X-Cube2 ; The follower of the X-Cube
Posted By: Inestical
X-Cube2 ; The follower of the X-Cube - 02/14/06 20:12
So, CGS have finished (finally) X-Cube 2 whose first version, X-Cube was made by our modeller Samuel. We are currently looking for place to get sold as it was done in commercial level.
Screens:
Game has four levels which fourth was too much for us
anyhoo C&C welcome.
We'll maybe release a demo for the community, if the crowd demands it
EDIT: And don't thank me :E the source + models and art is made by Samuel. I'm just one CEO with no skills
Posted By: Bilbo
Re: X-Cube2 ; The follower of the X-Cube - 02/14/06 20:15
i "beta" tested this game and believe you me it was great fun ^_^
Posted By: Hellcrypt
Re: X-Cube2 ; The follower of the X-Cube - 02/14/06 20:53
Looks cool how are the shooting particles? A demo would be nice.
Posted By: Inestical
Re: X-Cube2 ; The follower of the X-Cube - 02/14/06 20:58
@HellCrypt: What do you mean, I'm tired, so I missed your point
"Looks cool how are the shooting particles?"
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: X-Cube2 ; The follower of the X-Cube - 02/15/06 00:17
great job Whine! looks like a fun game.
Posted By: Ambassador
Re: X-Cube2 ; The follower of the X-Cube - 02/15/06 07:36
And as usual I'm totally forgotten... XD
Posted By: Kerkelenz
Re: X-Cube2 ; The follower of the X-Cube - 02/15/06 07:43
I love the first part, and if you ask me, the second one is a at least a 15$ game!
Posted By: William
Re: X-Cube2 ; The follower of the X-Cube - 02/15/06 08:07
This is great, i'm happy to see that this project was developed further. The first one had a lot of potential.
Posted By: Inestical
Re: X-Cube2 ; The follower of the X-Cube - 02/15/06 08:15
thanks to all comments so far.
By now, we are fully free from this
also as I edited the first post, I'll post it here too.
Samuel Anjam is the one who created the source and the artwork + musics. I'm only debugger, code changer, optimizer, ingamemenu code and scoreboards. nothin special. So thank Sam in firsthand, not me
Anyhoo..
@K_Erlenz: We are about to sell it for around 20$
@William: Yup, samuels idea was great and he made just check his code for the second.. so thats a bout it that we went doing it all to end
EDIT: The crowd has spoken. I'll make a demo (limited full version) from this. I'll try to get it online in few days. be patient.
Posted By: DavidLancaster
Re: X-Cube2 ; The follower of the X-Cube - 02/15/06 09:45
This is the best game to ever exist in the entire human race over the entire fourth dimension....I think I'm biased because Samuel and Whine are so cool
Very fun, addictive and challenging gameplay. Samuel's music rocks!
Edit: And now I find out that Whine is the amazing Inestical!
Posted By: Inestical
Re: X-Cube2 ; The follower of the X-Cube - 02/15/06 10:10
exactly, but Axys, spell my name (either Whine or Inestical) right xD
And thanks *bows*
Posted By: Hellcrypt
Re: X-Cube2 ; The follower of the X-Cube - 02/15/06 17:38
I am sorry I have been busy for a while, I accidently mixed your game with one of foxhound, heh sorry about that, it looks pretty cool though.
Posted By: Inestical
Re: X-Cube2 ; The follower of the X-Cube - 02/15/06 18:48
;P no problems, and thanks
Posted By: Inestical
X-Cube 2 DEMO Online! - 02/15/06 19:16
whee.. okay, Demo is online.
http://www.cfegames.be/Games/X-Cube2%20Demo.rarnote to David: I hope my server won't fail me this time
so we don't need to waste your bw :P
Posted By: Inestical
Re: X-Cube 2 DEMO Online! - 02/16/06 15:11
gee.. no comments = nobody tested that :/
Posted By: RJDL
Re: X-Cube 2 DEMO Online! - 02/16/06 16:14
well I did
only one thing: i get a strange bug. the screen shows a rough big black line and when i start the game, several objects are partly invisible.
Posted By: Inestical
Re: X-Cube 2 DEMO Online! - 02/16/06 17:07
hmhmm
send me a screeenshot out of it
Posted By: RJDL
Re: X-Cube 2 DEMO Online! - 02/16/06 18:06
i tried, but it doesn't work. the black stripe is not visible on the screen
Posted By: RJDL
Re: X-Cube 2 DEMO Online! - 02/16/06 18:13
i made this picture
it looks a bit like this, but over the screen, and it flickers (don't know if this word exists)
hope you get what i mean.
