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Broder Salsa
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Saw the post in the other thread and I am interested.
The bottom one works fine.
The bottom one works fine.
Could you not just copy/paste my original text that I sent? It included the correct img tags and things, makes it a tad nicer than a boring wall of text lol.
PM breaks all the tags and whatnot, I just copied it directly from the PM which I shouldn't have.
Fixed now.
I have a hangover, so I'm not in tip top shape here, sorry
Phat Michael
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well i wasnt expecting that! looks really good mate!
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Glad to see it got its own separate thread. Looks great and sound interesting. I'll definitely check it out once it's available to a wider audience.
On the topic of the Ivy, yeah don't worry I haven't done even half of whats needed in that pic there, and even less in the bathroom style areas. So yeah, just ignore the fact it looks a bit wonky there
No Wizards, but Nicolas is pretty damn motivated when it comes to his code. He's taken the engine to hell and back, re-wrote most of it, its like 99% fresh new code. Per pixel lighting, shadow mapping, cascaded shadow maps, sub surface scattering, rim lighting, ambient occlusion, depth of field, colour correction/grading, parallax occlusion mapping, depth textures (zFeather), real time reflections at different resolutions depending on what you need, a full material system complete with shader quality specific stages that allow us to create different effects based on game quality, real time light shafts with ray traced shadows, a full GUI system, high poly models with tagging and md5 animation system, full EAX/Open AL sound, a FULL original from the ground up tool system including tools for textures, materials, sounds, HD .RoQ video, map compilers and level editor... The list goes on.
Suffice to say... We have done a lot, and 99% of that is on a two man team. Its only now we added another guy, lol... So always looking for more help.
Oh and yes, as mentioned, OverDose is going to be FREE.
No Wizards, but Nicolas is pretty damn motivated when it comes to his code. He's taken the engine to hell and back, re-wrote most of it, its like 99% fresh new code. Per pixel lighting, shadow mapping, cascaded shadow maps, sub surface scattering, rim lighting, ambient occlusion, depth of field, colour correction/grading, parallax occlusion mapping, depth textures (zFeather), real time reflections at different resolutions depending on what you need, a full material system complete with shader quality specific stages that allow us to create different effects based on game quality, real time light shafts with ray traced shadows, a full GUI system, high poly models with tagging and md5 animation system, full EAX/Open AL sound, a FULL original from the ground up tool system including tools for textures, materials, sounds, HD .RoQ video, map compilers and level editor... The list goes on.
Suffice to say... We have done a lot, and 99% of that is on a two man team. Its only now we added another guy, lol... So always looking for more help.
Oh and yes, as mentioned, OverDose is going to be FREE.
Probably because it isn't constrained like all the console multiplatform games (this game probably wouldn't run very smooth on consoles, what with all the stuff going on that he mentioned). Console games' assets look GREAT too, it's the problem with lighting, image resolution, texture resolution limits, etc.. that makes them not look as hot.
Also, the fact that's only 2 guys and not a team of 100 people trying to put all their own ideas together
AzureSkies
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Holy crap this game looks absolutely amazing. I was thinking that it was at least running on the Quake 4 engine until I saw that it's running on ID Tech 2. I can't believe these visuals came from Quake 2's engine.
I am seriously impressed and I'll be following the project.
I am seriously impressed and I'll be following the project.
Haunted
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Looks quite lovely.
We're rapidly approaching (moving past...) the point where even a very small team concentrating on PC can put out graphics that rival big budget developers constrained by outdated console hardware.
SafeinSound
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Game looks ridiculous, graphically.
The question is why does it look so good on the Quake 2 engine.
No code from Doom 3's recent release is in these shots. The D3 code released only recently.
We built the OverDose engine on top of our older engine, the Quake II Evolved engine (Which we also made, PPL for Quake 2). Yeah, thats us, same team.
You have to remember what an engine is... Just because this is the Quake 2 engine, it doesn't mean it has to look exactly like that. Rage is the Quake 1 engine, don't forget. Call of Duty 4/MW2/BLOPS/MW3 is the Quake 3 Arena engine. Hell, Brink is the id Tech 4 engine, so is Prey 2, so is New Wolf.
We simply went in, used it as a base, and re-wrote parts... Then those parts becamse sections... And those sections became most of it. We have a brand new rendering engine, brand new networking code, its all NEW code. Its not really fair to say its Quake 2 any more, but that was our base.
