**NOTE: For those who hate to read, you can just visit the gallery now, lol. Here ya go:
http://s612.photobucket.com/albums/tt201/DasProjekt/For those who want more info, proceed with caution!**
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Hey guys,
Been a while since I've been here! But it's nice to come back and visit.
We're working with a new engine now, which is right in line with our needs. It's been tough porting over to it, but progress is being made every day. I'm spending a LOT of time working on some different extensions and add-ons we're going to need to make this game work the way we want it to. I'm still considering some different ways I can transform my semi-complete graphics, sound, input engine (something I was working on a while back when I thought a brand new engine was our only option) into a "sub-engine" that will work in tandem with the new one. Not sure if it will be needed or useful, but I'm exploring every possibility. We've got some major updates coming up around this coming weekend, and I'm very excited about it.
I'm hoping we'll have our trucks/haulers and Anti-tank guns operational not long after that. We've been working for quite some time now, and things are starting to look good. The artists have been slaving away on very high-quality assets, and it shouldn't be long before we release some screens and renders of fully game-ready art!
But I have for you a link to our current Photobucket gallery, featuring everything we've *publicly* released so far. There's a LOT we're still keeping secret.
Don't want to spoil all the surprises before the demo comes out!
We should have a public website up with a MUCH larger gallery, some videos, and public forums very soon. I'm hoping it can make its big debut in the next month or two. So I'll keep you posted on it. We've also picked up a couple more excellent artists, but we still need more, of course! Some extra programmers would be great as well. Luckily, I have a few friends who are very experienced with flight modeling and modding IL-2 Sturmovik, the same thing that got me started in game dev. It's truly amazing what they've accomplished (and believe me, it's 10X's harder than working with a real development engine). So I'm very excited about getting to flight modeling once the basics are taken care of. Aviation has always been one of my greatest passions.
Well, wanted to let you all know we're still alive, and let you see what we've made public thus far. I'll keep all my updates for the project in this thread, to consolidate it and keep from cluttering the forums with random threads. So be sure to keep the eyes peeled! And once again, here's the link to the public gallery:
http://s612.photobucket.com/albums/tt201/DasProjekt/Everything featured there was/is in the WIP stages, so it's not 100% game ready. Some things are closer to completion than others. It's EXTREMELY painstaking work to make our assets correctly, according to historical specs. I often say, we have to be one part developer and one part historian. It's very true, and it's very hard work. But come hell or high water, we'll get it done!
Thanks, and feedback is always appreciated!
P.S.- I dunno why, but my sig won't work!
But now I've got a beast of a machine with plenty horse power!