[eddym4814]

DeeperThought, on Sep 21 2009, 10:00 PM, said:

Thanks for making me aware of VideoGameSprites.net. I'll start looking there in the future.

Your welcome.

[William Gee]

Tea Monster, on Sep 21 2009, 08:18 PM, said:

What do you think of this?

looks good, do you have a front on view?

[Danukem]

William Gee, on Sep 21 2009, 09:05 PM, said:

looks good, do you have a front on view?

What we really want is renderings from about 8 angles, so we can make a spinning animation

And keep in mind that the resolution would be reduced a lot, because it's a small item and we are going for that retro 8-bit look. The end product will not be more than, say, 64 pixels tall (and that's pushing it, since it would make it about as detailed as an enemy sprite, who are much bigger in game).

[Sobek]

DeeperThought, on Sep 10 2009, 05:46 PM, said:

I made a blade of grass sprite and coded it to spawn randomly on grass textured floors when the map loads. It adds a few thousand sprites to each map that has grass. I had a few issues coding it, but it's still a lot easier than placing all those sprites in mapster. Plus I could use the same code to add different stuff.

Perfect mix of colour and scale here, I love it. That random grass sure does sound great... I imagine it would be good for most people to use on simpler maps, and could be somewhat catered for by simply being more strict with regards to the size and visibility of areas you intend to make grassy.

It's all good

[Tea Monster]

DeeperThought, on Sep 21 2009, 10:14 PM, said:

What we really want is renderings from about 8 angles, so we can make a spinning animation

And keep in mind that the resolution would be reduced a lot, because it's a small item and we are going for that retro 8-bit look. The end product will not be more than, say, 64 pixels tall (and that's pushing it, since it would make it about as detailed as an enemy sprite, who are much bigger in game).

Yeah, thats no problem. I'll get that done in the next couple of days.

[William Gee]

Don't play with evil.

[Mikko]

That's cool, hope you got some eerie sound effects for the part, could be pretty moody.

[Danukem]

I wonder if it would look better to have the stuff coming out of a break in the pillar, so we can see the effect that is spawning it, instead of coming out of a solid wall. It could be a small gap, just big enough to see the ball of light, and then there could be cracks above and below the gap, so it looks like the evil burst forth and broke the pillar. Of course, you can't do that if the pillar already stops before it reaches the ceiling.

[KillerBudgie]

Stop teasing us, please! Waiting for this mod is almost like waiting for the firing squad!

[Ryan Cordell]

DeeperThought, on Sep 24 2009, 05:02 PM, said:

I wonder if it would look better to have the stuff coming out of a break in the pillar, so we can see the effect that is spawning it, instead of coming out of a solid wall. It could be a small gap, just big enough to see the ball of light, and then there could be cracks above and below the gap, so it looks like the evil burst forth and broke the pillar. Of course, you can't do that if the pillar already stops before it reaches the ceiling.

Parallax mapping stuff, anyone? ;P

[William Gee]

Getting closer to a release.

[Fantinaikos]

Yo, William, i'm really happy for your work, i'm let you finish.

BUT DUKE DEEPERTHOUGHT MADE DUKEPLUS, THE BEST EDUKE32 MOD OF ALL TIME.

ONE OF THE BEST EDUKE32 MOD OF ALL TIME!!!

Kanye mode de-activated.

..... What appened ?

I can't wait for the release.

[KillerBudgie]

William Gee, on Sep 26 2009, 10:28 AM, said:

Getting closer to a release.

That's like music to my ears! But I wonder how close to a release is it?

[Danukem]

Fantinaikos, on Sep 26 2009, 03:13 AM, said:

Yo, William, i'm really happy for your work, i'm let you finish.

BUT DUKE DEEPERTHOUGHT MADE DUKEPLUS, THE BEST EDUKE32 MOD OF ALL TIME.

ONE OF THE BEST EDUKE32 MOD OF ALL TIME!!!

Kanye mode de-activated.

