games are fun... who'd a thunk it... VIDEO!

Post by **lordofduct** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 9:47 pm

I spent the last two days creating a random level generator for a second game that we are working on. This game takes place in a psuedo-space, that is surrounded on all sides by an encasing shell (more on that later in life).

Anyways, here is a little preview of the world the player get spawned in. When the world spawns the suns (the coloured spheres) get placed into random orbital paths, and they each get a random number of planets, of which they all rotate around.

At this build point, I only have one of the 3 suns with planets orbiting around it. It is a place holding point until I figure a different way to control the orbital path of the planets. Unlike the suns, the script required for the planets is to dynamic (meaning, as there is a random number of them, I'm processing for some things that don't even exist) for the processor causing the frame rate to drop horribly.

Post by **racketboy** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:52 pm

Interesting.... has kinda a Tron/Burning Rangers vibe to it....
I look forward to seeing more

Post by **lordofduct** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 11:36 pm

just to let you know... I work on the programming side of things. I get basic geoshapes to form in my world.

I let Andy and Ed (the artsy fags) make the pretty models and pretty textures. So all MY stuff has a very tron feel to it. It's the easiest to make.

The game is actually a kids game and the visual look of it is actually more like "Space Channel 5" or "JetSet Radio".

...
odd part is our other game is all bleak and dark... and certainly not a kids game.

Post by **racketboy** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 6:12 am

lordofduct wrote:just to let you know... I work on the programming side of things. I get basic geoshapes to form in my world.

I let Andy and Ed (the artsy fags) make the pretty models and pretty textures. So all MY stuff has a very tron feel to it. It's the easiest to make.

The game is actually a kids game and the visual look of it is actually more like "Space Channel 5" or "JetSet Radio".

...
odd part is our other game is all bleak and dark... and certainly not a kids game.

Cool -- and variety is best. If all your games are the same, you will be less likely to distribute more.

Post by **lordofduct** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:27 pm

NEW!!!! I'm having fun.

Post by **Curlypaul** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:04 am

looks pretty cool, what system is this for?

I've recently been playing around with Rockin-B's Saturn Orbit demo, which is also fun. I might even think about entering the C4 contest but with a third nipper on the way any day now not sure if i'll get the time this year

Post by **lordofduct** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:29 pm

xbox-360

rockin-B still does the C4 competitions? Wow... I've seen some pretty cool stuff come out of those.

Post by **Curlypaul** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 7:37 pm

He sure is still running them, the saturn contents is open for entries now and I'm about to check out the winners disks on my freshly chipped Saturn...

Gotta wonder what he gains out of these competitions, or even how he covers the prize money and the cost of all those data cables. Not that I'm complaining I think its pretty cool that things like this occur in the world