Just letting everybody know that I'll be closing down this "Source Media Arcade" group soon in favor of the official Anarchy Arcade group that Steam provides.

The link to join that group chat is:
https://s.team/chat/DP7mOO2x

Hope to see you all there! I'll pull the plug on this group next week.

Hey everybody! Thanks for supporting Anarchy Arcade, and its prototype SMArcade!

I want to let everybody know that this Steam group is no longer active and will no longer recieve updates.

Please join the new Official Anarchy Arcade Steam group to continue receiving updates: http://steamproxy.net/groups/AArcade

Thanks!

Download the prototype from the GameJolt profile[gamejolt.com].

Yesterday I coded in two new parsers to the prototype to demonstrate some of the features I discussed in my previous update. They include the ability to spawn an entire YouTube channel (or playlist) into an arcade at once, and also the ability to display your unlocked Steam Trading Cards for all of your different Steam games.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EL5l5dKWZY

The beauty of Anarchy Arcade's design is its simplicity. Even in the prototype, every single item you see is a standard Anarchy Arcade shortcut.

In the Steam version, you will earn in-game rewards every time you do well playing one of your other games. You'll get points for unlocking cards and achievements, etc. All of the technology demonstrated here will be tied into your Steam profile to consolidate all of your media & gaming career into this immersive 3D multiplayer desktop.

Also in this update, I have fixed an issue with over-the-shoulder spectating. It will work properly now in Multiplayer servers.


Tomorrow, starting at midnight in just 4 short hours, I will be doing another 24 hour Anarchy Arcade live broadcast where I give away 1 free Steam game every hour. If you're interested in seeing Anarchy Arcade in action, getting some free games, or just having a good time in general, check out the Twitch stream at http://www.twitch.tv/AnarchyArcade. See you there!


There are only a few short days before the Kickstarter campaign concludes, so now's the time to head on over to the Kickstarter and make a memorable contribution to Anarchy Arcade!

Last week's Anarchy Arcade 24 hour streaming marathon went off without a hitch. Twenty-eight games were given away in total, and we all had a lot of fun playing games, listening to music, and watching videos. Next Wednesday it's all going down again on http://www.twitch.tv/AnarchyArcade. There's a whole new batch of games ready to be given out, and lots of fun to be had. So take a look at at the Twitch stream next Wednesday if you want to see Anarchy Arcade in action!

Also, there are only 9 days left in the Anarchy Arcade Kickstarter campaign! If you haven't already, check out some of the many update articles I have been posting there. Now is the time to pledge and leave a lasting impression on the Anarchy Arcade community!

Now, continuing on to the meat of this article, here are details into some of what Anarchy Arcade does behind the scenes to create 3D worlds from 2D websites & host them multiplayer, and the legal considerations that have gone into its design. You can listen to the audio, or read the transcript. The transcript also has some random screenshots of more exotic locations that have arcades built in them. They show a lot of community add-on content that Anarchy Arcade is compatible with.

http://www.smarcade.net/dlcv2/moddb/pics/nt_pissalley_ctg0000.jpg

You can view the full article on Kickstarter: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aarcade/anarchy-arcade/posts/801206

Or you can listen to the article on YouTube instead (but there's no screenshots to look at):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW_43yCo7PA

I've spent the last 5 days preparing a new update for the users of Anarchy Arcade's prototype. It includes lots of new cabinet models, props, and some very cool new features. Over-the-shoulder spectating is now usable in the prototype; that means that you can stand behind somebody and watch them play the game LIVE. Also with this update you can play videos back on multiple in-game screens at the same time to really create an immersive arcade! There are twenty days left in the Kickstarter to raise the money needed to license Anarchy Arcade!



I've created 26 new props and cabinet models for this update including the table-top style Coffee Cabinet requested by the Dopefish Screenshot contest winner! Other cool new additions are a huge speaker based on the one from Back to the Future, a mutli-screen monitor setup based on the movie Swordfish, and an iCade cabinet which is a miniature arcade cabinet that you slide a tablet into; great for small retro-style games!

Anarchy Arcade won't have a Steam Workshop until after the Kickstarter, but it's already received its very first community addon prop designed specically for the prototype! Check out this Skeeball Machine on http://sma.gamebanana.com/gamefiles/3467! Thanks Tony! If you have any questions about making your own addons, just send me a message and I'll help out as much as I can.


Users have been requesting the ability to stand behind me in the virtual world and watch the games I am playing, LIVE, on the cabinet's in-game screen. I call this over-the-shoulder spectating and for a long time I did not think it was going to be possible to implement. However, I am now able to accomplish it in a very open-ended way by taking advantage of streaming services such as Twitch.tv. This prototype update allows for over-the-shoulder spectating in multiplayer arcades. When other players select the cabinet you are standing in front of, they are able to watch your live video stream.

Anarchy Arcade is not screen sharing software and it is not a video syndication service, so you'll still need to know how to stream to sites like Twitch.tv, Hitbox.tv, or Justin.tv to make it work. This feature is implemented in such a general way that you will be able to use any other site that you want. All features in Anarchy Arcade are implemented in this fashion. It gives you absolute freedom. It adapts to how ever you want to use it.


Last week during multiplayer testing I joined some very unique arcades made by some cool people. Thanks to the feedback they gave me, I implemented a new feature that lets you play your videos back on multiple in-game screens all around your arcade! Just check out the Filters tab on a Cabinet's Green Menu to play around with it. In the screenshot above you can see that when you select a Pokemon episode's tablet, the video also plays back on the big screens!


There are 20 days left in the Kickstarter and every Wednesday I do a LIVE 24 hour gaming marathon where I use the Anarchy Arcade prototype to play video games non-stop all day long. The whole thing is broadcast live on Twitch.tv so you can chat with me live, give me suggestions, or interact with other viewers. Below is the schedule, which I am usually good about sticking to. Keep in mind that this is a live broadcast and will feature mature content.


Retro Toony Kick-Off Show (4:30am - 6am)
Cartoons, indie games, and comics.

Retro Randomness (6am - 9am)
Good old games & bad old games.

Space Invasion (9am - noon)
Laser guns, fighter ships, and deep space.

Lunch (noon - 1pm)
Food related games, music, and movies.

Arcade Tours (1pm - 2pm)
Help me choose which games to play next week.

Speed Racer (3pm - 5pm)
Racing games on my G27 racing simulator.

Vietnam (5pm - 7pm)
Guns, bullets, and explosions.

Jedi Knight (7pm - 9pm)
Competitive multiplayer in a game from 1997.

Zambie Apocalypse (9pm - 11pm)
We're not stopping until we get every last one of 'em.

Counter-Sleep (11pm - infinity)
Jump into the High Times server for some Counter-Strike to wrap up the day.

Remember, this is Twitch TV, not regular TV. It's best if you just throw the stream onto a 2nd monitor and let it stream all day long. Watching me play video games is not the type of stuff that is going to capture your attention for hours at a time, but it is fun to look over when ever something interesting is happening. That's http://www.twitch.tv/AnarchyArcade. See you on the flip-side.