June 21st, 2007 - XGen's Office Gets Comfortable

[skye]

We're settling into our new office space this week with essentials such as original NES and Genesis 3 systems (http://www.xgenstudios.com/images/newspost/SumoChairs2.jpg), custom XGen wall hangings (http://www.xgenstudios.com/images/newspost/SumoChairs1.jpg) and, of course, a coffee maker. I also learned never to forfeit Controller 1 to Danny in a 2-player game of Galaga 88 (http://www.xgenstudios.com/images/newspost/SumoChairs3.jpg) (Dan has seen level 225 in the arcade version, a 4-hour feat).

The fine folks at SUMO (http://www.sumolounge.com/) were kind enough to donate a few of their gigantic, space-aged OMNI (http://www.xgenstudios.com/) chairs for the team to work, play, nap, and generally lounge around on; Thanks SUMO!

[Joest]

Very Cool! Don't be playing NES all day, we need SRPG2!. Now I know what some Ballistick ads will look like.

And, nice chairs.

[Choft]

I'm absolutely speechless. SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO COOOL

[XGEN-CRaZeD]

We're settling into our new office space this week with essentials such as original NES and Genesis 3 systems (http://www.xgenstudios.com/images/newspost/SumoChairs2.jpg), custom XGen wall hangings (http://www.xgenstudios.com/images/newspost/SumoChairs1.jpg) and, of course, a coffee maker. I also learned never to forfeit Controller 1 to Danny in a 2-player game of Galaga 88 (http://www.xgenstudios.com/images/newspost/SumoChairs3.jpg) (Dan has seen level 225 in the arcade version, a 4-hour feat).

The fine folks at SUMO (http://www.sumolounge.com/) were kind enough to donate a few of their gigantic, space-aged OMNI (http://www.xgenstudios.com/) chairs for the team to work, play, nap, and generally lounge around on; Thanks SUMO!

Why are you so awesome?! (I'm the guy that sent in a game sponsor e-mail a while ago ;))

Man, you make game development look waaaaay easier than it looks. And so, please don't spend all the time playing Super Mario. xD

Anyways, you guys make sure to get stuff done. *Winkage*

[Joest]

Now XGen is an advertisement for Sumo.

[XGEN-CRaZeD]

Oh yeah, and while your here, some people got tired of the now non-existant downtime and created something called YGen. Yeeeaaaahhh...



Edit: Please do not post outside links in the News Forum, Thank you.
-Danny

[Jacob]

Cool stuff.

[Shataniska]

Please don't let the noobs see that Stick Arena Ballistick screenie.

[Blaze Zero-Three]

Looks great. Hope that good stuff doesn't distract you from working.

[YSMM]

Pretty Sweet.

Good ol' Super Mario Bros.

[RocketSoldier]

We're settling into our new office space this week with essentials such as original NES and Genesis 3 systems (http://www.xgenstudios.com/images/newspost/SumoChairs2.jpg), custom XGen wall hangings (http://www.xgenstudios.com/images/newspost/SumoChairs1.jpg) and, of course, a coffee maker. I also learned never to forfeit Controller 1 to Danny in a 2-player game of Galaga 88 (http://www.xgenstudios.com/images/newspost/SumoChairs3.jpg) (Dan has seen level 225 in the arcade version, a 4-hour feat).

The fine folks at SUMO (http://www.sumolounge.com/) were kind enough to donate a few of their gigantic, space-aged OMNI (http://www.xgenstudios.com/) chairs for the team to work, play, nap, and generally lounge around on; Thanks SUMO!

Is that... a lightsaber I see in that ballistick poster?

[math92]

Nice! Just dont play those games all day...and night.

[XGEN-CRaZeD]

Is that... a lightsaber I see in that ballistick poster?



I believe it is.

[.twotoedsleuth.]

Galaga! :o

Lucky game developers. Anyway, I'm glad to see some more stuff in the XGen HQ as well as updates in the news forum frequently. Some people said this forum would have little to no updates or posts, but I'm sure they think otherwise now.

[TwiZted Jok3R]

Thanks for the update skye!

You guys look too comfy in your new pad. It looks like you live there, rather than work there.

Have fun with the old school! And update again soon ;)

[Dragonkil362]

Whoa sick guy awesome workspace......if you even work lol jking.....is that a lightsaber i spy in that ballistick poster?....very nice lol

Also have fun at your new pad lol...things have been going great:D

[TwiZted Jok3R]

.....is that a lightsaber i spy in that ballistick poster?

No...It's an apple.

[Dragonkil362]

No...It's an apple.

Funny......how long it take ya to think of that?

ALso what games you got for those old stations?--must be hard to find em.

