Pier Solar DevLog.

Happy new year and a surprise from Watermelon!

2012-01-15T23:59:00.000-06:00

First things first: happy new year everyone, hope you've had a great holiday. Now, onto the important stuff.

WaterMelon is back, stronger than ever. We have a lot of stuff going on, of which some will be explained in detail very soon!

First of all, we're introducing 's Magical Game Factory! The place to find all things made by Watermelon. That's where you can purchase all Watermelon products that are coming this year.

To start big, the REPRINT is back! Orders for the REPRINT edition of Pier Solar with English, German and French are now open and available for immediate shipping. We also opened preorders for the REPRINT edition of Pier Solar with English, Spanish and Portuguese, attending the high demand.

Preorders are also open for the Pier Solar Definitive Original Soundtrack. It includes four discs, including the full Mega-CD/Sega CD soundtrack, a bonus CD with unused tracks and re-arranged tracks, as well as mp3s and VGM files. The fourth disc is nothing less than the Enhanced Soundtrack Disc which was included with the classic and posterity editions. That's right, now reprint buyers can get their official Enhanced Soundtrack Disc as well!

That is all for now!
Now, please register, get 50 Gems FREE,
spend them, order, pre-order and don't forget to have fun!

Best wishes,

/WaterMelon

Quick update on the new run.

2011-11-02T01:48:00.003-05:00

Hey,

The new run has arrived in USA. You can order a reprint edition copy of Pier Solar of your own very soon. Please stay tuned!

Best wishes,

/Zebbe of WaterMelon

New reprint edition run on the way!

2011-09-15T11:48:00.002-05:00

Yes, you read correctly. Another production run of the reprint edition of Pier Solar and the Great Architects is on the way. This time, we won't have pre-orders, so the game will ship ASAP after the game is paid for. We aim to start orders around October or November, but, as usual, nothing is certain at the moment. More news will follow soon!

/The WaterMelon team

PS. This is our 100th blog post. Woohoo! DS.

Martin shows hs new toy! The White Element Pier Solar Sega Nomad!!!

2011-07-26T09:27:00.006-05:00

Dear you!

Perhaps you remember the contest we had a few months ago, which had a special custom made Sega Nomad as the prize? No? OK, whatever. Here, the winner Martin (who traveled all around the world showing off our game - see a previous blog entry) presents his precious:

As you can see, it looks totally awesome, all thanks to the brilliant mind of Fonzie, Pier Solar programmer and producer. But, that is not all. The screen is also replaced with a less battery sucking one by Tiido, Pier Solar sound programmer and hardware designer.

Soon, we have news.

Best regards,

/Zebbe and the WaterMelon team

The future of Pier Solar

2011-07-22T15:08:00.002-05:00

Dear fans of Pier Solar,

Every day, we get emails from people who wishes to buy our game. We are very thankful and honoured for that! Previously, we had decided not to produce more copies of Pier Solar for various reasons. But not long ago, we were given an offer we can't refuse. So Pier Solar's reprint edition may be available again in the near future. However, nothing is certain. We'll let you know when there is more information to be had.

Best regards,

/The WaterMelon team

Pier Solar @ Retrospelsmässan

2011-06-09T13:19:00.005-05:00

Hi,

About 1½ week ago, was at Retrospelsmässan in Gothenburg, a retro game expo in Sweden. I met lots of nice people and sold perhaps the last seven copies of the reprint edition of Pier Solar. The day before, I also met Zable Fahr, the composer and character designer of our great game. I could go into great detail and rant, but right now I'm very tired and lazy, so it won't happen unless someone bugs me a lot about it.

Best wishes,

/Zebbe of the WaterMelon team

Podcast interview with V.K.

2011-05-04T14:20:00.003-05:00

Dear You,

The second podcast interview is now up for your listening pleasure. This time it's with the very knowledgeable V.K. from Bulgaria. We had a very interesting chat about Pier Solar, WaterMelon, Mega Drive and many other things. If you've got 38 minutes to kill, enter this link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcEhuEGKRHM

A major thanks goes to V.K. for this opportunity.

More news follow in the future.

Later, aces!

/Zebbe and the WaterMelon team

Podcast interview with Classicl337

2011-04-28T06:12:00.004-05:00

Dear all,

We are glad to say our first podcast interview is now made, thanks to Tony of Classicl337.com. In this interview, heard in the beginning of episode 5o of their podcast, Tony and I have a nice chat about WaterMelon's game Pier Solar. Take a listen at:

http://classicl337.com/

Make sure to give a comment when you've listened.

Many thanks to Tony and Classicl337 for this opportunity!

Stay tuned for another podcast interview coming very soon.

Have a great time!

/Zebbe of the WaterMelon team

A Winner is Martin!

2011-04-26T14:50:00.010-05:00

Congratulations Martin and hello to the rest of you!

Martin Brunet traveled all over the world - from Paris, to San Francisco, to Honduras, to Australia, to London and many other places and back - just to display Pier Solar! He placed his sticker on his car, pined his poster at the window of a gameshop and - the "juicy" WM style part - made a Hoston sprite in the game Minecraft which he then printed out and placed at many different places. Among the many great submissions, those by Martin proved to bear the most dedication of all, and therefor the team has decided he is the winner of the Element White Pier Solar Sega Genesis Nomad. A big applause to all who participated in the competition, WaterMelon would like to thank you for that and wish you better luck next time!

Here are a few samples of Martin's submissions:

Next up: two podcast interviews!

Have a good time!

/Zebbe and the WaterMelon team

Pier Solar Sold Out... Again

2011-04-23T19:31:00.001-05:00

Hi everyone! Once again, our amazing fans have gobbled up the remaining stock of Pier Solar. This was much sooner than we had originally anticipated. After careful consideration, it seems clear to us that our current production methods are not capable of satisfying demand for the game and we're assessing alternative solutions to getting Pier Solar into your hands as quickly as possible.

As a result, we won't be announcing a timeline for further availability until we've determined the best solution to the problem. Rest assured, Pier Solar will be available again in the near future. Keep checking the website or our forums for updates.

Once again, everyone at Watermelon would like to offer our sincerest thanks to everyone who has supported us this entire time. We look forward to keeping you entertained and delivering top notch gaming for your enjoyment. Keep checking in with us as we have some exciting developments planned and can't wait to share them with you.

Cheers!
The Watermelon Team

1up interview and Sega-16 review

2011-04-14T09:51:00.004-05:00

Dear all,

Ken Horowitz, editor-in-chief of Sega-16 (the number one Mega Drive/Genesis site, period), posted a review some weeks ago. Give it a read, and make sure to give the game rating if you are registered on their forum:
http://www.sega-16.com/review_page.php?id=205&title=Pier%20Solar%20&%20the%20Great%20Architects

And today, an interview by Jerry Bonner with Tulio, Gwénaël and Matt was posted on 1up.com. Give that one also a read:
http://www.1up.com/features/pier-solar-making-brand-new-genesis-rpg

Have a good time, folks!

/Zebbe of the WaterMelon team

Website maintenance

2011-04-12T10:48:00.003-05:00

Pier Solar website and forum will go under maintenance starting April 12th 10 PM EST. The website will be transferring hosts and the date where it will be back online is unknown.

Thank you for your understanding.

Sincerely yours,

/WaterMelon team

Who said Pier Solar is a grindfest?

2011-03-28T14:39:00.004-05:00

Well, whoever said it is wrong!

tim333, legendary Pier Solar player and FAQ writer, has just completed the game without fighting anything but the required boss fights. That's right, he ran away from ALL random encounters in the entire game! What can I say? Well, I'm extremely impressed, but also thankful towards Tim who confirmed my statement that grinding isn't necessary in our game; what you need is strategy and exploration.

You can read all about Tim's pacifist run here, where he made a "log" about it:

http://www.piersolar.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=1836

Thanks again Tim, you are one terrific lad!

Later, aces!

/Zebbe and the WaterMelon team

Lots of news!

2011-03-09T11:34:00.003-06:00

Hello, good sir/ma'am!

Pier Solar's reprint edition is out of stock again. It is selling faster than it takes Sonic to cook the cartridges at our factory! It will be available again soon. We will tell you when.

To make sure everyone can participate, including late receivers, the Nomad contest deadline is delayed until April 16th. If you want a custom-designed white Pier Solar Nomad with golden buttons and a beautiful logo, together with a lower battery power consumption mod, now is your chance!

A few weeks ago, a cool guy called "old man" did the (probably) first Pier Solar fan art drawing. You can see it here, but beware of (maybe) harsh sexual humour (which I found hilarious, though): http://www.sega-16.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=133&pictureid=1280

Also, a guy called Tim has made the first Pier Solar FAQ, which is located at GameFAQs: http://www.gamefaqs.com/genesis/618165-pier-solar/faqs
Great job, Tim! Now, our board may keep its bandwidth for some time ;).

That is all for now!

Later, aces!

/Zebbe and the WaterMelon team

Pre-orders open again!

2011-02-27T12:53:00.002-06:00

Greetings,

As of Monday 28th of February, pre-orders for the reprint edition of Pier Solar are open again. They will ship 45 days tops after your payment, as usual.

If you have any questions, please enter the "Order" section on our forum and ask there if you can't find an answer.

Best wishes,

/Zebbe and the WaterMelon team

First reprint run now shipped!

2011-02-25T09:47:00.004-06:00

Greetings!

Our dear Fonzie has worked like a madman (he always does, by the way), with many Chinese sla... WORKERs to assemble and ship the reprint version. It was done this week. Expect great quality boxes from the factory which made the hard case for the Somy PleyStation Portabul 4 - Deluxe Edition!

