[Sebastian]

Me, James and Highwire (Rob) gave co-op play a shot tonight. We tried a new map by Highwire (I don't know if he wants me to post his map yet, so I'll wait for his confirmation), an Invasion map (think Horde mode in Gears of War 2) and also co-op on a usermap for Duke which I can't recall the name of. See first shot for that one.


That's Highwire playing as a.. medieval magic-dude (I can't remember whose character that is, sorry!) and me as Geoffrey's character.


Playing as my own character on one of the many Invasion maps during the last wave before the big boss battle! The environment change depending on which wave you're on, starting as a tropical setting, gradually becoming darker and darker.

[Sebastian]

Alright, here's the two shots of Highwire's map in co-op!

In this shot you can see James have picked up a trashcan and is tossing it at enemies.


Try and ignore the fact that the muzzleflash is behind the bayonette in this one.

[Gambini]

Nice shots you should also post those in AMC, since it´s lacking of any new content lately and... the mod is AMC TC!!

[Danukem]

Looks like a lot of fun!

So I guess the trails of little sprites in the air show where each character is aiming? I'm sure that's useful in multiplayer, but it looks messy in screen shots.

[Sebastian]

Gambini, on Oct 12 2009, 10:58 AM, said:

Nice shots you should also post those in AMC, since it´s lacking of any new content lately and... the mod is AMC TC!!

True, but it's for everyone!

DeeperThought, on Oct 12 2009, 11:06 AM, said:

Looks like a lot of fun!

So I guess the trails of little sprites in the air show where each character is aiming? I'm sure that's useful in multiplayer, but it looks messy in screen shots.

The trails of sprites are from the enemies laser rifles. It does look messy in screenshots, it's just one of those things that look better when in motion I suppose!

[William Gee]

Awesome city!

[KillerBudgie]

Very nice. Isn't that gun an FG42 with a mounted bayonet?

[Sebastian]

You bet! With the opportunity to upgrade, it eventually becomes one badass weapon.

[KillerBudgie]

I thought it was an FG42. The shape of that weapon is unmistakable.

[HighWire]

Now that I'm here I figured -



The foreground is a bit messy but obviously the screen is taken from a backdrop setting.

[William Gee]

I don't see anything messy, you really are great at wide open city scenes. (y) Love it.

[quakis]

The only thing I personally don't like, is the sky choice. At least the quality of the texture.

[Mikko]

Nah, the sky actually fits pretty well. Keep in mind it rains in the map and you never get to see the map from that position anyway.

[Jimmy]

Looks nice, kind of reminds me of City Terror.

[Sebastian]

Been doing some back&forth with James today - resulting in a new gun for my character.





It's basically finished as it is, I just gotta adjust the art for it a little bit, but you get the idea!

[William Gee]

These screens look really very good, specially the second, I dunno about the explosion art though, the yellow pixils look weird.

[zykov eddy]

The hud looks ugly, could you guys do it better?

William Gee, on Nov 8 2009, 08:59 PM, said:

These screens look really very good, specially the second, I dunno about the explosion art though, the yellow pixils look weird.

Explosions taken from Blood, i guess.

[The Commander]

zykov eddy, on Nov 10 2009, 05:55 AM, said:

The hud looks ugly, could you guys do it better?

I thought it was a rather "KISS" looking type HUD myself.

[Sangman]

zykov eddy, on Nov 9 2009, 05:55 PM, said:

The hud looks ugly, could you guys do it better?

Just FYI, there are several HUDs in the game (a different one for every character).

I still don't see the problem with Rusty's HUD though. :/

[Geoffrey]

Me neither - it does look a bit unusual but not necessarily in a bad way.

[Danukem]

It's the font(s), guys. The numbers don't look very good. Also the '+' doesn't go with the numbers.

[Geoffrey]

True, the + and the numbers do clash. But the numbers itself look fine to me. There was a tc a couple of years back that had the same style of numbers which was pretty cool (come to think of it, it might've been Victor's thing, which was never released).

[Sebastian]

The numbers look fine, we'll fine tune everything else before release. Can we move past the fucking HUD please?

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These screens look really very good, specially the second, I dunno about the explosion art though, the yellow pixils look weird.

Good point, though I probably wouldn't have noticed if you hadn't pointed it out.

[Sebastian]

Lo-res video preview of my level, 2:04 min -- 11.9MB
Right click to download.

I'll replace this one with a YouTube mirror... but not today. Too much work on Duke today, so sleepy..

edit: Two bucks to whoever gets the movie reference, room before last in the video!

[Stabs]

Natural Born Killers, one of my fave movies

looking like a very cool map with plenty to do and explode

[Sebastian]

One of those movies that really set a mark on you for the rest of your life. Kinda like... Roadhouse.
That track barely made it into the trailer either! I was going for either a Goblin track or Ennio Morricone (if you haven't heard these fellas work then you owe it to yourself!) but I was listening to some Cohen while going through the footage and realized the barren desert and desolate feeling set by this evocative tune fits my character's journey way better than I could've imagined!

[Headless_Horseman]

But the main questio remain : when we can expect a release or an alpha / beta ?
BTW, the answer "When it's ready" is NOT allowed.

[Sebastian]

How about really really soon?

[Headless_Horseman]

This one makes me happy !

[Sangman]

Yeah the first episode is very near completion. Too bad the work on maps I've done so far is for episode 2 (except for a little MP Invasion map but that's more James' work than mine!)