https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/outcast-reboot-hd/outcast-reboot-hd
Footage of the HD remake:
GAMEPLAYVIDEO!
(Video) Pitch Video
(Video) Fly through: Shamazaar - World of Temple
Making of Shamazaar Part 1
Making of Shamazaar Part 2
(webm version of above gif)
New Cutter model:
(uses still old 3d Models)
Before:
After:
Kickstarter
In 2014, 15 years after its original release, most members of the original team are back to kickstart the game into the HD-era. Developed from scratch by Fresh3d, a company founded in 2004, the game will feature at its 600,000 goal:
-All objects, textures, environments and characters entirely remade from scratch in hi-definition.
-Targets 1080p @ 60fps, and supports beyond HD
-Enhanced adventure:
. Annoying story bugs removed
. Improved HUD
. Improved inventory
. Improved notepad
. Improved dialog interface
-New Cutter locomotion, control and animations
-New camera control
-Xbox and PS4 controller (and other compatible) support on Windows
Stretch Goals
750,000 :
-Mac/Linux version
-Reworked animations for all characters
-New facial rig and lipsynch for all characters
-Introducing the Oil subquest in Motazaar
-Enjoy a brand new subquest that never got implemented in the original game.
950,000:
-DX11 enhancements:
-Introducing new dynamic weather effects
-Geometry shader based grass and vegetation
-Individual grass blades and leaves simulation to see and feel the breeze in the fields.
-Rigid body physics objects simulation.
-All decoration objects to behave with rigid body physics simulation. Imagine how a combat in the markets of Talanzaar would look with that feature !
-Full HDR pipeline
-High quality anti aliasing, AO and DOF
-Post effects extravaganza
-Introducing new exploration rooms inside Shamazaar temples
-ntroducing the Remote Camera, a new gadget in Cutter’s arsenal. Sneak into a soldiers’ camp and place the camera strategically, now with PiP you can remotely follow enemies patterns and behaviors while attacking their weakest point.
1,000,000:
-Rideable Ventilopes
-VR support: See Adelpha from a new perspective, ride Ventilopes in full immersive VR and feel the void below while flying!
1,350,000:
-Next-gen consoles version
-Cloth and ropes simulation
-Compute shader dynamic water
-7.1 Sound effects
-New content:
. New introduction movie
. Along with the intro movie, we will redesign a back-story movie (also using motion graphics) that explains, from the Talan point of view, the Coming of the Ulukai. This movie will be used for promoting the game when it comes out to the general public.
. New game music ny original composer Lennie Moore
1,700,000:
-A new world: Kizaar
-New recorded dialogs (audio in English only, with subtitles for other languages)
-Orchestral soundtrack
. 15 Minutes of new music specifically created for Kizaar.
. All of the 30 minutes of new music (previous goal + this goal) will be recorded with a live symphony orchestra
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About the original:
Outcast is an action-adventure game developed by Appeal, published by Infogrames and was released in 1999 for PC. It's one of the best games released ahead of its time. As one of the first games, you had a rich, fully explorable 3D world, including cities with lots and lots of characters, who were fully voiced.
Let me tell you, people that played that game in 1999 (and beyond), including me, were just blown away by this game's atmosphere, characters and world. It was nothing short but breathtaking. I have yet to see another game where exploration was so rewarding and so much fun. One of the best games and one of the best to get a HD remake. If you even just mildly interested, help this kickstarter to get to its goal.
Plot:
In 2007, the U.S. government successfully sends a probe to an alien world in a parallel universe. The probe starts transmitting video images of the world back to Earth. Then, just minutes into the mission, an alien life form discovers the probe and damages it, causing an unforeseen backlash of energy to create a black hole threatening Earth. After being briefed on the situation by his old friend Major Vernon, former U.S. Navy SEAL Cutter Slade is given the job of escorting three scientists (William Kauffmann, Anthony Xue and Marion Wolfe) on a mission to this alien world to recover the probe and close the black hole. Arriving in this alien world, Cutter is separated from the other scientists and is hailed by the natives as their messiah, the Ulukai.
Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHbXtaVQ49Y
Screenshots (not from the HD remake)
Footage of the HD remake:
GAMEPLAYVIDEO!
(Video) Pitch Video
(Video) Fly through: Shamazaar - World of Temple
Making of Shamazaar Part 1
Making of Shamazaar Part 2
(webm version of above gif)
New Cutter model:
(uses still old 3d Models)
Before:
After:
Kickstarter
In 2014, 15 years after its original release, most members of the original team are back to kickstart the game into the HD-era. Developed from scratch by Fresh3d, a company founded in 2004, the game will feature at its 600,000 goal:
-All objects, textures, environments and characters entirely remade from scratch in hi-definition.
-Targets 1080p @ 60fps, and supports beyond HD
-Enhanced adventure:
. Annoying story bugs removed
. Improved HUD
. Improved inventory
. Improved notepad
. Improved dialog interface
-New Cutter locomotion, control and animations
-New camera control
-Xbox and PS4 controller (and other compatible) support on Windows
Stretch Goals
750,000 :
-Mac/Linux version
-Reworked animations for all characters
-New facial rig and lipsynch for all characters
-Introducing the Oil subquest in Motazaar
-Enjoy a brand new subquest that never got implemented in the original game.
950,000:
-DX11 enhancements:
-Introducing new dynamic weather effects
-Geometry shader based grass and vegetation
-Individual grass blades and leaves simulation to see and feel the breeze in the fields.
-Rigid body physics objects simulation.
-All decoration objects to behave with rigid body physics simulation. Imagine how a combat in the markets of Talanzaar would look with that feature !
-Full HDR pipeline
-High quality anti aliasing, AO and DOF
-Post effects extravaganza
-Introducing new exploration rooms inside Shamazaar temples
-ntroducing the Remote Camera, a new gadget in Cutter’s arsenal. Sneak into a soldiers’ camp and place the camera strategically, now with PiP you can remotely follow enemies patterns and behaviors while attacking their weakest point.
1,000,000:
-Rideable Ventilopes
-VR support: See Adelpha from a new perspective, ride Ventilopes in full immersive VR and feel the void below while flying!
1,350,000:
-Next-gen consoles version
-Cloth and ropes simulation
-Compute shader dynamic water
-7.1 Sound effects
-New content:
. New introduction movie
. Along with the intro movie, we will redesign a back-story movie (also using motion graphics) that explains, from the Talan point of view, the Coming of the Ulukai. This movie will be used for promoting the game when it comes out to the general public.
. New game music ny original composer Lennie Moore
1,700,000:
-A new world: Kizaar
-New recorded dialogs (audio in English only, with subtitles for other languages)
-Orchestral soundtrack
. 15 Minutes of new music specifically created for Kizaar.
. All of the 30 minutes of new music (previous goal + this goal) will be recorded with a live symphony orchestra
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
About the original:
Outcast is an action-adventure game developed by Appeal, published by Infogrames and was released in 1999 for PC. It's one of the best games released ahead of its time. As one of the first games, you had a rich, fully explorable 3D world, including cities with lots and lots of characters, who were fully voiced.
Let me tell you, people that played that game in 1999 (and beyond), including me, were just blown away by this game's atmosphere, characters and world. It was nothing short but breathtaking. I have yet to see another game where exploration was so rewarding and so much fun. One of the best games and one of the best to get a HD remake. If you even just mildly interested, help this kickstarter to get to its goal.
Plot:
In 2007, the U.S. government successfully sends a probe to an alien world in a parallel universe. The probe starts transmitting video images of the world back to Earth. Then, just minutes into the mission, an alien life form discovers the probe and damages it, causing an unforeseen backlash of energy to create a black hole threatening Earth. After being briefed on the situation by his old friend Major Vernon, former U.S. Navy SEAL Cutter Slade is given the job of escorting three scientists (William Kauffmann, Anthony Xue and Marion Wolfe) on a mission to this alien world to recover the probe and close the black hole. Arriving in this alien world, Cutter is separated from the other scientists and is hailed by the natives as their messiah, the Ulukai.
Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHbXtaVQ49Y
Screenshots (not from the HD remake)
