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Dudebro: MSIFUSIHTS/SY2: The Straight-Up Official Thread!
- Thread starter thetrin
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The website won't update for another 20 minutes or so, but our first podcast is already up on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIsXlrQ8PZ4
Also on SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/johndudebro/behind-the-beard-episode-1
If any of you team members are interested in being in the next episode, let me know and we'll see what we can do! =)
[edit] Now the update is on the site: http://www.grimoireassemblyforge.com/dudebro2/site/?p=987
Also on SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/johndudebro/behind-the-beard-episode-1
If any of you team members are interested in being in the next episode, let me know and we'll see what we can do! =)
[edit] Now the update is on the site: http://www.grimoireassemblyforge.com/dudebro2/site/?p=987
Cow Mengde
Banned
Awesome. The reason I think there aren't as many people interested in the project as before is because there's not much to show. When we have real gameplay footage and screens, or even a playable demo, I think interest will be back up again.
I just saw a black and white artwork of the graveyard on Dropbox, with no name attached. The date is August 18th (right before I got back home, so that's why I missed it). Who made it? So1337?
Besides that, here's a test layout, not final yet but it could be, for the bush maze (spoilarzzz!): http://i.imgur.com/Urh85.jpg
The brown blocks represent withered bushes that can be blown up. The red and blue blocks are used to randomize the maze layout once the level starts (you'll see either the blue or the red ones, not both at the same time). Of course, they both represent normal, green bushes.
Besides that, here's a test layout, not final yet but it could be, for the bush maze (spoilarzzz!): http://i.imgur.com/Urh85.jpg
The brown blocks represent withered bushes that can be blown up. The red and blue blocks are used to randomize the maze layout once the level starts (you'll see either the blue or the red ones, not both at the same time). Of course, they both represent normal, green bushes.
Yep, it is!so1337 said:Yeah. I guess I should've posted it here.
So, yeah. Is this more or less what you had in mind? I roughly based it on Tyrant Onions sketch. The palm trees were obviously replaced by dead leaf trees.
It would just need some movable walls of loculi and a couple of crypts somewhere to be perfect.
The details on church, loculi and crypts are going to be very important though.
Oh, by the way, here's a WIP of Brahnson's portrait:
(edited, see below)
Movable? As in "Dudebro moves the whole wall"-movable?Jocchan said:
Actually, the two small buildings behind the church are supposed to be crypts or rather, they're going to be crypts.
So kinda like this?Jocchan said:
Metroid Killer
Member
Yeah the podcast was nice! It really amazes me how pro you guys are about everything in this damn project. The website can never get enough praise either.
I knew you weren't american Jocchan, from the podcast it sounded italian, no?
Keep up the good work!
I knew you weren't american Jocchan, from the podcast it sounded italian, no?
Keep up the good work!
cooljeanius
Member
Anyone know why downloading the podcast from the website makes it open under "music" instead of "podcasts" in iTunes?
Diablohead
Member
Hey guys, sorry for not getting around to posting in here but between a lot of things I either forgot or passed it until later.
I read the pm about still needing modellers and i'm still willing to help, give me a few more days to sort out my portfolio website and some other things and i'll have some good time to model things, I need to login to the share box thing again too because I think it was uninstalled from my pc in a huge clean up for freeing up memory, will get on that tomorrow.
How often are you guys on the irc channel?
I read the pm about still needing modellers and i'm still willing to help, give me a few more days to sort out my portfolio website and some other things and i'll have some good time to model things, I need to login to the share box thing again too because I think it was uninstalled from my pc in a huge clean up for freeing up memory, will get on that tomorrow.
How often are you guys on the irc channel?
cosmicblizzard
Banned
Diablohead said:
Awesome. Some of us are in the IRC all day (like me) so I'll always be there to answer questions I'm probably not qualified to answer
IMPORTANT
The level/mission structure in Dudebro has been tweaked. Check chapter 4 of the GDD for more details.
If you want to help:
1. Follow this FAQ: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcs6hh5g_23cgnp39cs
2. PM Danthrax your e-mail to be added to the staff list, Dropbox and the Google Waves
3. Contact your team lead to get assignments
4. Make sure you keep following the waves, this thread, and read the GDD
5. Remember that no one will PM you asking to do X or Y (we're too many), if you need assignments/feedback/direction/info/a beer/whatever just PM your lead
6. Use the IRC channel (more details below) to stay in touch with the team!!!
7. ???