More news on Monday...

Have a supreme weekend!

Later, aces!

/Zebbe and the WaterMelon team

The 32X Easter Egg is now found!

2011-02-09T13:05:00.006-06:00

Greetings,

Today, we confirm that the infamous 32X easter egg is finally found by a player! Mr. incrediblehark from Maine, USA (the same place Stephen King is from and where most of his movies/books take place) gave us this line of proof (it is in white before "It is very right!", in case it may spoil):

"I see you have the black mushroom" and you get Sonic's Shoes - The "Black Mushroom" is the 32x - because of its unusual shape - right?!

It is very right! This is also why I have one blue cheese stuffed mushroom on the fork in my one hand and the 32X in the other, on this very pic:

This is me, Zebbe, and to the right we have Tiido (a.k.a. TmEE), WaterMelon's very own sound engine programmer and hardware tester as well as world famous Mega Drive modding master. We are posing in our ultr@ r@re Pier Solar t-shirts designed by the Fonz, who needs no further presentation, am I right? Also, no, you can never buy this shirt - it is WaterMelon team staff exclusive! Except for Fonzie who traveled from China to USA to meet Phyu and Tulio, me and Tiido are the only ones in WaterMelon who have met each other in real life. This photo was taken the week before last week when I took the boat across the pond (The Baltic Sea) to see him, as he did when visited me 1,5 years ago. Now, I ran out of things to write and really need to empty my catheter, so see you around folks!

Have a great time!

/Zebbe of the WaterMelon team

Pier Solar @ Retro Gathering - again!

2011-01-17T16:21:00.013-06:00

Greetings!

Two days ago, I went to Retro Gathering Winter Edition (a retro video games event in Stockholm, Sweden) with my brother. There, we showed off the finished version of Pier Solar. Everybody who saw it dropped their jaws to the floor and gave me eternal praise. A dude also photographed my custom made WaterMelon shirt. Except for all this, there were also lots of friendly people, games to play and buy and many other things! Here are some pics:

The shirt blows anything by Dolce & Gabbana agay, hrmm, aWAY.

You CAN'T get this shirt, not even if you beg a lot.

Our table this time around. I had some private stuff for sale. Almost everyone wanted to buy my Nomad, or "Game Gear" as some people tend to think it is.

GamingGrannar.se's table. These guys are always friendly and cool. They didn't have any Sega shirt for me though. But that's okay. I have a WM shirt!

The music quiz this time around. I recognized some tracks, although most games where from before I was born!

Some games you could play. Mega Drive, Super N******o, Neo-Geo, Atari something. The Neo-Geo is highly overrated!

The auction. I didn't buy anything this time around. Last time I bought some Streets of Rage 2 poster standee thingy.

That's all for now folks... We'll be right back!

(Grrrr.... It looks NOTHING like this with the pics and all when I layout the blog post. I don't have time to fix it, I must go to sleep now!)

/Zebbe of the WaterMelon team

Happy new run!

2010-12-31T10:13:00.005-06:00

Greetings,

Some people are still waiting for their packages from China - may the force be with you!

Due to massive demand, WaterMelon won't wait and has decided to produce another run of their instant hit Mega Drive/Genesis RPG Pier Solar and the Great Architects. It's named ”reprint edition" and here is everything you need to know about it:

*The game is exactly the same as the original versions. Languages included are: English, French and German.
*The box is a original clamshell case similar to those used back in the day. The design is an homage to the "black grid" layout.
*The manual, in English, comes in b/w and is shaped in the pure 16-bit tradition.
*An awesome sticker sheet is included, so you may have the chance to win our contest if you order quickly (please see on our homepage: http://www.piersolar.com/).
*The price is US$45, including shipping and handling to anywhere in the world! You can buy it now. Payment is made with PayPal only. We shall be able to start shipping this ”reprint edition" within next 45 days!

Side note: No disc? Yes, the game won't include the Enhanced Soundtrack Disc but will be compatible with it. Here is the download link to burn your own disc if you want to use it with the game:

Enhanced CD Download topic

Happy new year!

/WaterMelon team

Pier Solar is shipped

2010-12-13T23:41:00.003-06:00

Hello friends!

After 6 years in the making, endless improvements and nameless efforts by all members of this project, it finally happened!

It wasn't without much sweat, days, nights and holidays spent. Countless discussions some arguments and for sure absolutely lots of passion that it was possible.

Many thanks to all people involved! And even more thanks to all customers who pre-ordered this game since 2 years ago, putting your faith on our team, I have not enough words to thank you.

Keep tuned on our website (www.piersolar.com) for news on this project. The game has shipped but the story has just begun.

Best regards,
-Tulio Adriano

Did someone say something about a release date?

2010-12-10T06:54:00.010-06:00

Well as you may have seen over on our FaceBook page something is indeed stirring!

It seems Pier Solar won't have an "official" release date; instead it'll be left to one of you folk to shout up and spread the joyous news when you receive your copy in the post...

When will shipping actually start? This is still surrounded in mystery but it'll be soon I know that much!

I guess this new entry answers all the emails I keep receiving that ask "When is the release date?"

Ta Ta for Now!
Matt Bennion (Public type advisor person / Web Master) of the WaterMelon team :-)

A one off to get you in the mood

2010-12-01T05:14:00.008-06:00

Hi Folks,
It's been some considerable time since I posted anything on the blog! As most of you will know by now the game has reached the Packing stage.

I just wanted to wet your appetite a bit and leak a PCM track that i've had on my computer for a while :-) I'm not even entirely sure this is the final mix... but hey it'll get you in the mood :D

Fonz will slap my wrists later no doubt ;-)

TTFN,
Matt (Public type advisor person / Web Master) of the WaterMelon team :-)

And You Think You've Waited Long for Pier Solar...

2010-11-16T22:57:00.000-06:00

Sometimes, we at Watermelon Development get a little knackered on all the praise you guys give us and convince ourselves that we're doing something wholly unique. After all, who else would release a full fledged RPG on long dead hardware? Who else would spend this many years crafting a full fledged retro adventure to deliver unto the masses?

Well, these guys would. And they have caught us with mouths agape.

Newcomer is a PC style RPG, finished after over twenty years of development, and released for the ... drumroll ... Commodore 64.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you people who are actually more bat shit crazy than we are. And that's awesome.

Here's what awaits you after unboxing this massive indie RPG:

- 70-280 gaming hours for the 1st play-through
- 180'000+ words of in-game text
- 180+ character portrait GFX
- 130+ inventory item and gadget GFX
- 100+ cutscene GFX
- 50+ game areas
- 30+ level GFX sets
- Animated Intro and Outro
- Total game size of 2 MB

So, head on over to their website for more information or check out this cool post at Play This Thing.

And to the next person who complains about Pier Solar's development time: I promise I will beat you to death with a copy of this game.

WaterMelon @ Retro Gathering

2010-10-03T14:16:00.009-05:00

The day before yesterday was a great day. For the fifth year, Retro Gathering, a Swedish old school video and computer game event, was held. It was the second year I attended it, and the first year I had a table of my own.

That table was pretty much only booked to present Pier Solar to other attenders. I received a few weeks old prototype cartridge from Tulio earlier last week, including the soundtrack disc, which were both playing for eight hours on an old CRT TV with RGB output. Many attenders came to test the game, talk to me about the development and eat watermelon candy. People were very impressed with the graphics, and also the fact that we're making a NEW Mega Drive game and releasing it on cartridge.

I'd like to send some blast processing hails to the following:

Nissling
Gaming Grannar
The Retro Gathering Crew
My brother Zimon
Instinqt
Jan
The guy who pre-ordered the game "three years ago"
Retro.se, my nice table neighbours
The friendly guy who helped me carry my stuff after the event was over
Anyone who feels like he was forgotten

We had no news to bring with this event, but later this month some good ones are coming for you. Stay tuned!

Regards,

/Zebbe of the WaterMelon team

September update

2010-09-02T03:49:00.008-05:00

Hello friends of Pier Solar,

We must clarify the unfortunate news about the Japanese version a bit and apologize again for the inconvenience. We could never find anyone to proof-read the Japanese script and our last hopes for it bursted a few weeks ago. For that reason, we had decided to remove the Japanese language from the game for obvious reasons (Japanese readers may understand).

The Japanese packaging version will still contain English. And we added Spanish and French.
Minor notes: The menues are still available in Japanese if choosen. And the packaging remains Japanese style, of course.

If you wanted to play the game in Japanese and cannot stand playing in English, French or Spanish, please contact us and we will try to find a solution for you.

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Bug extermination is going greatly. Thanks to all new testers, we are still testing all languages! As we said last time, the main focus is on tuning the difficulty, which means making the game harder! Not "grind-like-crazy-up-to-level-17-to-be-able-to-kill-the-first-boss"-hard, but more like "challenging hard".

And now for the part we really WANT you to read. We will need some hardware testers for the rarer Sega Mega Drive/Genesis hardware revisions. If you have any of the WonderMega, MegaJet, MegaLD and/or Tera Drive revisions and without doubt have time and dedication to test the game, please contact us.

Have a great time, everyone!

/Zebbe, Fonzie and the WaterMelon team

PS. Going to Retro Gathering in Stockholm 2nd-3rd October? Great. You can test Pier Solar then, if you feel unsure about buying it beforehand. See you there! DS.

