Algotica Iteration 1 
Save
The letter of apology / New game, patches announcement for my previous gamesJun 24, 2019 - Community AnnouncementsHello, dear friends! It was a long time since the last patch for Mechanism and even longer for Algotica. Majority of those who played these games and liked them (or disliked but waited for improvements) start to think that I've abandoned my creations. The short answer is 'no'. The long answer lies below… I’ve decided to make games when I was on my third year of getting bachelor degree. (I was 19 or 20) It was an IT-faculty, but the teaching methods was not very good and also I suddenly found that common programming is boring as hell for me, although I had no difficulties in understanding it. But what I was really interested in is art - in an every possible form. I loved to write music, draw paintings, sculpting… well, everything. In my childhood I thought that I would certainly become a filmmaker. And of course, I loved to spend hours with video-games. It was a summer and me thinking about what I want to do for my life - certainly not be a just-programmer guy. The idea that games are also made by people struck me as a lighting. I’ve spend summer learning some of the game engines (SFML, Unreal, Unity) and decided to stick to Unity (who would know, huh). I spent weeks without even an hour of sleep, learning and creating small prototypes during summer of 2014. I just couldn’t sleep because finally found out that there is a one activity that can include all kinds of art in its essence. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33050467/7538821bbb4f92fe7798f9bfc4cfded53e75d16f.png In 9 month I’ve released two finished mobile games on Google Play, fully free - no ads, no transactions. Got in total about two thousand installs, while thought about at least tens of thousands. I was naive indeed. It was kinda disappointing, because even though those games were for mobiles, they actually had an okay graphics, sound and gameplay (At least, I hope so). What is more important - all assets I made myself - from the very first day of this path I’ve decided that I will be doing as much assets on my own as possible, and I still keep this rate high. I think about 95% of all content in my games are my own, usually I take some ambient sounds from free stocks, just because I’m too lazy to go outside and record some wind or leaves rustle. Nevertheless, I lost my fate in mobile games (and mobile games still just uninteresting things for me, except for ones) and decided to focus on PC. My last year of education - exams, thesis work - all these bullcrap, that distracted me from games making. I thought that I would create a game for a thesis work and that’s it. But the problem with professors is that many of them is too old for games. Most of them think that making games = playing games. While some of my student colleagues were getting applause for making library website (that was made using online web page-generators). I was getting only pressure from academics that there is no place for games in university. But in the end we found a compromise - I...ALGOTICA - R E M A S T E R E D + Linux BuildFeb 9, 2018 - Community Announcementshttp://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28001297/eb8340004c83371c58d64f2f38d7ec0dafa46cfe.jpg Greetings! Finally, I made this. I've released remaster of Algotica. The game was reworked from scratch. Now it's pretty much the new game. Thanks to all who never left a hope in the game and me! Note: not all levels from the "original, buggy" version of Algotica are in the new one yet. I will be releasing new levels every 2-3 weeks, as free updates. This approach will give me a lot of advantages, since I will be able to fix bugs iteratively, and always consider your suggestions. Again, thank you very much for your patience ːLonyː P.S. Added Linux build!ALGOTICA - R E M A S T E R E D + Linux BuildFeb 9, 2018 - Community Announcementshttp://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28001297/eb8340004c83371c58d64f2f38d7ec0dafa46cfe.jpg Greetings! Finally, I made this. I've released remaster of Algotica. The game was reworked from scratch. Now it's pretty much the new game. Thanks to all who never left a hope in the game and me! Note: not all levels from the "original, buggy" version of Algotica are in the new one yet. I will be releasing new levels every 2-3 weeks, as free updates. This approach will give me a lot of advantages, since I will be able to fix bugs iteratively, and always consider your suggestions. Again, thank you very much for your patience :Lony: P.S. Added Linux build!Good news for Algotica!Feb 3, 2018 - Community AnnouncementsHi! I have indeed good news about the game. I'm currently in the process of remastering the whole game. Wow. And the most important thing is that this process is going very smootly. I am not just fixing bugs but also make changes in game and level design aspect. Adding new interesting levels and removing some of the old boring ones. This new version of course will be absolutely free for those who already bought the game. Basically It will be the whole new game. Soooo, it's time for you to play current buggy version, since soon it will be just a relic of the past :D I'm planning to release this update till the end of this month! Thanks to all those who understood my situation I've described in this post http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28001297/37a2b6afa13a40aba05ceebc4ebe6fbc8b390464.jpg http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28001297/e8cc586514ef00031c24e86457a6ef932e482bc3.gif http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28001297/1fd49b9b076a3435a714707077bc18e6f362c202.gifGood news for Algotica!Feb 3, 2018 - Community AnnouncementsHi! I have indeed good news about the game. I'm currently in the process of remastering the whole game. Wow. And the most important thing is that this process is going very smootly. I am not just fixing bugs but also make changes in game and level design aspect. Adding new interesting levels and removing some of the old boring ones. This new version of course will be absolutely free for those who already bought the game. Basically It will be the whole