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WhiteWater 3D now live on OUYA store!!!

LaughingGull — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:15:48 +0000

Well I've finally released WhiteWater 3D and it's on the store!

I'd love any and all feedback and as many likes as you wanna give me :D

Try it out, let me know what you love and what you would change :)

Cheers,

Jason

Launch Looms: Low Hanging Fruit for 2nd-party games

Wajeemba — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:37:50 +0000

I know you must be doing your darndest to get quality games on the platform for launch. You've probably even thought about who you can partner with to try and get more titles. Let me humbly offer my viewpoint and suggest four sources of excellent content for your aggressive pursuit:

Humble Bundle Store:

They have a strong connection to the developers of quality (Android, even) products- thus enabling you to hit multiple targets at once and bring loads of independently-sourced content to your platform, where it belongs. :D Fez? Frogatto? Bastion? Braid? The list just doesn’t stop: http://humblestore.webs.com/store.

Desura:

They may be less prone to buy into your vision because they're mostly targeted at the desktop platform at the moment. You can at least look at the content on their platform and independently contact developers to see if they're interested in the Ouya as another sales point. If Valve launches a console of their own, it would only be logical to check back in with Desura. I would LOVE to see a port of Savage XR to the Ouya. Cross-platform excites me- the FPS based players could be on either the Ouya, or PC, and the commander would probably be best on a PC due to the precise nature of an RTS. It does run on linux already, but porting from x86 to arm is not a small task..

Good Old Games:

gog.com is another publisher that will understand where you’re coming from, and also have fistfuls of games that would work well when re-tooled for a console control scheme. They are also well-versed in the area of handling license issues. I am honestly impressed with their approach and integrity. Crystal Caves? Raptor? Yes please!

Greater Open Source Community:

Don't forget Supertux, OpenArena/OpenMisery, Opentyrian, BZFlag, and even Wesnoth. They will all have varying levels of interest in helping you publish on the Oyua, but they will all make great additions to your content selection, even if you have to take a first party approach to the pieces needed to realize a second party game.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/libsdl-android/ would be an excellent place to start :D

Just want to encourage you and help you capitalize on the brief time window you have here. Seems like competition is going to get fierce sooner than later.

EDIT: Included link to libsdl-android

Space Roads Collectors Edition now available!

Wurd-Industries — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:50:19 +0000

Hello Everyone!

I'm pleased to announce that Wurd Industries title Space Roads (A remake of the retro SkyRoads DOS game) has not only been announced, but there is a Collectors Edition that is available for pre-order!

In the Collectors Edition you get:

A Black Ceramic Model of the R-Series 1700F Ship you pilot in the game
A Universe Poster (A Map of all the levels)
An Alternate ship skin
A Strategy guide
The Full Version of the game

For screenshots, more information, and to preorder, visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/WurdIndustries

Wild Blue (CREATE Game Jam) + NEW Teaser Trailer

shankday — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:50:30 +0000

Hey guys,

I wanted to let everyone take a look at what me and some friends have been making, Wild Blue .We started on this game about a day after the CREATE game jam was announced, concept and all. It has been an extremely fun and busy past week and half, I'm very lucky to be surrounded by lots of talented individuals that wanted to take part in the creation of this game.

The game plays and looks great right now, but a huge majority of the game's puzzles and events are only just last night coming together. So currently it's a desert of eye candy and random things to explore. We are hoping for our submission to the game jam to be about the first 15 minutes of game-play in a pre-alpha state. After the game jam we intend to complete the game in the near future. So take a look and I would love to hear what you think of our game I can also answer any sorts of questions you may have.

OH also we intend to have a cool video made today showing off game-play / setting the stage for the games story and atmosphere.

------Update------

Here's a teaser trailer we finished just a bit ago, I hope everyones last day of the game jam went well! I'm looking forward to getting some sleep before we jump right back into it to get done for the launch :) I hope you guys enjoy the teaser, and I can't wait to have some gameplay to show off. Congratulations to everyone partaking in the game jam and best of luck!

Ravensword Games

Annel-Ideas — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 10:23:29 +0000

I recently found about a skyrim and Elder scrolls like game for iOS called Ravensword. I have never played skyrim (or other AAA games) since I really dont have a TV console since the Gamecube came out. I moved on to PSP and now my Android tablet. any way..