And...how would someone....umm...lets say....get a job there?

[ManUpstairs]

That wall hanging is absolutely awesome! I love hearing how you guys are doing. Keep updating us. :)

[TwiZted Jok3R]

Funny......how long it take ya to think of that?

ALso what games you got for those old stations?--must be hard to find em.

And...how would someone....umm...lets say....get a job there?

Not.....Very.....Long.....

The....Games....will.....Be.....Easy.....To....Fin d....On....Ebay....

It....Is....Not.....easy....to....get.....a.....jo b.....at......xgen.....because......your....probab ly......12....and.....have.....no.....experience.. ...in.....adobe.....flash.....and......there.....a re......6.....xgen.....members.....or.....so....an d....i....don't.....think....their....hiring....

Jesus, can you please stop typing like that?

[Danny]

We prefer the term "laser sword" :P

As far as the old school games and systems, they are mostly mine ( The Genesis and NES anyways) from back in the day. I also have a couple of places in town I get games from as well as EBay once in a while.

I find older games to be very inspirational. You can see what they did well, what they did poorly and take away alot from that. I also kind of miss the days when games were brutal, unforgiving and damn near impossible at times. It made it that much better when you finally beat it.

I still have some games from when when I was 3, when I got my first system - the NES :cool:

[TwiZted Jok3R]

We prefer the term "laser sword" :P

As far as the old school games and systems, they are mostly mine ( The Genesis and NES anyways) from back in the day. I also have a couple of places in town I get games from as well as EBay once in a while.

I find older games to be very inspirational. You can see what they did well, what they did poorly and take away alot from that. I also kind of miss the days when games were brutal, unforgiving and damn near impossible at times. It made it that much better when you finally beat it.

I still have some games from when when I was 3, when I got my first system - the NES :cool:

Yeah guys, don't start calling it a lightsaber---Xgen dosen't want to be sued. >_>

I got a genesis when I was 4. Man, some of those games were hard for a 4 year old.

I still love the games that you can't save your place at. Those are some of the funnest games, because you have to sit for 4 hours at a time to beat them. The 2-D games were definetly some of the best games ever. Now, almost every game is identical, and buggy. There are too many war games and racing games out for the consoles today.

[game-bot]

Sweet poster. Hope your having tons of fun and work done in your new office.

[Dragonkil362]

Not.....Very.....Long.....

The....Games....will.....Be.....Easy.....To....Fin d....On....Ebay....

It....Is....Not.....easy....to....get.....a.....jo b.....at......xgen.....because......your....probab ly......12....and.....have.....no.....experience.. ...in.....adobe.....flash.....and......there.....a re......6.....xgen.....members.....or.....so....an d....i....don't.....think....their....hiring....

Jesus, can you please stop typing like that?


I......like.......to.........talk...........like.. ............this.............its..........fun..... ...........and.............im...............not... ............12................and...........i..... ....do...........have.....experience........in.... ....flash............and......many......other..... .....software.............





God i want that kinda of living...making games..lucky

Oh you still got some games thats cool

[XGEN-CRaZeD]

We prefer the term "laser sword" :P

As far as the old school games and systems, they are mostly mine ( The Genesis and NES anyways) from back in the day. I also have a couple of places in town I get games from as well as EBay once in a while.

I find older games to be very inspirational. You can see what they did well, what they did poorly and take away alot from that. I also kind of miss the days when games were brutal, unforgiving and damn near impossible at times. It made it that much better when you finally beat it.

I still have some games from when when I was 3, when I got my first system - the NES :cool:

GOD it would be awesome to work at XGen!

I want to work there!

SIGN ME UP!

[Honeycomb]

I'm totally digging that SUMO chair and the Ballistick poster thingie.

Cool office guys. Can I stop by sometime? :P

[brianbrian25]

Lol, the SA image is pretty funny and weird.
Some guy blows up with a lazer gun and the other guy is choppin his head off with a chainsaw.

Lightsabers next? Oooh boy...

EDIT-Light swords, whatever.
EDIT 2-Damn, got it wrong again. Lazer swords.

[c00lryguy]

Guys...for seriously, lovin' the new office.

[DarkReality]

Well I'm glad to see the advertising money is being used for something productive like... wait what was that? I heard nothing -_-

[HHHHHHHunter]

http://www.xgenstudios.com/images/newspost/SumoChairs1.jpg

Go ballistick
I cannot wait that game
Weapon
Death-ray gun
Chainsaw
Tank
Laser Sword
and....?

[TwiZted Jok3R]

http://www.xgenstudios.com/images/newspost/SumoChairs1.jpg

Go ballistick
I cannot wait that game
Weapon
Death-ray gun
Chainsaw
Tank
Laser Sword
and....?