8. PROFIT!
Useful links:
Sign-up FAQ: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcs6hh5g_23cgnp39cs
Dudebro Game Design Document: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcs6hh5g_8dv7w2pfm
Dudebro official website: http://www.grimoireassemblyforge.com/dudebro/
Dudebro Wiki: http://dudebro.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
CafePress Store: http://www.cafepress.com/dudebro2
And CHECK YOUR PRIVATE MESSAGES because I or another Dudebro volunteer may have PMed you about something important!
IRC details:
server: irc.gamecubecafe.com
channel: #dudebro
thank you for your attention and have a fantastic day!
The level/mission structure in Dudebro has been tweaked. Check chapter 4 of the GDD for more details.
If you want to help:
1. Follow this FAQ: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcs6hh5g_23cgnp39cs
2. PM Danthrax your e-mail to be added to the staff list, Dropbox and the Google Waves
3. Contact your team lead to get assignments
4. Make sure you keep following the waves, this thread, and read the GDD
5. Remember that no one will PM you asking to do X or Y (we're too many), if you need assignments/feedback/direction/info/a beer/whatever just PM your lead
6. Use the IRC channel (more details below) to stay in touch with the team!!!
7. ???
8. PROFIT!
Useful links:
Sign-up FAQ: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcs6hh5g_23cgnp39cs
Dudebro Game Design Document: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcs6hh5g_8dv7w2pfm
Dudebro official website: http://www.grimoireassemblyforge.com/dudebro/
Dudebro Wiki: http://dudebro.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
CafePress Store: http://www.cafepress.com/dudebro2
And CHECK YOUR PRIVATE MESSAGES because I or another Dudebro volunteer may have PMed you about something important!
IRC details:
server: irc.gamecubecafe.com
channel: #dudebro
thank you for your attention and have a fantastic day!
cooljeanius said:
No idea. I was planning on getting the podcast actually on to iTunes soon, so maybe that'll fix it.
Diablohead said:
www.dropbox.com in case you forgot =P There are always people in the IRC. I'm usually in there after 11 p.m. EDT and sometimes around noon to 2 p.m.
So, we're opening a developer blog sub-page within the Dudebro website, open to everyone in the Dudebro team.
Anyone can submit their posts, detailing their experience while making the game, the reasons behind some choices if you were involved in making them, and pretty much anything else about Dudebro or the industry in general. Just get in touch with me, Danthrax or cosmicblizzard and - if the post is interesting and informative enough - we'll try to put it somewhere in the website update schedule.
Anyone can submit their posts, detailing their experience while making the game, the reasons behind some choices if you were involved in making them, and pretty much anything else about Dudebro or the industry in general. Just get in touch with me, Danthrax or cosmicblizzard and - if the post is interesting and informative enough - we'll try to put it somewhere in the website update schedule.
cosmicblizzard
Banned
Today's update is about that creepy voodoo priest, Reverend Brahnson. The guy's got a sick back story. Check it out.
http://www.grimoireassemblyforge.com/dudebro2/site/?p=1011
http://www.grimoireassemblyforge.com/dudebro2/site/?p=1011
The Blue Jihad
Member
Random, but I was at a family birthday party this past Saturday, and I swear one of my cousin's friends is Dudebro. Or at least the inspiration for the cover of Medal of Honor. If I can find a picture of him, I definitely want to share it with you guys.
Ajemsuhgao
Member
I would love to start doing 3d work for this game again, but the super low polygon thing annoys me enough to kill any desire I have :lol
If anyone decides to go to Source or Unreal engine, I'd gladly join.
In fact, I think once this game is done, you should definitely consider moving to a better engine.
If anyone decides to go to Source or Unreal engine, I'd gladly join.
In fact, I think once this game is done, you should definitely consider moving to a better engine.
Haha, curious to see him.The Blue Jihad said:
Well, Unity (especially with Unity 3 behind the corner) is actually a pretty powerful engine.Ajemsuhgao said:
Our models are very lowpoly to have a large number of enemies - each with its own AI - at the same time, and to be able to run the game efficiently on a large variety of machines, especially considering browser overhead.
Increasing detail would also mean needing a much larger number of assets, or else the game wouldn't feel right. So, our budget in terms of modellers (very, very low) would be much more limiting than the engine itself.
Lastly, switching engines at this point wouldn't be a wise choice: we'd throw away all the work done on the coding side, and engine changes in general (in both professional and indie games) almost never work out well.
After Dudebro is done? Now that would be a completely different matter
Cow Mengde
Banned
Plaguefox said:This has been said before. I'm certain of it.
Dudebro My Shit Is Fucked Up So I Got to Shoot/Slice You II: It's Straight-Up Dawg Time
That's the title, right? Am I the only one that reads the title as the following?
