Fantropics

Alright!

I can't remember if I have mentioned this in my blog yet or not but here it is anyways.

I have been working on a remake of Startropics, I dubbed my version "Fantropics". It was one of my favorite games as a kid and I played the crap out of it. I decided that I was going to learn XNA and I thought the best way to do that would be to remake an old game. I had been playing it around christmas when I decided to start and I had beat it about 3 times.

The actual engine for the game came together almost instantly it only took a week or two to remake the basic engine. Since January I have been working on the level editor which has taken up most of the project.

I am working with someone else to do the graphics as I am quite inept. I was originally going to do the background but then changed my mind... But then a certain graphics artist who will remain nameless decided to get all busy with school work I decided I couldn't wait any longer and I did the backgrounds myself. I think they turned out absolutely fantastic. My next steps are going to be to load the levels into the the engine. After that is done it will be rather easy to whip up the first dungeon and have my mini remake complete.

Here are the first few rooms in the original startropics



And my remade version of those three rooms

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I think it is looking great. I might change to graphics a little or if that nameless artist would get his butt in gear I might let him change them...