Release Trailer

Hi everyone, just a small update. I have just created a trailer to promote the first episode of my game.
watch:

The first episode for my game is out now and you can play it over here:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/50235309/KokohTrails%20EpisodeOne/WebPlayer.html

be sure to check out the development thread at unity forums for other updates:

http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/128099-Kokoh-Trails-Leonardo-s-Memory-%28Episode-One-now-out!%29-WIP

Kokoh Trails: Leonardo's Memory Episode 1 Finally Up!

 Hi everyone! In my last blog post I said that I would upload a demo of "kokoh Trails Leonardo's Memory", my very first unity game project. I said that I would upload everything that I have built so far and then begin to focus on my new game project and take a break from the kokoh trails project. Well, after looking at the demo I was putting together for my first project, I have realized that it is very boring. So instead I decided to finish everything in the first part of my game. I created the boss battle and the parts for after the boss battle.

So, this is no longer a demo, it is a final build of the very first part of Kokoh Trails: Leonardo's Memory. I decided that im going to build each part of my game separately. So I am going to continue working on my Kokoh Trails project as well as my second game project at the same time. Its not a good idea to work on both at them at the same time because I am a solo dev and it is a lot of work for one person, so I am going to switch back and fourth between the two.

About Episodes:
For kokoh Trails Leonardo's Memory I am going to create each episode and release it separately instead of just working on one huge game. I have just finished episode one and now episode one of kokoh Trails Leonardo's memory is finally up. I hope you enjoy the game. I would like some feed back on the game to.
The game is defiantly not perfect. The textures are kind of crappy and the animations aren't to well done.

Any way here is a screen shot of "A Samer Khatib game" (You will see this screen in all my games)

Heres a screen shot of the main menu for episode one

And here is the very first Episode of "Kokoh Trails: Leonardo's Memory"
hope you enjoy it!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/50235309/KokohTrails%20EpisodeOne/WebPlayer.html

Episode 2 Coming soon!

Update:
I made a development thread on unity forums:


Unity forums

New video of Leonardo's Memory and Demo coming soon

     It has been a long time since I last updated my blog but I am here once again. *audience clap in background* ahh yes thank you thank you. Anyway I have just posted a new video of "Kokoh Trails : Leonardo's Memory", my very first unity game project (or first game project ever). In my last blog post I said that I was abandoning the project for a while and might or might not finish working on it. Also, I said that I started a new game project. Anyway, since I have been gone I was working on my new game project the whole time. I have made very good progress on it so far and it has come much further in development than Kokoh Trails has. I have already built the first two levels in my new game project and am about start working on the third level. I have planned and organized my new game project much better than I have for my first one. For Kokoh Trails, I was kind of just making everything at random and did not organize anything of my project stuff like scripts and models and what goes into what level, etc. So I guess I just became overwhelmed with what to do. Luckily this is not the case in my new game project. Everything is organized and I am planning on what to do for each level before I go in and start building it. So development has been coming along very nicely. Anyway this post is not about my new game project. I will be posting news and finally some screens and all the details about my new game project really soon though. Next blog post.
   Anyway, this blog is for kokoh trails. I have just put up a new video for kokoh trails up showing off final build of the very first level. Check it out.

Also, I plan on putting up a web demo of everything I have created for my kokoh Trails game project. I would really like to know what people think of it so far. So just some feed back would be nice, even though there really isn't much to do in the parts of the game I have created so far. Once again, I am not sure if I will ever go back and finish this game. I have also put up images of some of the 3d models I made for this game on my deviantart page. Right now I am fully focused my new game project. Maybe after finishing that I will go back to working on my first project. As for the web player; I am very impressed with it. I know unity can do a lot of things but I have never made a web player build until recently. Games run great in unity's web player and  it just makes me want to make even more games because there is no download required.
So plus one for the unity game engine for having an option to build in web players. To test out the web player, I created a very small basic game to see how well it works. Its nothing special at all. You play as a ball and collide with boxes to destroy them. There is no sound, awsome 3d models or cool texturing or anything but if interested you can check that out over here, bam!

just use the arrow keys to move around. If you fall of the stage, then refresh the page because I never added a respawn thing, so you would just fall forever.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/50235309/WebPlayerTest/WebPlayer.html

So I really like the web player and hope to make all my games in it in the future. Like I said earlier, I will post a demo build of all the stuff I created so far in my kokoh trails project in the web player. After that, there will be no more updates on that project for a while and I will start posting updates on my new project. I look forward to it. Thanks for reading!

Off Topic:
I drew a picture of something completely random; I have no idea what it is. So I decided that I will make this creature thing my mascot. Here is the official Snowconesolid video game icon from now on.

A new Game project.

      I have been working on a game for over a month now and after all that work I did, I have realized that I am loosing interest more and more in my project. I said that I would finish the game, but i'm just not motivated to do anymore work for it. I discussed a little bit about it, you play as a character named Leonardo who is found washed up on the shores of Kehkoh Island with no previous memory. The story of the game was suppose to unwrap even more later on as the player went through a very zelda like adventure. I never said the name of the game on my blog, but originally I was going to call it "Kokoh Trails: Leonardo's Memory".  Here is a picture of the main title screen/ cover art/what ever its called.
I actually drew this picture very early on when I first started creating the game but never posted it, so its pretty old. I tried to draw it in a very old fashioned Japanese painting type art style :)

There is actually a lot of things I have created for that game but never posted anything about them. I only posted small updates on here. In the future i'll upload other things from this game that I have made to use as assets like more art work, 3d models, characters, and music for the game. Ill probably post them on here as well as my deviantart page. I made a lot of music for this project but never used any of  them. I might use them for other projects. Maybe in the future, if I ever get interest in this project again I will pick it up and try to finish it, but for now i'm going to take a break from it.

But wait! That does not mean I am not working on anything anymore. I just started my new game project last week :)
I decided that I wanted to make a more simple game than "Kokoh Trails: Leonardo's Memory". I think that my new idea is actually much better than the game I was first working on. The story is much more simpler, but I think its really good so far. As for gameplay, I want to try to make my own unique type. I have an idea of how its going to play out as. I got some inspiration for my new game from persona 2 and 3 (just the art style though, the game itself is going to be nothing like the persona games, those are way to complex for a solo dev.)

So far the current progress on my new project is pretty decent. Besides some sketches, I have already made the main character and created all of the animations. Also I just recently finished the main villain. In the near future I will post a lot more information about my new game. Since this game is simpler I will update much quicker. Unlike the project I just abandoned (temporarily) I am very excited about this one.