August update

2010-08-15T04:14:00.002-05:00

Hello friends of Pier Solar,

Another great month of lots of progress has passed! Thanks to our last call for testers, a lot of helpful people heeded it and managed to pass through our hard approval demands to join us. More effective, versatile and dedicated than ever, the testers have in just a few weeks found a lot of new bugs and helped refining the game. Our programmers have fixed most bugs reported thus far, and the last focus is to tune the difficulty to make it "just right" (which is a very hard process, since everyone has a different opinion on it).

A tremendous effort of translation input has also been done, and as of now all the other languages are now in the game. Some of our testers are testing them, but we still welcome more applicants for this task (can't ask for more testers enough times!). If you are native to any of the languages featured in Pier Solar (German, French, Spanish, Japanese and Brazilian Portoguese) and want to help out testing and proofreading the in-game texts, please contact Fonzie via PM on the forum.

Also, with the last Japanese copy having been fetched this last month, Pier Solar is now completely SOLD OUT! We are holding some additional copies for warranty purposes. When all pre-ordered copies are shipped and received, these additional copies will be unleashed. More news on this will only come at that time.

Thank you for your continued patience and support!

/Zebbe and the WaterMelon team

July update

2010-07-13T11:31:00.004-05:00

Hello all,

We have worked like crazy for the last month. With our focus on tweaking monster and fight statistics and killing bugs, we are confident to say the bugs are all dead, except for the "hidden" ones. We need help in finding them. If you are up to it, please see this link:

http://www.piersolar.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=788

Regards,

/Zebbe and the WaterMelon team

June update

2010-06-14T08:58:00.003-05:00

Greetings!

Are you tired of all these updates that says the game is "nearly finished", but not enough to give you a release date? Good, stop reading now.

A few months ago, there was doubt in me that the game would never be finished. Not so now. It is only a question on whether the game will be "near perfect" or "perfect", when it IS released. Testing the fully implented battle system a few days ago, I realize its excitement and clever, innovative features are the last proof to me, as the epic script, beautiful music and state-of-the-art Mega Drive/Genesis graphics have all already wowed me again and again - it's only the last bit of polishing and adjustments left to do. Moving into the next phase of beta testing, we are feeling warm breath of the release in our Quasimodo backs. Powered by more testers and an even more intense working schedule, our state of the mind are feeling the same excitement as during an epic RPG final boss battle!

Also, since you guys have nothing better to do than just lurk at this site waiting, you might as well start writing a poem. Why? Because it is a contest, stupid! See the general section at the board.

Good luck! And remember: one will win, the rest will fail.

/Zebbe and the WaterMelon team

May update

2010-05-09T10:36:00.002-05:00

Hello, friends of Pier Solar!

Sorry about the lack of an update last month - we were busy working on the game! In fact, we still are every day, but as it stands now the game is completed and our focus is put on debuging (fixing glitches, which are nearing extinction and calibrating battles/items and levels) beta testing and translation input.

However, we are still in need of Japanese experts for the corresponding translation input and proof-reading. If you, or a friend of yours, know Japanese and wish to help out, please contact us immediately.

Last but not least, the game is under testing on different Sega endorsed hardware such as the JVC X'Eye, to assure 100% compatibility.

For smaller updates, please check out our Twitter account at: http://twitter.com/watermelongames

Until next time!

Regards,

/Zebbe and the WaterMelon team

March update

2010-03-12T04:50:00.002-06:00

Heya,

Things are progressing...!

We are now done with the map checking and have moved on to the monster calibrations.

Tulio is scripting the sidequests. In my opinion, a great RPG can lack them, but a fantastic RPG needs them.

A lot of bugs have also been fixed, but don't worry, we'll save some for the final beta testing ;).

Until next time!

/Zebbe and the Water Melon team

February update

2010-02-15T03:36:00.003-06:00

Good day,

The beta enrollment is a big success and many talented, excited and helpful people (it seems) have contacted us for the final quality assurance of the game. We have already contacted some of you for some critical tasks, but since there are so many who applied and the fact that the very final beta testing hasn't begun yet, we will contact several more soon. Don't be sad if you haven't been contacted, we are very grateful to everyone who wished to help us with the game, but obviously it is not possible to have everybody who applied as beta testers in the final development phase.

In January, the US version got sold out. The only version left is the Japanese version, which indeed works on your Genesis and PAL Mega Drive. As we've said before, we won't produce more copies of this run, but Pier Solar will be available in the future. In what way or form will be decided when we are done and have released this Mega Drive/Genesis version.

The constant progress with the game is going smoothly. I am almost done with checking the game maps (and Fonzie done with doing the updates), thus they will all be perfect very soon. Lots of other stuff has been made, but let's not get into details.

Until next time!

/Zebbe, WaterMelon team

Beta Test Enrolment Form now Live!

2010-01-14T15:07:00.004-06:00

Hi Folks,
It's been a while hasn't it? Well in regards to me writing a post to you all it has!

With great pleasure I'd like to announce our Beta Testing Enrolment Form is now live!

The form will give some of you the opportunity to join in with the final Testing phase of Pier Solar.

Oh but wait, I haven't told you where the form is... well that's for you to hunt down!

Chow for now,

Matteus and the Water Melon team

January 2010 update

2010-01-10T14:30:00.003-06:00

Hello,

Hope you had a nice holiday and a great start of the new year :).

People on the forums are starting to beg.. hrmm ASK!.. for updates again, so I have no other choice but to get Tulio's permission to write an update. He gives me access to this blog and here I go. Although we are at the same development state, things have progressed a lot.

Finally, the soundtrack is 100% complete. The Mega-CD soundtrack tunes were composed and mixed a long time ago, but the conversions to FM/PSG (Mega Drive sound) had yet to be done. The last of them (which total to about 50) are now made by Tulio. He has also enhanced some of the older tunes.

Graphics are almost done now too, with the last battle backgrounds drawn and inserted into the game a few days ago. They look fabulous, very detailed and colourful. The demo backgrounds can't hold a candle to them. What's left to do are mostly tweaks and polishing.

What we are doing now is inserting everything into the game that hasn't been inserted yet. It's pretty much only battle stuff and the translations left. All battle code is written since long, we just have to do the parameters, the curve of EXP, enemy statistics (character statistics are done since long) etc. I will do this personally with Fonzie.

My current task is playing through the game, checking through the maps. Bugs are pretty much non-existent, but there are some background priority issues here and there that requires me to play the game to see them. After that, it's the battle parameters and some testing, and a final look at the script. There are also some other minor things left, but it isn't much, we are really getting there.

So to the million dollar question... when are we done? Sorry to say it, we don't know. We are still talking about months. But rest assured that we are putting many hours every day to make sure the game is out as we want it and you expect it ASAP. Apart from Christmas, there has been no rest days since long before the pre-orders began. For me, a week of vacation is now ahead. A week of no work, but a bloody lot more of Pier Solar!

Take care people, and play the English translation of Barver Battle Saga while you are waiting (http://www.romhacking.net/trans/1467) :).

/Zebbe, Water Melon team

Insider news

2009-10-06T16:09:00.006-05:00

Hello friends of Pier Solar.

This is Tulio speaking with some cool news. Finally, 1 year after a big punch when we lost much of our pixel art, we finished the development of all critical pixel art and move on to final graphical touches. Also, after 1 month confined with Fonzie in a "bootcamp" experience I'm very happy to say that the main game programming (so called game scripting) has been completed. With those two steps, the game now moves on to the phase of internal testing, or as I'll call it, final beta stage.

That's a very important mark as it means that the game scope is closed to additions and improvements (oh my God, there were so many). We implemented all the new features that will bring Pier Solar to excellence both as Software and as a game.

First fast run on the game took us more than 10 hours to complete. Mind you, a fast run means game without enemies, without ambient NPCs, without extra chests, just what you need to travel between all cities and all dungeons to complete the game without stopping to learn the story, explore for treasures, etc. We're positive that the game will render at least 30 hours of game play considering the rich environment that has been created on every town and the complexity of the dungeons as the game advances.

Next phases on Pier Solar development will go as follow:

- Play test
- Final Pixel Art insertion
- Bug fixing
- Monster/items/magic calibration
- Bug fixing
- Translated texts input
- Bug fixing
- Battle frequency and difficulty calibration
- Bug fixing
- Items price calibration
- Bug Fixing
- More beta tests
- Bug fixing
- Proof reading of all languages
- Bug fixing
- Bug fixing
- Bug fixing
- Bug fixing
- Bug fixing
- Bug fixing
- Bug fixing
- Bug fixing
- Bug fixing
- Bug fixing
- And maybe more bug fixing.
- Release to manufacture
- Shipping

This doesn't mean that the game is full of bugs, on the contrary, it's playing clean from beginning to end. However, players often do the most unexpected actions and that's what we must cover for. We just want to be sure that we'll test the game as much as it takes to get it on commercial grade bug free status. It's really annoying having to wait a little longer for the game to be completed because there is so many tests and re-tests going on, but hey, it's even more annoying to think of the possibility of the player doing something he's not supposed to then save the game and get it locked forever.

We don't want to allow such thing to happen with Pier Solar so we're insisting on this once more: There will be no rush on the release, it must be perfect. This is not like PS3 games that you can release with minor bugs then update it later... once it's written to the ROM chip it's written forever, so we must be sure that it will be perfect. I know it's boring to wait but trust me: You'll thank me later.

Best regards!

Help Wanted

2009-09-16T15:42:00.003-05:00

Lots of goings on in the Pier Solar world today. Our venerable coding team have been officially locked in a single room and won't be let out until the game's done.

I know I've said that before in jest, but now I jest not. I am presently jest-less.

The Fonz and Tully have officially gone underground and are working day and night (in the same room no less!) to complete the game. I've been privy to their progress and the game is looking rock solid.