Posted By: Inestical
Re: X-Cube 2 DEMO Online! - 02/16/06 18:21
hmm.. Post this toi our forum' support, I can handle it easier from there.
http://www.cfegames.be/forum/viewforum.php?f=1&sid=d5b249713fbbf16693d22f45c8e221fbcheck the template from the annoucement. Thank you *bows*
version is 1.0
Posted By: RJDL
Re: X-Cube 2 DEMO Online! - 02/16/06 19:50
Quote:
check the template from the annoucement
i don't get what you mean with that
i'll just post the bug at your forum, hope that's alltight
Posted By: Inestical
Re: X-Cube 2 DEMO Online! - 02/16/06 19:56
;P I ment this Annouicement:
http://cfegames.be/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2But do as you wish
Just played the demo, apart from beta testing, great gameplay once again. I'm not sure if it's intentional but sounds don't play for shooting and destroying the blocks.
Posted By: Kotakide
Re: X-Cube2 ; The follower of the X-Cube - 02/17/06 04:51
The screenshots are very nice!
Release the demo, pleasee...
just one question, is that the big red and blue thing is a weapon?
is it not too big to displayed in the screen?
Posted By: Inestical
Re: X-Cube2 ; The follower of the X-Cube - 02/17/06 06:28
@Axys: hmm.. Now I'll make a defence. Would a child like to hear *BLAM* *BOOM* everytime he/she shoots an block
@Kotakide: Demo is released, check previous pages for link. And yes, the red and blue are the weapons, but I don't mind the size of them.
Posted By: Ambassador
Re: X-Cube 2 DEMO Online! - 02/17/06 06:46
Quote:
Just played the demo, apart from beta testing, great gameplay once again. I'm not sure if it's intentional but sounds don't play for shooting and destroying the blocks.
That is because Inestical has a weird habit of setting the sound to '1' with every build. You have to change the sound from the options. XD
Posted By: Inestical
Re: X-Cube 2 DEMO Online! - 02/17/06 06:51
Quote:
Quote:
Just played the demo, apart from beta testing, great gameplay once again. I'm not sure if it's intentional but sounds don't play for shooting and destroying the blocks.
That is because Inestical has a weird habit of setting the sound to '1' with every build. You have to change the sound from the options. XD
My bad
EDIT: 325mb's gone ;P pretty nice I say. this means 32dls.
Posted By: Inestical
Re: X-Cube 2 DEMO Online! - 02/17/06 14:10
Okay, I made the rar file to an installer. Compiled with Inno Setup ;P
Link:
http://www.cfegames.be/Games/X-Cube2%20Demo%20Install.exe
Posted By: Inestical
X-Cube2 FULL Version BUY NOW - 02/20/06 17:09
It's finally done, after killing some hackers and pwningn PayPal, I did it!
You can buy from our Shopping Cart:
http://www.cfegames.be/Ecart/index.phpPleae note that the payement is allowed only (for now..) from PayPal. Prize is 20$
sry the default text in the index but it won't change it for some reason
Posted By: Kerkelenz
Re: X-Cube2 FULL Version BUY NOW - 02/20/06 20:40
YAY he took my idea and made it a 20$ game
Lol, I have to save up for something but I'll buy it!
Posted By: Inestical
Re: X-Cube2 FULL Version BUY NOW - 02/21/06 06:20
@K_Erlenz: yay, you tried to make it 15$ that would've ment -5$ profit
And if ye buy it, you're first customer
Posted By: Inestical
Re: X-Cube2 FULL Version BUY NOW - 02/23/06 09:30
Hm.. Is there any more Comments 'n' Critics? Would be nice to hear some more, only small part have commented, but so many have looked out.
The X-Cube is in our
Cart for 19.95$. Get yours today!
in other currencies..
10.53£
15.29€
2105¥
Should not be too expensive
Posted By: Marco_Grubert
Re: X-Cube2 FULL Version BUY NOW - 03/03/06 20:14
Image does not load !?
Posted By: Inestical
Re: X-Cube2 FULL Version BUY NOW - 03/03/06 21:31
image? Marco: what image xD
EDIT: aa... just few mins..
Posted By: Inestical
Re: X-Cube 2 DEMO Online! - 03/03/06 21:38
Okay, we changed domain, so cfegames is unavailable, here's the screens:
Demo:
http://www.crystalgatestudios.com/Games/X-Cube2%20Demo%20Install.exeFull version:
http://www.crystalgatestudios.com/Ecartps. tell me if you can't see the images.
