Dino Island

I'd like to name it Jurassic Park but someone have just used the name already. So let's just name it Dino Island(or something)...

Project Name : Dino Island
Engine : Lite-C Free
Project Started : about a week ago
Progress :
-Movement(80%), I'm still thinking if I will use jump or not
-Weaponry(20%), Only shotguns and M4 available, havent done weapon select yet nor the reload system.
-Enemy(50%), raptor AI. Just basic melee AI with ability to attack from side and behind player.











Next things to do:
-bitmap level generator
-another "brute" AI like T-Rex and Trike
-vehicle
-nature scenery(like waterfall, pond, rivers)

The level and scenery looks good so far, but where are the dinos?

I like that the player sees his shadow, this is what most of the newer FPS have. Are you using an invisible "actor" model that casts the shadow, or have you actual coded the player's movement like in a 3ps and just set the cam to the eyes position (how it's done in Crysis, They, FEAR...)?

EDIT: Oh, I see, you've done the latter one (part of the player's head is still visible in front of the cam, maybe you should remove that somehow...)

looks nice, if you looking for more trees, I have a fairly cheap, high detail, low poly tree/forest pack on my website, it's in my signature.

Yeah, that's great!
Anyway, nice game. Especially the nature around.

can you , please, make a separate screenshot of a tree from the first screenshot? Looks pretty good, but I don't like the texture of the left arm, maybe because of resolution.... Good luck!

@ Oliver2S : The raptors are there, they're just on the other side of the moutains

@ The_clown : Actually FEAR does inspired me of the style alot

You mean this? I have to confess that I ripped it form Counter Strike mdl


BTW, the trees give me random error when something collides with them, I used polygon check for the tree... Plus, it looks great from below but not from above, so back to med I guess...

Oh, yeah, thx. Just have no experience of trees and plants modelling, that is exactly what I meant. The problem is that I need the trees to look well from above so "back to med" as you say

Really cool job! Could you put some screen shoots of the dinos that you are using.

At last... I'm back on my PC after a long wait of new LCD monitor...
I only have the raptor for this time, sorry I forgot the screenshot for the raptor, but here's a video bout the gameplay

[video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJAUKbP2648[/video]

not so bad, really. pls keep on working on it!! i wanna see more

You just need lot better 3D art

Some users like Loopix have done great contributions like very good trees to use directly in 3DGS.
For the models , if you search well in Contributions you'll find bettter things for grass and trees, try some sites on the Net, you'll find very good free models also.
Same thing for textures, there are very good ones you can find on the Net for your terrain.

A7 should be selled with quality textures (like Unity engine) instead of 10 years old ones
This way we should see lot better Showcase, even made by beginners !

Pretty cool job, but I'm agree with ratchet. You need to work a little harder regards to the graphic. I mean you need smooth graphics, a better illumination and you are good to go.My advice:
1- Focus in the texture of the models.
2-Increase the illumination effects (that will be increase a lot the realism)
3- The environment looks good so far but try to remove the black sharp edges from the sprites.

You can use some screen Shoots from the jungle created for Far Cry 2 as reference. Try that.

Keep working hard you are in the correct path.

Greetings,

hello. Nice game. i made a dino two weeks ago, only for fun, it's luking great. I cane give u the model, when u wont. You must give me only your e-mail. (the model is not animeted. sry for my very bed english!
[img:left]http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/bq5f-1-jpg.html]

http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/bq5f-1-jpg.html

Dude do you have demo or something? I wanna shot some dinosaurs!

Thanks for the support guys, but for the momment, I'll most likely away from my PC... Taking care of some business :lol:
BTW, I think I'll just do the whole level first before brushing up the graphics. Just found another way to wrap the bushes to the terrain... Not Implemented yet...

Oh, and the engine (mine, not Lite C) has a fatal bug, that when I used a stone models it gives me random crash, without error message... I'll upload it nexttime so you guys can help me find the bug...
@weilsl12: That would be appreciated, you can send it to bart_the_13th@yahoo.com, I'll put credits on the readme.txt, thanks before...

Any progress on the dino island project?

you can also check out MystyMood http://www.opserver.de/ubb7/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=167289#Post167289

would come in handy to handle weather effects

Jo! when you gonna have a playable demo...

Forget the demo !
Is computer is away, the engine that is not Lite C is crashing ... the dinos are eating the game and the code

and the dino eat the programmer too :p

Ahhh.. Back to my computer at last...
OK, so this is the demo, almost not commented at all...

dinoisland.cd.zip - 6.1 Mb

Cool you have survived the dinos

I'll try the demo tonight, when more time i will have.

I'll try the demo today when I get home.

I've been playing the demo today. Advices:
1- Try to create the raptors close to the floor because they are falling from the sky.
2- Try to make the muzzle flash of the gun no so transparent and try to create a yellow light every time the muzzle flash appear.
3- The animation of the raptors looks good in MED but during the game play they look like robots. Try to use the blend function to make then smooth.
4- Work Hard in the graphic and the illumination.

So far so good. Keep Working Hard. Good job.

Looks good so far, only 2 things I suddenly noticed.

1. The bullets are 1 frame backwards, maybe you should use the proc_late() function at their start (if it still exists).
2. The gun should shake while firing! ^^

I think that bart_the_13th is not longer working on the dino island game.

No progress son far. Hope we have news from this guy soon?

Yeah game making is incredibly time consuming !
even a simple demo.

i suggest looking at the game carnivores... they did something similar, and one hell of a great job (still one of my alltime favourites :P)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBAjnCl1iDc&feature=related

regards,

@ all: Thanks for your support but as 3dworld said, I dont think I'll continue this project for a while. The demo contains a source code so I think anyone could continue this project if they feel up to it .

Beside Hi:breed, I'm currently working on a small flash game for some competition... Anyone care to be the beta tester ?

That's a shame. The project looks good so far.

Can you tell me how did you create your map that shows your position?

Dude, please upload the demo, I want to play

That's really old stuff and the game is already frozen ...
But the idea behind the project is good!