We built the OverDose engine on top of our older engine, the Quake II Evolved engine (Which we also made, PPL for Quake 2). Yeah, thats us, same team.
You have to remember what an engine is... Just because this is the Quake 2 engine, it doesn't mean it has to look exactly like that. Rage is the Quake 1 engine, don't forget. Call of Duty 4/MW2/BLOPS/MW3 is the Quake 3 Arena engine. Hell, Brink is the id Tech 4 engine, so is Prey 2, so is New Wolf.
We simply went in, used it as a base, and re-wrote parts... Then those parts becamse sections... And those sections became most of it. We have a brand new rendering engine, brand new networking code, its all NEW code. Its not really fair to say its Quake 2 any more, but that was our base.
That sounds amazing, and you guys should be stoked to have such an awesome programmer. My head spins just trying to figure out how much problems he might have gone through, or how many hours it took to finally get everything working like it is right now.
checkeredknight
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This looks great. The screen shots make me want to explore the game world just as much as the screen shots of the first Bioshock did for me, with Rapture. Love the lighting and the style, keep it up!
Madness!
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Madness!
Out_Of_Ammo
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Wow this looks really great! I'm definately going to try it out.
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Hahaha, but its very bare, still so much WIP. Keep in mind we only just finished the renderer, and are only now moving onto some proper game code. While you can load up the maps and walk around, even create your own servers and have people join... Don't expect much more. One coder = A ball ache of a work load.
Donations are always welcome, and of course allow us to buy things that help OverDose progress, like new shoes. Nicolas always needs new shoes bless him, hes from Argentina and lives in a little mud hut. He has to travel 76 miles every morning just to take a piss
Donations are always welcome, and of course allow us to buy things that help OverDose progress, like new shoes. Nicolas always needs new shoes bless him, hes from Argentina and lives in a little mud hut. He has to travel 76 miles every morning just to take a piss
You said it better than I ever could. This is insane. Why release it for free? Just building up your portfolios?
plagiarize
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great stuff. the secret to a great looking game remains high res textures and good lighting. looking forwards to learning and seeing more.
Well we know for certain that the first alpha/beta that goes out to the public will be free, but we have a LOT of plans, and we do hope to one day move to something like Steam to get the game out there. With a totally unproven name, brand and team, we cant just jump right into the whole selling game sadly. We would rather as many people play it first of all and get a feel for it, then if we decide that its even worth selling, THEN we will look into that.
The general idea we are aiming for is:
Alpha > Beta > Update as much as possible to get better feedback > Sell over Steam if popular enough > If THATS popular enough, move onto the follow up, which is a coop themed single player style game with story.
But of course, theres no point talking about selling something that nobody may even want or be interested in, so for the moment we are just happy if people like it enough to want to see more lol! And it doesn't help with having such a small team, because we can never give an actual real release date other than "when its done".
But oh yes... It will be done.
The general idea we are aiming for is:
Alpha > Beta > Update as much as possible to get better feedback > Sell over Steam if popular enough > If THATS popular enough, move onto the follow up, which is a coop themed single player style game with story.
But of course, theres no point talking about selling something that nobody may even want or be interested in, so for the moment we are just happy if people like it enough to want to see more lol! And it doesn't help with having such a small team, because we can never give an actual real release date other than "when its done".
But oh yes... It will be done.
Krauser Kat
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kickstarter? I can throw 10 mulaa your way even though its free to help move you along. Good luck and god speed. Looks great.
PetriP-TNT
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Not enough people are stoked about the Wolfenstein references!
Krauser Kat
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its a website where you put up the project you want to get started/complete. Set up tiers, of gift/exchange and people give money to your project.
http://www.kickstarter.com/
Kickstarter does have me interesting, but how would I evne begin to put a value on this? Its like, I'll take ONE BILLLLLLION DOLLARRRRSSSSSSSS, and then I don't meet it and get nothing? But then, I put one hundred quid, meet it, and get it, but that doesn't fund anything... Gonna have to look into seeing if I should go with it.
What are your thoughts on this, you guys clearly have experience or at least knowledge of it I don't? Do you think its a good idea for us?
What are your thoughts on this, you guys clearly have experience or at least knowledge of it I don't? Do you think its a good idea for us?
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