However!

As you know, we're offering the game in multiple languages and our translators have been tireless in their attempts to encompass the whole of the linguistic spectrum (or at least five languages) but our Japanese translation is in need of a helping hand. Our current Japanese translator is feeling the language's might and is in need of a knight in shining armor. Or at least someone to hold aggro.

So! If you're up for the challenge and are fluent in Japanese drop us a line on the boards or through the contact form in the About section of the site. All translation work is volunteer but you will be compensated with a free copy of the game, a credit and a reference if you happen to have chosen this as your likely career path.

You'll mainly be doing proofreading - a simple but never the less time consuming and important task.

Oh and before anyone asks: No. The Japanese language option is not going to be cut.

Also: It looks likes like the final chunk of enemy assets are about to be polished and we can finally finishing implementing and tuning the battle system. Then we can start breaking it. Ah, game design is so much fun.

Take care all!

-WM

Thanks for your Support!

2009-08-11T15:12:00.005-05:00

A quick post today but we thought we'd drop official word that the European version of Pier Solar has SOLD OUT. That's fantastic news for us, and it's all thanks to your unending support for this project.

For those of you who are disappointed that the European version is no longer available remember you can still pre-order the US and JPN versions. They're region free so they should still work on your console but some language options will be different. (Sadly we can't fit all languages on to one cart).

So again, thank you! We're continuing to work hard to deliver the game to you all as soon as possible and we look forward to your feedback once the game is placed (gently!) into your Genesis. Unless of course you don't like it. Then you can keep your fool mouth shut.

POWA!

- WM

Something out of the Ordinary

2009-08-09T13:14:00.002-05:00

A little unorthodox, but I figured this would strike a chord with you all.

Check out the rest of the GFGames vids, they're delightful.

The Warm Wind Blows

2009-07-29T16:44:00.002-05:00

Welcome, friends, to the heat-stroke inducing days of summer. Gather round and I'll tell ye a story.

A legend, passed down in vessels of poesy and prose, tells of a group of hardy men and women whose daily struggles were said to produce a video game of such profound quality that old school gamers wept openly upon its arrival. Grizzled and jaded veterans of the Last Great Console War emerged from their dank hovels, shook off their nightmares, and once again plunged into the great black sea of the Sega Genesis.

At first, all was quiet. But soon bubbles could be seen rising from the darkness and the old school gamers burst forth breaking the surface of the long dormant seas. They marched ever forward, bundles cradled in their arms, eyes fixed on the horizon. Their weary feet carried them... onwards to one final quest.

Some say the bundles were weapons. Others say jewels. But the wisest among the witnesses knew the truth. They carried light itself.

That's kind of how we picture the launch of Pier Solar. It may seem like hyperbole but you know what they say, "If you want to hit the target, aim a little higher."

With aim like this - that target is getting pwnd.

We thought it was about time we let you know that progress on the game continues. As you can see, the weekly updates will be scrapped for a more sporadic update schedule. There's really only two options for us if we insist on weekly updates. We can ruin 90% of the game by showing it to you before the release date, or we can bore you with weekly updates consisting of, "Yup, still working on it."

I don't think either of those is an entertaining option.

In case you're wondering, "WHAT'S TAKING SO LONG?!" we have this to say. First, stop yelling, it's rude. And secondly, what's left of the game is simply down to pure construction and it's a matter of man hours. And, sadly, when you're doing the work normally reserved for a 100 person full-time team, with six people who are working whenever they get a free hour things progress slowly.

Though they do progress.

I got a chance to look at a new build of the game recently (complete with some of the more complex bug fixes). It's looking fantastic. We're still in the production phase of things but it's good to catch some of the bigger issues early. That way we don't have to intentionally ship bugs and kill whoever finds them before word gets out.

Though the latter sounds like an awful lot of fun.

The Calm Before the Storm

2009-07-01T21:44:00.003-05:00

Apologies for the lack of updates, our efforts to get Pier Solar out the door are making anything else WM related take a back seat. We're still working hard and a lot of things are beginning to wrap up. Our NPC dialogues are now officially done - and that's about doubled the size of our script. A quick once over for editing purposes and then off to the translators.

In the meantime, and while we're all toiling away under hot, hot sun, make sure to enjoy the first weekend of July. Happy Canada Day to all our exceedingly polite fans and Happy Independence Day to all you guys just south of them.

Oh and happy National Sovereignty Day to Iraq!

We just tried four times to come up with something witty to say that wasn't politically incorrect.

We got nothing.

Cheers!

-WM

Here's the plan!

2009-06-16T21:59:00.003-05:00

When you have your nose to the grindstone for so long, sometimes you lose sight of just how much progress you've been making. A recent conversation with THE FONZ has shone a light on just how far we've come. We made a checklist of everything that was yet to be completed and that list just seems to keep getting shorter everyday.

We won't announce a release date, but we can give you a run down of what's going to happen after the game is complete.

After the last line of code is written, we'll begin our QA testing. The process should be pretty laborious but luckily the game isn't as complex as, say, a 3D action game, so organizing the process and narrowing down every little bug should be a fairly simple task. We're committed to providing at least a full month of QA testing but, depending on how broken our Beta Candidate is we may devote more time to it.

Rest assured we haven't put this much effort into building a game that will crash on boot.

Once the QA testing is done and we're confident that the game is clean we'll begin the manufacturing process. Since we're a small venture this process will take a little bit of time. We'll be shipping each game in order - so if you've ordered later expect the game to take some time to get to your door. We'll let everyone know how the manufacturing process is going as it happens so hopefully you all won't be left wondering where your game is.

On the Dev side we're kicking it up a notch to get things out the door as quickly as possible. You've all been waiting for a very long time but we're almost at the end of the road.

Thank god. Because I want to play this thing as much as you all do.

Cheers!

-WM

Words.... so many words...

2009-06-10T09:59:00.002-05:00

We've mentioned on the forums that our script is unusually large for a Genesis RPG and a lot of that has very little to do with the core script. We've taken care to populate each city and town with lots of NPCs and unlike most 16-bit RPGs what they have to say is actually (GASP!) interesting.

We've treated each of the little guys as mini-stories. Stories that are unrelated to the core plot, but will nevertheless evolve with the main game. Most of them have multiple lines of dialogue in each "chapter" and then as events progress those lines change.

Usually there are a, b, and c sets of lines. So on average, we'd guess that each NPC has around 7 - 10 lines throughout the plot. We haven't looked at the NPC script as a collected whole, but I imagine it's almost as big as the core script.

You better actually talk to them or all that work will be for naught!

My brain is no work good.

2009-06-03T15:10:00.003-05:00

Whoo...

Umm...

*Awkward*

Hi everybody! I forgot about this for the second week in a row. That's embarrassing. But here we are! Humbled and ready to provide you with more weekly snippets of the development process.

There are a couple of reasons we've missed these though. First, we're all still working hard on the game but more importantly there have been some exciting developments in the world of Pier Solar and Watermelon. We can't discuss details but rest assured that they are exciting enough to be keeping us up at night.

Here's a hint: We may all be knighted because of it.

Is that a real hint?

Here's a hint: No.

We've also been pretty distracted by E3. Or at least I have. I don't normally discuss non-WM related stuff here but Fumito Ueda's latest is worthy of these hallowed halls. If you don't go out and buy The Last Guardian the moment it comes out I'm going to take you all outside individually and slap you in the teeth.

Slapped. In. The. Teeth.

Project Status: FTW

2009-05-19T23:03:00.003-05:00

One of the most complex tasks in creating a game is simply organizing and keeping track of all the little (and occasionally gargantuan) pieces that at some point in time are all supposed to come together. In last week or so we've made this task considerably easier by employing some great project tracking software. After we completed the task and crunched all the numbers we're quite happy to report that the game is inching ever so closer to that wonderful 100% complete number. We're not there yet, but the digits we did see were certainly comforting.

Never underestimate the power of forms and numbers and spreadsheets. They may look complicated but they are oh-so-comforting. Like a fuzzy blanket, a warm fireplace and a goblet overflowing with the blood of our enemies.

The basics are all moving forward as usual. Scripting is going ahead and we're beginning to officially lock down content. We've put a halt on any new content and are now satisfied with simply building the rest of the game. Basically, everything we want to go in has been designed and is being implemented as we speak.

So no pulling a Peter Molyneux and delaying the game for three more years because we want to make trees grow in real time.

*Cough*

To Work! Again!

2009-05-12T15:32:00.003-05:00

Phew! Well that was a fun little treat, no? Our little preview video garnered some very positive response and we're glad you all are still as excited about the game as we are.

Getting it out the door, though, was like fighting three dragons with our hands tied behind our backs. Weaponless. Underwater. And having to listen to a Paris Hilton interview.

Horrifying, as you can imagine.

We do have plans for another video but it will be further down the line. Since our resources are stretched to their max any time spent doing a video ultimately means time spent NOT doing the game (quiet you grammar Nazis). Just know that another audio visual treat is on the way.

On the translation side things are looking sharp. We've sicked [sic?] our translators on the latest batch of NPC dialogues and as always they're plowing ahead at a speed previously unknown to man.

The speed of AWESOME.

But, we are out of time! And I must venture forth and join the fray once again. Later all.

Pray for us!

-WM

Time to show some progress

2009-05-05T18:26:00.005-05:00

Hello friends of Pier Solar.

As we advance through the year, I've been inquired about the game development state on a frequent basis.

As I usually answer, "We're doing a lot of improvements, and working hard to assure the best quality on the game". I'm sure you like to hear this and to view the game shots we've been bringing on the weekly news, but wouldn't it be better to see it in motion?