Posted By: frazzle
Re: X-Cube 2 DEMO Online! - 03/04/06 21:53
Thxn for the new link and yes the image is visible.
I would like to say that you have done an excellent job
making the game.
Wow man, I love it, I'm have some kind of addiction
with the game :d:d
Anyway, I loved the first X-cube and I love the second
one even more
Great work Inestical
Frazzle
Posted By: Inestical
Re: X-Cube 2 DEMO Online! - 03/04/06 21:56
thx dude
ho can't take all the credit, Samuel Anjam has been our modeller and he provided me some source.
Posted By: frazzle
Re: X-Cube 2 DEMO Online! - 03/04/06 22:22
Of course, how could I forget Samuel ??
Well I thank him to because I'm still playing the game
for like 2 houres on a row
And the problem is, I CAN'T STOP !!!!!!!
Posted By: Inestical
Re: X-Cube 2 DEMO Online! - 03/04/06 22:28
have you bought the full version?
Posted By: Ambassador
Re: X-Cube 2 DEMO Online! - 03/05/06 17:09
Quote:
Of course, how could I forget Samuel ??
Well I thank him to because I'm still playing the game
for like 2 houres on a row
lol you're welcome man ... yeah for some reason people tend to forget me... hmm... I wonder why...
Posted By: frazzle
Re: X-Cube 2 DEMO Online! - 03/05/06 19:47
Quote:
:D have you bought the full version?
No lol but I am so addicted to it I may even consider it
ps: what's the highest score you ever got Inestical?? or anybody??
@Samuel_Anjam:
Maybe people forget your name because it's to hard to remember??
You have to agree that the nick name or even real name Samuel_Anjam
isn't easy to remember
Posted By: Inestical
Re: X-Cube 2 DEMO Online! - 03/05/06 21:31
lol umm.. I quess bit over 12k or something like that. havn't played for a while
It gets too hard, even for me
It's worth of buying, this is, if you can beat the demo
Posted By: frazzle
Re: X-Cube 2 DEMO Online! - 03/06/06 20:22
12K
That's alot, mine is just 3K and I though
that was much.
I'll try to beat your 12K Inestical
I'll post a screen as soon as I have broken
the 12K record
and that should take a while
Posted By: Inestical
Re: X-Cube 2 DEMO Online! - 03/06/06 22:22
My service provider has been attacked, you cannot buy nor download X-Cube until they get lost accounts back and running. No screenshots can be viewed either. Sorry for all the inconvenience.
Posted By: Inestical
Re: X-Cube 2 DEMO Online! - 03/07/06 07:50
domains up.
Posted By: Ambassador
Re: X-Cube 2 DEMO Online! - 03/09/06 16:31
Quote:
12K
That's alot, mine is just 3K and I though
that was much.
I'll try to beat your 12K Inestical
I'll post a screen as soon as I have broken
the 12K record and that should take a while
Lol after breaking inesticals 12k you could try to beat my 40 000. I did that when the first three worlds of the game were ready, I passed all of them. I could have got a bigger score if the fourth world had been implemented...
Posted By: Inestical
Re: X-Cube 2 DEMO Online! - 03/09/06 17:38
lol just yer talking
anyhoo, just in 24 hours or less, X-Cube2 pops up to Download.com \o/
Posted By: Inestical
DOWNLOAD.COM: ACCPETED!! - 03/10/06 07:21
YAAY finally it's done! ITS IN THE FRIGGIN' download.com!!
Go get your copy!
Free to try; $20.00 to buy
isn't that far too much?
Posted By: Ambassador
Re: DOWNLOAD.COM: ACCPETED!! - 03/10/06 11:23
If you don't like the price don't buy it. Make another thread about game prices if you want to have an argument about the subject...
Posted By: ICEman
Re: DOWNLOAD.COM: ACCPETED!! - 03/10/06 12:20
Nah..free to try is great...20 to buy is cool too. Afterall it IS a compulsively addictive game
.
Even if it was a bit too much, I don't think any game developer got its sales by second guessing its prices.
Just imagine how low quality things would be if Nintendo decided.. "Maybe 100 dollars is too much for the NES..."
Right on test-...er..Inestical ^_^;
Posted By: CBuilder2
Re: DOWNLOAD.COM: ACCPETED!! - 03/10/06 15:04
Quote:
Free to try; $20.00 to buy
isn't that far too much?
