I am amazed that an idea like this hasn't been completed before.
I read this article and realized that this is the same idea I started working on 8 years ago as a high school freshman. I just didn't have the experiences or resources to finish it or do it right.
I just dug up the code though and posted it on my blog if anyone wants to see what a freshman in high school wrote 8 years ago in VB6. http://www.ra726.net/blog/?p=119
I can't wait to play this, I've been waiting to play something like it for a long time now.
Just goes to show what you hear here all the time, just ship it. An idea can be great but it goes nowhere if you don't do anything about it.
Scrolls sounds just like Spectromancer, from Richard Garfield and Skaff Elias (of MTG) and Alexey Stankevich (creator of Astral Tournament). You should check it out: http://www.spectromancer.com
I read this article and realized that this is the same idea I started working on 8 years ago as a high school freshman. I just didn't have the experiences or resources to finish it or do it right.
I just dug up the code though and posted it on my blog if anyone wants to see what a freshman in high school wrote 8 years ago in VB6. http://www.ra726.net/blog/?p=119
I can't wait to play this, I've been waiting to play something like it for a long time now.
Just goes to show what you hear here all the time, just ship it. An idea can be great but it goes nowhere if you don't do anything about it.