Well then let's do it! I hope you enjoy! Just beware of spoilers!

Thanks and seeya soon!

Tulio
-WM

We Hear Voices

2009-04-21T21:40:00.002-05:00

Pier Solar's presence on YouTube has been growing recently, and rather than bore you all with our numerous witticisms about dialogue implementation and if/else statements we thought we'd spotlight some of the kind folks who've posted about our game.

Without further ado...

And in case you're interested in a video play through of our demo, check this out:

Until next week!

-WM

Phew!

2009-04-14T18:03:00.006-05:00

We know many of you are wondering where all the juicy updates are. Screenshots, videos, concept art, news of a film adaptation courtesy of Uwe Boll - you want something! Anything!

As development has gone on we've been ultra secretive, not wanting to ruin any surprises for you. That said, we're now close and complete enough to start showing some pretty cool stuff and frankly we're just too plum darn-iddily excited to keep that from you.

Well actually, we're keeping it from you for another week or so.

We'll be putting together a shiny new gameplay video over the next few days so you can see the evolution... no revolution of the game and where we stand.

Look forward to it!

In the meantime our wonderful translators are pumping out their work at a rate of... something extremely rapid. Our German translation is officially finished. On top of that our soundtrack is complete and soon you shall hear each finely woven note drift lightly upon your ears.

Except for that one death metal track with beatboxing thrown in. Don't blame us, we were all really drunk.

Also, if you happen to pick up Game Developer Magazine keep an eye out for this month's issue as our lovely little RPG is featured on page five. Page five motherf*****!

-WM

Cutscenes a-plenty!

2009-04-07T17:52:00.004-05:00

Our resident music maestro Mr. Zable Fahr has been handed the task of cutscene construction - building the lovely little still hand-drawn images that will accompany our more dramatic moments.

You've seen a few in the demo, but the new ones look fantastic. Of course, in our rush to give you all the cinematic bad-assery the Genesis is capable of we gave our man roughly one billion cutscenes to put together. He hasn't seen his family for months and we've been feeding him nothing but imitation gruel for about as long.

The upside is you all will have plenty of eye candy to look forward to.

The downside is he might be dead in a few weeks.

Free game to anyone who's willing to move the body!

Edit - Thanks to my incredible writing skills there has been some confusion as to what I mean by "construction". Our boy Zable is putting the final touches (coloring, etc) on the scenes whilst we owe our thanks to the much talented Armen for the gorgeous looking art that that shall permeate the awesomeness that is Pier Solar. You heard me, permeate the awesomeness. Our game is too good for grammar.

-WM

Tweet!

2009-03-31T17:29:00.003-05:00

We remain holed up in our underground prison - left to toil away while friends, family members, and lo, even sunlight becomes a long distant memory. We had long since resigned ourselves to our fate, our only consolation being the enjoyment that will fill your hearts upon the game's arrival.

But - ! Could there be a way to speak to the outside world? A way our daily comings and goings could be broadcast to Earth civilization? Or at least shouted into the empty unfeeling vacuum that is the internet?

There is! All hail Watermelon's Twitter page!

Can't get enough of our updates? Want more?! Do you have a bizarre fear of Tuesday, thus rendering you incapable of checking the website when it updates? Do you actually venture outdoors occasionally and are (GASP!) sometimes not near a computer?!

Our Twitter page has the answer! Head on over to http://www.twitter.com/watermelongames and become a follower.

Yes. It is vaguely cultish.

What will you get?

-A daily (and possibly more!) update on the team's comings and goings.
-Early announcements
-Exclusive information
-And other goodies and fun stuff we haven't come up with yet.

Join us. Until next time Watermelon fans.

-WM

Around the World in Forty Builds

2009-03-24T15:44:00.003-05:00

One of the cool things about working on Pier Solar is the increasingly global nature of the project. It was obvious at the beginning, with team members hailing from the US, Sweden, France and even the cold desolate landscape of Canada - where the polar bears roam free and some consider the CBC worth watching. As more members jumped on and the game finally began to take shape we began to realize how much our networked existence is beginning to change things.

None of us have ever met, and most of us have only heard each others' voices on rare occasions. Yet here we are, with an almost complete video game produced at cost, with no development house, no round table meetings, not even a hand shake between members.

Pier Solar, along with other indie titles, might be among the first wave of nation-neutral entertainment. Final Fantasy belongs to Japan. Fable belongs to Ireland. Mass Effect to Canada.

Us? We're international baby. Pier Solar could actually be a catalyst for world peace.

Maybe not.

Speaking of being international, I don't think the heartless slave drivers at Watermelon have formally thanked our small army of volunteer translators. Also hailing from everywhere, these guys have been working incredibly hard to bring you the game in as many languages as possible.

And truthfully? They're doing an INCREDIBLE job. They all have great turn around rates and always deal with the myriad of changes we dump on them with incredible professionalism.

That is of course, assuming that they're translating everything accurately. If any Japanese players notice that the game's plot seems to be about the joyful mass extermination of a major ethnicity drop us a line. It may be a localization bug.

-WM

The Web Master talks Pier Solar

2009-03-18T11:47:00.011-05:00

Hi there folks,
It's not often as the web and PR bloke that I get to speak about Pier Solar to its fans. Unlike the rest of the team, I'm not directly involved in development but I do have the perk of seeing inside game progress!

As an insider, I thought I'd give a bit of a fan based prospective of my experiences playing a recent build of the game.

The games initial opening sequences are something you rarely see in Sega Mega Drive / Genesis games in terms of movement. The logos, introduction and title screen sequences have fluid animation and effects that I personally only associate with very late SNES and post 16-bit games.

The game menu has many options and customisations to choose from and by the looks of it a lot of un-lockable items, I'm presently unaware of what these are or how they will be unlocked but it looks like playing hard will reward you with a lot of extra content!

The game itself has come on in leaps and bounds since the initial demo. The demo pales in comparison to what I'm playing on now. Just from walking around in the game, you can really see how the team took every bad word spoken of graphics and really turned it around! Some of the maps are huge! And have puzzles, chests and keys scattered all over the place this game isn't going to be a breeze to complete like the demo!

Battles have some massive sprites for a Mega Drive / Genesis, great monsters with very nice frame rates, magic, weather, some very interesting other graphical feats that I can't really speak about. Pushing hardware was definitely on Fonzie's cards when he was programming!

I'm going to leave my comments there and say I'm glad I pre-ordered before I became a member of the team! I'm extremely confident that this game will certainly make a big mark for itself in the retro community.

Cheers,
Matteus

The NPC Uprising is at Hand!

2009-03-10T17:02:00.007-05:00

Our mission continues this week and the final maps are being prepared with diligence and speed never before seen among mere mortals. We've still got a few to go, but thankfully the quality isn't being sacrificed to the great Crunch Gods and everything from user path to chest placement is being crafted with the utmost care.

We're also putting together some more subquests. The first round has been designed and is ready for scripting and design of the second round has begun. We've got your standard item fetch quests that are the bread and butter of role playing games, but others are much more involved - often revealing elements of the story you'll miss out on if you let the game lead you by the hand. Our advice? Have a little look around before you jump to the next section of the game - you'll be pleasantly surprised.

When you think of the story in an RPG (or any game really) you'd think the bulk of the writing difficulties come from crafting the actual... you know... story. Not so! It's the pesky NPC dialogue that populates towns and villages that is the real irritant of narrative design. Why? Usually you have one option when writing NPC scripts - and that's to make them completely utilitarian. Using them to give clues to hopelessly lost players, reducing your digital denizens to mere information conduits - their lives losing all meaning the moment their hints are internalized by the player, leaving them to wallow in seas of despair when the game's code no longer calls to them. We actually lost our entire first batch of NPCs to mass suicide. They formed a little pixelated Heaven's Gate cult and did themselves in during one of our play tests.

Keep that in mind the next time you heartless fiends pass by Old Woman #6 in the latest next gen RPG. She's been waiting for you her whole life! Talk to her! Let her feel loved and important at least once during her miserable existence.

You. Owe. Her.

Heedless of our NPCs' quality of life we've begun filling the game with their endless chatter, if only to give you the illusion that the towns you venture to are inhabited by delightful and interesting people and not slaves chained to a single line of script, forced to do nothing but address the fleeting interests of cold, unfeeling RPG fans.

You people make me sick! Get out!

-WM

Progress!

2009-03-03T15:31:00.002-06:00

Polishing continues in the world of Pier Solar, with the results visible below:

Our to do list is quickly diminishing with only a few assets still hanging on the wrong side of "complete". A few more maps, some sound effects, and NPC dialogue implementation is all that stands between us and capital-V-Victory! Oh, and scripting, gotta keep up with the scripting.

After that it's bug test city and our strongest members will be placed in a room with two items and two items only: a copy of Pier Solar and a large steel bat.

Assuming the tester emerges victorious we'll be ready to kick that sucker out the door. The tunnel is still long, but the light at the end just keeps getting brighter.

-WM

Little Quests

2009-02-24T18:59:00.003-06:00

Now that Pier Solar is moving toward that illustrious homestretch, we've been considering additional content to make the game even better. Side quests and other bonuses will await those of you who brave the majority of the game. Some will be standard side quest fare while others... not so much.

One of the challenges in creating any game (let alone an indie project of this magnitude) is the issue of "crunch time". That moment in a project when the deadline suddenly emerges from the mystic realm of Later and becomes a cold hard fact. We've reached that moment.

And we're so very, very tired.

