ok, is everybody gonna work on different project base on their language, and then we are going to upload the video or the game itself online??, its nice if its like that, cos from there we will every
One area of specialisation, !!!

@lugan: yup, people are gonna work on projects that involve tools they are comfortable with. Each project will have a thread and updates including videos and demos will be posted there. If someone wants to use a different tool, he can easily find others who have knowledge of it and development can progress quickly.

ok then,I guess I will av to start my j2me project(2d side scrolling demo),

@lugan: yup. just make sure you're ready to go before inviting people to the project. You should also explain what contributions you'll be needing and what progress you're making to those who join so that your project will be understood and appreciated.

I've attached images of 2d tryout with flash and the flashpunk framework. The level in the second one was made with ogmoeditor. I was trying to make a basic AI hence the waypoint/circles around the green characters in the second image.

@lugan: What are your plans for sprites and other assets in your project. One of the problems we've been having is the lack of artists around here. Anyways, all games do not require serious graphics as the concept can be all that matters. Lets hope we can find ways to implement our ideas in fun ways quickly and easily.

@gameaddict. I'm not dealing with strong graphics, and thanks to the midp 2.0 API, the sprite class there has been made easy to draw and call, you know, any object can represent my character, I believe its step by step!!!!, and for the attachment, that's a nice sprite characters and that ur stage set is nice, at least u av started something!!!, and before I forget I'm a comic book artist(average), and when we are dealing with a large project(like halo), I know artist to consult for creation of world and character design, so that's it!!!, and plz can u reccomend a source code site for me??

@Lugan: Good to know you're an artist.

You can find source codes and tutorials on many sites, blogs and publisher sites.

Here's the source code link for a java game book: http://www.brackeen.com/javagamebook/ It might be tricky if you don't have the book to understand why the

author is using a particular method. Just have some fun with it; understanding will come. It includes the source for a sidescroller.

Asteroids mobile : http://jfdoue.free.fr/developers.html

java 2d games tutorials: http://zetcode.com/tutorials/javagamestutorial/

Another Asteroids tutorial: http://www.giosoft.net/Development/Java-Asteroids-Tutorial.html

video tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCRgJAHWEYA

gamedev.net tutorial: http://www.gamedev.net/page/resources/_/reference/programming/languages/java/java-game-programming-part-i-the-basics-r1262

old games like doom (not in java but I think some people might have converted them. search online): http://www.gamedev.net/blog/198/entry-2249403-video-game-source-code/

I just discovered this site today: http://ian-albert.com/games/super_mario_bros_maps/ Its a site containing mario level maps. You can use them for references

(Peeps in), (says hi), (really nice effort so far guys),
a major surprise regards this is coming soon,
(sneaks out)

@gameaddict, thanks very much,I'm on my way to those sites right away, though av come across some of the sites but not that mario mapping, men I av to check it out!!!!!, and wat about others

can someone tell me any nigerian game thta was made in nigeria thta he or she has played lately?

Hey guys! lost my internet connection for a week. Had to go mobile. It's back on now though.

I just want to download the java wireless toolkit, but I don't even have a internet connection on my pc,I have gone to numerous cafes but they did not allow download, that's what is causing my delay, !!!@gameaddict once I have download the software I will let u know how far I have gone with the project, !!!!

I just tried the Vulcan's Challenge. Pretty good! The 2 levels included aren't walk overs. I haven't been able to figure out what the pink gauge is yet. You should have labelled the gauges. Add a shadow to the player's character so we can measure our jumps more accurately. This is required in all third person platformers. You might want to add some music too. Kudos on the level design, the levels remind me of some levels(like the space junk galaxy) in Mario Galaxy.

@lugan: okay, no problem. If you're close to yaba/akoka I could help you with file downloads when we resume. I've created the first idea page here: https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-769009.0.html

You can post your project ideas there to inform people about it or you can create a new page.

@tolu619: Thanks for the tips. I'm restarting the vulcan project with ojukwu24 and others and will incorporate your suggestions.

We've decided to separate the general project page (this page) from the game ideas and dev page. This is to allow for better interaction and speedy development. You can view the first of the idea pages here: https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-769009.0.html

The pink gauge is for continuous jump. Right click to use. It's still buggy and the level has to be designed in a way that it won't make the too game easy for the player.

Hello everyone: Visit https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-769009.0.html

It's the new page for ideas and projects.

l like your thread , it's nice.

for a year+ now, you guys are still on planning. anyway whenever you guys reach the soundtrack aspect of the project as well as the design for the packaging, i'm around.

If you are a programmer, a graphics artist, idealist or you've got skills in other game development aspects please drop a post stating the following details: Your name, email,phone number, and your skills

Keji Ojelade

kejionnet@yahoo.ca

i really love this idea it shows that we youth are coming up with something to promote this nation it self. but i only have skill in web design, but want to improve to programming. but i can contribute ideas if i am welcome

@eoatech: you're welcome to contribute in whatever way you can. The new project page is here: https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-769009.0.html

@keji oj: welcome to the team. please visit the new project page @https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-769009.0.html

@Bulldog: Almost done with a multiplayer shooter. please if you're not busy, can you help with the sounds? It's a simple game with gang-like characters and urban elements. I'm trying to find a good soundtrack to set the tone of the game.

A while back I'd been thinking of making a game along these lines. Actually had a title for it "Escape from Bakassi". It was going to be a platformer on Unity3D that'd pay homage in a way to Contra.

A little background about me. I work in the US for a well known Fortune 500 company. I've gotten a fair amount of programming and project management experience on several projects.

I've been thinking about giving some of my knowledge back by mentoring a few serious minded folks to start a proper Nigerian game development firm in 2012.

