Hero Mages (by D20Studios)

[RangerRob]

Originally Posted by RossD20Studios

I've considered implementing a turn-time limit, but in the interest of getting the feature out there, the intial offering will work as follows:

You can start a game realtime or async. If you start realtime, you can set a turn time. If all players decide to leave the game and finish later, the game will become async. At this point, turn-time is disabled (you have unlimited time to figure out your next move). However, any player in the game may "drop" another player if that player has not completed their turn in 72 hours.

That sounds great to me, probably even better than the other method. Thanks for the support, looking forward to the update!

[pjft]

Wow - great article! I love reading game postmortems, and yours was just exceptional. People many times don't realize the enormous effort that people put into making games for a living, with all the demands in their professional and personal lives.

Keep it coming, and thanks!

[RossD20Studios]

I just discovered this awesome video review of Hero Mages by the folks at Electronic Playground. Kinda makes me feel like a "developer celebrity".

http://www.elecplay.com/all/spotligh...-video-review/

I'll be sharing a video of my own very soon showing off the status of the async gameplay.

[twiccan]

I still can't wait to be able to play as the Summoner. Hope that's coming soon.

[RossD20Studios]

Here's a video preview of the upcoming asynchronous multiplayer feature for Hero Mages as featured in Part 3 of my article series "How to Create an Asynchronous Multiplayer Game"


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Read about how I made this here: http://www.indieflashblog.com/how-to...ync-part3.html

[oooooomonkey]

Originally Posted by RossD20Studios

Here's a video preview of the upcoming asynchronous multiplayer feature for Hero Mages as featured in Part 3 of my article series "How to Create an Asynchronous Multiplayer Game"

YouTube: video

Read about how I made this here: http://www.indieflashblog.com/how-to...ync-part3.html

Oh! The Async is looking really cool. Great work and can't wait.

[pjft]

This is looking great! Any non-bindable expectations as to when this will be available to the public, what we can expect in the update and if it will be the same on all platforms?

[Pitta]

Originally Posted by RossD20Studios

Here's a video preview of the upcoming asynchronous multiplayer feature for Hero Mages as featured in Part 3 of my article series "How to Create an Asynchronous Multiplayer Game"

YouTube: video

Read about how I made this here: http://www.indieflashblog.com/how-to...ync-part3.html

Async is coming along really great!
Any estimated (not binding!!!) timeframe?
Before or after the Summer?

[RossD20Studios]

Originally Posted by pjft

This is looking great! Any non-bindable expectations as to when this will be available to the public, what we can expect in the update and if it will be the same on all platforms?

There are two major components still necessary to be complete the asynchronous multiplayer feature: 1) Matchmaking 2) Push Notifications. I'm aiming to have these integrated before the end of June. I'm considering running a beta test using the browser-based version to ensure all systems are in order and that games are saving/restoring as expected.

Version 1.8.0 will hopefully launch sometime in July and will include the async multiplayer, In-App purchases, and numerous bug fixes and UI improvements based on everyone's suggestions.

All versions of Hero Mages will receive this update. For systems that don't have Push Notifications, players will have the option to use email notification for their turns.

[twiccan]

Originally Posted by RossD20Studios

There are two major components still necessary to be complete the asynchronous multiplayer feature: 1) Matchmaking 2) Push Notifications. I'm aiming to have these integrated before the end of June. I'm considering running a beta test using the browser-based version to ensure all systems are in order and that games are saving/restoring as expected.

Version 1.8.0 will hopefully launch sometime in July and will include the async multiplayer, In-App purchases, and numerous bug fixes and UI improvements based on everyone's suggestions.

All versions of Hero Mages will receive this update. For systems that don't have Push Notifications, players will have the option to use email notification for their turns.

Wow, July is going to be awesome! First Dungeon Twister on PSN and now this! Where is my time machine? June needs to be gone, lol.