Wolfgang_Knecht,
I have seen commercial games anywhere between $0.99 (bargain bin) and $49.99; given this, I would say the price is in the normal range. I totally agree with Samuel, if you think the price is too high, do not buy it.
CBuilder
Posted By: Inestical
Re: DOWNLOAD.COM: ACCPETED!! - 03/10/06 20:09
the actual proze is 19.95
it just havn't updated yet. will do 24th mar xD I so hate dl.com
ok, ok, it was just my opinion about the price. i wouldn't buy it anyway.
maybe i'm just too stupid and havn't got it till now, but what's so special about the game that it is worth $19.95?
I don't want to offend anyone, i'm just interested in prices because i want to sell my own game sometime.
Posted By: Inestical
Re: DOWNLOAD.COM: ACCPETED!! - 03/11/06 16:04
It's too addictive
well... two first worlds should be piece of cake, but 3rd and 4th are too hard to clear even for me. So if you've cleared the game, I think you want more challenge.
i downloaded the demo and i must say great work..
yes it is addictive and hopefully so is my game when i completed it
keep up the good work
Posted By: Inestical
Re: DOWNLOAD.COM: ACCPETED!! - 03/12/06 09:18
thx silent
Community! Go make your reviews from it, as you are pros of the engine! crits and comms to the download.com!
Posted By: ICEman
Re: DOWNLOAD.COM: ACCPETED!! - 03/13/06 03:01
@wolfgang
Ah well.. addictiveness is a huge factor in the worth of a game, so if you make something that's hugely playable, and not able to be put down..you know you've got something worth as much as any visually stunning but only limitedly entertaining work (like the majority of games are).
Posted By: IoryaDragon
Re: DOWNLOAD.COM: ACCPETED!! - 03/14/06 10:02
Most of the casual games are 19.95$. They could be cheaper, but most of the people wont buy them then, because they are too cheap, yeah it crazy i know...
Posted By: frazzle
Re: X-Cube 2 DEMO Online! - 03/14/06 12:04
Quote:
Quote:
12K
That's alot, mine is just 3K and I though
that was much.
I'll try to beat your 12K Inestical
I'll post a screen as soon as I have broken
the 12K record and that should take a while
Lol after breaking inesticals 12k you could try to beat my 40 000. I did that when the first three worlds of the game were ready, I passed all of them. I could have got a bigger score if the fourth world had been implemented...
Are you crazy 40.000
lol I'm working on it to beat it
Posted By: Inestical
Re: X-Cube 2 DEMO Online! - 03/14/06 14:58
@Frazzle: this is possible only in Full version
Posted By: Inestical
Re: X-Cube 2 DEMO Online! - 03/31/06 16:31
whee, we broke 1000 downloads line in dowonload.com ^^
and also, X-cube2 has been selected 29.3.2006 as the game of the day in mbnet.fi, the website of the leading pc magazine in finland, Mikrobitti. (MB gets ~150 games per day to select and ~250.000 unique visitors/day) \o/
EDIT:
http://www.download.com/X-Cube2-Demo/3000-2099_4-10505959.html?tag=tab_pub //click to get to the download.com mirror. and go to
http://www.crystalgatestudios.com/Ecart/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=2 to buy the full version.
Posted By: Ambassador
Re: X-Cube 2 DEMO Online! - 04/02/06 07:54
I'm surprised how far one can get with such a little game made in a month... lol
Posted By: Inestical
Re: X-Cube 2 DEMO Online! - 04/02/06 12:29
lol sam, if we update it with mouse sensitivity and some hud updates + few worlds as "expansion pack" we can make a fortune, and come to irc, #cgsgames @ quakenet
Posted By: Inestical
X-Cube 2 Full Version SALED PRICE - 04/12/06 08:02
SALE!
Now you can get your X-Cube 2 for $14.95! Limited offer stays put to the end of the month! only until then!
Posted By: Lost
Re: X-Cube 2 Full Version SALED PRICE - 04/12/06 10:13
Hows sales been Inestical?
Posted By: Inestical
Re: X-Cube 2 Full Version SALED PRICE - 04/12/06 11:54
still none :S
nobody buys it =( probs cuz the demo is good enough :/
Posted By: frazzle
Re: X-Cube 2 Full Version SALED PRICE - 04/12/06 15:12
Yeah I think you're right there Inestical
The demo is good enough and really gives
a great choise of possibility in the aspect of gameplay in it.
