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Black Shades is definately my favorite of your games. Infact, I believe it has the most potential to make it to the market above all your other games. If you were to sell it on any (and all) platform, you'd be rich. It would sell as is; but you could spice it up with textures, actually make the custom levels work (never got it to, even with custom levels set to 1), and finaly: I think if you were to make some of the baddies actually do combat with you (IE take aim for you, try to stab you, etc), add some cars (parked and moving on the street) then you would have something REALLY heart pounding. If you were to do that, then I'd put the zombie mode as an extra, not the normal.

I want to make a sequel sometime, with high-end graphics and such :p Probably won't have the zombies any more because they do seem a bit out of place.

Definitely cars and enemies that can target you though.

If there would be an update I'd like the following;

3D clouds (just really simple ones)
Cars, a definite!
Ability to drive and hijack
Variable intelligence in victim

And more variance in the levels. I mean, c'mon, what's a white-suited VIP doing walking around like that? I think it'd be better if you had to protect him in his private villa while the US Marines are after his ass and you gotta move him to his escape boat.

And multiple levels, meaning, not just on the streets, but in buildings on multiple floors. Think like this: You're on the streets, but have to look out for both street knifers and snipers up in the second level of the buildings!

And a real stresser: There are only a few assassins, not those obvious hordes, and killing bystanders gets you minus points. So, you have to suspect everyone, watch your back, and when they actually come for you or your VIP, it's like: Gah! Where are they shooting from!?
And during the normal street walks, the player is all stressed out.

I'm probably going to have most of this in Black Shades 2; cars, real buildings, etc. The problem with having really sneaky assassins though is that you're a psychic bodyguard, you can read their minds

Dang.
Well, isn't that what the red shot lines are for, right?

Maybe there's a level where he loses his psychic powers for a bit, like in "Slayers" - "That time of the month"
*snickers*

Or, better still, instead of zombies, have assassin robots that use guns. They don't have thoughts, so you'll have to watch your back.

*hums*

Voice acting.

Yup that's what the red lines are for.

Losing psychic powers for a level sounds good Not sure about the assassin robots though

I think there should be a mode where you are an assassin. Cool, huh? Or maybe, there could be a bonus game where your in a room and you have to kill as many bad guys as you can.

There will probably be an assassin mode in Black Shades 2

Lugaru rocks totally. Where can I find Soul of Steel? It looks cool, but I can't find anything much about it...

Soul of Steel is still in pretty early development, email me if you want to help beta test

IN BLACK SHADES 2 you could hav a 2 player network game where you have to kil the opponents V.I.P and protect yours at the same time

and maybe there could be a level where there are other bodyguards helping you

Indeed, that could be interesting

maybe have assassins who actually try to shoot you... lol