HM3: On hold
Good news and bad news — we got another paying client for a HeroMachine Mini version! Wahoo! That’s good news because a) it continues to make the program valuable to UGO in a monetary sense (sales is what drives them) and b) it gives us a new toy to play with when it’s done.
However, it’s also bad news because it means work on HM3 will grind to a halt for the next 3-4 weeks while I crank non-stop on this very short deadline. So Polearms are going to be on hold, as will much of anything else except this new thing until further notice.
I’ll still be updating the blog on the regular schedule so by all means keep checking in, making suggestions, generating hilarity, etc, but I wanted you to know the latest status, and to not be too surprised as new releases come to a halt for the next little bit.
September 21st, 2009 at 9:28 am
So what sort of genre will the new mini be? And will any of the artwork be usable in HM3?
September 21st, 2009 at 9:32 am
I don’t think I am allowed to say the specific property, but in general it’s in the sci-fi genre. I hope some of it will be transferable, it’ll at least be built in the same (or roughly the same anyway) engine and setup so it will be technically possible. Whether the orientation of the basic anatomy will allow it or not is another story and I’m not sure on that score yet. Hope so, though.
September 21st, 2009 at 9:51 am
Looking forward to it, Jeff!
September 21st, 2009 at 11:09 am
Hey, it’s cool. I for one can wait.
It’s not like we’re paying for hero machine after all.
September 21st, 2009 at 11:09 am
Still no XXX Hero Machine, huh?
September 21st, 2009 at 11:58 am
Could you possible give us just one pole arm to tide us over?
September 21st, 2009 at 12:02 pm
Jake, if you’re that desperate, you can make your own pole arms by duplicating various shafts from the Blunts set. Maybe if you’re super nice to Hammerknight and beg him, he can put together a recipe for how to do that.
September 21st, 2009 at 1:06 pm
Did I hear someone say dirty knees. lol I’ll work something up.
September 21st, 2009 at 1:14 pm
Congrats, JH! You da man!
September 21st, 2009 at 2:03 pm
At Least It Will Be Like HM3, Lets Just Hope Its Better Then Pinup Edition
September 21st, 2009 at 4:33 pm
Seeing as we’ll get a new toy to play with when this mini is done, I guess I can forgive you for delaying HM3 work for a month.
September 21st, 2009 at 5:22 pm
Looking forward to the new mini Jeff.
September 21st, 2009 at 11:21 pm
I get the feeling it’s Avatar, but I could be wrong.
September 22nd, 2009 at 9:51 am
Hmmm, is it just me or are my posts being deleted for some reason…? *wonders aloud*
September 22nd, 2009 at 10:08 am
They shouldn’t be, Darkvatican. Any post with links (esp. more than one) usually gets put into Pending mode until I get around to manually approving it, but that’s an automatic WordPress thing. I’ve been seeing yours though, no problem.
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:10 pm
Congrats Jeff! Keep up the good work!
September 22nd, 2009 at 6:29 pm
will yous till do contests and stuff?
October 1st, 2009 at 4:27 pm
i just want to say that im starting to work with corel draw and im designing some things like weapons, and etc. maybe in the future i can post you some original designs when u need them.. Atleast u will find them different from the rest.