GODS DAWN :: Game Development Screens

[Ka]

hi
as requested, i´ll link images from our site

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[url=http://www.3dtowns.at]www.3dtowns.at[/url] in this thread, which will show you some steps and news of our development process.
for sure, for more information / images please visit

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[url=http://www.3dtowns.at]www.3dtowns.at[/url] , our indie game development site. thx 4 attention! Ka

renders of the fractions, the paths the player can choose from:

now for some screenshots, i have chosen the amoebans, giant slimy cells, for my army



here you can see all standard stuff around:

the gate / shrine: this building, which will be in place from the beginning and cant be built again, is your connection to the multiverse

life: the gate produces life, increasing the life energy counter. life can be transformed into lifeforms, depending on the path of knowledge, you have "researched" before (here as said, amoebans)

manalisk: the manalisk is a building that can harvest mana from the manapools on the map.

a shot of a nightscenery with 2 manapools

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there will be 2 ressource types: mana and life, and a additional static with a given amount from beginning, which will manage e.g. the once-accouring summoning of an avatar, or something like that.

the different fractions do have different types of gameplay. for example with heaven, you will summon your angels at the gate at higher lifeenergy-costs, preserving the life around, while with hell, more mana then life is needed, and you have the ability to sacrify units for mana (morphing them into bloody pits, ...)

because of our massive changes in gameplay, teh computer AI won´t be able to actually play with this game (i dont like the sound of the word mod), so a multiplayer glest version will be needed, and my prays are with this (remember, we are doing a god game here, so the word pray is strictly allowed!).. so far my short infos..

oh, btw, the crystals are just eyecandy, no resource to harvest at all..

so, pls visit also our website www.3dtowns.at and, if you want to, post some thoughts, suggestions, anything into our forum there..
greetings and stay tuned..
ka

[martiño]

Very nice. By the way, I think that you mentioned in another topic that the AI was doing nothing when playing with your mod. Can you provide me any further info about this topic? we could try to fix it.

[Ka]

done in the original thread:

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thx
ka

[Ka]

yes and no..  a gamesystem has to be balanced, so no side or fraction has an advantage, the only benefits are the likes / dislikes, or call it style, of the player himself. so, even if it is technical possible, i dont think the style of the game itself makes it comatible in balancing ways, in my opinion.

ka
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[@kukac@]

these factions could be in the normal glest too

[Ka]

as i said, in my opinion that wouldnt be possible. for example, you will need a controlling ressource, in this case mana, to balance out the morphing system (you will get back your live energy, if a unit dies, so you can build armies all time immediatly and that´s not .. well nice). these manapools are a specific tileset ressource, placed quit seldom on the map. so you will need spefic maps to play on. and that is just one example.

it´s a different type of gameplay. that´s a fact. it doesnt work, feel, play like the original glest. and on the other hand, it would cripple the story/ idea of glest itself. so, glest will get a little brother / sister / daughter /son, whatever, and that is not to bad, isnt it?

ka

[Jon]

Hi Ka,

I love what you're doing with GODS DAWN. I notice that on your 3D Town site you are calling for Torque engine programmers. I have no knowledge of Torque, but my work on the Save Game system has giving me a pretty good understanding of how the Glest engine works.

I would be delighted to help out with extending the Glest AI to make a single player version of GODS DAWN possible.

Feel free to contact me at: jon[at]webarcana[dot]com[dot]au

Regards Jon

[Speedator]

But before doing that, please finish the savegame support! I think it is in Ka's interest, too.

[Jon]

Don't worry Speedator, the Save Game mod is still my first priority. I have made a little more  progress. I have added support for AI state and pulled out a number of bugs. Unfortunately there is still at least one major bug (accessing a dangling pointer) to do with identifying enemy units. I'll be spending more time on it this week.

Cheers,
Jon

[Ka]

new images from gods dawn::

hell on .. well, earth, whatever, with hell you have to sacrifice your units, so you can develop better ones and in addition, you will get ressources from this process. bloody. ugly. diabolic!





ka

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[josepzin]

:shock:   Good work!!!

[Ka]

:: new images::
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hell updated:





and heaven, all basic units completed (for prototyp version):





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@ guest: the basic version of this game will be for free, for sure.
according to our indie game development groups philosophy, we are releasing a free prototyp of every multiplayer targeted game we do, while adding extensions later.

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thx 4 attention
ka

[tucho]

One more time, Nice job; I hope can play this mod soon  

[Speedator]

Holy shit, very impressive!

[@kukac@]

very nice pictures! any relase date for it?

[Ka]

thx for your comments!
releasedate? hmm, winter 2005 / 2006, and: multiplayer should be available! hopefully.
ka
www.3dtowns.at

[@kukac@]

thx for your comments!
releasedate? hmm, winter 2005 / 2006, and: multiplayer should be available! hopefully.
ka
www.3dtowns.at

that would be so great!

[Ka]

new preview,
earth :: whipping willow / gif animation
sorry for the 200kb filesize..



ka

[@kukac@]

wont you want relase a demo?

[Ka]

an unbalanced, unfinished, partwise unanimated pre-demo?
no, sorry. the steps are: working prototyp (still in dev for a while) - alphatesting (with the crew and associates) - corrections - beta (with crew and some more) - corrections  - release..

it should have the feeling of gameplay, when released to open public the first time..
yes, so far so good.
ka

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[josepzin]

an unbalanced, unfinished, partwise unanimated pre-demo?
no, sorry. the steps are: working prototyp (still in dev for a while) - alphatesting (with the crew and associates) -

Yes, it is true. balance the factions is a very very dificult job. Ask to Martin-o, Tucho and Enveloop about this!!! They have play the game one and one and one time again and again and again to reach the actual game balance!!

[@kukac@]

why not they use beta testers? that way it could be easier, i think

[Ka]

- beta (with crew and some more) -

we will, at in small scale for sure. each tester will have to write down her / his experiences, opinions, suggestions, etc etc..
so, it shouldnt be a justforfun part, and a hand full of people, who are well known is just a better team.. especially if they live in the same area, so meetings and diskussions are possible.. that is called closed beta. perhaps an open beta will be needed , too .. we ´ll see anyway --

oh, future stuff. for now..

ka

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[alexjustdoit]

ya I CANT WAIT TO GET IT!!!So um yah<<< :arrow: >>>what I just said...

[Ka]

hi
thx for your replies, but as there is no sign of a development process towards a multiplayer edition of the glest engine, we currently considering, ad just considering, to do it with the torque RTS kit, anyway.

that´s not the way me personal wants to go, because i like to smooth production pipeline working with glest, but as i said some time before, a multiplayer part is a must in my opinion, especially for a gamedesign like gods dawn is aiming for. just a note, just a small report so far.
ka

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