SickBrick

My fellow developer stole SickBrick from me and is now earning money off of my work

2017-04-25T19:07:00.001+02:00

Hello, I'm Mladen Bošnjak. I created SickBrick and made all of its models, textures, story, animation and maps. Ron "Maxwolf" McDowell did the programming.
We published SickBrick on Steam in January 2015. Maxwolf signed the agreements with Valve and the money goes through him first since he is in Canada and I'm in Croatia and it's a lot easier for him to set up payments, taxes and so on.

In December 2016 Maxwolf removed my access from SickBrick on Steamworks, so I can't see the revenue, generate keys or do anything related to SickBrick. He also stopped sending me my cut of the money earned from SickBrick and is not replying to any emails.
Valve says they have no way to verify I'm the developer of the game, so I'm asking you, the lovely people of the internet, for help.
If you can help me in any way, please send me an email to mladensickbrick@gmail.com

In an attempt to get Maxwolf talking and to convince Valve I'm the principal developer of SickBrick, I wrote an open letter in which I explain the events that transpired leading to me being stripped of my game and the revenue earned for it on Steam and other places.
You can read that letter here.

SickBrick is OUT NOW ON STEAM!

2015-01-30T21:04:00.000+01:00

SickBrick has just been released on Steam!

Get it here!

The steam version has been reworked and upgraded from the ground up for you to have the best experience!

Check out the launch trailer:

Here's a few new things to expect in the Steam release of SickBrick:

Updated graphics
Trading Cards
Achievements
New gameplay elements
Engine optimizations
New animations on weapons and enemies
More music variation
a million other things I can't think of right now.

SickBrick has been Greenlit!

2015-01-10T22:29:00.002+01:00

Our very own rocking SickBrick just got greenlit for a Steam release!

SickBrick just got greenlit for a Steam release. We will be integrating Steamworks completely which means stats, achievements, steam overlay, trading cards, the whole nine yards. We love steam and feel honored to have our first game finally up there.

Of course we couldn't have done it without you, the fans. We'd like to thank you all for playing SickBrick on Desura, voting on greenlight, commenting on the game, finding bugs and everything else you've done to get us here.

Be sure to like SickBrick on facebook and follow us on twitter for all the latest news.
Cheers!

Holidays sale, SickBrick is 70% off!

2013-12-06T16:23:00.002+01:00

Greets people! We're celebrating the holidays with a giant discount. SickBrick is 1.49$ for a limited time! That's a 70% discount!

Get it on Desura:

Or the IndieGameStand Store:

Update - New Posteffects

2012-06-03T19:20:00.002+02:00

The second (and last) update in our series of news regarding SickBrick's new MegaPatch is about new posteffects inside the game.

You have probably seen effects like these in games built on modern engines like UE3 and CryEngine.
Well NeoAxis is catching up with those big fish by way of adding new eye candy for us developers to work with.

The first posteffect we are going to show you is Depth Of Field.

DOF works by shooting a ray into the object you are pointing your cursor at and making that area sharp while blurring everything else around it (in a subtle way of course) thus simulating human eyes or camera lenses.

Here's an in-engine image to show you what I'm rambling about:

*DOF effect intensified for clearer understanding, in-game it will be more subtle

After DOF we have Light Scattering or God Rays.

This effects simulates the rays a strong light creates when behind an object. It works by zooming in the objects in front of the light and blurring them multiple times to get the wanted effect.
Sadly, you will not see a lot of these in SickBrick since it only has 4 outdoors maps. But maybe you'll probably get a lot more chances in our new game ;)

Map editor image:

Next up is SSAO which creates subtle shadows around close objects:

FXAA which is pretty self-explanatory (better than other AA techniques because it uses less processing power):

The last effect is a subtle but constant one: Vignetting
Used in most today's games, it makes a very subtle dark frame around the corners of the game's screen to give it a more movie-like feel.

Obligatory map editor image:

SickBrick is going to be updated very soon with it's new MegaPatch(TM)* bringing you a slew of improvements and bug fixes.
To see the previous update click here. To check out our new game in development "Project Lighthouse" click here.
*not really a trademark at all

Cheers!

Update - Navigation Mesh Based Pathfinding

2012-06-02T00:25:00.001+02:00

We have been hard at work here at MisfitVillager HQ to bring you the long awaited first Mega-Patch for SickBrick.
The first of the new major features implemented in SickBrick is navigation mesh based path finding!

Before, your robotic enemies in SickBrick walked on predetermined waypoints to get to you, similar to old games (2005 and back).

Here is an image of the old system inside our trusty NeoAxis map editor:

This caused a massive frame rate drop in the engine since every enemy had to think which waypoint to walk onto based on your position and forced us to scale down the number of enemies that you faced in the game. The system was clumsy and hard to work with.