Yeah, umm....I'm not seeing a tank anywhere, but maybe i'm just blind....

[Geth]

Wow, XGen actually has an office! I always thought XGen's headquarters were located in Skye's mom's basement :)

[Justin]

Party on, Skye! Party on, Danny!

>.>

[brianbrian25]

Whoo! But you're all forgetting about Stu.

[Danny]

Whoo! But you're all forgetting about Stu.

Stu wont come to our office because we dont have a stove :rolleyes:

[Honeycomb]

Stu wont come to our office because we dont have a stove :rolleyes:

I can give you guys my old stove for free :) But it's not that great it was made in the 80's.

So what part of Edmonton is your office located? If I wanna see the outside of it if I ever drive by (Which I do every week).

[Danny]

I can give you guys my old stove for free :) But it's not that great it was made in the 80's.

So what part of Edmonton is your office located? If I wanna see the outside of it if I ever drive by (Which I do every week).


We are on Jasper Ave and 105st, right down town Edmonton.

One of these days when we get it all set up we will have an open house or something like that. Perhaps a game release party...;)

Edit: And thanks anyways, but we really dont need a stove. Stu can buy his Fish 'n' Chips in the food court if he ever comes here :P

[TwiZted Jok3R]

Stu wont come to our office because we dont have a stove :rolleyes:


I thought Stu quit, and is in england?

[Danny]

I thought Stu quit, and is in england?

He is in England and has another job, but he still does work for XGen.

[Honeycomb]

I was kidding about the stove thing. I'm sure you guys wouldent want it anyways. It's all yellow and burnt.

That's cool, you guys work near my moms workplace. Open house? For all ages? Well I'm 15 next June just so you peoples wonder. What do you guys have to work on in the office next?

[Danny]

There isnt much on the walls, and we need shelves still. I have lots of cool stuff I want to put in my office which I cant at the moment. There is just a glass desk and a computer which is pretty boring.

We need to give this place just a little more character then show it off completely ;)

[Honeycomb]

Sounds awesome. If you do an open house or whatever this summer for all ages, I'm going to try and be there ;)

[TwiZted Jok3R]

I thought Stu Hart quit SRPG2?

[Mr. Anderson]

Awesome. You guys are damn lucky.

Keep up the progress with these updates.

[TwiZted Jok3R]

Yeah, it's great that team xgen is active now :)

[AssaultRifle]

You know, the more and more I have to work my ass off on a truck lifting kegs all day while you guys do the occasional coding and play NES just makes me hate you, and admire you, more.

[Honeycomb]

Yeah.

Any news on Cinderfall you guys? Any new NPCs, Maps, Characters, Items, Weapons? And what about that feature so you can view each other's Cinderfall stats on your page or see what there doing on it? It would be cool.

[TwiZted Jok3R]

Yeah.

Any news on Cinderfall you guys? Any new NPCs, Maps, Characters, Items, Weapons? And what about that feature so you can view each other's Cinderfall stats on your page or see what there doing on it? It would be cool.

Do you serioulsy think, that if Stick rpg2 was started in 2004, and Cinderfall was started before stick rpg2, and SRPG2 is dead, that cinderfall is still going?

[Jacob]

Yeah, it's great that team xgen is active now

XGen has been active this whole time, you just didnt know about it :)

Danny, which room is the hockey rink going in? ;)

[game-bot]

You guys must be living the dream up there in big o' Canada.

[TwiZted Jok3R]

XGen has been active this whole time, you just didnt know about it :)

Danny, which room is the hockey rink going in? ;)

I meant posting updates for us. And active on the forums.

[Danny]

XGen has been active this whole time, you just didnt know about it :)

Danny, which room is the hockey rink going in? ;)

My Office! I should get a net...

[h00pla]

The ice on the rink will do wonders for cooling your computer. I'm sure it'll be fine if you just lay it directly against the ice.

[AssaultRifle]

I'm coming down to the office some day. Don't worry, I'll bring some beer to bury the hatchet.

[Naruto Owns All]

Wow, awesome office guys. I like that Ballistick Poster! I want one of those in my room :P

[TwiZted Jok3R]

If u look closely at the picture, you will notice that there is a poster of the new upcoming SA game, Go Ballistick!!!!!!

Are you serious. Dude, there is no way in hell! You seriously have to be yankin' my chain here. I totally was fooled that it was a picture of the new My Little Pony game, but I guess when you get really close, you can see the letters Go Ballistick, and a bunch of stick people running around killing eachother. Thank you for the info, and I was almost fooled.

