When we started development for Road Pirates, we thought it would be beneficial to have a system that would quickly allow us to quickly create cards for the game. We wanted a system that would expedite the process of creation and testing. The Road Pirates wiki was our first solution and it has worked quite… Continue Reading
It’s safe to say that we haven’t made an official decision for any of the implementation, design, or gameplay aspects of Road Pirates. Initially, we envisioned the game being a conflict between pirates and the government, but we realized that the government does not operate the same in every country. So we considered creating multiple… Continue Reading
A week ago, we got an email from Noelle Wolfe at GameHouse Partners; he was following up on our progress with implementing their SDK into our code. He also wanted to know if we had any questions that needed answering. I told him we were working on implementing it and that we would likely be… Continue Reading
Rotago is going through some minor cosmetic changes, as well as a few other changes. When complete, the newer version of Rotago will feature: Improved App Icon Improved Triangles Scoreboard for Beginniner levels Improved Visual Markers (things such as a lock symbol on levels that cannot be accessed until unlocked and more clearly marked objectives)… Continue Reading
Alongside Road Pirates, there is much other work to be done as stated in yesterday’s blog post. Rotago is in-fact being ported, but the question of when this process will be done is certainly not so easily answerable. Presently, we know two possible ways that we can port Rotago. The first and foremost obvious way… Continue Reading
Not too long after the release of Car Wars, Bally Midway published the arcade game Spy Hunter. At first glance, Spy Hunter appears just like any other racing old-school video game but it has a few minor differences that set it apart. The first thing that really stands out from the other racing games is… Continue Reading
Road Pirates seems have to drawn inspiration from several sources. It would be difficult to pinpoint all of them, as they all seem to draw inspiration from similar sources themselves. However, one undeniable source of inspiration for Road Pirates is a game called Car Wars, which was a card game published by Steve Jackson Games.… Continue Reading
One aspect of Road Pirates that seems to draw direct inspiration from Magic: The Gathering is how the cards are played. Although I have never played the game, I know many people who have played the game and I generally understand how the game is played. The one big thing that Road Pirates has in… Continue Reading
Another source of inspiration for Road Pirates comes from Life is Crime, a game by Red Robot. Now I haven’t yet played this game so I don’t know a whole lot about it, but there’s one thing that it has in common with Road Pirates. That one thing is the “Real World Map” concept. Similar… Continue Reading
Probably the best source of inspiration would come from the movie The Road Warrior, starring Mel Gibson. It’s said that Mel Gibson showed up to the interview for the role of Mad Max with a black eye after getting into a fight at a bar the previous night, so the director thought that he was… Continue Reading