Mod: Aksum: Glory of Kings (Complete Unit Graphics!)

[HoneyBadger]

Ich, I certainly don't mind you posting in my threads, as long as you avoid random, nonsensical digs against what I'm doing.

I intend to post .DM files once I have a computer that'll run the game. Until then, making these mods available for playtesting wouldn't be very productive anyway, because I won't be able to playtest them. If I can't do that, I can't react to any suggestions that are based on playtesting, so things would get lost, would be misunderstood, would be just a plain hassle--both for the person who is putting in the work and offering the advice, and for myself as well. It's just not worth it.

The good news is that I hope to have a computer by the end of the year, so maybe we'll all get a Christmas present, together. Can't guarantee it though.


Sombre, you're probably right. I'm going to have to do a lot of sprite correction, and that's obviously one of the units I'll be looking at.

New (improved?) graphic on the Razorwife, by the way.

[lch]

I don't think that HoneyBadger was too harsh or that his thoughts are unreasonable if he truly believes in them, but he'll have to put up with mild criticism when always holding the carrot stick in front of the donkey but never putting out, so to speak.

Originally Posted by HoneyBadger

This is what I was referring to, Ich:

Doesn't add a whole lot to the coversation, does it?

Well, I admit, one can see this as my attempt at humor and satire. The joke would be that there wasn't a playable version of the mod nation around and I was letting my imagination run wild as to what would happen in case one would emerge. That joke shouldn't be too harsh, though. HB was encouraging others to hijack his threads with ideas before, too.

While we're on topic, I hope these quotes from the previous page and from 12 months ago aren't inept:

Originally Posted by HoneyBadger

I've started and made a little progress with the .DM file, but I can't promise that it's going to be done even as a rough draft, this weekend, since I seem to be coming down with a bug.

Originally Posted by HoneyBadger

Thanks to Sombre's advice, the main unit picture is now at full resolution. I'm still working on the .DM file, but I'm making progress, and now everyone can see what the units themselves look like, without fooling around with thumbnails.

If you have some kind of .dm file, even just a rough draft, I'd encourage you to release it and declare it as an early alpha version, saying that everything will change later on. So far I've only seen the alternative far too often, starting and announcing yet another new mod nation instead.

Really, I do like your artwork, I rated Ammon Kush with 5 stars when I saw the unit graphics. I'm just unhappy that I still can't play them.