Archive for December, 2008Article about Archon at IGNDecember 23,2008 10:37 pmHere is an interesting article about playing Archon and why it was such a good game. Definite archon fan! Hope he finds his way here. React! Games now hiring…December 22,2008 6:09 amReact Games now looking for talented Programmers to fill out new positions. See this link on Gamasutra for more information: http://jobs.gamasutra.com/Jobseekerx/ViewJob.asp?JobID=22CKAS4qu2g22IPP1jwQfMBkMl0c We’re also looking for 2d and 3d Artist to help with conceptual, modeling and animating. Please contact jobs@reactgames with your resume and samples (link to website preferable.) Getting the website up and running…December 19,2008 4:13 pmWe’re cutting it close now…the webguys are working really hard and fast (much faster than I anticipated) to get this site live by Dec. 22. I know there is a lot of interest, as we are getting over 300 hits per week. Not bad for a site that doesn’t even exist yet. The design doc is looking great…we have loads of surprises for everyone in the game. I think everyone will be excited about the game, in it’s new form. Not much work will happen over the Christmas week, I expect…but I will be slaving away in the background, as always. Hopefully we’ll have images of the game up soon. Sorry for the broken links and non-working pages on the site, thus far. Things will be tightened up and fixed soon. Welcome to Archon Classic…December 19,2008 11:33 am
Well, here we go! After wanting to do this game for so long, we’re finally moving forward! We’ll update the DEVblog weekly (at least try to) and keep the forums running constantly. Feel free to come over anytime and take a peek at what we’re doing…even comment and give your suggestions. We welcome them. This game is FOR the many Archon fans out there, so your input is imperative to the success of the game. If you don’t remember Archon, or have never played it, it is one the best games ever made. It features a chess-like board where you take turns with your opponent moving pieces around. Each piece has different powers and abilities. Once you “challange” your opponent for a square, it really gets exciting. Instead of simply taking the square and removing the opponents piece from the board, the square opens up into an arena where your two pieces fight it out.
The great thing about this game is it gives the “pawn” piece a fighting chance against a “queen” piece if you’re good with it. This is because the color of the square you fight on matters a lot. There is a “Light” team and a “Dark” team. When pieces fight, they have less power on the opposite color of square…so it is entirely possible for a “pawn” piece to have as much health as a “queen” piece if they right on the pawn’s color of square. Anyway, take a look around…register on the forums and participate, Let us know you’re out there and how you like the game. This website will be a “work in progress” for a couple of days this week, but we hope to have it finished by the new year, so please forgive our dust (broken links, pages unfinished, etc.) Thanks! REACT! GAMES SECURES ARCHON LICENSE FROM FREE FALL GAMESDecember 12,2008 7:00 amSalt Lake City, Utah: December 12, 2008 React! Games signed a license deal with Free Fall Games to develop the Archon title across multiple platforms. The original Archon game, made in 1983 by Free Fall Associates, proved an instant classic with its perfectly balanced gameplay. It was originally developed on the Atari 8-bit computer and was later available on the Commodore 64, the NES, and a variety of other machines throughout the 1980s. “It’s a dream come true. After years of pursuing the opportunity to remake this game, we’ve finally done it. With its perfect combination of action and strategy, this license will appeal to both the nostalgic gamer and the newcomer alike,” says Chad Lee, founder of React! Games. “Archon fans have had to wait far too long to play one of their favorite games on a contemporary machine, but this time we think they’ll finally get their wish. We’ve been inspired by Chad Lee’s enthusiasm and determination, and we believe React! Games can do this project justice. We are eagerly awaiting Archon’s return!” says Jon Freeman, cofounder of Free Fall Games. Although development will be across multiple platforms, no details have been released yet. React! Games was created to handle the development of the Archon title with Chad Lee as the Managing Director. Mr. Lee has worked on a previous noncommercial version of Archon called, “Archon Evolution” which had received high acclaim from the community worldwide, even garnering over 300,000 hits on the website before production ceased. Mr. Lee also owns Studio 4d1 Animation which serves the film, television and video game industries. React! Games is a privately owned company. For more information, visit React! Games at www.reactgames.com and the Official Archon website at www.archonclassic.com |
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