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http://www.joystiq.com/2013/09/24/pr...ting-game-eng/

Tucked away inside of the densely-packed Tokyo Game Show Indie Game Area was Project EF-12, which at first glance appeared to be a prototype 3D fighter along the lines of SoulCalibur or Tekken. After being introduced to designer/Quad Arrow CEO Masahiro Onoguchi, however, I learned that the game is in fact a free, totally customizable 3D fighting game engine.

Through modifying what essentially amounts to a collection of spreadsheets, users can change virtually everything about Project EF-12, from its characters, to their abilities and stages, all the way down to the appearance of the UI. The version I played had a selection of characters that had been modified into familiar archetypes: Virtua Fighter-esque, Tekken-like – there was even a character that played with 2D-style controls, despite this being a 3D engine.

Players can also insert new character models they've built from scratch, assuming the models were constructed in either Soft Image or Maya. Trading/sharing new characters is as simple as downloading a zip and extracting the spreadsheet and models into the correct folder.

Project EF-12 is currently available with a mountain of Japanese-language tutorial material through Playism's Japanese website, with an English release expected on Playism's English site before the end of the year. In related news, expect Style Guide: Journalism Hyper Fighting from Joystiq Publishing almost immediately afterwards.

youtube channel with more info/content:

https://www.youtube.com/user/onogu77777

next evolutionary step for Salty Bets??

It's time.

Always bet on Tobal.

looking forward to Salty Bets in 3D

Oh god no.

I'm getting Fighter Maker flashbacks, Vietnam style

Salty Bets in this could get ridiculous

3D Salty Bets? Yes please!

Could you have a character locked into a 2D plane face a fully 3D character? Hilarity would ensue.

lol, I'd mess with it.

Originally Posted by Talamius

3D Salty Bets? Yes please!

Could you have a character locked into a 2D plane face a fully 3D character? Hilarity would ensue.

'Why can't I hit him?! HE'S TOO THIN'

Cue chat exploding

How is the Japanese dude responding to interviewer's English questions without first getting it translated by his interpreter? Is it just easier for the interviewee to speak in Japanese?

Can't wait for Omega Tom Hanks.

AWWW YEAH



Aww... nah...

Brb, making the real 3d SF

Originally Posted by GayForMaster

How is the Japanese dude responding to interviewer's English questions without first getting it translated by his interpreter? Is it just easier for the interviewee to speak in Japanese?

Onoguchi understands English. I chat with him in English all the time.

We're super pumped about EF-12. Can't wait to put out the English veraion.

Lets rock, baybeh!

From the FGW thread: Examu already got a quick and dirty Arcana Heart proof up in the engine

Originally Posted by Silky

It's time.

Always bet on Tobal.

Never bet on Budokai.

My salty bucks are ready for Rare Kazuya

Originally Posted by Talamius

3D Salty Bets? Yes please!

Could you have a character locked into a 2D plane face a fully 3D character? Hilarity would ensue.

Make the 2D sprite Morrigan for maximum meme potential

This sounds incredibly fun to play around with, and I'm not even a huge fan of fighting games! Love the idea of character data being stored in an easy to use format.

Is there any convenient way of packing up and loading whole games? Characters, global rules and systems, etc.

omg Examu working on a polygonal fighting game?

#dead

really though I'd love that

Preview of what you're in for

(Same as one of those GIFs up there, but still)

Originally Posted by Tain

omg Examu working on a polygonal fighting game?

#dead

really though I'd love that

how can she be my waifu if she's 3D?

I think it would make fighting game tournaments more interesting if every competitor had their own custom-made character(s). Something like this could make it possible.

Originally Posted by Dambrosi

Omega Ben Affleck incoming.

Looking forward to the hilarity that will undoubtedly issue forth from this.

Seriously, though, that screenshot looks quite nice. We'll need vids of the engine in action, though Oops, we have vids already, but my point still stands - 60fps or no sale.

What sale? It's free. :)

Saw title and immediately thought of saltybets!

343MB file. I might run a stream to try and figure stuff out.