I saw Ravensword 1 and it was great but Ravensword 2 its super console quality.

http://youtu.be/I4Tm9xEoeiM

the game is made out on Unity3D. its just amazing thinking that most OUYA 3D games are made out of Unity3D but still are nice to play and view. I really want this game on the OUYA. I also want other games on it too, but some are basically imposible to get as saying gameloft, glu, EA, Capcom, Konami and other companies that already brought Games to iOS and Android, bring some of their games that can fit a controller to OUYA and let us play. So.. I just keep dreaming. or.. get them working with the GameKeyboard app and maps every god damn game controller and suck my self the in app touch controllers..

any way. here is some Info on the Ravensword 2

I need some help with 3d game design

CNCharger-CBOX — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:25:27 +0000

Hey, I want to make a 3d 2 person fighting game called duel epic, but I can't text program. Is there a 3d game engine that is for ouya/android, super easy to use, and 3d at the same time?

Launch Updates for your Games

Matt_Lang — Fri, 31 May 2013 04:28:23 +0000

Hey guys, I am currently working on a quick app that will let you update any games that have updates available to them.

What will be needed though is for any developer who wants their app to be updated will need to upload the apk to their own web server so that my app may distribute it to those who wish to update without losing their data

My question is: Will you devs actually use this until OUYA comes out with a better way to handle updates? Or should I stop before I put too much time into this?

What it does is it looks at every app that you have installed and does a html query on whether or not it needs to be updated and then displays the apps that do need to be updated.

The success of this will rely heavily on the cooperation of the developers!

EDIT: Alright, You can now register your updates at http://mattlangdev.com/update/index.php Gonna upload the app to the ouya store now and wait for approval

Thanks for reading this guys!

This is an example of what it will do/look like

A Game Based On Dreams.

rubix — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:18:58 +0000

I'm in the early planning stages of making a game based around dreams. It will be similar to the dream emulator for the ps1, but instead of just being random it will be goal oriented with pleasant dreams and nightmares.

I need some dream ideas that aren't just my own so that I can make playable dreams out of them for the game. If you can remember some of your dreams and don't mind me using them, share them here. You will be included in the credits.

What are you cool devs developing?

LizardBoy1999 — Sat, 18 May 2013 16:01:30 +0000

I am making a side-scroller game or an engine that will help kids that don't know anything about programming to make games on the Ouya, even though I am only 14 myself. (but don't judge me I have an IQ above 180) Anyways I was wondering, what are other developers developing? So I decided to ask what everyone else is developing.

Cheers,

LizardBoy1999

Meaningful Genre Names

KelleeSan — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 00:00:19 +0000

We here at OUYA would like to provide gamers and developers with better genre names to describe your games, and to help people find them. Please use this thread to tell me what genre names you think are missing, what are brand new ones you wish existed, how you think the names should be changed, etc. Now that you're going through the process, and, hopefully, seeing the DISCOVER section on your OUYAs populated more and more by the hour, you'll get a sense of what might work better for you all!

I know I am...... :)

Vector - inspiring parkour action!

NekkiGames — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:13:23 +0000

Preparing our mobile hit game Vector for Ouya!

Vector is an exciting, arcade-style game featuring you as the exceptional free runner who won’t be held down by the system. Run, vault, slide and climb using extraordinary techniques based on the urban ninja sport of Parkour all while being chased by “Big Brother” who’s sole purpose is to capture you and bring you back.

Game Features:

- Arcade gameplay from the makers of the hit Android game

- Astoundingly lifelike Parkour-inspired moves made possible by Cascadeur animation tools

- Quick to learn, challenging to master

Trailer: http://nekki.com/vector

I am a new dev on ouya.

LizardBoy1999 — Tue, 14 May 2013 01:54:55 +0000

Hi, I kind of heard about the ouya a little too late.. okay very late but as they say better late then never.

Anyway I was wondering 'what kind of game should I make?' So I decided to ask this amazing consoles community what I should do.

Cheers, LizardBoy1999

P.S. Since I heard about it so late I do not have an ouya dev console, but I will get an ouya as soon as it releases.

RED. Survival Shooter for OUYA

Shiels — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:33:25 +0000

Check out the trailer:

We will be releasing at launch if all goes to plan!

