Apart from the interactive introduction, this game is set in a deserted city. You play a theif, who's first role is to break into the mall where the first part of the game is staged.
There will be seperate episodes, characters, inventory and objects, and interactive enviroment. Already the scripting capabilities are developing. I expect speech and CD audio, and maybe arcade subgames.
The game is all about survival, and making the most of what little improvised weaponry there is available until you find firearms... If you run around too much you will be heard, and become tired too, so sneak around in the shadows to avoid conflict. Fall too far, and sprain your ankle. Basically, I'll have a new and realistic health system based on real survival requirements.
Anyway, here's the project:
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SCREENSHOTS All images are copyright 2000 Brokoz
This is by far not finished. There will be more enviromental features and eye candy.... but it's now worthy of releasing screenshots I think:
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The little picture of the guy is just a quickie until i draw a better one ;) |
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ENVIROMENT Here's a few clipped screenshots of things from the Life Skills world:
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FEATURES
Sound
The sound support isn't that great right now since it onle plays 8-bit mono sounds. *cringe* But hopefully this will be fixed when more important things are seen to.
Models
15-11-2000: Adding quake-style 3D models/entities was actually pretty straight forward. They have full texture mapping and good old polygon construction. The whole model subproject took about 6 hours straight. This is the first time I've ever attempted anything like this and I'm pleased with it.
Movement
Turn left and right and move forwards... It works well. There ae footstep sounds depending on your walking speed, and you can jump and fall. You can also run, creep or jog.
Maps
There are many areas that you can move between which are essentially smaller maps that make up the whole. There is an optional map of the immediate area in the top left corner of the screen.
Script
There's dialogue, event triggering... The game is 50% story-telling and 50% everything else.
Graphics
There are hundreds of graphic tiles already in the first working beta, and there will be other rendered graphics for people, objects, whatever else.
Stuff
I can't list everything; I'm coding the engine as fast as I'm thinking of new stuff ;)
RANGED WEAPONS
You main arsonal is (sometimes improvised) clubs and blades. On the plus side, there's no report, so they won't attract attention.
Crowbar
You're a theif, so you'll have this early on.
Baseball Bat
Not as heavy: faster swing but less damage
Sword
I've seen loads of samurai swords in shops, so this isn't too ridiculous ;)
FIREARMS
The Game would be boring if you didn't pack heat. The thing is; the game's about survival and firearms make it too easy... so now and then you'll come accross a gun but ammo is VERY rare. Save these for when you'll need them.
| M1911... your basic piece. |
| Glock: popular among terrorists, security forces, and action games. |
| Uzi 9mm of course. Hard to keep aim when fired continuously. |
| As far as the game's concerned, the MP5 is the accurate alternative of the Uzi. |
| Ah, the AK47... Bigger calibre and easier to keep aim. |
| Mossberg, reknowned to be the world's most powerful shotgun. |
ENGINE DEVELOPEMENT
| From the top: Here you see a 3D wireframe view. In this case it's basically a grid with varying heights in the squares. |
| The next step was to make the program draw the squares in the right order, starting with the smallest. |
| ...and add walls... |
| ...and textures. =) |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
See the little anime face in the bottom right corner of the main screenshot? That was by Juneko hehe ;)
The J symbol on the wall of the second screenshot is the icon of Jynko.