Comments for Chimera 2010 http://chimera2010.com The 25th Anniversary - Retro Retried Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:20:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on About by shahid http://chimera2010.com/about/#comment-497 shahid Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:20:48 +0000 http://chimera2010.com/?page_id=2#comment-497 Hi Mats, Thanks for dropping by, really appreciate your comment! Shahid Hi Mats,

Thanks for dropping by, really appreciate your comment!

Shahid

]]> Comment on About by shahid http://chimera2010.com/about/#comment-496 shahid Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:20:14 +0000 http://chimera2010.com/?page_id=2#comment-496 Hi Asif, Really appreciate you dropping by and thanks for the kind words! Shahid Hi Asif,

Really appreciate you dropping by and thanks for the kind words!

Shahid

]]> Comment on Happy New Year by shahid http://chimera2010.com/happy-new-year/#comment-495 shahid Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:17:44 +0000 http://chimera2010.com/?p=364#comment-495 Hi Artur, I really appreciate your kind words. Thanks for dropping by. Watch this space. :-) Shahid Hi Artur,

I really appreciate your kind words. Thanks for dropping by.

Watch this space. :-)

Shahid

]]> Comment on Happy New Year by Artur Bujdoso http://chimera2010.com/happy-new-year/#comment-494 Artur Bujdoso Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:14:21 +0000 http://chimera2010.com/?p=364#comment-494 Hi, Reading your blog posts and realizing that you are the author of such great games like Chimera I think you should be proud of you achievements. You're one of the true programmers who actually released successful games on more than one platforms! You definitely know what make games tick the rest of this modern day "tools" are just a playground. Take it from me, another veteran (sort of) as I was active on the demoscene and only dreamt of releasing a proper game but never got that far (let alone on more than one platforms!) Partially it was because of my surroundings and my country as well. Anyway even if I worked as a developer and participated in a released title I still want to get into Indie game development as well. I think you have the essence what makes a game a game not just these modern day flashy but zero gaming experience ones (no names mentioned, it would overflow this box). Keep it up and give show this world what real games look like! Sincerely, A huge fan Hi,

Reading your blog posts and realizing that you are the author of such great games like Chimera I think you should be proud of you achievements. You’re one of the true programmers who actually released successful games on more than one platforms! You definitely know what make games tick the rest of this modern day “tools” are just a playground.
Take it from me, another veteran (sort of) as I was active on the demoscene and only dreamt of releasing a proper game but never got that far (let alone on more than one platforms!) Partially it was because of my surroundings and my country as well.
Anyway even if I worked as a developer and participated in a released title I still want to get into Indie game development as well. I think you have the essence what makes a game a game not just these modern day flashy but zero gaming experience ones (no names mentioned, it would overflow this box).

Keep it up and give show this world what real games look like!

Sincerely,
A huge fan

]]> Comment on About by Asif http://chimera2010.com/about/#comment-476 Asif Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:11:59 +0000 http://chimera2010.com/?page_id=2#comment-476 Hi shahid Myself and my best friend always remember chimera, infact we have mentioned it a few times specially the "chimeraaa" sample. Lol Childhood memories are special, this game we remember fondly and look forward to the remake. Regards Asif Hi shahid

Myself and my best friend always remember chimera, infact we have mentioned it a few times specially the “chimeraaa” sample. Lol

Childhood memories are special, this game we remember fondly and look forward to the remake.

Regards

Asif

]]> Comment on Raining Cats & Dogs by shahid http://chimera2010.com/raining-cats-dogs/#comment-425 shahid Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:57:45 +0000 http://chimera2010.com/?p=356#comment-425 I haven't finished it yet. I haven’t finished it yet.

]]> Comment on Raining Cats & Dogs by anonymous http://chimera2010.com/raining-cats-dogs/#comment-424 anonymous Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:56:04 +0000 http://chimera2010.com/?p=356#comment-424 Hello! Have you finished chimera yet? It was like a year since you posted about it, I start to worry. Hello!
Have you finished chimera yet? It was like a year since you posted about it, I start to worry.

]]> Comment on About by Mats http://chimera2010.com/about/#comment-372 Mats Sat, 22 Oct 2011 09:32:41 +0000 http://chimera2010.com/?page_id=2#comment-372 Wow! Chimera! I actually owned it back in the days, like you I was totally taken by the computers of the day. From that day I knew I had to work in the gamesindustry, and has been up to this day. Wow! Chimera! I actually owned it back in the days, like you I was totally taken by the computers of the day. From that day I knew I had to work in the gamesindustry, and has been up to this day.

]]> Comment on About by shahid http://chimera2010.com/about/#comment-312 shahid Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:39:50 +0000 http://chimera2010.com/?page_id=2#comment-312 I agree that it's a shame. Some points in my defence, if I may: 1) I keep archives going back all the way to the beginning - see the pristine copy of the letter from Chris Turner at Arctic for an example of that. 2) Any archives of my code would have been on 5.25" floppies, notwithstanding several media changes since then, and the unavailability of drives that can read any code I may or may not have, the media is unlikely to have lasted a quarter of a century. 3) I actually wrote "A Different Kettle of Fish" on paper, and I had kept the paper, but... 4) In 1989, all of my materials were stolen. It was a devastating blow. I lost pretty much everything I ever worked on from an office I shared with the PDS guys - and I'm not sure I ever quite recovered from that loss. Only now, in 2011, am I finally in a position where I can consider going back to my pre 1990s life. Having said all that, I will have another rummage through what's left to see what I can find. The game definitely worked when I shipped it to Firebird. I agree that it’s a shame. Some points in my defence, if I may:

1) I keep archives going back all the way to the beginning – see the pristine copy of the letter from Chris Turner at Arctic for an example of that.
2) Any archives of my code would have been on 5.25″ floppies, notwithstanding several media changes since then, and the unavailability of drives that can read any code I may or may not have, the media is unlikely to have lasted a quarter of a century.
3) I actually wrote “A Different Kettle of Fish” on paper, and I had kept the paper, but…
4) In 1989, all of my materials were stolen. It was a devastating blow. I lost pretty much everything I ever worked on from an office I shared with the PDS guys – and I’m not sure I ever quite recovered from that loss. Only now, in 2011, am I finally in a position where I can consider going back to my pre 1990s life.

Having said all that, I will have another rummage through what’s left to see what I can find. The game definitely worked when I shipped it to Firebird.

]]> Comment on About by Tezz http://chimera2010.com/about/#comment-311 Tezz Thu, 08 Sep 2011 18:52:28 +0000 http://chimera2010.com/?page_id=2#comment-311 It seems such a shame that it's often the case that coders haven't keep a copy of their work. It'll be great if you were to come across it in your archives so we are able to patch the hidden game. Thanks for looking into it Shahid. I'm looking forward to your remake also! Regards, Tezz. It seems such a shame that it’s often the case that coders haven’t keep a copy of their work. It’ll be great if you were to come across it in your archives so we are able to patch the hidden game.

Thanks for looking into it Shahid. I’m looking forward to your remake also!

Regards,
Tezz.

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