Sneak 2 - coming soon to a flash player near you

[viralplatipuss]

Yeah sorry Jamifa, it's been a while!

I hope to put a lot of work into it and get it ready for release at some point!

[Junkeeper]

Any latest breaking news on Sneak 2 such as % of completion?

[viralplatipuss]

Really not sure on a %. There's still a lot more work to do.

I'll keep you posted.

[GameChat]

Count me in as a Beta tester.

[orange75]

Guys, I need some info on Sneak 1. What do you mean the current Sneak 1 is in single player mode right now?

[GameChat]

Back when it was released, you can create your own levels in Sneak. Anything you want, as long as you can pass it so it would be fair to everyone else, but now you can't do that.

[allen12]

Originally Posted by viralplatipuss

Just wanted to give all the fans of Sneak a heads-up about the development of Sneak 2.

I have been working my socks off for the past few weeks putting the engine together and slowly developing the brand-spanking-new Sneak 2 (that rhymed by the way).

It's going to be similar to Sneak, obviously as the game concept will remain the same but the level creator will be a lot more sophisticated in Sneak 2 and allow for more customisation of the level than before.

I don't want to go crazy with new features in Sneak 2 as I want to find a good compromise between 'lots of features' and 'easy to use'.

The good news is there will be a new system in place after creating a level that will give you a direct link you can post anywhere on the web that will load up Sneak 2 and go straight to your level. None of this 'Go to sneak and play level 359693488' rubbish!

Feel free to suggest features if you want to, but as I said I still want a factor of 'simplicity' about the game so I may choose not to listen to all/any of them. :P

All the other details on new features and the game itself you can find out when you play it.

As far as release dates are concerned, I really can't say other than 'soon'. And I use that word in a very general sense meaning as soon as a week or so, to anyway as far as 2 months. So don't expect the game to come out tomorrow. Otherwise I'll have to rush it and we'll end up with a rubbish game.

I may be looking for beta testers to have a play on the game before I release it and find/report any errors. But I'll let you know more about that when it gets closer to becoming a playable game.

Sorry for the long post, if you read it all then you probably have too much time on your hands.

Drop any queries into this thread if you have 'em.

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Awesome! A sneak 2.
Wait a minute, didnt u say that Sneak 1 cant be called Sneak 1 anymore?

[GameChat]

Sneak 1 is a thing of the past allen.

[Jamifa]

Make the new one work on a grid, or at least provide the option to use or not use a grid. For example, everything will snap to the nearest grid space when moving an item around, but you should be able to hold down a key or use an option to move and place objects freely. It's sort of awkward sometimes when trying to put walls and stuff together. I think walls should work as tiles though... Maybe also rotation should work along 15 degree intervals. That way, we could make things face perfectly diagonal, or some direction in between, and it'd be easier to place and modify things so that they look good together. One more thing, you should be able to rotate things in BOTH DIRECTIONS. Oh... MAN! The rotation in only one direction thing DROVE ME NUTS because I'd have to wait forever to make something face a little bit in the other direction if I made a mistake with rotation... Who else knows what I'm talking about? Anyway, are you going to PM us with links to the beta or what?

[viralplatipuss]

Sorry Jamifa but the level creator is already nearing completion, so I won't be putting a grid system in. The game is too open and flexible to need a grid system.

As for rotation, the old Sneak was made a long time ago. I assure you the new editor has a much more sophisticated rotation system.

Anyway, you'll see it all when I release a beta. It's not ready quite yet as I have run into a few other things to sort out first. However I will create a new thread on the forums, and reply to this one when beta testing is ready.

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