Exactly. This is a free game-jam game and was an enormous amount of work already. I bought assets from artists where possible (all credited), donated to free assets where it wasn't necessary and made a lot of the "gameplay" art myself. Hiring someone was out of the question. And for stuff like the intro and characters obviously nothing pre-made existed.
On the other hand, I made all the music myself for the very first time and that felt more important to me on this project. Personally, I like the quality of the AI assets and they are in line with what I envisioned for this project, but I also understand the many problems people have with AI generated content (and because of that, GenAI usage is also correctly disclosed on this page - EDIT: at least the boxes are ticked in the setup of this page, not sure where they show up?!). Without the intro, my son and I wouldnt have had the experience of recording his voice for it - which I'll never forget - so I'd never want to miss that and I am glad that I decided to go this route.
When I continue working on the game for a full proper release the AI art will be replaced, I am already in touch with various artists :)
i've seen a gameplay on youtube and i loved it! i would like so much to play this on emulator but it wouldnt run! It showes a black screen on my emulators, can i do something or can you make an emulator version? somehow? i'm not an expert i dont know if this is possible. [i never owned n64 myself by i'm a passionate retrogamer and very passionate about Elite series, and starflight and nomansky and the infamuos star citizen lol ].
If you download ARES, the game should just work! Perhaps you have to set up your gamepad / controller so the buttons are correctly mapped. Thank you so much for your enthusiasm about my game :)
You packed a lot into this game jam game! I really like the way the ship handles and the way the acceleration modulates the music. There are lots of little convenience factors that have a big impact like the map and the ability to place waypoints. I also liked being able to land on planets and walk around. Really excellent little game
Thank you so much! Yeah, a lot of time went into ship handling and the camera for that mode. I was a bit sad I couldn't add enemies to it to make really more use of it, but that will be next :)
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So like, what's up with all the AI-generated images in the game? You couldn't hire an artist or even attempt to make that artwork yourself?
Exactly. This is a free game-jam game and was an enormous amount of work already. I bought assets from artists where possible (all credited), donated to free assets where it wasn't necessary and made a lot of the "gameplay" art myself. Hiring someone was out of the question. And for stuff like the intro and characters obviously nothing pre-made existed.
On the other hand, I made all the music myself for the very first time and that felt more important to me on this project. Personally, I like the quality of the AI assets and they are in line with what I envisioned for this project, but I also understand the many problems people have with AI generated content (and because of that, GenAI usage is also correctly disclosed on this page - EDIT: at least the boxes are ticked in the setup of this page, not sure where they show up?!). Without the intro, my son and I wouldnt have had the experience of recording his voice for it - which I'll never forget - so I'd never want to miss that and I am glad that I decided to go this route.
When I continue working on the game for a full proper release the AI art will be replaced, I am already in touch with various artists :)
i've seen a gameplay on youtube and i loved it!
i would like so much to play this on emulator but it wouldnt run! It showes a black screen on my emulators, can i do something or can you make an emulator version? somehow? i'm not an expert i dont know if this is possible. [i never owned n64 myself by i'm a passionate retrogamer and very passionate about Elite series, and starflight and nomansky and the infamuos star citizen lol ].
If you download ARES, the game should just work! Perhaps you have to set up your gamepad / controller so the buttons are correctly mapped. Thank you so much for your enthusiasm about my game :)
You packed a lot into this game jam game! I really like the way the ship handles and the way the acceleration modulates the music. There are lots of little convenience factors that have a big impact like the map and the ability to place waypoints. I also liked being able to land on planets and walk around. Really excellent little game
Thank you so much! Yeah, a lot of time went into ship handling and the camera for that mode. I was a bit sad I couldn't add enemies to it to make really more use of it, but that will be next :)
pure awesomeness :)
Thank you :)
sweet!
Thanks!