HermitWorks

Someone scored $25M?!

2009-04-11T16:30:00.000-07:00

I ran across a comment at touch arcade:

"I got ~$6M the first try, and got the rank "Inside Trader" (seems to be the highest). My current record is $25M." - Lo-Ki

http://toucharcade.com/2009/04/08/1st-person-perspective-space-trader-moon-madness-now-available/#comments

Ok, I'm impressed.

-cam

iPhone Games Network Reviews Space Trader™: Moon Madness

2009-04-11T16:20:00.000-07:00

"I honestly can’t think of a better way to do first-person controls on the iPhone, so I hope other game devs out there use Space Trader as current gold standard, and follow in it’s footsteps. It’s that good."

- iPhone Games Network

Read the whole review here:

http://www.iphonegamenetwork.com/space-trader-moon-madness-review

Space Trader™: Moon Madness on the App Store!

2009-04-08T15:29:00.000-07:00

It's finally ready to buy. Get it here.

Pocket Game reports on Space Trader iPhone

2009-03-12T20:22:00.000-07:00

Spanner Spencer at Pocket Gamer writes this piece.

Focus test @ GameXpo '09

2009-02-08T16:46:00.000-08:00

We did a focus group this weekend at the GameXpo. We took a handful of ipods loaded up with Space Trader to see what people thought. Overall the response was very positive, people took to the controls quite naturally and had no problem running around the levels. For most gamers it took less than 15 seconds on their own to get proficient with moving around.

We found some other minor issues, some lighting tweaks need to be done but for the most part its ready to go.

Space Trader: Merchant Marine now on Steam!

2008-10-30T13:12:00.000-07:00

We're now on steam! Check us out and tell all your friends!

mo-cap

2008-08-08T11:27:00.000-07:00

We're mo-capping for our next project. We're using a 12 camera optitrack system from Natural Point. The room is the 'Black Box' at the GPRC

Pictured from left to right is Marcia, Jordon, and Orlando.

Quake 3 menus on the iPod Touch

2008-04-09T19:56:00.001-07:00

Hey everyone, here's a new video. This time we've got Scott showing us navigating through the Quake 3 menus. We're excited that it performs so well since Space Trader game play relies on a lot of menus. Let me know what you think!

More Info...

2008-04-08T08:14:00.000-07:00

Hi, for those of you who viewed our youtube of Scott and some iPods here's a bit more info on the video.

First off we (HermitWorks) are an independent video game developer and we use the Quake 3 engine. We wanted to see Quake 3 run on the iPod Touch as a first step to getting our game Space Trader running on the iPod.

So here's some facts:

1. yes, it's real. :)

2. we're not happy with the controls yet, but I'm amazed how quickly people adapt. and the controls *will* be awesome.

3. and yes, the iPod is going to be an awesome gaming device so start saving your money.

If you're curious about some of the technical details of our video, HermitWorks in general, or if you work at Apple send me a line! contact@hermitworksentertainment.com

If you have a PC or Mac and you're bored check out our demo of Space Trader at http://www.playspacetrader.com . :)

Quake 3 + iPod Touch

2008-04-04T17:34:00.000-07:00

So we've been playing around with Quake 3 and Apple's iPod Touch. Scott grabbed the icculus source and with a few modifications had it running pretty quick. Here's a video of him with two iPod Touch's in multiplayer.

Space Trader Source Code Release

2008-04-04T10:02:00.001-07:00

Latest version of the Space Trader source is now available. Space Trader is based on the Quake 3 GPL release. You can get it here:

http://www.playspacetrader.com/system/SpaceTrader-GPL-1.1.14.zip

Space Trader Update: 1.1.3

2008-04-04T09:58:00.000-07:00

A new version of Space Trader is now available for download. This is a bug fix release so if you're having any problems get the update!

Mac: http://www.playspacetrader.com/system/SpaceTrader_OSX_en-US.dmg
Windows: http://www.playspacetrader.com/system/SpaceTrader_win32_en-US.exe

We have a secret

2007-11-02T10:37:00.000-07:00

We're running a secret test of our 3D web browser plugin at http://www.playspacetrader.com/game/secret .

Once you go to the page and commit to installing the plugin you'll be thrown into a mulitplayer deathmatch.

The idea is to see how easy we can make it to play multiplayer 3D games. If you give it a try let me know what you think!