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Terra Galactica (Shadowsoft Games Team Project)

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Overview | Downloads | Screenshots | Videos

This is the Terra Galactica project page. Here you will find information about the project as well as screenshots, downloads and videos relating to it. Source code is available on request, but only for employment opportunities.

Project Overview

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As a founding member of Shadowsoft Games, Terra Galactica (TG) was my first major game development project. The team for TG consisted of myself as lead programmer and co-director, John Faulkner as lead artist, level designer and co-director, Nik Thorpe as quality assurance tester and public relations supervisor and Nathan McLain (and Vodkatron Sound Team) as music and sound effects director.

TG was initially developed as a “summer project” in Game Maker, until I got into GBA development and we decided to make a serious attempt at getting a published title under our belts. We began the development process on the GBA, writing the game in C and compiling using homebrew development tools. We spent a serious amount of time developing TG, and it’s probably the project I’ve learned the most from out of any so far; both in terms of teamwork and of programming and general game development skills.

We got to the point of pitching out the game demo to publishers, and even came close to getting it published on the proviso that we port it to the DS – with this came the realisation that the GBA was a dying scene, and it was around this time we lost interest in the GBA version of the project. In the final version of the GBA game, we had 2 levels as well as title menus, game saving, ship customisation and most of the gameplay elements complete. Great care had to be taken to get the game running perfectly on the GBA hardware, and this was perhaps the greatest achievement of the project.

We still have plans for TG in the future, but the GBA version is done with. If and when we do continue the project, it will likely be on the PC or Xbox360 as an XNA project.

Downloads

Since the GBA version of TG has been officially discontinued, I’m in the process of discussing with the team the possibility of distributing the ROM here. I’ll update if and when it’s possible to provide a download for it, otherwise email me if you’re interested in seeing it as a portfolio piece.

High Quality Trailer 2 – This is a zip file containing a high quality AVI format version of trailer 2, viewable in the videos section. Download this if you want to see it in better quality than the YouTube version (offsite link to Shadowsoft Games).

High Quality Trailer 1 – This is a zip file containing a high quality AVI format version of trailer 1, viewable in the videos section. Download this if you want to see it in better quality than the YouTube version (offsite link to Shadowsoft Games).