Michael Reitzenstein Interview!

Hey I just found an interview with Michael Reitzenstein (of Inca Quest fame) where he mentions his forthcoming game which is a sidescrolling platformer, cool.

http://www.casualreview.com/article/61/Rock_Solid_Interview

Yeah, Darwin The Monkey looks good from the screen shots and, going by Mr Reitzenstein's previous stuff, it'll most likely play well too.

Checking out the interview now.

Nice graphics in those screenies:

http://www.rocksolidgames.com/game-darwin.html

The screens look beautiful, my gf will love it.

RockSolid is a great name, but the logo is just a bit too reminiscent of the RareWare one for my liking.. or they're both just big Rs, depending on your perspective.

Very cool, I was actually thinking just the other day that I'm a Michael Reitzenstein fan ... usually just from reading what he posts on the forums but all of the games he's been involved with are very nice as well. Good job!

Definitely looks excellent!

Yeah I'm a fan too. Also Anawiki has made some great looking games, the latest is the most impressive. Oh and Intermediaware too. Of course I'm an Anthony Flack fan too...oh and musn't miss out the Pickford bros.

RockSolid's website needs to set the background colour to white, explicitly, instead of relying on the default being white. I have my window background colour set to pale green, as pure white is too harsh on the eyes, on my monitor. This makes their site look pretty nasty, to be frank.

Thanks for all the kind words guys! I didn't actually work on the platformer - Neil, of Screaming Duck fame, did that. I'm working on another title and by the looks of it they'll probably be released about the same time. We are very excited about our lineup.

big10p - good idea, I'll put that on the to do list. I never even considered it, even though I work on an off colour background myself (albiet for code).

Ah, the elusive Sphinxed?

Care to share a few details? ;o)

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Ah well I'm not buying it then ;-)

If you want any reviews on www.binaryjoy.co.uk, please contact me when they are released.

Good luck!

Seriously though, there'll be a beta test soon, so send me an email at michael@... and I'll sign you up!

Sphinxed is amazing Mike :)

Keep up the great work ;)

Yeah, Michael Reitzenstein's alright...


.... but HunterSD rocks!

Ah, the good old days. I remember when you got, um, a PIII/GF4 MX or something? An upgrade from the 486.

P3/350 or something with a 4MB Matrox gfx card that did 3D enough to run sswift's tank game (still waiting on that) but which didn't do transparencies (which made said tank game quite remarkable to look at).

Still, you've kicked on quite nicely. Good on ya. I'm just giving you a headstart. ;o)

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an exerpt from the unauthorized biography of Michael Reitzenstein: