Topia: Age of Creation by Crescent Moon and the co creator of Populous!

[VirtualBoyFreak]

@GlennX For me, a game is a program which keeps me entertained. Topia, as you describe it, sounds as great as I expected it to be when I saw the first video, and a game as I understand it. It would be the same as asking "is The Sandbox" a game? In the end, it sure is a game, albeit not something usual. Topia could go into the same game category as The Sandbox, so you might even find it opens a new category such as Zen Experience or something like that be sure I'll grab it as soon as it becomes available, and count on my feedback

[Baracus]

Wow - I just found this thread... kept me up until 6am reading everything here and the blog (well, I was working until 4am so I'm not THAT slow a reader!)

This is beautiful indeed! Great work. It's so similar to an idea I have had in my head for a while so I can't wait to see how this ends up

Best of luck for the rest of development! I'm extremely keen to get my fingers on this and have a play! (if you need a tester/ideas, hint hint )

[Grummie]

Anything yet?

[Estupendo1]

Any choice updates, particularly on some game play decisions you're making?

I sorta hope to make a mini eden if that's possible at all?

[trundley]

Is this coming to android as well? I might get it for my Nexus 7 if it is :P

[Estupendo1]

Originally Posted by trundley

Is this coming to android as well? I might get it for my Nexus 7 if it is :P

I may be wrong but I've only heard/seen mention for iOS so far eg all of Glenn's tech blogs:

http://glenncorpes.blogspot.co.uk/

I'm wondering if Glenn has plans for PC if it is successful (can see it being a top 10'er for iPad if gameplay is fun - visuals and user experience already wonderful)

[SHutch01]

This is the only thread I am subscribed to on this forum, and every time I get an email update I get all excited thinking "maybe this is the day I get to play with Topia!" (on an iPad 2 in my case)

A sandbox to start with sounds great, and like a smart way to get feedback for further development as you said. My hope is that the gameplay ends up being somewhat like the old Sim Earth, where we get a simulation that's complicated and flexible enough that we can define our own goals and try to figure out how to meet them.

However, I am sure whatever direction you end up taking the gameplay will be something good (or great) based on your earlier work, so I'm excited regardless.

[Estupendo1]

Originally Posted by SHutch01

This is the only thread I am subscribed to on this forum, and every time I get an email update I get all excited thinking "maybe this is the day I get to play with Topia!" (on an iPad 2 in my case)

A sandbox to start with sounds great, and like a smart way to get feedback for further development as you said. My hope is that the gameplay ends up being somewhat like the old Sim Earth, where we get a simulation that's complicated and flexible enough that we can define our own goals and try to figure out how to meet them.

However, I am sure whatever direction you end up taking the gameplay will be something good (or great) based on your earlier work, so I'm excited regardless.

This^. From Dust has a great fluids sim engine but they failed imo by turning it into pre-set puzzles requiring mostly trial and error gameplay. So I hope Topia finds a way to work with the fundamentals.

[daniel5457]

Just what the app store needs. Am dying for this. Will it be released by Christmas?

[GlennX]

Originally Posted by daniel5457

Just what the app store needs. Am dying for this. Will it be released by Christmas?

It will be released sooner than that. Sorry for not posting much recently, almost all of the system stuff i'd been putting off is now done. A completely new sound system just went in and the irritating intermittent multitouch bug is fixed.

More info on my blog soon. It will be out well before Christmas.