Dudebro My Shit Is Fucked Up So I Got to Shoot/Slice You It's Straight-Up Dawg Time II
I can't even remember the full title. I remember the Dudebro and II part.
Ajemsuhgao
Member
Jocchan said:Haha, curious to see him.
Well, Unity (especially with Unity 3 behind the corner) is actually a pretty powerful engine.
Our models are very lowpoly to have a large number of enemies - each with its own AI - at the same time, and to be able to run the game efficiently on a large variety of machines, especially considering browser overhead.
Increasing detail would also mean needing a much larger number of assets, or else the game wouldn't feel right. So, our budget in terms of modellers (very, very low) would be much more limiting than the engine itself.
Lastly, switching engines at this point wouldn't be a wise choice: we'd throw away all the work done on the coding side, and engine changes in general (in both professional and indie games) almost never work out well.
After Dudebro is done? Now that would be a completely different matter
Yeah, I never expected this to change engines. It's far to late to do that. Why I said after
Hopefully!Ajemsuhgao said:Yeah, I never expected this to change engines. It's far to late to do that. Why I said after
This was already discussed, I thinkPlaguefox said:This is an example of an layout that is less likely to convey the wrong title, but I don't know if anyone cares. Anyway, just a suggestion!
Basically, the layout you suggested wouldn't be as impactful. Putting the II as we did might make its effective placement a bit unclear, but in the end it doesn't really matter where the number goes in the title.
What matters most is that the logo looks good, catches the viewer's attention easily, and makes the product identifiable/distinguishable from other products in the same franchise.
Another example of the same concept, with coincidentally the same layout, would be the Uncharted 2 logo:
The big 2 on the right is supposed to go before Among Thieves, but it's still placed on the right, as tall as both lines, for emphasis
So, a couple of notes on how the build is progressing:
1. Jumping is officially out. It has been on the verge of getting eliminated for a long while (actually, from the beginning), but we kept it as long as possible to weigh its pros and cons by testing it on the field. And it failed the test. Even though more complex maps were meant to use it a bit more, it's not worth the number of things the mechanic would break. So, it's going to be replaced by something else entirely, something a bit more horizontal.
2. The way proximity mines work will change significantly. They were too huge (already meant to become smaller), and always got in the way with physics. Now they're going to work a bit like the Claymores in MGS1 (once you plant one you can't move it), except with a full 360° range and activated manually by the player (as in the QA build).
3. Nicjac implemented all-new explosions. They need some tweaking but already look badass
4. The camera is further away, more centered and a bit more top-down. Running through hordes of enemies without bumping into them is much easier.
5. The enemies are faster, Dudebro is slightly slower. Some spawn points have been moved around, so the action is much more hectic.
6. Their AI is currently getting overhauled to allow them to circle strafe around the player. Packing them together into one group will be harder.
7. The weight of throwable objects (crates, barrels) has doubled. They behave more realistically now, especially the barrels had one issue with their collider fixed.
8. Curved pipes now have the correct collider. No more bullet holes in mid-air.
Sounds good?
1. Jumping is officially out. It has been on the verge of getting eliminated for a long while (actually, from the beginning), but we kept it as long as possible to weigh its pros and cons by testing it on the field. And it failed the test. Even though more complex maps were meant to use it a bit more, it's not worth the number of things the mechanic would break. So, it's going to be replaced by something else entirely, something a bit more horizontal.
Did someone say "like the Hover Boots from OOT"?
3. Nicjac implemented all-new explosions. They need some tweaking but already look badass
4. The camera is further away, more centered and a bit more top-down. Running through hordes of enemies without bumping into them is much easier.
5. The enemies are faster, Dudebro is slightly slower. Some spawn points have been moved around, so the action is much more hectic.
6. Their AI is currently getting overhauled to allow them to circle strafe around the player. Packing them together into one group will be harder.
7. The weight of throwable objects (crates, barrels) has doubled. They behave more realistically now, especially the barrels had one issue with their collider fixed.
8. Curved pipes now have the correct collider. No more bullet holes in mid-air.
Sounds good?
Title clarity is extremely important, the exact placement of the II between the two subtitles probably not as much though. In the end it's a matter of choices: we thought a larger II would have been more effective by emphasizing the fact it's the sequel of a game that doesn't exist, and went this way.Plaguefox said:
Thanks for the feedback, man. Actually, it's much appreciated. The fact we took one decision doesn't automatically mean it's the right one.Plaguefox said:But in the end, I don't know what else might have been discussed. I'm just some guy who popped in one day and went "hey I don't know what this game's title actually is".
