I think I started working on Operation:RECON back in 1998. It moved forward slowly and a demo was released about a year or two later. At the demo, the game was probably 1-5% complete. Since then Nat Budin & I had worked on it bringing it to about 5-10% complete where it stands to this day...unfortunately. At that rate I estimate it would be completed by 2050, if at all. Due to the difficulty in coordinating free time with Nat via email on this project, it was abandoned.
I have for the past year or two been working on another project. Since I am programming this one myself, there is no difficulty in coordinating free time (only in finding some). I am very optimistic about completing it and have laid the coding foundation for a lot of arcade sequences already. I would estimate about 10-20% completion. As I become more familiar with Logic coding the time it takes to develop the game actually decreases. So far, the most time-consuming part of the game is drawing the backgrounds. I would hope to be done with it within a year (I have the full story written down and, given I can use all my ideas, it is going to be a large game).
If any of you would like to help me meet this goal (and would like a new game to eventually play), I could always use background artists to speed up the process.
To preserve the surprise of playing a totally new game I do not plan on releasing any demos. If you want a taste of what is to come, volunteer.
-Randy
