Trigger Man: a retro fps

mark pilkington · 2012-02-23T09:21:36

[color=#000080][font=tahoma,geneva,sans-serif][font=verdana,geneva,sans-serif]Trigger Man[/font][/font] [color=#000000]It's been a busy weekend and I thought I'd finish it with a post here. [color=#000000]Currently in development is a fast paced, action fps very much in the style of Wolfenstein 3D and the classic Doom. We've been developing a whole new engine from scratch and the tools to go with constructing levels and setting up weapons and enemies. The game's target platforms are XBOX indie and the many PC online distribution networks (which still need investigating) and it's been in development for about 7 months and we're on target for a good prototype by May. It's all sprite based as you can imagine, so it's time for screenshots! [color=#000000]Work complete to date: [color=#000000]6 enemies (42 sprites per character) [color=#000000]4 weapons [color=#000000] (New HUD graphic) (1-bit alpha walls allow for a lot of extra detail in the levels) [size=2](Every retro fps needs an elevator room) [size=2] (Cargo room) [size=2] [size=2](Editor tool - screenshot of the tool here is abit out of date and has changed abit) [size=2] (Sample enemy) It's hard work but we're slowely getting there, and it's only getting better. Well thanks for looking at this post, everyone's time is important and it means alot. Mark.

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Started by MarcPilkington February 05, 2012 09:48 PM

10 comments, last by MarcPilkington 12 years, 2 months ago

Sik_the_hedgehog

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February 09, 2012 05:12 AM

Yep, I thought that was the case by looking at the screenshots (they're too crisp to be ray-casting)

They're too crisp because of the high resolution (most old games ran at lower resolutions), a good raycaster would look like that too. I have played Doom engine based games before at 640×480 and yes, it does look as crisp as that (albeit some bugs appear with huge sectors due to limited fixed point precision... much bigger than anything here though).

Don't pay much attention to "the hedgehog" in my nick, it's just because "Sik" was already taken =/ By the way, Sik is pronounced like seek, not like sick.

MarcPilkington

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February 23, 2012 09:21 AM

A project update!

The post precessing shader system is now in our xna game engine and this should allow us to do some pretty funky stuff in regards to how the game looks. At the moment we have added a kind of fake shadow falloff which really makes a tonne of difference.

With the screenshots below we've cranked up the fogging pretty high just to show it off as an example but we'll be peeling this back alot more. We can also change the RGB values of this too

Exciting - sadly we now have a few months of AI coding now so that will probably be it for updates - atleast for a good while.

Ta ta for now and thanks for looking.

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