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So here’s a screenshot of the gun details interface in StormWinds 1.5.  This is what comes up when you click the “More” button for a given turret.  You can see information on where it gets it’s damage, health, and reload time values, what the available upgrades are (as well as perform upgrades), and get some overall info on the gun.  A lot is still changing with this screen.

It’s got a time gun selected right now with some wrong information.  First of all, there are more upgrades than 2.  Second of all, the gun will now ALWAYS freeze enemies, not just slow them down like the info says.

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Below is a screenshot of what the overworld campaign select screen looks like.  To refresh everyone’s memory, there will be a total of 7 campaigns: 4 standard and 3 extra content.  Each has about 15 levels with it’s own fortress and a subset of the weapons and enemies.  Some campaigns will be pretty unique, for example, one of them will have land vehicles such as tanks!  Anyways, thought you all might enjoy seeing what the world map looks like.

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So I’ve been thinking about adding some forums to the Hero Interactive site, especially now that we’re getting more people active on the blog.  I don’t know if it’s quite enough yet to make it more than just a few empty posts.  What do you all think?  Forums or no?

Alright, well, a lot of progress has been made- and there’s still a lot to go yet. I’m sorry I haven’t posted in such a long time, things have been crazy here, and I didn’t want to post without something worthwhile of SW 1.5 to show you guys!

Well here it is, the first two StormWinds 1.5 screenshots. In the first you can get a small glimpse of the new turret management system. Already implemented is the feature to click that “More” button to bring up a host of information and available upgrades for a turret. You can also see the Dual Machine Gun which wasn’t on the gun list, but I added anyways because it is sweet- not only is it like two machine guns at once, it can rotate a full 360 degrees!

The second screenshot shows the snow campaign fortress with the Dual Gun shooting on some drones. Right to the left and above is a Radio Plasmid Cannon.

A LOT more will be coming next week as new weapons are created and implemented now that the major engine changes have been made!

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Below are some concepts for the new StormWinds 1.5 weapons. Some will be used, some won’t, but you may enjoy the concepts of all. If you are unsure what each weapon does, just check below for some details. These are thumbnails that link to the big files. If you have a hard time viewing, try right clicking the image and saving them to your computer first, or maybe try printing them. Enjoy!

Continuing my series on past school projects of mine of years long ago, I’ve got another treat for you. I dug this little gem up from my school folders. It’s not a game! It’s a spoof of the old 1930’s radio programs. It’s long too, 9 min 30 sec exactly, so don’t start unless you can finish. It’s a little slow starting out, but it picks up.

Featuring more twists than a game of twister and more bad puns than a game of… well… I guess a game of puns, this radio show will have you on the edge of your seat till the very end!

After thinking, discussion, and more pondering, I’m happy to announce that anyone who purchased the extra content for StormWinds or who purchases for StormWinds 1.5 will ALSO be invited to beta test Bubble Tanks 2!

This won’t be till some time after StormWinds 1.5 when the beta is ready of course, but well in advance of the actual game release. Players will be invited by the email addresses they submit(ted) to paypal and will be able to enter in their keycode for an early chance at the game and a great opportunity to be part of the development process!

Thanks to B Markus for a great idea!

Here’s a brief rundown on some of the weapons that are planned on being developed for StormWinds 1.5. What do you think?

Continuing my series on past school projects of years past, here’s a tiny little game where all you do is try to race through a tunnel without hitting the walls or obstacles.  The cool part of this is that it was in full 3D and still runs fast in your browser!

Click Here to Play Time Racers! 

So, I’ve got a ton of old school projects sitting on my computer, and they’ve never gotten the love that my games present, professional, Hero Interactive games have… and it makes me sad.

A lot of people have asked me how I got started, what my first game was, so on and so forth.  Well my friends, the truth is I’ve made a lot of crap in my life, you just haven’t seen it!  I’ve also made lots of so-so projects here and there, and you’ve missed out on those as well.

Fortunately, this is my blog, so I can throw up whatever I want.   I’ve decided I’d take a few posts and show you guys some old school projects and practice stuff- the good, the bad, and the ugly.   Take it as you will, I think it’ll be a fun way to fill some posts in between the new game stuff.

To start out with, we’ve got Fish Bait, my very first game!  It actually IS on a site, Kongregate in fact.  Go check it out-> Click Here!

Here’s some of the first concept art to come out of brainstorming sessions for StormWinds 1.5.  This was created by an artist named Stephanie Herrera.  Let me tell you, there are a lot of sweet ideas being thrown around, especially for a wide number of turret options.  Anywho, more will come as it develops.