Viridian Games

Viridian talks about his kids, game development, and anything else that comes to mind.

Let’s Play Planitia!

With apologies to DeceasedCrab :)

As always, you can download a higher-quality version of the video here.

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10 Comments so far

  1. Irwin1138 January 20th, 2008 3:29 am

    This is awesome! I wanna play this game 8) Give us demo!

  2. Wynne January 20th, 2008 12:36 pm

    Very impressive! Kudos for you!!!

  3. Viridian January 20th, 2008 1:19 pm

    Thanks! And Irwin, the demo will be out at the end of January.

  4. SteelGolem January 20th, 2008 1:28 pm

    dead sexy.

    you said you were shooting for a ship date of mid-2008? thats what, anywhere between may and july.. aside from getting a pretty frontend and stuff, do you really think you’re going to need 3 to 5 more months? or are you worried netplay will kill alot of your time?

  5. Viridian January 20th, 2008 3:42 pm

    Well, I’m going to get the rest of the god powers in and release the January demo. Based on feedback from that I’ll tweak the gameplay while also working on the story sequences. Then I will start working on the network play. So yeah, 3 to 5 more months sounds about right for all that. Hell, it sounds a little short.

  6. GBGames January 20th, 2008 9:13 pm

    Awesomes! Looks like it is coming along nicely, and I love the way it looks when you raise the land. It’s very smooth and organic-looking, especially compared to the first Populous, which is what I expected it to look like.

  7. Irwin1138 January 20th, 2008 10:37 pm

    Viridian, I have heared what you said in the video. “Give us demo!” was some kind of cry out of excitement 8)

  8. sol_hsa January 21st, 2008 3:35 am

    Yayy, audio! =)

    Now then, be careful about the features you add, or you’ll never finish - if something isn’t working out, cut it, and spend the time polishing the things that you keep instead.

  9. Viridian January 21st, 2008 7:48 am

    Poop. That probably means that multiplayer will get cut.

  10. sol_hsa January 21st, 2008 9:52 am

    Possible, but not neccessarily. I was referring to specific god powers, for instance.

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