Follow the exploits of Rick Steele as he battles the mutant hordes invading his city with a variety of weapons and powers.

Features:

- Smexy cartoon graphics

- Multiple environments

- Persistent player leveling

- Player Perks

- Unique Abilities

- Same couch multiplayer (!)

...and some pretty freaky enemies... ;)

Your thoughts?

Atari's Legacy

LizardBoy1999 — Fri, 24 May 2013 10:28:47 +0000

I am making a game on the side called Atari's Legacy where all the video game consoles of history are people. And since atari had competition (which happened almost immediately) they have had a video game console meeting annually, but at the 56th annual meeting all the ataris have gone missing, even the founder of video games as we know it, yes even atari 2600 is missing or worse. Ouya (the hero) wants to find out what happened to the atari's, but he does not like the grim truth.

Please tell me if you would like me to continue making Atari's Legacy.

Cheers,

MrOuyaDeveloper/EonsAssistant/LizardBoy1999

Bob the Hamster - Dirt Dig (developed in Python/Kivy)

Bob_the_Hamster — Sun, 12 May 2013 19:45:19 +0000

My game is called Bob the Hamster - Dirt Dig. Up until now I have mainly been developing it for Android and iOS phones and tablets, but now that I finally have my OUYA, I am working on an OUYA port as well.

I am developing using Python 2.7 and the Kivy library. The Kivy team also maintains the python-for-android project that I have been using to get python code running on android devices. I am pretty happy with the whole thing so far.

Here are a couple screenshots of what I have so far.

This game is loosely inspired by a DOS-based QuickBasic game that my cousin and I made over 15 years ago: Bob the Hamster VGA.

Project Zambaria - A 2D Open World Zombie Game

Zapted — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:04:05 +0000

================ WEBSITE LINK ; http://motherrockstudios.nstars.org/

Project Zambaria is all about surviving a city torn apart by zombies. You play as a guy named Angel, who barley remembers anything, except for a HUGE house party last night, that ended with a trip to the ER, and that's were you awake to moans and screams.

=---= Features to be in Alpha 1.0 =---= <------ to be released within two months

- The Suburbs District (area around the hospital, including the house the party was at)

- 2 weapons, a Model 1911 Pistol, and grenades

- 1 type of zombie : Freshmen (freshly turned into a zombie)

- Some Easter Eggs

- Ammo

- Barriers

=---= Possible Features =---=

- Lighting system

- Flashlight

- More weapons

- Inventory

- Another zombie : Rotters (move really fast, but die with one shot)

- Doors that open

- Different survivors

- A map

==============News=======================

Teaser trailer will be released soon, box art will be released this week!

Pre-order will be available the day the teaser launches!

==============More Info====================

I know you are probably trying to think how a open world, 2d zombie game would work. Well it is very similar to RCR (Retro City Rampage) yet with much better graphics. The final product will be $19.99 but the Alpha will only cost $4.99. Hope you continue to watch this game grow!!!

_______________Pics__________________________

==============Hiring========================

We are hiring!!! We need people to help make this game be released quicker! Now we wont pay at the start, but once people pre-order, or eventually buy the Alpha we will pay you by splitting the profit equally. Please don't sign up unless you can code, or draw good! PM me if you want to work at MotherRock Studios.

Any other voxely engines about?

Toasty — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:42:37 +0000

So, no Minecraft by the sounds of it. Pocket Edition was a bit rubbish anyway, no caves, tiny area (255m x 255m) etc. So I thought I'd make my own!

I'm just over a month in:

Apologies for the temporary textures :)

So far I've got huge world maps (up to 4km x 4km), soft lighting (which I'll show off properly in another screeny later), full physics system, on the fly map creation (very quick, you should never see chunks popping in).

Caves generation and crafting are the next big things on the list, coming along though :) Getting it running smooth on the Tegra is the biggest battle, toning down the amount of foliage it can hold 60 though.

Flummox - Physics-Manipulating First-Person Puzzler

mastermagpie — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 14:31:15 +0000

Flummox

Latest gameplay footage here:

About

Flummox is a physics-manipulating brain-bending puzzle game designed to challenge and reward the player. Check out our Twitter page @magpiegamesuk for frequent updates on the development!

Synopsis
Wind your way around the underground sewers of a prestigious inventor, testing the latest in future technologies; the Newton 9.81. The, at first, innocent opportunity to test out Dr. Isaac Leonard's wonderful device however, soon unveils a dark secret...