While I don't think it would be reasonable to promise immediate success, I did want to consider a 2 year focused investment in this area as I considered this enough time to do something substantial.

It seems on this thread there are quite a few people who are passionate about this. So perhaps there's a chance to get this started for real.

PM me your cell phone number if you're interested and I'll make an international call so we can chat a bit.

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Here is my own idea of a storyline:

The government of Nigeria is having problems with groups of militants who have taken it upon themselves to terrorise the oil rich Niger-Delta. They engage in vandalism, extortion, Robbery and kidnapping.

An american oil expatriate is kidnapped. Pressure begins to mount on the government from the U.S to rescue the man. They know going all out with the Nigerian Military will endanger the captives life.

They call on the Nigerian Secret Agency(NSA) who then appoints Agent Badmus Haruna aka Baba, their most trusted and experienced agent. His mission is to find and rescue the man.
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Agent Baba will be our actor. He is to go from one militant base to another. Because we want this short and less complex, we may just draw out 3 militant bases located maybe in a forest, building and around moutains etc. As he goes, he picks up notes/clues telling him important details. From this we will again enough knowledge to begin a RTS/FPS Game engine.

So friends, what do you think? Lets read more storylines. Its getting interest already.

RJones:

A while back I'd been thinking of making a game along these lines. Actually had a title for it "Escape from Bakassi". It was going to be a platformer on Unity3D that'd pay homage in a way to Contra.

A little background about me. I work in the US for a well known Fortune 500 company. I've gotten a fair amount of programming and project management experience on several projects.

I've been thinking about giving some of my knowledge back by mentoring a few serious minded folks to start a proper Nigerian game development firm in 2012.

While I don't think it would be reasonable to promise immediate success, I did want to consider a 2 year focused investment in this area as I considered this enough time to do something substantial.

It seems on this thread there are quite a few people who are passionate about this. So perhaps there's a chance to get this started for real.

PM me your cell phone number if you're interested and I'll make an international call so we can chat a bit.

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Here is my own idea of a storyline:

The government of Nigeria is having problems with groups of militants who have taken it upon themselves to terrorise the oil rich Niger-Delta. They engage in vandalism, extortion, Robbery and kidnapping.

An american oil expatriate is kidnapped. Pressure begins to mount on the government from the U.S to rescue the man. They know going all out with the Nigerian Military will endanger the captives life.

They call on the Nigerian Secret Agency(NSA) who then appoints Agent Badmus Haruna aka Baba, their most trusted and experienced agent. His mission is to find and rescue the man.
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Agent Baba will be our actor. He is to go from one militant base to another. Because we want this short and less complex, we may just draw out 3 militant bases located maybe in a forest, building and around moutains etc. As he goes, he picks up notes/clues telling him important details. From this we will again enough knowledge to begin a RTS/FPS Game engine.

So friends, what do you think? Lets read more storylines. Its getting interest already.

Nice storyline, i proposed a similar idea but someone said it was too sensitive. If you have got the funds to hire graphics artists, i think that may just fuel up my game dev passion. I am a programmer.

In general my take on this is topics of sensitivity should be left to the party purchasing the product. With the appropriate rating slapped people can make the best decisions for themselves.

What's your background and what languages are you comfortable with?

I am comfortable with web techs, if the plan is to use unity3d, javascript and c# is the language.

cool. i reckon a team of four would make sense to bootstrap.

1 chap who's decent with web technology. should be able to run circles around flash and should be solid or interested in becoming reasonably solid with html5.
2 chaps who are technically agnostic. with a good handle on computer science concepts and can pick up languages fairly easily from unity's requirements for javascript and c#.also wouldn't mind learning new languages like objective-c, graphics concepts like open-gl or frameworks like box3d, cocos2d etc.
1 chap who's deeply interested in 3-d modelling with blender and would be estatic if i got him a wacom tablet for digital art. should also be interested in working with special effects software like adobe aftereffects.

although it would be prudent to pay for graphics design initially, eventually it would make sense to me to develop these capabilities in-house. and I'm not expecting these four people have full knowledge of these technologies from the get go. i can teach/mentor in areas that they arent familiar with.

but what i can assure you get access to all the resources you'll need to deliver a first product in 6 months - and then we can talk about longer term prospects.

Right now, i am deeply involved in a project. I am not sure if i can join.

Well that's unfortunate. I'm going to lay down the gauntlet and keep this offer open for the next 6 months. If anyone thinks they fit the criteria I wrote down here and wants to work on projects that will challenge them and become the inspiration for other Nigerian programmers - come talk to me.

And by the way this is the real deal. I graduated with a Masters from Carnegie Mellon, the top Computer Science University in the United States. I specialized in Computer Security but still remember fondly the good old days downloading linux from Linkserve and Hyperia accounts we got through methods I won't print . Any of the old school folks here will remember what I'm talking about. I also started with a few classmates many years ago one of the more talked about Nigerian Software firms.

I've been lucky to gain a lot of experience over my 15 years mucking around with technology and I'd like to give something back. I'd expect that this team would learn a lot from me as I will from them as we navigate the challenges and opportunities in this space. There are several creative approaches I have in mind to delivering products - and also funding this endeavor.

What you can expect to learn from me is how to market and deliver software that delights customers. And also how build, manage, deploy and deliver services that can scale to millions of users.

There seem to be a lot of smart people on this thread. And I'd feel really bad handling this with one of the bespoke game development firms over here without attempting to give back first.

What I think you all need is funding, organization and clear direction. Because this space is so wide open, nailing these three things should sufficiently increase your chance of success. The other piece of course is writing great software - but that can be taught and is a lot easier than the former.

hmm, interesting