02.06.07
New Graphics and Two Player Mode for Amoebax.
The initial team behind the Amoebax project was formed by Àlex Almarza composing sound and music, Chrisitan Mata in charge of the graphical part, and Ferran Brugat and me doing the code stuff. We did pretty well, if I can say that, but unfortunately Christian had the leave the team due to health problems. Sadly we couldn’t have any final graphic in our first milestone.
With noone doing the graphics is very hard to make most games, and since every team member already have enough work to do (and I have the same ability drawing as a rock) we decided to seek “professional help”. We contacted Safareig Creatiu which is an small group of designers in Girona, where I work. Well, it turned to be better that I initially though. Yesterday we received the first draft amoebas after just two weeks or so of work. Here’s an screen shot (keep in mind that most graphics are still temporal, so don’t take them into account):
Aren’t they sweet? 
In other related news, we also released a new video on YouTube.com about a new two player mode which will only be available for GP2X. What does this mode have so special that is only for GP2X? It lets two human players play the game on the same console at the same time. How? Well, basically the grids are smaller and placed horizontally instead of vertically. Each player controls a console’s side: The left player moves her falling pair using the joystick and the right player moves her falling pair with the four right buttons (X moves left, Y moves right, B makes the pair fall at max. speed, and A rotates the falling pair clockwise).
We aren’t sure if we will put this mode into the final game or not, since our players’ response is mixed: some player like it and some hate it (mostly because the amoeba’s are even smaller!). So, if you happen to see the video and have some comments about this mode (either you like it or not), please don’t hesiate to tell us right away!