At this current moment the alpha is built for PC with mouse and keyboard but once the game is in beta I will be tweaking the game to work with the Ouya controller also.

Would love to know what you think. Feedback most welcome. :)

Puny Earthlings

JBauer — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 01:38:48 +0000

As a member of an advanced civilization, your current task is to collect data and perform science experiments with the goal of making the universe a better place. However, in your investigations, you encounter a pesky and invasive species that is ruthlessly exploiting the resources of a remote young galaxy. The Universal Council deems this species a minor inconvenience, but one that must be dealt with before it gets out of hand. Soon you find yourself acting as the universal pest control, with the goal of containing the spread of this organism.

Experience the extreme power of an advanced space traveling species, and witness the futile efforts of the Puny Earthlings!

link

Flying Car

gribbly — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 10:36:32 +0000

Hey all,

I'm in the process of submitting my game Flying Car.

It's an Ouya exclusive physics-based flying/racing game. Kind of Pilot Wings-inspired, with old-school flat-shaded polygon graphics.

I'd really appreciate any feedback you wanna give me. The initial Alpha version will be free in store while I flesh it out and tune it based on feedback.

In the meantime, you can grab it here:

http://www.flyingcargame.com/Alpha/FlyingCarGame.apk

Thanks! Here's some screenshots:

Cam

Goldilocks and the 3000 bears [Create Jam] Fayju

Fayju — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 10:38:17 +0000

Goldilocks and the 3000 Bears

Goldilocks and the 3000 bears is our Create Jam project on OUYA. Its a shared screen CO - OP shooter. The game itself is something we have joked about for some time and the jam seemed like the perfect time to turn it into a reality. Its brutality is mainly comedy so apologies if its a bit bloody. We were dead excited building for the OUYA. We have two other games in productions that we are also looking to release on OUYA, So thanks Create Jam as now we have 3 Projects to work on!

our website is www.fayju.com | twitter | Facebook | youTube

and we are getting busy updating the lot of them

Is this idea plausible/is there a market for it?

SudoCat — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:26:57 +0000

Hey there,

I'll cut to the chase, as I doubt anyone cares for a life story. I'm planning a game for the ouya with a group of friends (Artists, Musicians, Nerds, Gamers and the like) but before I throw every penny I have and all my free time into this, I wanted to ask the OUYA Dev community their thoughts.

Basically what I want to make will be a 3D 4 player RPG of sorts. Now then the development's all plausible, I've researched into that and we're fast learners. It will be heavily stylised, for several reasons, by our artists to produce what we hope to be a truly unique look. It will be reminiscent of the old Dungeon crawler RPGs with some fancy more modern elements chucked in. I want to make it very clear that we are doing all we can to avoid as many RPG cliches as possible, while still very clearly being an RPG. It wont be anything incredibly fancy to begin with, but it will have creativity and developers and designers with a passion for it (something lacking in a lot of games I feel).

I just wanted to pass it by some people:

1. Will the OUYA be able to cope with running 4 player split screen in a 3D environment? I figured it should be okay, but I haven't seen much but 2D games being made so far.

2. Will there still be a market for this sort of game? I haven't been keeping up with other development process, I've been busy researching how to join in. Because of this, I'm not aware of what there's already swarms of, or what the demands for?

Thanks for your time.

Platform R

Daylater — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 19:08:51 +0000

Hey all,

I wanted to share the first gameplay footage from my game: Platform R

Still an early pre-alpha build, but I'd love to hear your feedback.

Enjoy!

Sky Arena (Create Game)

OliverE — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 08:13:43 +0000

Hi everyone,

My team and I created a online arena flight shooter reminiscent of the old Star Fox games. You can play locally with 4 player split screen, and online on a server (and even online with 4 player split screen, with 4 people simultaneosly logged in).

I've submitted the game just in time and posted the trailer with the submission. If you like to watch it:

Good luck to all the other Create participants! :-)

Cheers

Role Mouse! A multiplayer adventure game for the Ouya! (CREATE JAM GAME)

CorgiCommander — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 12:24:47 +0000

Role Mouse!
https://www.facebook.com/RoleMouse

Team:
Game Concept and Coding is by SrBilyon Harris http://about.me/srbilyon [Me]
Character Models and Game Design are done by Hector Robles and Concepts by Megan Lawson
Curtis Williams is in charge of environment and assist with tech.

