Comments on: Deconstruction Area: Crane Wars Alpha Video

By: Mr. Sinister

Mr. Sinister — Sat, 30 May 2009 21:12:29 +0000

Me too. I wonder what’s up with Vimeo?

By: A Delicate Balance

A Delicate Balance — Sat, 30 May 2009 17:45:32 +0000

Vimeo normally works for me, but all I’m getting is a black screen – same if I view it directly on the vimeo site :(

By: Dr. Nerfball

Dr. Nerfball — Sat, 30 May 2009 16:32:13 +0000

If only there were tiny civilians fleeing in terror as you crush their flats/ places of work etc. Or if there was some kind of meta-game where you had to fight off impending lawsuits from angry land owners, by crushing yet more of their land (guess which part of the game I’m looking forward to =P).

Oooh, or a neat little newspaper at the end of the level, possibly highlighting the damage you caused (or avoided causing) and/or your victory/ defeat against the scabs… I wonder where I saw that before, it’s unusual for me to have an origional idea…

By: A rather confused Bear

A rather confused Bear — Sat, 30 May 2009 15:51:10 +0000

Meh, not too hyped about this.

By: PJ

PJ — Sat, 30 May 2009 12:40:05 +0000

Yup, looks (metaphorically, at least) pretty similar to real-life civil engineering.

I actually tried making a similar game myself once (only 2D, without the competitive element and a whole lot crappier), so its nice to see somebody competent has had the same idea. I’d like to see a little more depth in the building part, though; for example having different types of blocks that you can combine in different ways to produce different types of building (which might then provide different bonuses for use against the other player, faster spawning / better blocks etc).

By: DigitalSignalX

DigitalSignalX — Sat, 30 May 2009 09:55:56 +0000

Most definitely a drinking game… destroy building.. drink.. get 5 stories.. make opponent drink… accidentally destroy all surrounding property … both drink.. etc.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sat, 30 May 2009 00:51:00 +0000

@Baris: It was totally accidental! It happened during a camera switch, which is something we actually need to address (it’s hard to tell what will end up underneath your mouse cursor on a camera change). That, combined with distraction from narrating, and I wrecked half of the city block next to me.

By: LionsPhil

LionsPhil — Sat, 30 May 2009 00:28:28 +0000

I love the “oh my god” halfway through. Crash. Bang. Massive, accidental property destruction. \o/

Two weeks is a quarter of the schedule? Blimey.

By: Baris

Baris — Fri, 29 May 2009 23:02:48 +0000

@ Matthew: I don’t know whether destroying the neutral buildings was intentional or not, but that coupled with your response was hilarious. Good work!

By: Matthew

Matthew — Fri, 29 May 2009 20:47:08 +0000

@The Hammer: Fear not! You’d be surprised how quickly our games can improve when they’re in the final stretch. The playable version of Blush two weeks out had a single enemy working… ;)

By: Rei Onryou

Rei Onryou — Fri, 29 May 2009 18:56:17 +0000

Goooooood, gooooooood.

By: Nallen

Nallen — Fri, 29 May 2009 18:37:01 +0000

@Dood; Agreed, fun while boozed :)