http://snowballz.joey101.net Be a Hero in SubZero! Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:19:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Zeolite Studios and SnowballZ feature in 3D World #106 as a case study in an article about open source technology in game development.Click here for details.In other news, recruiting goes on, see last post for details.  http://snowballz.joey101.net/2008/07/17/first-press-article/ Hello all from Michael Lubker, producer of SnowballZ; We are now looking for developers, mostly programmers, artists, and level designers. We currently are looking for the following: Art: 2D and 3D artists, including heightmaps for levels, texture artists, and 3D modelers and animators. Blender knowledge is preferred.Design: Our main need ... http://snowballz.joey101.net/2008/07/15/recruiting/ Ladies and gentlemen, we are proud to present you our first semi-official game trailer. This is currently the best opportunity to see what the gameplay currently looks like. Without any further detail: here is the embedded YouTube clip! http://snowballz.joey101.net/2008/06/11/snowballz-got-its-first-mini-trailer/ Today we will present you several samples of our internal-development work. Just for the fun of it: see how the work progresses! =) As you can see, our basic trees and both low and high quality models of the seal are pretty much complete. The skua skeleton is the hottest proposal ... http://snowballz.joey101.net/2008/05/15/some-samples-of-our-work/ Greetings after a longer break! We were a bit sloppy with updates on what's going on with the project... but we have a good excuse ;) For the past couple of weeks our team was busy with private affairs of their own. Changing jobs, moving from one country to another and ... http://snowballz.joey101.net/2008/05/08/snowballz-is-still-alive-and-now-we-got-wallpapers/ Today we will give you a quick background on the game aspects, that are not directly related to SnowballZ gameplay itself. We will talk about the MiniGames. One of the features that will be shipped with the game is a set of small and catchy games, that will let you relax ... http://snowballz.joey101.net/2008/04/08/minigames-sneak-preview/ Another blog update. And along with it, a couple of breakthroughs that we managed to make in the past few days! We have now started work on an official SnowballZ trailer. This will be the first look-and-feel of what the game will actually be. But that's not all! The in-game penguin ... http://snowballz.joey101.net/2008/03/26/a-milestone-has-been-established/ SnowballZ – Be a hero in SubZero! Get ready for the greatest winter experience ever! Take control of a penguin colony and help them become the masters of the snowy plains. “SnowballZ – Be a hero in Sub-zero!” is a fun and entertaining multiplayer RTS experience for everyone from kids, to ... http://snowballz.joey101.net/2008/03/15/about-snowballz/ After a short break we get back to you with more news flashes: Things are really gaining on speed right now and we are more busy than ever! Thing that will probably interest you most: new features have been added to the overall game design. We have now introduced concepts of ... http://snowballz.joey101.net/2008/03/04/its-a-beautiful-day-in-the-land-of-snowballz/ Today we will present you with a couple of screenshots from our current development product. This is obviously just a glimpse, but we want to give you a small idea on what you might expect when the game is released! (click the thumbnail for full sized image): ... http://snowballz.joey101.net/2008/03/03/screenshots/