Keep up the good work.
Awesomecntrational said:Finally read through this entire thread. I want to help out with the game, so I PMed Danthrax about joining the QA team.
devilhunterx
Banned
Dudebro vs. Action Hank: The Fight for the Manliest Beard!
Maybe if the 1st subtitle was red like the title, it would be less confusing? Right now it looks like "My shit is fucked up etc" and "it's straight up dawg time" go together, becuse they're both black, when it should be with the Dudebro. If everything "before" the 2 was red, it would seemingly work a lot better, right now it's red-black-red-black.
Cow Mengde
Banned
Jocchan said:So, a couple of notes on how the build is progressing:
1. Jumping is officially out. It has been on the verge of getting eliminated for a long while (actually, from the beginning), but we kept it as long as possible to weigh its pros and cons by testing it on the field. And it failed the test. Even though more complex maps were meant to use it a bit more, it's not worth the number of things the mechanic would break. So, it's going to be replaced by something else entirely, something a bit more horizontal.2. The way proximity mines work will change significantly. They were too huge (already meant to become smaller), and always got in the way with physics. Now they're going to work a bit like the Claymores in MGS1 (once you plant one you can't move it), except with a full 360° range and activated manually by the player (as in the QA build).Did someone say "like the Hover Boots from OOT"?
3. Nicjac implemented all-new explosions. They need some tweaking but already look badass
4. The camera is further away, more centered and a bit more top-down. Running through hordes of enemies without bumping into them is much easier.
5. The enemies are faster, Dudebro is slightly slower. Some spawn points have been moved around, so the action is much more hectic.
6. Their AI is currently getting overhauled to allow them to circle strafe around the player. Packing them together into one group will be harder.
7. The weight of throwable objects (crates, barrels) has doubled. They behave more realistically now, especially the barrels had one issue with their collider fixed.
8. Curved pipes now have the correct collider. No more bullet holes in mid-air.
Sounds good?
Can't say for sure until we play test it, but it sounds pretty good. I never really gave the camera much thought, but I think the decision for more top head view is a good one. I'll remember to throw stuff this time.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Posted in Duke Nukem thread:
MIND BLOWN!!
MIND BLOWN!!
Scythesurge
Member
Sounds very good! I like these changes quite a lot.Jocchan said:So, a couple of notes on how the build is progressing:
1. Jumping is officially out. It has been on the verge of getting eliminated for a long while (actually, from the beginning), but we kept it as long as possible to weigh its pros and cons by testing it on the field. And it failed the test. Even though more complex maps were meant to use it a bit more, it's not worth the number of things the mechanic would break. So, it's going to be replaced by something else entirely, something a bit more horizontal.2. The way proximity mines work will change significantly. They were too huge (already meant to become smaller), and always got in the way with physics. Now they're going to work a bit like the Claymores in MGS1 (once you plant one you can't move it), except with a full 360° range and activated manually by the player (as in the QA build).Did someone say "like the Hover Boots from OOT"?
3. Nicjac implemented all-new explosions. They need some tweaking but already look badass
4. The camera is further away, more centered and a bit more top-down. Running through hordes of enemies without bumping into them is much easier.
5. The enemies are faster, Dudebro is slightly slower. Some spawn points have been moved around, so the action is much more hectic.
6. Their AI is currently getting overhauled to allow them to circle strafe around the player. Packing them together into one group will be harder.
7. The weight of throwable objects (crates, barrels) has doubled. They behave more realistically now, especially the barrels had one issue with their collider fixed.
8. Curved pipes now have the correct collider. No more bullet holes in mid-air.
Sounds good?
donkey show
Member
Changes are looking good. Definitely can't wait to test it out!
cosmicblizzard
Banned
Today's update is actually a job posting. We're running short on people in certain fields (many have disappeared entirely) so we thought now was the right time. Take a look to see if you want to help out. It's not limited to gaffers, so any lurkers without accounts reading this, you're eligible as well.
http://www.grimoireassemblyforge.com/dudebro2/site/?p=1064
If you meet any of the requirements, please contact us through the website or PM Danthrax.
And since we love you all so much, we did 2 updates. The second one shows Dudebro's rendered model.
http://www.grimoireassemblyforge.com/dudebro2/site/?p=1066
http://www.grimoireassemblyforge.com/dudebro2/site/?p=1064
If you meet any of the requirements, please contact us through the website or PM Danthrax.
And since we love you all so much, we did 2 updates. The second one shows Dudebro's rendered model.
http://www.grimoireassemblyforge.com/dudebro2/site/?p=1066