ajlangridge Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 Hi guys, I'm Adam, programmer at Wonderstruck Games.A year ago I left Lionhead to see what was possible if you combine AAA development tricks with new web game technology, and this morning our first answer, Polycraft, has left closed-beta and is now live for everyone to play: Play Polycraft at polycraftgame.com Polycraft combines 3D character action and tower defence strategy. Washed up on the beach of a mysterious island and rescued by a small, odd looking creature called a Wildling, your Hero is tasked with building a new life and defending it from the ferocious Ferals that seek to destroy it. We're a team of former Lionhead, Sony and EA developers and we had a great time applying our AAA background to a brand new platform and learning about (to us) new technologies like HTML5 and WebGL. Let us know what you think! InvisionUser and austin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quetzacotl Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 Only I have no idea what AAA stands for? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AAAMaybe Asian Athletics Association Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mentuat Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 had a very quick play - looks lovely and the tutorial was bubbling along nicely helping me get to grips with the controls etc. the thing that stuck out immediately was the requirement to install a plugin - was this just because I am using safari or does this happen when using any browser? If so (and given this is a desktop game) why use html5 technologies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anheric Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 I get amazed every time with 3d games made in html5! Good job, of course I don't see how 2 persons can reproduce this game in a year! How big is your development team? @mentuat I did get the plugin popup in safari but not in firefox, then again I was fiddling with Turbulenz ever since it went open source, I might have downloaded it before *confused Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajlangridge Posted June 24, 2013 Author Share Posted June 24, 2013 had a very quick play - looks lovely and the tutorial was bubbling along nicely helping me get to grips with the controls etc. the thing that stuck out immediately was the requirement to install a plugin - was this just because I am using safari or does this happen when using any browser? If so (and given this is a desktop game) why use html5 technologies?Thanks so much! The plugin is required for some browsers, I recommend chrome for performance and no need for plugin too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajlangridge Posted June 24, 2013 Author Share Posted June 24, 2013 I get amazed every time with 3d games made in html5! Good job, of course I don't see how 2 persons can reproduce this game in a year! How big is your development team? @mentuat I did get the plugin popup in safari but not in firefox, then again I was fiddling with Turbulenz ever since it went open source, I might have downloaded it before *confusedThe hands on team is six strong, but we also have a producer and tester! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrzemyslawSzczepaniak Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 Wow.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudrabhoj Bhati Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 Game was very awesome, but website impressed me even more. It is nicely made website with good propaganda/marketing statergy, I would say even better than Apple's website. Apple's is neater but yours is colorful and interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@99golems Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 on chrome.holyshitthis game looks nice. well-done you guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarr_bot Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 Very nice work guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xerver Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Only I have no idea what AAA stands for? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AAAMaybe Asian Athletics Association He means "Triple A" game titles, it is a commonly used expression when talking about large-scale games done by the leaders of the industry (not indie games). Games done by companies such as Valve, Blizzard, Activision, etc are generally considered AAA Titles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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