But strangely, truly debilitating fatigue has yet to set in. We're still coming up with cool additions for you, still polishing things that don't look quite right, and still smoothing out dialogue. Frankly, we still enjoy making this game. This, of course, means that you'll get a better product and - most importantly - that those of us at WaterMelon will refrain from murdering each other. At least, for a time.

In case you missed the announcement on the boards, another publication has pinned us down and had words with us. You can read the resultant chaos here and here.

Until next week, ladies and gents.

-WM

Screenshot... of JUSTICE

2009-02-17T19:00:00.009-06:00

Most of the weekly treats we've presented in these updates have been in the form of assets. Be they random monsters, map shots, or concept sketches, each and every glimpse of the game thus far has been somewhat intangible and we're certain we've left many of you wondering if these disparate elements will ever coalesce to form an actual product.

Well wonder no more! Feast your eyes on the following in-game shot of Pier Solar in action.

Enjoy!

Ok, so it's not much, but what do you expect? We're busy. :)

-WM

Praise be to the Fonz

2009-02-10T17:31:00.010-06:00

Fonz our graphics designer that is, not THE Fonz. Then again, I suppose the illustrious Happy Days character deserves some praise - if only for the thousands of research hours he saved by collecting the rarest of STDs.

Um... where was I going with this?

Oh! Right! Our Fonz! The adorable Frenchman whom you will know from the credits as Gwénaël Godde. Why is he the titular character of this post? You shall be informed! You see, on top of slaving away on the actual game part of Pier Solar, Fonz is the man responsible for the glorious packaging we introduced to you weeks ago. Most of us, however, had only pictures to partake in, but lately we've been tossing the complete boxes back and forth - checking for sturdiness, style, and gently caressing them as we fall asleep. While the pictures are lovely, they really don't do the boxes justice. I was shocked at their quality and, not to put too fine a point on it, amazed at how much better they are than most professional game boxes. I estimate that when the product arrives in your hot little hands, you'll spend just as much time with the box as you will with the game. It's really damn, damn, DAMN sexy.

Now that the script is finished, our translators are diligently working away so those of you not blessed with speaking "da english" will be able to enjoy the finely crafted narrative within.

In the coding department Tulio has been chained to his desk for days, busily scripting the remainder of the game. Every time he slows down we have him whipped. Or, at least, we did until he started to like it. More info than you needed I'm sure, but it wigged us out too.

Finally, I know I said I'd try to get some in-game music for your listening pleasure but I just couldn't track down our composer in time to get the files. My bad.

I might need to be whipped.

*Cough*

-WM

And the winner is...

2009-02-03T15:42:00.002-06:00

Ladies and gentlemen, our winning wallpaper courtesy of Jonathan J. Our budding artist will be receiving a free copy of Pier Solar and some serious kudos in the mail.

*Kudos may not be honored.

Back in our little cave of development he--aven, things have hit a BLISTERING pace. That's right, BLISTERING. In capital letters! The script is now finished entirely. A little bit of proofreading to correct minor grammatical errors and spelling mistakes will be on-going throughout the project but what's in it's pages will be what you'll be reading come launch. And for the record, the thing went through six separate drafts so if you don't like it you can just **** right off.

Smiles!

Composition of the game's delicious music tracks are going strong and hopefully we'll have some new samples for you guys to listen to soon. Trust us, even without the enhanced soundtrack, you're in for a treat. With the enhanced soundtrack your mind will be blown. Like in Pulp Fiction. Ker-SPLAT!

We've also got good news on the publicity front. German game mag extraordinaire, M! will be covering us in an upcoming issue. So if you speaks the lingo, go buy a few copies (or a hundred!) and lay upon them, basking in their warm previewiness. We plan on doing it, possibly nekkid.

Off in the distance the whips are a-crackin' so it's time to get back to work. Thanks again to all those who submitted wallpapers and congratulations to our winner! Cheers kids!

-WM

A Mini-Update

2009-01-27T17:32:00.003-06:00

Well gang, we're sad to report that today's update will be brief. Brief like the torrid love affairs in early 40s french cinema. The good news is that our collective game design might has come to together to form MelonTron (like Voltron only... juicier... and not part of early french cinema). That being said are just too busy for a normal update.

Fear not, for the blog is merely bowing to progress itself and Pier Solar's pieces are merging together to form... Pier Solar...tron...

*Cough*

Anyway, our programming lead is currently being hurled across continents to Brazil, where more work on the game will commence and, for those of you itching for some release date action you'll be pleased to know that internal deadlines have been set and we should be ready to announce an official date in the coming weeks. Maybe.

Keep in mind, the final deadline for our WP contest is January 30th, so now is your last chance to send in a Pier Solar themed wall paper. The best one will win a free copy of the game. Check out our forums for more info.

And here are some spiffied up comparison shots of the forest you guys played in the demo.

See you guys next week for a bigger, badder update and the winner of our Pier Solar WP Contest!

-WM

Ha-Ha! ....Serious....

2009-01-20T15:07:00.004-06:00

Whilst I would normally start our weekly news updates with pseudo-witty ruminations on Pier Solar's development process, I think now is the time to pause and deliver some much needed thanks.

Danger abounds in any development project. From the little guys in the indie-scene all the way up to the grandmasters at Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, Capcom, SquareEnix, et cetera, the process of putting a game together always comes with the knowledge that catastrophic failure will be constantly nipping at your heels.

When you're a relatively new group with plans to release a JRPG on a long dead console and then sell it for real money... well, lets just say risk is as prevalent as skepticism.

Or at least, it should be.

But that's the thing. Instead of leaving Pier Solar to rot away in the dank caverns of internet obscurity Sega fans, indie fans, RPG fans, and just general all around gamers have championed our little project. From raving about the game in message boards to covering it on websites you guys have guaranteed this project's success. Even after receiving a pretty devastating blow last year - one that would have killed most indie projects - you guys stuck by us. We received countless letters of encouragement after announcing the delay and some outright threats to our person that let us know that Pier Solar had to be completed and released. Either that, or we may not live to see the light of another day.

And here we stand. One area of the game's development is completely finished and another is set to finalize at the end of the month. All the pieces are coming together and before long you'll be placing that brand spanking new game in your long neglected Genesis - which will gasp to life and you'll feel the same way you did when you were ten years old and just finished unwrapping that much hyped game you blew your paper route money on (much to the chagrin of your parents).

When will that day be?

Ha-Ha! Soonish...

The purpose of this post is really to thank you guys for your support, your patience and your sheer bat-shit insane excitement for Pier Solar. And no matter how much coverage we get we're still shocked when people go out of their way to spotlight our game. People like PeteDorr, a YouTuber who did an entire five minute preview of our game (which lead directly to an increase in sales), are the kind people who keep us motivated. Check out his video below:

Now that's just awesome. You all should subscribe to his YouTube channel as well, because his videos are pretty entertaining.

Alas, it's time to cut this short and return to the salt mines. But before we do one more thank you is in order: for all your support, patience, and hard earned money. We aim to please.

Cheers.

-WM

A Little Bit O' Spit and Polish

2009-01-13T15:08:00.006-06:00

Greetings boys and girls. Come, sit 'round the fire, pin your ears back and partake in our previous week's adventures.

The last seven days has seen a steady stream of work being done on all fronts: Monsters being molded from our collective creative power (and in defiance of God's will!), new cities emerging, and changes a-plenty being implemented to the script. Story wise we're on the third of five planned drafts, the entirety of which will be completed by the end of the month. After that our translators will emerge from their cages and begin their dark work - allowing us to not only wreak havoc in one language, but several.

We've begun the polishing process on some of our older areas, including the ones you've played in the demo. Check it out below.

Here's the starting town from the demo:

And here's what it looks like now:

Subtle changes to be sure, but an increase in quality nevertheless.

Finally, here's an early sketch of one of our monsters. Until next week!

-WM

Our Influence Spreads...

2009-01-06T15:20:00.006-06:00

A'hoy me mateys! Welcome back to another week of exciting, scrumptious and tantalizing Pier Solar previews. While we're sure you all spent the holidays consumed by drunken merriment we've continued to toil away. For you! Then again, most of our days are spent in an inebriated stupor anyway so we didn't miss anything.

The last couple of days have been exciting on the publicity side as interest from the press has begun to grow. We've got new mentions in CVG and Develop and further upcoming coverage in a magazine that will remain nameless until the details are finalized.

Needless to say, we feel watched. All the time. It's kind of creepy.

Heebie-jeebies aside we've got some new shots for you, but in order to prevent spoilers they're going to be displayed completely without context. Mysterious!

That's it for now and remember, our contest is still ongoing. The final deadline is January 31st so get those WPs in ASAP. Dismissed!

-WM

Shiny Boxes Revealed!

2008-12-30T15:14:00.007-06:00

Behold! After many, many, many requests we finally decided to reveal the packaging that will accompany Pier Solar's descent from the heavens. Or, more likely, delivery by a bitter member of the postal service. Regardless of its mode of transit, this is what will await you upon the game's release (and subsequent purchase of course!)

The final boxes have been given the seal of approval by the Fonz and now they wait for their union with the finished project.

Speaking of, we've been busy producing new monsters, refining some cutscenes and building new locales all of which we think you'll really love. Here's a bite size sample of one of our more Arabian themed areas:

Remember, our contest to win a free copy of Pier Solar is still ongoing. All you have to do is toss together a Pier Solar themed wallpaper, attach it and hit us up at wolfrider31 at hotmail dot com with your subject reading Pier Solar Submission. Multiple submissions are allowed and the best one will be notified by email and have their WP enshrined in our hallowed halls / posted on our website.