I don't think the usere needs more than that so...
WHY SPEND MONEY ON IT
But I'm sure that there will come more than enough people how will consider
to buy this brillant game
!!!!
Posted By: Lost
Re: X-Cube 2 Full Version SALED PRICE - 04/13/06 09:34
Yeah I always wonder about puzzle style games selling when it comes to shareware releases. Like Popcap, never understand why anybody would bother to pay for the full version of Zuma or Astropop when the demo browser version is lots of fun by itself.
Have you considered approaching online publishers like Big Fish and Funsta?
Posted By: Inestical
Re: X-Cube 2 Full Version SALED PRICE - 04/13/06 09:43
I think we don't do that. possibly with next game, even if it is that crow shooter
anyways, by buying the game you'll support us
Posted By: Inestical
X-Cube 2 RELEASED for free! - 05/08/06 08:13
because NO none sales made so far, and new 'project' overwhelming, we decided to release X-Cube 2 for free, of course it is copyrighted so you CANNOT sell it or use in any commercial meanings, without my permission.
http://www.crystalgatestudios.com/Games/X-Cube2Full.exeOnly for the community
Posted By: ROMAC
Re: X-Cube 2 RELEASED for free! - 05/08/06 08:59
You should have sent it out to a publisher perhaps.
Posted By: Lost
Re: X-Cube 2 RELEASED for free! - 05/08/06 09:25
Yeah, you could have got it on an arcade compilation I reckon. Limited cash return but better than nothing. Don't you think it's worth giving it a go?
Posted By: Inestical
Re: X-Cube 2 RELEASED for free! - 05/08/06 13:12
nah, it was more like just a test
I don't mind tho, we didn't do it for money, but for fun and tested a bit what was the approx result, we were thinkin 1000 dls, but got 3. But it's okay.
Posted By: ShoreVietam
Re: X-Cube 2 DEMO Online! - 05/20/06 09:25
I can't control it I always expact the controls to be inverted in both directions....
Posted By: Inestical
Re: X-Cube 2 DEMO Online! - 05/20/06 10:32
hm... I never thougth someone uses mouse inverts
anyways, you can build it witht the inverted mouse
Posted By: ShoreVietam
Re: X-Cube 2 DEMO Online! - 05/20/06 19:57
You could expand the options for inversion in x and y direction.
I'd expect y-rotation as in flight simulators, maybe the x-direction is ok but it is hard to say if only one is not as expected.
You try to concentrate on doing it right but there is still the second dimension you have to take care of. (It is even more complicated if only one direction is inverted than two)
I'm sorry... that's the "tick" I used in Dragonrise for the confusion effect, invert x, y or x & y koordinates of the screen to irritate the player's brain for movement...
Posted By: Inestical
Re: X-Cube 2 DEMO Online! - 05/20/06 21:36
yeah, I use inversion for gamepadas and joysticks, but not for mouse.
X-Cube2 has become somehow free use soft, we don't want to upgrade it anymore
Posted By: PHeMoX
Re: X-Cube 2 DEMO Online! - 05/20/06 21:40
Why don't you try to sent it to a publisher anyways? The concept is great, it's original, it's fun, it's addicting to some extent and it's an all-ages kind of game, which means it has a good chance of getting a deal if you ask me ... I know it's released for free now, it's cool you didn't make it for the money, but still..
Cheers
Posted By: Inestical
Re: X-Cube 2 DEMO Online! - 05/21/06 12:40
PHe as I said,we are in other project running, and we don't have time to concentrate to get this game sold.
Posted By: broozar
Re: X-Cube 2 DEMO Online! - 05/21/06 13:16
yay, you managed to program a game that runs on my laptop (p3-500, ati rage 2m 8mb) fluently ^^
Posted By: Ambassador
Re: X-Cube 2 DEMO Online! - 05/31/06 08:49
no problem man! xD
Hmm I'm pretty surprised that in the end we got this many replies and views for this game... danke danke...
Posted By: Inestical
Re: X-Cube 2 DEMO Online! - 10/18/06 14:07
quess what dudes? I just finished the rerelease for the full version ;Dre
will be rereleased to download.com next month.
download it from:
here!happy blockbusting peops
Posted By: Germanunkol
Re: X-Cube 2 DEMO Online! - 10/19/06 11:12
^very cool^^... nice game!
Posted By: Inestical
Re: X-Cube 2 DEMO Online! - 11/08/06 05:21
Oookay, heres the download link from download.com: