well, i've got some bad news and some good news, the bad news is that the bloom shader won't make it in the game. The bloom shader won't make it in because there are problems with using the r2t dll in a real project, when the next level is loaded, i can't reset the bloom, so, it's gone, however, bloom will be implemented in our rendered cutscenes.

For the good news, we have a very short teaser for preva:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHP2HTMoh10

Loosing the bloom effect is 'bad' indeed but I guess the project itself qua
game-play will make up for that Nevertheless, great teaser

Cheers

Frazzle

YES, too bad for loosing the bloom shader, but it´s a realy awesome game and the teaser is amazing as well^^

Cheers

Poison

there has to be a way to fix that issue....
if not, you could always leave it open to the option of adding a patch with bloom later. That way once the game brings in its first $900, that could be used for pro features

Wow the difference is amazing in your recent work compared to when I last tested it (yes I'm still keeping watch over your project), congrats, it's looking amazing, with a little spit and polish I would call this professional grade work, the cinematics has reached that stage at the least

@lc: that's the plan, we do plan on doing a graphics update

@trooper119: thanks very much, the cutscenes are really good so far, you guys have no idea, and the music fits the cutscenes very well

@everyone else: we have completely dove into cutscenes and will continue them until we have finished them all, so far they are turning out great, and well, the teaser only shows off cutscenes anyway, some of which won't be in the game, but it kinda shows a little bit of my and mpdev_a's directing styles mixed together, it's turning out great. The website is now being updated more frequently, and hq teaser should be on the preva website soon, if you guys have more questions or suggestions, or just feedback, we're interested in your opinion "but only if it's good " actually we won't have beta stuff yet, but we will be using you beta testers soon, the gameplay is just about done, the ai is done, the menus are being worked on (which is why we haven't given it yet) and some more lod and other things are almost done, the game is coming together.

Good news, so looking forwards to this, its been an epic and no doubt concludes nicely

Well, PreVa's getting real close to release (planning on next month) and it's almost time for beta testing (yes your time will come ambe, lc, Trooper119) and don't worry we'll let you tear our game up when we've finished it, but with all cutscenes a full menu and everything, it'll be done, but i'm beating around the bush.

Below is a link to a special thanks to everyone who helped in preva, whether it was models, code etc... please read the post

Oh and if anyone here who are Preva supporters want to be in the list i'd be more than happy to add you

The Special Thanks

It's really nice for you guys to keep everyone in mind when your making your game. I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say thanks for keeping us updated as well as giving us credit even if we did very little.

I won't ask for an eta, because, since I make games myself, those things never seem to pan out right ;p but I'm looking forward to being able to help you guys out in the future, just let me know when I can help

Beta test! beta test!.. yay! .. eh ... yes .. excuse my childish and rather odd behavior.. but .. beta test! Finally! hehe .. Nice going with the game there, hope it works out for you guys. oh --> EDIT: by the way, how long do you think the game is now? a number in hours ?