Here's a sneak peak at the inside of the instruction manual - good advice dwells within!

See you all next week!

-WM

Christmas Give Away Time!

2008-12-23T19:45:00.004-06:00

We at Watermelon Development were witness to something disturbing this week. Our intrepid project leader Tulio stumbled upon a spy in our midst, hungrily rummaging through our development vault in an attempt to get an early glance at our game. This vicious villain went by the last name "Claws" and sported the most horrific red attire - surely dyed with the blood of the innocent.

When confronted with his crimes, he used the smiling faces of gamers on Christmas morning as a defense, threatening to add us to some sort of "list" (a hit list we presume) for delaying our upcoming RPG and destroying the dreams of countless old school gamers.

Needless to say, The Fonz would have none of his threats and the picture below tells the story of what happened next.

Nevertheless, our defeated foe's words struck a chord with us and we thought it unfair to leave you all Pier Solar-less during the holiday season. So here's the plan, but it requires a little work on your part.

We're giving away one (1) free copy of Pier Solar to the person who designs the best PS wallpaper. Use whatever you want to put it together, just make sure it looks good on your desktop. Once you're finished, email it to wolfrider31 at hotmail dot com with the subject line reading Pier Solar Submission. The best of the best will have their choice of a free Pier Solar game in any flavor they wish.

Go forth anonymous artists, and bring us Pier Solar greatness.

(Oh, and you'll also have your WP published on our site. Which in some cultures is considered an honor.)

Happy Holidays everyone, and tune in next week for another Pier Solar progress update!

-WM

New Screens and "The Fonz" Battles a Chinese Factory Boss

2008-12-16T15:17:00.010-06:00

Perhaps "battles" is too strong a word, but there were indeed fisticuffs - complete with wire teams and slow motion drop kicks. In the end, our fabled graphics designer emerged victorious and The Boss (think Hattori Honzo with cardboard... and... Chinese) agreed to emerge from retirement and do this one final task: Assemble the boxes for Pier Solar.

Okay, so martial arts drama wasn't exactly part of our man's plane trip but he did make the arduous journey to see the boxes being birthed in their native land. Thankfully he was well pleased and no blood had to spilled. Again.

While Fonzie was busy ensuring our packaging was of the utmost quality (and desperately trying to resist the seductive power of Communism) back at the salt mines we were busy injecting Pier Solar with pure liquid excellence. At the moment our script is being worked over and a second draft will soon be delivered to our translators. Of course little changes will be added right up until the very final stages of development, but this version will represent the official and completed plot.

That is until we tire of it and decide to replace the whole cast with mimes. You know, so we can get that whole "art-game" label.

For you, our loyal Solarites (can we call you that or is it too cultish?), we have a few new work in progress screens for you to enjoy. Below are a few locations both in and out of battle and an early example of one of our cutscenes.

In the spirit of the holidays we have a special contest coming up where you, yes you, could win a free copy of Pier Solar. Check back in next week for all the details.

- WM

New Look, More Updates, and a Teenie Tiny Gift

2008-12-09T15:11:00.009-06:00

Welcome one and all to the brand new, ultra improved, won't-beat-your-computer-to-death-with-a-nine-iron, HTML only Pier Solar website!

[Pause for polite clapping]

Needless to say it's been a rocky few months for those eagerly awaiting the first new Genesis game in centuries - but fear not! Despite the coal we gingerly placed in your stocking upon announcing the delay, progress on the development side has been steady and things are shaping up to be well worth the wait.

So what have we been up to? As you read in the last update a significant number of assets had to redeveloped when we lost one of our art guys to an unfortunate smelting accident (there was a midget involved - don't ask). Opportunity however can be found in the strangest places and the sudden changes we had to make forced us to re-evaluate the game's script. In an effort to lessen the impact of having to develop so much new art we made a couple of significant changes to the narrative. Far from being a reduction, the alterations allowed for a much tighter and more personal story and for what we hope to be one of the coolest (and weirdest) moments in the game.

Meanwhile, on the more tangible side, we've finalized our packaging and sent it off to the magical land of printing where it will return - no longer an idea, but a BOX. And a BOOKLET. And some other fun stuff. We know this glorious unveiling has been kept from you but let me assure you, and I say this as a registered cynic, it looks "wicked cool". At least, I think that's what the kids today would call it.

This post also marks the first of many more weekly website updates where we'll bring forth new screenshots, development details and compromising photographs of the development team freebasing in their bathrooms. Some people have called this development "exciting" and "a way for WaterMelon Development to assure people that they have not run off with their money and purchased a small island nation." We would agree with both assessments.

So what else do we have for you? A little preview of some of the unholy creations our art guys have cooked up. Creations that you will soon be able to kill yourselves you burgeoning little psychotics you. Feast your eyes!

That's all for now folks. See you next week!

- WM

Important Notice Regarding Pier Solar's Release Date

2008-11-14T03:26:00.015-06:00

Dear Fans, Followers and Customers of Pier Solar,

As you may have heard in the last couple of months, we lost a member of ourgraphics team and a year's worth of their work on Pier Solar; we tried ourbest to resolve the issues with this team member but failed.

Since then we have been working around the clock to try and replace thegraphics including what this team member did for the project, our resourceshave been stretched to their limit and sadly we have been unable tocomplete the missing work within a suitable time frame.

This issue combined with the enhancements to bring the graphic quality to ahigher standard has caused the project deadline to slip considerably. It gives us great regret to announce that we will not make our 24th of December 2008 deadline and will be delaying the game's release until next year.

If you have any questions or comments in response to this announcement then please email enquiries at piersolar dot com

Best Wishes,
The Water Melon Development Team

Thank you!

2008-10-29T20:06:00.004-05:00

Happy 20th Anniversary, Mega Drive/Genesis fans!

Today is the day our beloved console was first released in its native land of Japan, two decades ago.

As you know, Pier Solar and the Great Architects comes in two editions, classic edition and posterity edition. The posterity edition is limited to 500 copies and the last day to preorder it (which gives your name in the game and extra goodies) - is also today! There are still some posterity orders and some hours left, so if you still are hesitating about giving us your extra support - the time is now! We are very grateful for every preorder and all support we get and we promise to deliver a truly great and special game full of surprises.

When the posterity preorder time is out, we've followed a suggestion from our supporters and decided to put a donation button on our website instead. We will take any donation with great gratitude.

From the fans to the fans,
The Water Melon Development Team

Japanese translators needed !

2008-09-17T12:21:00.005-05:00

Hello everybody,

We are currently organizing translation tasks, and, although other languages received many translator candidatures (thank you all!), we are still searching for Japanese (native) with some English skill for the ... JPN translation.

If you know anybody that may be interested to help, please pass the message!

Thank you, please PM Fonzie or Tulio Adriano on the board.

The Water Melon Development Team.

Pre-orders open! Pier Solar Beta released.

2008-09-01T00:12:00.001-05:00

Hello friends of Pier Solar.

I'm proud to announce that the Pier Solar Beta is released to public. We hope you enjoy playing the game as much as we enjoyed making it. Please note that it reflects the developments as they were in April/2008.

Along with the this Beta demo we want to announce the that the final release date has been pushed to December 24. The reason is that, unfortunately, Alex Landgren - one of our Graphic Designers - left the team. Since Alex didn't authorize our team to use the pixel art made by him, we have to rework many graphic items of our game, making it impossible to have all done and tested by October 29. We wish Alex good luck on his projects.

Now the moment many has been expecting: The pre-orders are finally open. Along with them a lot of news:

- Pier Solar will not come in MD and MCD separater versions anymore. Thanks to Fonzie's blasting technology, we'll be offering the MD version capable of playing the songs from the MCD if available. That will guarantee that all players have the same graphic experience, and the players with MCD can experience a Stereo near cd-quality sound.

- Pier Solar will be multi-language. Based on our message board polls we'll be offering 3 language packs: US Pack (EN, ES, PT); EU Pack (EN, FR, DE) and JP Pack (EN, JP). Note that the languages may vary depending on the availability of translators.

- We're selling Pier Solar on 2 editions: Pier Solar Classic and Pier Solar Posterity. Both editions will include: 64 Mega Cartridge, Mega/Sega CD disc for enhanced HiFi soundtrack, goodies, color booklet, a finely crafted clamshell box and a Pier Solar poster. The posterity pack is a way for people to donate to the project and help us to prepare the games for the posterity. Those who purchase the posterity pack will have their names displayed on the game credits and on the manual credits. We also might draw some names to take part into the story as a NPC.

Head now to the Pier Solar Website and pre-order yours!

Warm up for the demo!

2008-08-14T08:26:00.000-05:00

Hi everyone!

We started the preparations for the release of our demo, and to warm up, we would like to share a few scenes from the demo gameplay. The songs are from the Mega CD version and they're the ones played on each scene.

Here's the link to Youtube and here is the link to GameTrailers.

The demo will be released on September 1st, so stay tuned on our website to download it, and for more news!

Multilanguage poll

2008-07-07T05:17:00.000-05:00

If another language is added to Pier Solar, what language would you like it to be?
That is the question posted by Tulio Adriano on our message board !

http://www.piersolar.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=57

We need more answers, thank you very much for your point of view !

PS Team

Mapping has never been so...

2008-06-17T06:18:00.001-05:00

Yesterday great Tulio added a unique feature to the map editor.
This feature simulate almost perfectly all the MegaDrive's video modes and let anybody make a map without the usual headache.

We reached a new level of efficiency with this great tool update, stay tunned!

