So we decided to abandon Forest Hero and start a new project. One of the differences in the way that we develop is that it should be multiplayer, simple and fun to play from the beginning. Gameplay is everything and the graphics have been moved to the second place.

To read more about our second game project, visit the RC Smashers website!

We received a message on Twitter an Academic Evangelist from Microsoft (a judge?); “this year’s competition was incredibly strong and there were many impressive games that didn’t make it.”

We really hope to get some feedback from the judges who judged us, because this is absolutely not what we expected. Would they have not been able to run the game? Would they have any idea that the planet in our game is not just a simple 3D S Max model, but a completely by code generated random planet? Was the documentation not good enough?

A big disappointment, but we still have our school project, so we will finish our game!

It’s also possible to create buildings, however they don’t have a use yet.

There are still many small things that are not the way they should be; the fireman uses the model of the lumberjack, buildings don’t have a use, many animations aren’t created yet, buildings and trees can be build on top of eachother etc. However, it runs and gives a better view of the game than the last version did.

You can check it out here:

http://ikhebzin.in/foresthero/play-forest-hero/

This is the demo we submitted for the first round of the Game Design section of the Imagine Cup. The players goal in this demo is to plant trees to prevent the CO₂ level from rising too much.