new game. Soooo, it's time for you to play current buggy version, since soon it will be just a relic of the past :D I'm planning to release this update till the end of this month! Thanks to all those who understood my situation I've described in this post http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28001297/37a2b6afa13a40aba05ceebc4ebe6fbc8b390464.jpg http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28001297/e8cc586514ef00031c24e86457a6ef932e482bc3.gif http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28001297/1fd49b9b076a3435a714707077bc18e6f362c202.gifNote about bugs and problems with the gameOct 19, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsDear players! I am reading all of your messages about bugs and problems with the game in forums. I havn't been making any bug fixes or updates for a long time. Shame on me for that. I am so sorry. I was making this game all alone during 12 month, so it's not just a garbage I made just to "throw" it in store. Unfortunately, now I have a very difficult period in my life. In a financial and also in a mental sence. Because of a certain circumstances, I'm giving almost all money I get from the game to my parents. To compensate the lack of money I immediately started a new project called Mechanism. Yep, gamedev is not always just fun. Algotica is not left to die. I am planning to fully redesign Algotica, remake it. Also port it on mobile platforms. Again, my apologies. Hope you will understand me.Note about bugs and problems with the gameOct 19, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsDear players! I am reading all of your messages about bugs and problems with the game in forums. I havn't been making any bug fixes or updates for a long time. Shame on me for that. I am so sorry. I was making this game all alone during 12 month, so it's not just a garbage I made just to "throw" it in store. Unfortunately, now I have a very difficult period in my life. In a financial and also in a mental sence. Because of a certain circumstances, I'm giving almost all money I get from the game to my parents. To compensate the lack of money I immediately started a new project called Mechanism. Yep, gamedev is not always just fun. Algotica is not left to die. I am planning to fully redesign Algotica, remake it. Also port it on mobile platforms. Again, my apologies. Hope you will understand me.Algotica - 60% offOct 16, 2017 - Community Announcementshttp://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28001297/31cc8e39214987658423cc39b7566431cf4f5818.png http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28001297/1610844720be7d41122ea43d5459cb4822159ea3.jpg http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28001297/0ad73f8f60e111aaf0eaeb70c4cc33f9da2d3a3e.jpg Algotica - 60% offOct 16, 2017 - Community Announcementshttp://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28001297/31cc8e39214987658423cc39b7566431cf4f5818.png http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28001297/1610844720be7d41122ea43d5459cb4822159ea3.jpg http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28001297/0ad73f8f60e111aaf0eaeb70c4cc33f9da2d3a3e.jpg Algotica - Iteration 1 / Patch 1.1.5May 10, 2017 - Community Announcements- 修复逻辑块的移动。 - 修复几个级别（透明墙，错误的运动块移动等）。 - 修复拼图在胸部 - 免费记忆。 - 小修复。Algotica - Iteration 1 / Patch 1.1.5May 10, 2017 - Community Announcements- 修复逻辑块的移动。 - 修复几个级别（透明墙，错误的运动块移动等）。 - 修复拼图在胸部 - 免费记忆。 - 小修复。Algotica - Iteration 1 / Patch 1.1.0Apr 27, 2017 - Community Announcements- Added Casual Mode - you can now select commands from the list instead of typing-in them manually. Also simplified work with variables. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28001297/3f7daecbe01e0321eeb8656c9d39aa329bf323f1.jpg http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28001297/5a842bcb359d8dec70c5185cc7b4b597549292d3.jpg - Minor bug fixes. - Added Chinese localization. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28001297/38fd6106faa30501d86591627a5240eb5066768d.jpg Algotica - Iteration 1 / Patch 1.1.0Apr 27, 2017 - Community Announcements- Added Casual Mode - you can now select commands from the list instead of typing-in them manually. Also simplified work with variables. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28001297/3f7daecbe01e0321eeb8656c9d39aa329bf323f1.jpg http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28001297/5a842bcb359d8dec70c5185cc7b4b597549292d3.jpg - Minor bug fixes. - Added Chinese localization. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28001297/38fd6106faa30501d86591627a5240eb5066768d.jpg Algotica - Iteration 1 / Patch 1.0.5Apr 14, 2017 - Community Announcements- Fixed performance problems - fixed GPU 100% overload. - Fixed function with arguments loot - now function panel appears after getting this loot. - Fifth level of system zone can be loaded now. - Fixed terminators that lead to connector levels. Algotica - Iteration 1 / Patch 1.0.5Apr 14, 2017 - Community Announcements- Fixed performance problems - fixed GPU 100% overload. - Fixed function with arguments loot - now function panel appears after getting this loot. - Fifth level of system zone can be loaded now. - Fixed terminators that lead to connector levels. OS X version is out!Apr 5, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsVersion for Mac is released! ːLonyːOS X version is out!Apr 5, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsVersion for Mac is released! :Lony:Algotica - Iteration 1 / Patch 1.0.4Apr 5, 2017 - Community Announcements- Many small fixes. - Fixed Function(x) - Fixed levels in System Zone. - Fixed logical blocks in Triggerwood. - Fixed portals in Triggerwood. - Fixed Cyberpunk levels.Algotica - Iteration 1 / Patch 1.0.4Apr 5, 2017 - Community Announcements- Many small fixes. - Fixed Function(x) - Fixed levels in System Zone. - Fixed logical blocks in Triggerwood. - Fixed portals in Triggerwood. - Fixed Cyberpunk levels.Algotica - Iteration 1 / Patch 1.0.3Apr 3, 2017 - Community Announcements- Fixed level with Datalith in System zone. - Fixed loading new level (violet terminator on level 11, Explorer's Keep) - Fixed portals on secret level (Meadows) - Fixed level with connector (Explorer's Keep)
Show Comments