BTW : For those who did not know, MD's display isn't always (ie : not many games) limited to two flat layers, it also support layer mixing (so part of the bottom layer appears over sprites or front layer), in real time !

Internal demo released

2008-05-28T19:29:00.000-05:00

Yep guys, the moment is very close. We released an internal demo, our first release candidate. Our team is reviewing the game and based on the reviews some adjustments will be made.

Haha, I hope they take at least one day so I can breath once in a while... ;)

See you soon with more news!

A new teammate and major redesigns

2008-05-02T14:58:00.000-05:00

The last weeks have been buisy with preparations for the demo and the final game. Helping us improving what we already had, Victor Gomez, a professional designer from the industry and die-hard Sega-fan has joined our team and given the main characters a major visual overhaul. He has proven a great help to us, and we are sure the result will now be even better than ever imagined. Of course this has given us some new work, as sprites have to be redone, but it´s all for the best of the game, and the planned release date is still standing! Stay tuned!

And the engine took conciense of itself

2008-04-26T10:08:00.000-05:00

Player, my player, who is the prettiest ?
>You/Not you!

You should continue coding then, programmer!

Major bugs in sound system fixed !!!

2008-04-21T03:10:00.000-05:00

After having major amount of headache with my sound system, I've FINALLY managed to get things working 100% perfectly !!! I did quite a few rewrites and I have nicely optimized nearly everything, thangs are better than ever !!! I feel GOOD :)

Nothing else to say really, 1 day of school left, 4 exams to take and tremendous amount of pretty much free time ahead after them !!!

-Music Magician Tiido-

Retro Gamer-feature

2008-03-27T17:09:00.000-05:00

As announced a while ago, our friends of the british Retro Gamer Magazine have made an interview with grandmaster Tulio and his humble servant Daniel.
Retro Gamer #49 is now available in the UK for 4,99 GBP; the fellows at Imagine Publishing offer international shipping of course, so enjoy!

FM SFX fully working

2008-03-10T10:24:00.000-05:00

After some major pain and trouble, FM sound effects are done !!!

To be totally honest... I have finished SFX about a week ago, but as everyone who konws me, knows that I forget everything !!!

There's lots of work to do in SFX part... making them is not the easiest task, but in the end, it will be worth the trouble !!!

- Teh Sound Wizard Tiido

Another Mass Coding Weekend :D

2008-03-10T08:49:00.000-05:00

We recently put lot of programming effort on the fight part of the game.
And great game need great programming... And great programming need great amount of time (for Tulio and Me, seems).

We just updated lot of things around the attacks, tools and game-code while Alex worked hard on the gfx part. And it's not finished!

Good luck all! :D

Mass coding weekend

2008-02-25T09:51:00.000-06:00

This last weekend was crazy coding all day long.

Several editors updated (which means features improvements) and one new editor coded from scratch (which means a new feature being added). ^_^

Now, I just want to let everyone know that we are working as hard as possible to release the public demo.

I placed a poll on Pier Solar message board, here is a direct link.

See you soon. :-D

Retrogamer Coverage and news

2008-02-07T15:19:00.000-06:00

Yep, you heard me!

We are going to feature on Retrogamer Magazine!!! A team interview as well as details of the project will feature on it. If you want to order your, you can do it on http://www.imagineshop.co.uk.

News!

The game development is flowing well and steady! Magic efects are under construction... oh dear... those things are not easy, but they please the eye! Hehe!

We are preparing some walpapers for you guys, so you can decorate your desktop with Pier Solar artwork.

Stay tuned for more Pier Solar news! :)

Tulio turns 28

2008-02-01T02:01:00.000-06:00

Today is a special day; our dear Tulio´s birthday! With the biblic age of 28 he is now officially one of the weirdos who can´t let go of kid´s play like the Mega Drive although he is physically an old man! We wish him the best of luck for the little time he has left in this world...donations to the Tulio-retirement-home-fund are always very welcome!

Pier Solar in high demand

2008-01-28T04:45:00.000-06:00

Pier Solar has not only gained the attention of many gaming-sites and forums since our new website was launched, it has also has attracted several companies that have expressed their interest in publishing and distributing the game. Although nothing is decided yet, and we are still also considering doing the publishing all by ourselves, this is a great sign and should assure the fans that this game will not only come out, but that we have the chance to deliver the best quality possible.

Sonic boom!

2008-01-21T11:00:00.001-06:00

I am glad to say tha Pier Solar is a hit on the net.

Searching for quoted "Pier Solar" on Google returns almost 8000 matches of websites spread around to the world, all languages here and there are telling the news of the new RPG soon to come for Mega Drive/Genesis.

To all of you supporting Pier Solar a big THANK YOU from our team.

Ah, news, of course... Polishing weekend... the demo is taking a really good shape and it is becoming very, very hard to find software bugs now! Big thanks to Fonzie for sacrificing his sleep to polish the engine.

TRPG's official name: Pier Solar and the Great Architects

2008-01-14T10:44:00.000-06:00

It is finally decided! The final name for our project, until now codenamed Tavern RPG or TRPG, is Pier Solar and the Great Architects!

We are also glad to announce that the game has being evolving in a nice pace!

We know that everyone is urging for a demo, we are working on that. Soon we will have news about it and have a link for download, so, stay tunned!

FM driver bugs fixed

2008-01-01T14:13:00.000-06:00

2007 has been a busy year... especially last days of it as I was searching and squashing bugs in the FM driver. Special thanks to Zable Fahr for giving me a hyper valueable tip on the nastiest bug !!! I hope there isn't any more bugs left.
Oh, and tracker got a nice addition in the last hour of 2007, extra percussions.

Happy new year everyone !!!

Special day for Tulio.

2007-12-21T18:28:00.000-06:00

Today, after 2 weeks of hard working, Tulio finally learned whats happen when you try to cheat the blast processing... The 16bit punishment came and the problem was fixed... No more time Tulio will try to cheat with spaces, no more!

More seriously, making progress on programming and scripting today.

Don't forget our artworkers who are still pushing pixels, thx dudes.
And don't forget our three dear story writers (one of them is a girl, so she count as two), they are hardworking too, right at the moment.

Ho yeah, need cookies!

More to come, soon!

FM Driver Improvements

2007-12-04T10:15:00.000-06:00

Our FM driver is rocking! The latetst update allows amazing instruments. The new tracker version with pattern breaking also helps a lot on different time signatures such as 3/4.

Maps were improved, palette improved, new logo, new effects on battle!

Everything is going good for the demo!

Satan trying to stop my cutscenes!

2007-11-26T08:44:00.000-06:00

Been a while...
Now I am still not done with all the cutscenes for the first part of the game thanks to my computer deciding to disconnect from the www all the time, taking 7 minutes to boot and making every data access slow...a Windows XP reinstall made it clear what was wrong: my HDD is broken! Thankfully, I had my TRPG stuff on another HDD...but since Windows XP just doesn´t want to be installed on my new SATA-HDD, no matter how many driver disks I feed, I´ll have to switch to Vista to get something dome again! Thank you, Microsoft! This must truly be the doing of Satan himself!
However, if this turns out to work I will hopefully be able to scan, resize and colorize the remaining cutscenes!
I hope no further act of sabotage will stop me!

Script and Music

2007-11-14T20:10:00.000-06:00

The first draft of the second chapter has finally been completed. Phyu has submitted her feedback, so the second draft should be ready soon.

Addiotionally, I've completed a number of new themes that are currently awaiting team evaluation.

That's all for now!

Music on the way

2007-11-07T10:00:00.000-06:00

We received our first Beta audio driver to implement on the Engine. Zable and I have been testing the tracker to generate our first tune to feature on the game. We are very excited to finally bring our music to FM, which will make our cartridge version not silent anymore.

Other than that, lots of cutscenes to come to this first chapter. We have Daniel and Alex working on that, while I am working on the game script bringing life to Zable's dialog scripts.

On a final note I have been testing the game on cartridge from time to time and it is all sweet and smooth. Once I finish the first quest script I will burn a CD and test the CD version on the hardware. Very exciting :D

Coding madness

2007-11-04T16:08:00.000-06:00

Started to clean the code around load/save functions (both megacd and megadrive versions).
Lot of bugfixes, added more security in case of connection glitches between megadrive and megacd while saving, added some functionalities for scripting.

Still a lot to do around everything, rah, I'm overbooked ^^.
I wish best luck for our artist next week :)

Cutscene-slavery and a new character

2007-11-04T11:38:00.001-06:00

I am still trapped in the chains of Tulio´s motivation methods, thus trying to get the cutscene done he wants so desperately. Not easy regarding the loss of detail from my high-res scans when they are resized to a resolution the Mega Drive can handle. However, Fonzie recently raised the amount of space per cutscene by 1/3, and that helps a lot!
Beside that I designed a new main character on paper, and I can´t wait to see him animated as a sprite.

work on cutscenes

2007-11-03T09:44:00.000-05:00

Today I am working on the very first cutscene in the game.
We are planning to do it the Phantasy Star IV-way, which is quite a challenge, considering that we are planning MANY cutscenes and space for each one is limited. However, I am certain that Alex and I will come up with good results.

Tavern RPG DevLog now open! :D

2007-10-29T11:38:00.000-05:00

Welcome friends, to Tavern RPG Development Log.

We will write here about the development status, news and roadblocks that we may happen to find.

As a starting gift we are proud do anounce the official launch of the project. Now that the clock is ticking towards the game launch, I present you the Teaser Trailer for Tavern RPG.

Here is the link to YouTube or the link to Game Trailers in case you can't watch it here.

Enjoy!

Tulio