[game-bot]

If u look closely at the picture, you will notice that there is a poster of the new upcoming SA game, Go Ballistick!!!!!!
http://www.p0stwh0res.com/images/captainobvious.jpg

[a1b23]

nice Ballistick poster. I'm liking the light saber. Very nice

[brianbrian25]

http://www.p0stwh0res.com/images/captainobvious.jpg

Lmao. :p You're right, it says right there.

[Mikeh]

Galaga! :o

Lucky game developers. Anyway, I'm glad to see some more stuff in the XGen HQ as well as updates in the news forum frequently. Some people said this forum would have little to no updates or posts, but I'm sure they think otherwise now.

2 threads an active forum does not make.

[redips]

Skye! Get Megaman 6. Have fun.

[Generic]

/holynicetvthatiwant


Seriously, if some random person shows up and says they're from the forums, will you let them in and give them a tour?

[Mr. Anderson]

/holynicetvthatiwant


Seriously, if some random person shows up and says they're from the forums, will you let them in and give them a tour?

*iz pacin' mah sootcase*

[redips]

"dis is narutoboy froem da forums gimme a tour"
"No."
Don't give anyone tours. Lol.

[death is near]

We're settling into our new office space this week with essentials such as original NES and Genesis 3 systems (http://www.xgenstudios.com/images/newspost/SumoChairs2.jpg), custom XGen wall hangings (http://www.xgenstudios.com/images/newspost/SumoChairs1.jpg) and, of course, a coffee maker. I also learned never to forfeit Controller 1 to Danny in a 2-player game of Galaga 88 (http://www.xgenstudios.com/images/newspost/SumoChairs3.jpg) (Dan has seen level 225 in the arcade version, a 4-hour feat).

The fine folks at SUMO (http://www.sumolounge.com/) were kind enough to donate a few of their gigantic, space-aged OMNI (http://www.xgenstudios.com/) chairs for the team to work, play, nap, and generally lounge around on; Thanks SUMO!

Looks great! Hope you have a great time on the systems.

[LizardRob]

How can you afford all this? The ads on the websites?

[Danny]

/holynicetvthatiwant


Seriously, if some random person shows up and says they're from the forums, will you let them in and give them a tour?

Thats an interesting question. Not at the moment, because there are some spoilers in the office right now.

It wouldnt be a long tour mind you. I think we would be done in about 30 seconds...

How can you afford all this? The ads on the websites?

We have our wizard cast 'Missiles of Money' at our landlord once a month...:rolleyes:

[Blixinator]

So does this mean, like many other sites, Xgen has become your main job?

[redips]

Thats an interesting question. Not at the moment, because there are some spoilers in the office right now. In a few weeks time then probably wouldnt be a problem. If you can come between 9-5 ;)

It wouldnt be a long tour mind you. I think we would be done in about 30 seconds...



We have our wizard cast 'Missiles of Money' at our landlord once a month...:rolleyes:
Spoilers?
What wizard? From Defend Your Castle?
...hmm....ah ha! You get money from selling things!

[Danny]

About tours and our office...

It has been discussed, and the team would rather not have anyone 'show up' at our office for the time being. This has become a problem for some other game developer offices and might make the team uncomfortable. It also seems unprofessional to the other offices in the building having people just showing up.

[Anonymous]

Not even Solean?

[XGEN-CRaZeD]

I just thought- For Ballistic, are you guys going to have beta keys?

[ccc.money]

Wow that Ballistick poster is really getting me excited about the future of Xgen. New games=new posts. All these new games will attract tons of people into this site. Xgen will be like, KING OF FLASH GAMES! It will be sweet.

-Nice office stuff.

[Ds6]

where can i but that poster

[Neoray]

cool cool i love nes i always played super mario bros.

[Draco boy666]

Nice poster Super Mario Bros I feel 6 again oh and Im taking the chairs:D

[Zezerec]

Well seems like xgen is returning to the old systems. (genesis etc.)
Don't forget us here .

[Liokae]

"dis is narutoboy froem da forums gimme a tour"
"No."
Don't give anyone tours. Lol.

... except moderators.
>.>
<.<

[h00pla]

... except moderators.
>.>
<.<
...And those of us who have goaded ourselves into the wishful fantasy that we should be one
>.>
<.<

[mbm_670]

Wow, I wish I had just about all of that stuff... well, everything. Nice fancy tv, giant bean bags, NES GENISIS etc... though, it still seems a little bland... NEED AWESOME STEREO! and it'd be perfection...

[Gun.Controlled.Snper]

i bet i can beat danny at gallaga:D and congratz on xgen

[Belaboy.2.00]

Nice office.Stinks im in america and cant see it :(