Hello Constructians,

I just wanted to let everyone know that going from a game making hobby to a career and having your game ideas created by a development team, does happen.. it happened to me.

I built and released "Battlemat" as a concept virtual tabletop built with Construct 2 for Newgrounds a little over a year ago.. it got 5th place of the day and even though it was more of an App than a game it still got 10k hits and some great comments. That pushed me to keep learning and keep developing.

I started investing a little cash in my toolset on Steam and other places..Started dipping my hand in everything from 3D modeling, texture making, more coding, game design and a bunch of technical tutorial.. Until I felt I could tackle Unity3d.

I was only 20% of the way into building the new Battlemat and I got picked up by a professional studio asking if I could work with them to make my game a DLC for their product.. I said sure that sounds like a plan. I worked my tail off at my day job and then in the evenings I worked on a game design plan that others could understand, wrote code snippets, did some 3D artwork and made little tech demos I felt would get my idea across to them with ease.

A month or so later the game development studio was impressed by my level of commitment and drive so they hired me full time to work on the new Battlemat. We have now completed the Battlemat DLC and it's currently on sale in Steam. The studio is also keeping me employed full time to work on future projects.

Keep making games for fun it can pay off. If you see an opportunity, grab onto it and work really hard not to let it go.

Newgrounds Battlemat Concept (Built in Construct 2): http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/629341

New Battlemat on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/270942/

MWMDragon

Version 1.0 now released!!!

It's located here: Newgrounds

I would have uploaded it here but the arcade can't support it at this website.

PLEASE view it, enjoy it, and please give it a great rating lol

Actually I do just what you are looking for in my tutorial. The location of the tack is stored and retrieved from the mySQL database.

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<img src="http://mwmdragon.elf-games.com/ss/battlemat_ss2.jpg" border="0" />

Grass Tokens Added.

I just need to do some polishing and then it's ready for beta!

First off..OMG this game looks great!

Now with that out of my system.. Keep up the great work!

I would Love to try a demo!

Love it!

Adding grass tiles and maybe some city tiles and then I'm ready to call this a beta release ;)

I hope the arcade gets updated soon so I can put it online for everyone to enjoy.

I work in the tech industry and HTML5 is the future.. when a billion dollar company is rushing to get multiple websites, using old Javascript and flash, updated to HTML5 to cut down tech support costs.. you know something big is going to be coming for HTML5.

I have no intention of this project ever being on mobile devices. I will dev for mobile in the future but right now I'm in the learning phase.

It's also nice to almost be done my first major release and a loading screen is something I'll loo into.. I figured it was as easy as the splash screen my Battlemat already uses when it starts up.

A loading screen is something I would think of last with a project of this size.. too many projects consist of a fancy loading screen.. some concept art and no actual substance.. I like to get the meat and potatoes done first and add the dessert after ;) But thanks for the link, I'll use it when the project is done earning a loading screen lol

This project is not designed for old laptops. I have designed way to many projects thinking of supporting everyone using a 640x480 screen on internet explorer 3 for way to long.

Certainly not going to develop for an old laptop like the DELL D510 that you say you are using.. that's just asking too much lol

This isn't about the widest audience, this is about making something I would use and not skimping on what I want. I know that sounds selfish but this project is for me ;)

Another Update..

• Map chunk system removed for compatibility issues
• More Dungeon Props (More coming)
• Updated Help system

Almost ready for a Version 1.0 release.

MWMDragon

The game is great..

The only thing I didn't enjoy was the text.. It should be in a designated area with a background that makes it easy to see.. but that is just my suggestion.

The editor and high scores where just icing on an already delicious game!