Hey, it's been a long time since I've last updated this game, so I suppose I should let you all see my progress.
Right now, it's still not a game, but I've added a cool feature, known as "Polygon-Level Collision Detection". You now realistically collide with the upsidedown (this is temporary) pyramid in the center of the world, plus, i've implemented sliding so you get a smoother "feel" when you are moving around.
Other Updates:
- Greatly improved on context management. The game now uses it's own functions and structures to manipulate and identify objects in the game. I hope to enable this game to support external levels whenever I get around to making them.
- Greatly improved the physics system, made the banking less steep and fixed various other things. It now feels like you have more control of the ship.
Original First Post Message:
Hey, I've been working on this project for quite some time. As of right now, it is not really a game. All you can do is move around in the 3D world, but It does have some cool physics and graphics. I need feedback on that to see if I need to change the physics engine before I actually get to developing the game itself. All I need now is feedback on how it works. I know it works well on my computer, but I want to know how well it works on others. It's a Direct3D game where you are in a ship (not yet modeled - only the "cockpit" view is available) that moves around in a 3D world. Here are the controls:
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Since I've updated the game, I have (temporaraly) removed gravity and implemented a fly up and fly down commmand.
F - Move Forward
V - Move Backwards
A - Slide Left
D - Slide Right
W - Fly Up
S - Fly Down
Esc - Exit the game.
(Sorry to whoever told me to change the controls, but as soon as I implement an options window, I will get around to it.)
NOTE: Your video card must be able to support 800x600 resolution (I haven't yet implemented an "options" screen. -- this game may not run on all systems, but it should on most) When you run the executable, you will be taken directly to the game. Also note that this game does NOT support multitasking. If you use alt-tab, you will not be able to get back in the game. If this happens, Alt-tab back to the window and press the "Esc" key to end the application. If this doesn't work, simply use an alternate process (task manager) to end it.
Here is the link to the download:
Infinity Demo Binary (Win32)
Infinity Demo Source (MSVC++ .NET)
The download is only about 690K in size, so it won't take very long.
Screenshot:
Please don't judge this as a game, because it's not a game yet, but I want to see how it works on other machines before I continue. Tell me everything (how it performs, etc.).
My System Specs
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AMD Athlon XP 1800+ (1533 MHz)
MSI KT3Ultra2
ATI All-In-Wonder 128 Pro
512MB PC2700 DDR SDRAM
(This is all you need to know, since this doesn't have sound yet)
I have fixed the problem with the game being very dark, however, you still need to be in a dark room to see the sky (check it out, i've updated everything, including all the textures).
Mastaba: Sorry for taking so long to actually realize what was causing the game to crash. I have correctly changed the WM_SETCURSOR command to handle the NULL pointer you were talking about, as I am now more experienced with DirectX and I spotted the problem.
Oh yeah, this game now uses DirectX 9.0 instead of 8.1, so you'll need a copy DirectX 9.0 just to run it.
Any feedback is appreciated
Thanks.
Feel free to play with the source code - insert objects of your own, etc. If you want, you can set the Pyramid to be rightside up again (the parameters to change it are near the end of the infinity.cpp file). Another fun thing to do would be to change the speed of rotation of the sky and try to move around in the world. I will later use this feature to give the player the feeling that the planet has been knocked off-orbit (probably in the last level).
[edited by - JoshT172 on June 10, 2003 2:30:09 AM]