Could be big for doujin games if there's an easy way to package things into a single game download. Anyone know if it's possible to import custom animations rather than tweaking pre-made ones in-engine?

Originally Posted by Huw_Dawson

343MB file. I might run a stream to try and figure stuff out.

Go for it! We should have the English version out very soon for those interested in learning how to create content.

Originally Posted by nded

Could be big for doujin games if there's an easy way to package things into a single game download. Anyone know if it's possible to import custom animations rather than tweaking pre-made ones in-engine?

Yep. You can rig your own animations. Characters are made in external programs after all.

Okay, first impressions:

The game itself will play if a button on a controller is pressed on the start screen. Should Return be pressed, the title enters dev mode.

So far it runs at a solid 60fps.

Each character has a name and a game archetype. There's a TK (Tekken) character, some VF characters, and so on.

The menus are all in English.

You can do neat stuff like have the title running at 720p but internally running at 1440p.

Button mapping is a config file with hex values for the buttons. Pretty easy to fix your buttons - by default they're the Hori layout.

The "SF" characters still have side steps.

Oh yeah, here's a pic I took of Suda 51 playing EF-12 at the indie booth during TGS! He had an absolute blast.

Originally Posted by Cosmo Clock 21

From the FGW thread: Examu already got a quick and dirty Arcana Heart proof up in the engine

Talented people, damn.

Originally Posted by thetrin

Oh yeah, here's a pic I took of Suda 51 playing EF-12 at the indie booth during TGS! He had an absolute blast.

Are you involved in the development of this then?

Originally Posted by BronsonLee

'Why can't I hit him?! HE'S TOO THIN'

Cue chat exploding

Always bet on hitbox.

Originally Posted by Huw_Dawson

Are you involved in the development of this then?

thetrin works at Playism

Also a Suda51 fighting game would sure be a thing.

if lau retains his damage output I'm declaring myself top 8 at evo2015 right now.

I can't wait till people start making their custom fighting games. I hope this gets placed on Steam with Steam Workshop. The developer mentioned that they were in talks with Steam.

Originally Posted by Cosmo Clock 21

From the FGW thread: Examu already got a quick and dirty Arcana Heart proof up in the engine

Originally Posted by Ingueferroque

Talented people, damn.

You said it.

On the other hand, if they already have a 3D model of Heart already to go, it makes it all the more apparent that they may be going in that direction for AH4.

Oh please let this blow up and take over Salty Bet

NeoGaf: Hyper Fighting

I'll be the Dan character

Originally Posted by Cameron122

NeoGaf: Hyper Fighting

I'll be the Dan character

EviLore boss character

BJJ fighting style

The potential for this is amazing.

Okay, so here is my overall impressions of EF-12 so far:

THE GOOD

+ Easy to modify the numbers, from frame data through to damage and float heights.
+ No severe engine glitches or weirdness. Everything works like a generic 3D fighting game.
+ Very easy to clone and modify a character, and it looks to be easy to make palette swaps with different move properties etc.

THE BAD

- Japanese documentation.
- Maya, Softimage, Blender only for the GFX.
- Excel is required if you don't want to wade into the raw data.
- Stages are very rudimentary. No way of setting a limit on where characters can walk other than ring-out lines (no corners, walls.)
- As far as I can see, despite having SF-style movesets on two characters, most fundamental aspects of a 2D fighter are missing. Collision is governed by hit-spheres attached to bones rather than hitboxes. I can't see any way of setting up a move as being special cancellable, despite specials existing in the engine. The engine really only really supports basic 3D fighters.

Basically, if you're looking to make a Tekken 3 character, this is a great engine. But I was hoping for an engine that would work in a 2D plane and this doesn't appear to be it.

Flying Dragon 64 shall rise again----all the Bokuchin power and Judo girl infinite grapples.

Could these character models potentially find their way into this?

I need more fighters!

Hopefully something good comes out of this.

Next gen salty bets yes please

Is that...is that a chiptunes version of "Friday" they used in the video? WHY

"Could these character models potentially find their way into this?"


Yes, if someone animates them (or they could just leave them as is).