organicpencil said:

reinout said:

ChubbyLizard said:

organicpencil said:

Speaking as a simple hobbyist: COVID-19 has been amazing. Between social distancing and reduction of work hours, I have sooooo much more time to work on my game. It's beautiful. Let's just hope nobody dies.

I agree but already many people have died.

Yes, lots have died. Realy a bad virus and we have to be alert and keep in mind social distancing.

I am happy for you that you have all the time to work on your game. Can you tell us more about your game?

Aye, I've been fortunate enough that nobody in my life has been hit (yet). But if my dad so much as thinks about a virus he'll probably drop dead on the spot. To be safe, I'm maintaining a distance of at least 5 miles.

@reinout Thanks for asking! It's a very silly 3D zombie survival sandbox. Designed for singleplayer but has splitscreen + online coop shoehorned in. 100% solo dev. Doing it for fun / experience / bragging rights. Haven't really made a devlog yet but the game is coming along nicely.

Got anything special you're working on?

sounds like a fun game. What platform?

I am working with several studios. So busy times ;-)

organicpencil said:

In light of recent events, people are telling me to do something special with the zombie plague. Everything would randomly get an “infected” tag, and everything you touch afterwards gets infected, up to the point where you infect your own food and consequently yourself. The zombies would be found in high density around supermarkets and drop large quantities of toilet paper.

I dunno xD

haha, sounds too much reality to me. Lots of people are hurting from this virus, so at this point I would not do it. Once this has been cleared, it might be a feature. For now, I would park it.

reinout said:

haha, sounds too much reality to me. Lots of people are hurting from this virus, so at this point I would not do it. Once this has been cleared, it might be a feature. For now, I would park it.

(un)fortunately it won't be releasing any time soon, especially with Bannerlord coming out. I'll likely be a cave-dwelling vegetable for the entirety of April…

reinout said:

sounds like a fun game. What platform?

I am working with several studios. So busy times ;-)

Aiming for PC, specifically Linux & Windows. Might do other ports if more than 3 people buy it. But despite my low expectations, the anticipation is intense! I'm looking forward to finally getting something out there, something better than the free garbageware I've been pushing out for the last 10 years.

Good luck with the busy stuff :] I like busy