Author Topic: Avaneya - A Cerebral Science Fiction Game for GNU/Linux (Read 10406 times)

Omega · « **Reply #25 on:** 28 May 2010, 18:57:44 »

Well, if you want me to help with the site, you need to give me all the files for the site, generally in a compressed archive such as 7z, rar, or zip.

Kip · « **Reply #26 on:** 29 May 2010, 00:31:17 »

Hey ArchImage. Check out the FAQ and you'll find that your point is a good one regarding portability.

Omega: No problem. Everything that you need is already there on the site, such as the three pages and images. If you want the GIMP files to edit the artwork, I can email them to you.

-Archmage- · « **Reply #27 on:** 29 May 2010, 00:40:19 »

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Hey ArchImage. Check out the FAQ and you'll find that your point is a good one regarding portability.

Will do.

BTW, it's Archmage(not ArchImage), but everybody calls me Arch.

Kip · « **Reply #28 on:** 29 May 2010, 00:44:22 »

My bad.

-Archmage- · « **Reply #29 on:** 29 May 2010, 04:43:02 »

I cruised around the site, very interesting. I've subscribed to the mailing list, and I'm curious to know if I could help in development. In case you don't know, I'm a 3D Modeler and Animator, and I use Blender. Is there anyway I can help in designing/creating/animating 3D models, or are you using a model format that Blender can't export to?

ElimiNator · « **Reply #30 on:** 29 May 2010, 05:38:06 »

Quote from: -Archmage- on 29 May 2010, 04:43:02

I cruised around the site, very interesting. I've subscribed to the mailing list, and I'm curious to know if I could help in development. In case you don't know, I'm a 3D Modeler and Animator, and I use Blender. Is there anyway I can help in designing/creating/animating 3D models, or are you using a model format that Blender can't export to?

I thought yor doing romans...

-Archmage- · « **Reply #31 on:** 29 May 2010, 06:02:29 »

And I can't do multiple things at the same time, why?

I'm not a robot on a fixed schedule, I'm free to do what I will with my time.

Kip · « **Reply #32 on:** 29 May 2010, 06:18:21 »

Quote from: -Archmage- on 29 May 2010, 04:43:02

I cruised around the site, very interesting. I've subscribed to the mailing list, and I'm curious to know if I could help in development. In case you don't know, I'm a 3D Modeler and Animator, and I use Blender. Is there anyway I can help in designing/creating/animating 3D models, or are you using a model format that Blender can't export to?

Hey Archmage. Glad you liked it.

Some of the capacities available to get involved are...

2D art: gimp, fonts, textures, photographs, bump maps, etc.
Admin: forum / chat moderator, bug tracker
Audio: effects with tools like ardour, rosegarden, and HD audio recorders
Cinematics: Blender
Engineering: C++, assembly, packaging, svn
Modeling: Blender
Musician: ambient gameplay and regular
Scripter: Lua
Website: css, html, php, sql, etc.
Writer: storyboarding, narratives, and so on...

If you can give me your name, email address, and the selected capacities, I'll make a note down and add you to the contributors list. Everyone on there will be contacted as soon as my architectural design for the (Ares) engine is ready. Should be soon.

Kip

John.d.h · « **Reply #33 on:** 29 May 2010, 07:48:32 »

Quote from: Kip on 29 May 2010, 06:18:21

Some of the capacities available to get involved are...

2D art: gimp, fonts, textures, photographs, bump maps, etc.

When it comes to texture photos, you'll be needing a lot of terrain, right? You might do well to take a look at BurningWell.org. They've got a lot of public domain (i.e. royalty-free, no copyright, free for any purpose) photos useful for textures, including lots of terrain. I've uploaded quite a few of them myself.

-Archmage- · « **Reply #34 on:** 29 May 2010, 15:20:08 »

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Modeling: Blender

I can do that.

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Writer: storyboarding, narratives, and so on...

I could help with that.

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Cinematics: Blender

I might be able to help with that, but I'd probably have to learn a bit more stuff in Blender.

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Engineering: C++, assembly, packaging, svn

I know how to use multiple different free programs for creating installers. I can make installers for Windows(done before), Linux(done before), FreeBSD(never done before), Mac(never done before), and many more options are available.

Seth Kelley - glest"at"mail.com

Gabbe · « **Reply #35 on:** 29 May 2010, 17:47:34 »

I couldn`t find a forum on the website, is there any? and you said there were a community, is it a forum?

Im not nearly pro modeling and animating like archmage, but if i could be of any help i could do...im not really busy these days with WWI mod, it is almost done with first version, but i can do modeling and animating...

-Archmage- · « **Reply #36 on:** 29 May 2010, 21:36:51 »

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pro modeling and animating like archmage

Thanks.

