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 **[Blog](http://jungletoe.com) - [Twitter](http://twitter.com/coloniesgame) - [Reddit](http://reddit.com/r/coloniesgame)** **What is Colonies?** A cross between creativity, horror, and adventure, Colonies aims to be an ORPG like no other. Settle, create a village, and defend your friends from the horrible creatures who lurk in the forests. You can change the landscape, farm, or hunt in order to survive the conditions– it's all up to you! **How can I play**? Colonies is currently in its closed Alpha 1.0 stage. This means that occasional testing sessions will be run, although briefly and at the programmers' will. If you'd like to participate, follow our Twitter page @ColoniesGame. We'll post updates as well as download links  **What features are planned?** -An ever-changing world shaped purely by the players -Villages created and governed by the players themselves -Basic jobs, like farming, mining, fishing, woodworking, cloth working, and cooking -Advanced building, allowing you to make a personalized home for your needs and profession -A simplified stats system, reducing grind and improving players' experiences -Skill-based combat (no more button bashing or complex combat systems!) -Diplomacy amongst villages and villagers -Children and Family (spawned based on your stats and living conditions) -Pets and farm animals **What platforms will Colonies be available on?** At the moment, Colonies is only available on Windows (XP and up). After our testing phases, we aim to have a solid build out for everyone to enjoy, including those on MacOS and Linux. Please be patient– we want you to be able to play just as much as you do! **How are you making Colonies?** I'm using C++ and SFML. I made the engine entirely on my own. I also use the pugiXML and libnoise libraries for extra help within XML loading and world generation. **Who's on your team?** Jungletoe (Programming, Music, and Design) ICT (Art) LegendWeaver (GUI Art) Allen Calmes (Music) **Video** http://youtu.be/TJ2GfAjKcM4 **Screenshots**    _*old graphics_  **Music** [https://soundcloud.c…-jungletoe-game](https://soundcloud.com/jungletoe/our-home-jungletoe-game)

Please do this. Much better than a lame 2D RPGXP game.

> i hope you know I was sharing an opinion, not implying him to buy one. i hope you know you were probably dropped on your head at birth

A dedicated team and original gameplay. Don't give me a game where all I do is wander around doing crappy quests or trying to level up my player. Give me a game where interacting with players and NPCs is fun and not a chore. Once you get around to promotion, properly structured posts and good grammar can go a long way. Those two alone will help you look more professional.

> I didn't pay attention because i made, until now, big logos. I want a more compact one, that's why I modified the remade logo, to be more compact. What? Your logos are nearly the exact same size as Skaaz's. Stop flattering yourself.

Oh hey Tahner. I can't remember whether I liked you or hated you. Good luck.

> They're literally making at least half a dozen AAA titles and merging them together but dunt u want wow, eve, age of empires, n leik evrthng else!!!?!??! Seriously. This *could* be attempted more realistically in 2D, but the fact that they were showing 3D content in their concept video is… disheartening. There's no way they can pull it off unless they seriously dumb-down basically everything.

> Actually no I think it is 100% possible. I've read enough books on AI to know that it is . It's not the AI that's the problem, it's the whole concept. They keep mentioning all of these options and gameplay styles… which each have to be programmed individually. If it's going to be anything like what the concept says, they'd need A) some freaking insane servers to host that crap on  hundreds of knowledgeable programmers who are 100% organized C) hundreds of artists to make all those models for literally *everything* in the universe like they said. This is probably just some artist with no idea about game development or computer limitations. I mean, everyone wants a game like this. Do I think the guy who made this video with no demo can do it? Nope. Edit: After reading what you said again, Sek, I'm not sure if you were being serious or not. Blargh. My point stands.

> you worrie about how to spell but i bet you are the one that lives with your parents and i gurantee i make more than they do and i cant spell man this is a crazy world we live in lol kbro.

lol kbro.

> you worrie about how to spell but i bet you are the one that lives with your parents and i gurantee i make more than they do and i cant spell man this is a crazy world we live in 

> i play love this game not like any other mmo i ever played very nice game message me on here if you play with info and we can play together looking for a group [http://en.wikipedia….iki/Punctuation](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punctuation) [Warned]

Can you add MP3 support?

> sorry for being late, i had some things to do first… > > I know, i'm not too good, but this is all that i made: > > Leggins -> > > Armor -> pillow shading everywhere… my god

I think the cliffs look fine imo

Screenshots, my friend.

Marshy Dearest Dearest, can you archive all of the old forum posts and just keep the important ones? Like keep the old, worthless posts in some online database hosted for free elsewhere. EDIT: On second thought, just archive everything NOT in the Help, Tutorials, or Downloads sections that haven't been posted in for 2 years. Nobody needs to look at some old ass forum game nobody played.

> motorcycle gas mileage wins  12 dollars for a full tank and 55 mpg getting smashed by a truck and not instantly dying wins 

mile teeth pretty.

> Jeez, I have to learn about these things. Haven't had internet for about a year or so now. So eh, But Is there anyway to increase the maps without VB6. Not at the moment, sorry. There are legal ways to obtain VB6 on Ebay, although it's going to be a struggle. Microsoft abandoned VB6 a long time ago, so I seriously doubt they'll care about you using illegal methods to obtain it. I'd just go for it.

> I rarely find myself using debugging tools, actually. Mostly because I feel that having a clear understanding of your code is probably going to be the best debugging utility available to you. > > Yours faithfully, > > S.J.R. van Schaik. This 100%. When I started making my game, I'd often try to load up on my ADD meds to make myself motivated and work faster. What ended up happening was that I would write HUGE piles of code, but I wouldn't have any memory of it the next morning beyond the basics. I'd then have to spend the following weekends rewriting and debugging constantly. After I discovered the wonderful effects of caffine, I no longer need those meds to keep me going. I **_took my time_** writing everything and made an effort to understand both the big picture as well as the smaller picture. The caffine just helped me stay awake, not rushing around. Currently, I barely ever get any crashes besides from the remaining bugs that still exist from early on in the development of the engine. I've had to rewrite things numerous times and had to take a serious look at all of my code. Basically, always work towards readability, safe coding standards, and security and you'll be safe. Never sacrifice speed for those concepts. With that said, I like to debug the few errors I get with numerous console outputs. If I narrow the error down to one function, I'll try to output "AAA" or "BBB" in different locations to narrow it down. The majority of the time, it just ends up being a stupid mistake that I've made– nothing too bad. **tl;dr Learn how to code safely before you do anything**

> i feel like this would be a good idea because there is a number of eclipse games that are in beta and alpha. No.

> Would be a nice thing… > > Doing at this website a list of all eclipse games and players can give ratings, etc... > > The game index by Carim isn't that good, he's very partisan!! That's already been done numerous times. Nobody ever visited it and it was filled with crappy unfinished games.

Name something after me. Preferably something junglish.

> -snip- Yeah, I know. It just isn't "OMFG THIS GAME IS GUD" like this guy is making it out to be. You guys will also have shittons of competion, so good luck. I personally don't care how many maps or items or quests are in a game, but if there are actually people out there that like that then go for it.