..... What appened ?

For a minute I didn't notice that your post was a joke reference to Kanye West and I almost wrote critical reply. The internet is a dangerous place for subtle humor.

[William Gee]

The MOD is at that irritating stage where its really close to being finished, and most of the work left is trying to find ways to preserve walls while getting the unfinished parts done.

Level1 and 2 are finished, I'm just finishing level3 now, hopefully it wont take long. Then finish the HUB level and its done.

Dan has added even more stuff lately, (some things I have wanted for a very long time) so I'm quite inspired.

[Danukem]

It will probably be at least a few weeks between the time that it's "done" and the time it is actually released, because we still have to do more testing, not to mention work on the presentation and other details.

Also keep in mind the upcoming release will be the first of three planned releases, corresponding to three episodes in a continuous adventure.

[William Gee]

A few more screens.





Yes the pixils on the chainsaw still need to be fixed.

[Sangman]

Isn't that from Zombie Crisis?

Love the sky, btw, but I'm not sure if it really fits the map. After all the sky is red-ish whereas the map is predominantly green.

[Danukem]

Sangman, on Sep 27 2009, 09:46 AM, said:

Isn't that from Zombie Crisis?

Yep. And in a way, the double-barreled shotgun and gatling gun are as well, since when Cage first made them the plan was to put them in a future version of Zombie Crisis. I'm glad that all of Cage's weapons, both old and new, are being put to good use in this TC. Now if only he would return

Sangman, on Sep 27 2009, 09:46 AM, said:

Love the sky, btw, but I'm not sure if it really fits the map. After all the sky is red-ish whereas the map is predominantly green.

That's a tough call, because the skybox fits the later part of the map perfectly. Now I need to stop editing this post.

[Mikko]

I agree with Sang on the skybox. The contrast isn't really appealing, a greenish/blueish sky would fit much better.

[Danukem]

I can add an effector that changes the skybox midway through the map. There's a good place for that.

[The Commander]

I find nothing wrong with the one I see now myself. It should be left how it is as I trust Williams mapping skills and know that if something doesn't look right to him he soon changes it. lol

[Danukem]

The Commander, on Sep 27 2009, 12:24 PM, said:

I find nothing wrong with the one I see now myself. It should be left how it is as I trust Williams mapping skills and know that if something doesn't look right to him he soon changes it. lol

Bah, I was going to say more but then I realized it would be too much of a spoiler. Let's just say that while the reddish sky does look good, a different hue might look even better for the first part of the map.

[Jimmy]

I think it looks fine as is, though there is always room for improvement in anything I guess.

[Sebastian]

Awesome atmosphere. There's something missing though, it feels like there should be something in the environment, fog-like almost. Something as simple as translucent clouds or smoke in the environment. There's lots of flora, and I think I'm missing the particles. A random cloud-spawner should look absolutely phenomenal. You could spawn them relative to the player's distance too if there'd be a frame-rate issue.

Actually, just flies and dust from the flora flying around would look stunning.

[Sebastian]

So should I bother giving feedback or what?

[William Gee]

? of cause, DT and I discussed your ideas, we did have a fog spawner, but found the art sucked, and it needs replacing. We have been pretty busy putting together the intro level for the game lately and that's taking up all of our time.

I did replace the sky though.

[Sebastian]

William Gee, on Oct 4 2009, 03:53 PM, said:

? of cause, DT and I discussed your ideas

It's just that whenever I offer a suggestion or feedback things go completely quite - I didn't know if that was a good or bad thing.

William Gee, on Oct 4 2009, 03:53 PM, said:

Looks quite nice. The color palette's better but it seem to offer a much more optimistic theme than before. Was this the map that changed skies?

[William Gee]

Rusty Nails, on Oct 6 2009, 05:35 AM, said:

Was this the map that changed skies?

I don't really want to ruin any more surprises. But thanks for your comments.

[Tea Monster]

Here's the armor shard.

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