But now we bring you Navigation Mesh Based Pathfinding!

The old system was removed completely and replaced by the new one.
The enemies now walk on an invisible mesh created in the levels, making them able to avoid obstacles and not get stuck thus lowering your health considerably more than before :D

Here is an image inside the map editor of the new system:

This type of pathfinding is used in modern engines like CryEngine3 and Unreal Engine 3.

We have been listening to feedback and a lot of you said the game was too easy.
Not only are the enemies smarter now, but we increased their numbers by a third.
Additional benefits of the new pathfinding system are a dramatic frames-per-second increase and a lot less work on our side :D

Stay tuned for more updates on SickBrick's new Mega-Patch(TM)*! To check out our new game in development "Project Lighthouse" click here.
*not really a trade mark at all

Cheers!

Some new screens

2011-12-07T15:06:00.000+01:00

SickBrick OUT NOW!

2011-10-29T13:07:00.003+02:00

SickBrick is out now on Steam!

BUY IT BY CLICKING HERE

New demo out now!

2011-08-30T12:49:00.001+02:00

A new demo for SickBrick is out now. Linux, Mac and Windows versions. Supports 32-bit and 64-bit systems.
http://www.indiedb.com/games/sickbrick/downloads

2011-08-27T14:50:00.000+02:00

Graphics scalability, nVidia Physix, port to NeoAxis 1.0

2011-07-04T01:20:00.000+02:00

Here's the graphics scalability comparison. High, Mid and Low settings respectively. Notice the fps counter in the upper left corner. The game can be played on anything from a netbook on low settings to running at 80fps on a mid range PC on high settings.

High (dynamic PSSM shadows, bloom, foliage, normal maps)

Medium (foliage, normal maps)

Low

I've switched from ODE physics to nVidia Physx, brushing out the differences now, quite a tedious business :D

Ivan, the main man developing NeoAxis, has updated it to 1.0, so I'm in the process of updating SickBrick to it also. Bugs all around.

I've updated the enemies. Every type of enemy now shoots unique bullets, grenades, shells, etc.

The enemy turrets are now functional. They spice up the action nicely :D

I began work on the last two levels of the game. The final boss fight is going to be epic B)

Next up: Sound effects, speech,music, font, logs, animations,... anyways a lot of work still ahead.
Thanks for reading. Hope you'll get to play SickBrick soon. If you can't wait, download the pre alpha demo and get a small taste of what this game will be.

Content Breakdown

2011-05-22T13:35:00.000+02:00

This is a list of all the content currently featured in SickBrick. New enemies, weapons, levels,...

DOWNLOAD PLAYABLE ALPHA DEMO

LEVELS

Lab:

Outside:

City:

Factory:

VECHICLES:

Tank:

WEAPONS:

Chainsaw:

Shotgun:

Lightning Gun:

Grenade Launcher:

Shock Rifle:

ENEMIES:

CuBot:

SphereBot:

Wa5p:

Mordred:

TankBot:

Turret:

There's 15 levels in total. Dozens of destructible props in levels, cool fights in air, fights with no gravity, in giant open areas, close quarter action, tank battles, boss fights,...
Upcoming content: Drivable car, turret boss, final boss, sound effects,...

DOWNLOAD PLAYABLE ALPHA DEMO

More screens

2011-04-04T22:53:00.000+02:00

Click on 'em for giant view.

Thank the Lord for Chainsaws

2011-04-03T15:30:00.000+02:00

Weapon Showoff Video

2011-03-16T08:09:00.000+01:00

New trailer for SickBrick

2011-02-20T21:19:00.003+01:00

New Weapon - the LightningGun

2011-02-08T21:44:00.001+01:00

I've added a new weapon into the game. The LightningGun. Opens up when shooting and everything :D

New enemy aka. CuBot

2011-02-05T17:24:00.000+01:00

I've started a new enemy robot guy for the game. Here's some screens.

Screenshots Galore

2011-01-30T20:09:00.002+01:00

Here are some new screenshots from my game. I've started working on it seriously. It's about half way done.
Without further delay:

Models done in Wings3D and ZBrush, game engine is Neoaxis.

Gameplay video

2009-06-23T11:49:00.006+02:00

This is a very early gameplay video showing off a small level.

You can find more videos of my games and game related stuff on my youtube page.

Screenshots

2009-05-15T16:23:00.011+02:00

Here are few screenshots of my Work In Progress tech demo for NeoAxis. Some models and textures are still missing.

I will post a playable tech demo in about two weeks.

Models done in Wings3D and ZBrush, game engine is Neoaxis.