How would you like to crawl dungeons, fight monsters, and more in an awesome multiplayer adventure game?!

Oh wait! Did I mention that this game is also crossplatform? While you are enjoying your awesome Ouya, PC and Mac players can play along with you (until they decide to get one as well :) )!

What else could there be? Well that's a secret for now! Stop by often for more information!

Zebs Tale - A Zombie Story - OUYA Create

SamJ — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 07:21:41 +0000

Just thought I would share my submission to the OUYA Create Jam. My first ever game!

Game Background

Zeb's Tale is a game about a zombie child named Zeb,he is the only child zombie in the world, all other children who have been infected haven't survived. With being the only child zombie Zeb has the ability to run and jump, an ability the older zombies don't have. Due to this the elder zombies have decided to send Zeb on a quest, a quest to find the cure to the infection and save all zombie kind!

Gameplay
3D platform influenced by Nintendo 64 classics Banjo Kazooie, Zelda and Mario 64. This game will have open levels and puzzles to solve which will reward you with items that help you progress past levels and unlock new ones. You will be able to run, jump. smash, slam and move objects to reach the end of the game.

Included In The Prototype
A sample level that includes 3 keys to collect and 100 coins (optional to finsh). The aim is to open the door in the middle of the level and pass through.

Things We Wanted To Include (But ran out of time to do)
The main character model was being worked on but we ran out of time to finish it.
Enemies, we have attack buttons all set up but no one to fight! It's all right though, you can use those attacks to good use somewhere in the level

Controls
Left Stick - Walk/Run
D Pad - Change camera distance/height
L Button/R Button (Held down) - Move camera behind Zeb
O - Jump/Double Jump
U (while in air) - Smash Attack
U - Action button (Pickup/drop object, Talk/give)
Y - Throw brains
A - Attack (punch, triple punch, run attack, jump attack)

About the Developers
I am a long time gamer, long time developer but first time game developer. Have always toyed with the idea of developing a game but never really came of anything. When my brother Nick backed the OUYA in the KickStarter we decided to give making a game a go. I started learning Unity but never really got far until this jam was announced, then things got serious. With a new game idea I started coding and Nick started modelling, we have learnt a lot (mainly that there is a lot of work in game development) but it's been worth it, I'm very proud of our first effort, and hope to build on this in the future.

If you want the apk it is in this thread here!

(get the one 3 posts down.)

Knight of Cosmos (OUYA Create Entry)

theRaddRedd — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 17:34:49 +0000

[VIDEO]

Here's my entry for the OUYA Create jam by KillScreen!

From the description:
"'Knight of Cosmos' is what I'd call a 'twin stick sword'em'up'; you move using the left stick, and swing your sword/perform special moves with the right stick. In the full game, I'd include a slew of enemies, combos, a 2P dueling mode, and boss fights; I hope this trailer gives a good feel for what I'm going for :)"

Mad Monkeys (CREATE game jam)

Glenn_Bacon — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 11:10:56 +0000

I just submitted Mad Monkeys for the Create game jam and made a video of it in action. Mad Monkeys is a 1-4 player fighting game. Monkeys can kick, punch, throw bananas and other special objects. There's also power-ups and a portal to go to higher ground.

Politico, a 2D Sim-City like city building game

sodafountan — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 06:11:40 +0000

Hey guys! I'm currently creating a 2D Sim-City like game with an emphasis on Politics, Economics, and decision making. When I saw the OUYA I knew I had to start developing for it, I think it has a ton of potential! Feel free to ask me anything you'd like. Thank you very much for taking interest.

Here's my GreenLight page: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=93951222

Check out my new Gameplay video:

Story Quest: the first 3D MMORPG (Kickstarter project)

naoulex — Fri, 10 May 2013 06:04:16 +0000

My name is Kortyell Davis, i started naoulex studios about a year ago. I hope to develop an MMORPG for the OUYA Gaming Console, if you support this idea, then you may want to help fund the project to make this game possible. the url is here http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/naoulex/story-quest-for-ouya. Or if you generally want to give advice on the game, you can reach me at naoulex@gmail.com. Thanks guys!