new episode, on his MS-DOS version! Will be a series on development.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szhv6fwx7GY

Impressive progress, I must say. It's mostly on graphics, and tiles.

@nozmajner, if anything, I recommend the last 2 minutes, starting from 17:33, on the pixel artist that he's hired.
Gorgeous stuff.

[impaktor]

New update, about the sequel, X3, check out the graphics at 11:00-11:20:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUzVesdY6OU

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/19 ... for-ms-dos

[impaktor]

New update on Planet X3, (shows off the new VGA graphics), 20 minutes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdhvIfmRtvQ

[impaktor]

Trailer is out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dvpMVJ7WGA

[impaktor]

He has a making of X3 video out now:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCx32lrBSNQ

(I'm looking forward to watching it when I get home after work)

[FluffyFreak]

Wow, interesting hearing about the difficulties of actually shipping the physical copies of the game

[FluffyFreak]

Also: holy shit a MegaDrive version!!!