Comments on: Announcing Transmutation

By: Neil B

Neil B — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:03:00 +0000

Yes, all Shiva. I wanted it to look like something that might have been done in Flash.

Shiva is a bit weak when it comes to designing UI’s. This game was a test of a GUI framework I was working on that uses an XML file to define the menu structure, rather than the usual way which is to design each menu in Shiva’s UI designer.

It’s also a test of fake 2D graphics that are done by texturing flat 3D polygons that always face the camera, making them look 2D. Shiva is primarily a 3D game engine, so 2D graphics have to be done this way for performance reasons.

By: Kevin Liu

Kevin Liu — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 22:28:00 +0000

Just downloaded this game and tried it on my Android phone. Really fun and it’ll probably be my game of choice when waiting in line or commuting.

The game is developed entirely in Shiva?

By: Tom B

Tom B — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 03:28:00 +0000

Glad you scored your Playbook Neil. Really looking forward to your Exoplanet Explorer release.

By: Neil B

Neil B — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:31:00 +0000

Thanks. If Android Market were better designed, it wouldn’t be so difficult.

Nonetheless, I’ll keep hammering away at it because developing my own apps is far more satisfying than writing software for business, which is what currently pays the bills.

By: Hernen

Hernen — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:25:00 +0000

Hi Neil, I hope you’ll finally get the reception for SolarEx and ExEx you deserve. The counterpart of your app on apple has a huge amount of downloads, but yours is in my eyes far better. Keep on making the main apps better and better!

By: Jpentecost15

Jpentecost15 — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:01:00 +0000

Awesome, can’t wait to check out exoplanet on pb!