I'm curious, how many other people do you have on the team?

Gabbe · « **Reply #37 on:** 29 May 2010, 22:09:44 »

If you want i can start right away if i have some information of the character or a concept.

your welcome arch!

Omega · « **Reply #38 on:** 30 May 2010, 04:38:44 »

Erm, what I mean is to put all the files into a zip or some method of archive in their exact folder hierarchy for download. Having to go through all the pages and save EVERYTHING from CSS to HTML to JS to images is too dull for me to bother... Too lazy I guess.

Not to mention some things are changed or hidden when sent to your computer, such as additional CSS for browser specific commands, php content, content replaced by AJAX, etc. Not to mention this makes it neater for me to modify and send back. If you have access to the files (I assume you made them), it should only take a minute.

Kip · « **Reply #39 on:** 30 May 2010, 07:13:33 »

John: Thanks. I bookmarked the site.

Archmage: I made a note in the contributors list. I think you'll enjoy the project. Do me a favour and consider installing Ubuntu, or another GNU/Linux distribution of your choice. It will make working on it much more pleasant for you. In answer to your question, I think there is at least 9 people on the team. It grows every few days as people find out about the project.

Gabriel: There is no forum yet, but an announcement mailing list. There's over a hundred people on it worldwide. If you'd like to contribute, pick something from the list above and I'll add you to the list. There's also lots of tutorials and online books on Blender.

As for both Gabriel and Archmage wanting to get started, I've emailed you both something to get you going while I work on these architectural drawings. Also, if you haven't already, good idea to read everything on the website.

Omega: I'll make a tar ball for you and email it to you.

ElimiNator · « **Reply #40 on:** 31 May 2010, 00:06:41 »

I could do some models and mabey make a feiw sounds.

My Email is: Jacob_vejvoda@hotmail.com

Kip · « **Reply #41 on:** 31 May 2010, 01:17:01 »

Thanks Jacob. I've added you to the list of modellers and sound effect people.

Gabbe · « **Reply #42 on:** 31 May 2010, 16:22:08 »

I`ve started practise modeling sci-fi models, i started out with spaceships to learn about lightning, i guess that will be used? and i made a pretty good model of earth, it was very good trust me!

here is pic:

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-Archmage- · « **Reply #43 on:** 31 May 2010, 20:06:56 »

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Archmage: I made a note in the contributors list. I think you'll enjoy the project. Do me a favour and consider installing Ubuntu, or another GNU/Linux distribution of your choice. It will make working on it much more pleasant for you. In answer to your question, I think there is at least 9 people on the team. It grows every few days as people find out about the project.

I have a Windows7 64-bit laptop, and two Linux computers both currently running Kubuntu 9.04.

Awesome texture on that Earth model Gabbe!

BTW kip, don't ask me to texture anything, I'm terrible at it.

Kip · « **Reply #44 on:** 31 May 2010, 20:19:41 »

Very cool. Here are some books that I really recommend that I have on my shelf for the project. They are pretty easy to find.

Blender 3D Architecture, Buildings, and Scenery: Create photorealistic 3D architectural visualizations of buildings, interiors, and environmental scenery (Paperback)

The Essential Blender: Guide to 3D Creation with the Open Source Suite Blender (Paperback). I think this one is free online too.

Blender 3D 2.49 Incredible Machines (Paperback)

Introducing Character Animation with Blender (Paperback)

They are all very easy to find.

Gabbe · « **Reply #45 on:** 31 May 2010, 20:20:59 »

well, i think i understod that there were nomads and travelling stuff in there, space-stage ofc. so i will make a quick spaceship draft...not that i reccomend it, i just practise for the final version.

mhm i will wait to buy the books until i have gotten familiar with sci-fi stuff.

EDIT: here goes first scractch there are a lot of details i plan to smoothen out and have a normal map instead:

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[URL=http://img85.imageshack.us/i/spaceshipl.jpg/][IMG]http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/3621/spaceshipl.th.jpg[/img][/URL]

ElimiNator · « **Reply #46 on:** 1 June 2010, 00:57:53 »

It looks like a hand.

Kip · « **Reply #47 on:** 1 June 2010, 02:40:44 »

A good start. I think those books should help. You can find them very easily online if you google for their ISBN.

Gabbe · « **Reply #48 on:** 1 June 2010, 20:35:40 »

thanks i will google, i made a new spaceship, this time i used a different style, the pics are edit mode and object mode:

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[url=http://img696.imageshack.us/slideshow/webplayer.php?id=spaceships.jpg]http://img696.imageshack.us/slideshow/webplayer.php?id=spaceships.jpg[/url]

Kip · « **Reply #49 on:** 18 June 2010, 03:07:29 »

Very cool Gabriel.

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