Back on Liero3D

It seems this project just don't want to die, and that is a good thing i guess ;)

I finally got some inspiration back for the Liero3d project.
(This means that the 'planet to surface' engine is discontinued)

but a few things has changed in the process, and in the end, i think some of you Liero fans might be unhappy with what i have decided to do with it. *sorry*

First of all, after doing some research on the Xbox360 Community games and Arcade Live games, i decided that this would be a very nice source of income for me, something i badly need in my current very troubled economy.

So the new plan is to make the project a xbox360 game primarily, and not a PC game as i originally planned.

Now, since this mean making money on the project, i might be forced to change the Theme from classic Liero to a more "soldiers bashing soldiers" style.
This is to avoid any issues with the Aurthur of Liero, and the 'worms blasting worms' from Team17.

I personally doubt that ether party would care much, Joosa Riekkinen never seem to taken his Liero project to seriously and from what i hear, he seem to look back on it as a 'bad memory'.

Whiter this is true or not, i think that the line might be drawn when i start making money on my remake, and hence, think it might be a good idea to simply swap the "skin" on the models.

And as far as Teem17 goes, i seriously doubt that you can copyright the 'Worm' Creature and prohibit it from all future games.
The other 'blast the other player' content is hardly unique in todays games ether.

however, better safe than sorry!

Everything else in the game will still be exactly like the original Liero feeling.
i don't know if i dear to use all the classical Liero names on the weapons, but this is a later problem, and i doubt the game would suffer much if i swapped the name on 'banana bomb' to some other fruit ;)

One of the new big challenges is the xbox hardware, and the big changes this means for my engine.

I also have NO fracking idea how to get my hands on a XBox360 console to test it on, after all... i barely have enough food on the table as it is.

but that is also tomorrows problem.
At least now i feel inspired to put my teeth into it again! :)