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Blade Of Power [+demo] #272353
06/17/09 17:17 06/17/09 17:17

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Blade Of Power [+demo]

Hello,

...and welcome to showcase of my first project with 3D Game Studio.
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Blade of Power in short:
�Project >Blade Of Power< has started as a small fun-fiction adventure game based on a popular cartoon serie from the '80 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. At the beginning, it combined full 3D environment with 2D animated characters. From there it evolved into a fully original first-person game with unique 3D characters and plot that combines adventure segments with action gameplay.�
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Blade Of Power project is going through some deep design changes so none of the videos displayed on this page no longer represents the real development stage of the game, game levels or content... but they are still fun to watch

Walkthrough of the Kingdom of Artha: Castle (level 3 /sub-level 3 of 4):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdUCAIZDRhE

Blade Of Power game overview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu_X4PUcY4s

Blade Of Power new sword battle system:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr3aje5aux0

>New video<
Walkthrough of the Kingdom of Artha: Lower Wing (level 3 /sub-level 4 of 4):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5iIwd8Jy_k&fmt=22

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Blade Of Power demo that is available for download is, at this moment (26.04.2010), about 10 months old and it no longer represents the real development stage of the game, game levels or content.
Demo has been broke into four files for easier download. I hope you enjoy it

http://bladeofpower.weebly.com/demo.html

Btw when evaluating this demo you should keep in mind that...

-all character models, friendly & enemy, have been replaced or enhanced
-all music & most of the audio effect files have been replaced or enhanced
-laser battling is replaced with sword fighting
-enemy AI is replaced with David Lancester's Glorious Combat script adapted for first person sword fight

..unfortunately non of this updates is in the presentable form

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Blade of Power team is:

Nikolic Pavle >Ganderoleg< / Story, gameplay, 2D & 3D art, animation and programing.
Gligorijevic Ivan >Dimme< / Story, music & audio effects.

...with very special credits & thanks to:
Andjelkovic Petar/ Story, additional level designer.
Urosevic Svetlana/ Design advisory and tester.
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For more information visit Blade of Power site at:

http://bladeofpower.weebly.com

Site contains over 100 screenshots, three videos & Blade Of Power demo.
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Thanx for checking out this post. Have fun.

Ganderoleg

90 Comments

Re: Blade Of Power [Re: sPlKe] #273584 06/23/09 15:28 06/23/09 15:28
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 439 G Gamesaint762 Senior Member
Gamesaint762 Senior Member G Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 439	@Ratchet, I know exactly how long it takes to create game assets. I have been doing this for 9 years and 2 years professionally. I was just unclear as to what type of game it was. The repeating textures does get a little old but its just my opinion. No harm intended. Like I said looks like a solid game on the programming side. GS out.

Re: Blade Of Power [Re: Gamesaint762] #273592 06/23/09 16:00 06/23/09 16:00
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 470 Balkan Ganderoleg OP Senior Member
Ganderoleg OP Senior Member Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 470 Balkan	@Spike You are right but their design is misfitted because they were, in esthetic sense, two different games. Masters of the Universe was suppose to have cartoon-like environment with '80 colormap and 2D characters. To demonstrate this look at these screens: from Motu level concept to BofP level concept. http://i84.servimg.com/u/f84/11/34/97/23/artaca11.jpg http://i84.servimg.com/u/f84/11/34/97/23/artaca10.jpg http://i84.servimg.com/u/f84/11/34/97/23/artaca12.jpg http://i84.servimg.com/u/f84/11/34/97/23/artaca13.jpg Only three things are done: re-texturing, added shaders and post-processing effects. Room geometry is completely the same in both screens. All levels in development stage are awaiting similar changes and some of them even structural changes. If you click on developers tab and Gligorijevic Ivan's page you can even see what difference there was in music atmosphere and feel between Motu and BofP themes. Last edited by Ganderoleg; 06/23/09 16:09.

Re: Blade Of Power [Re: Ganderoleg] #273616 06/23/09 16:55 06/23/09 16:55
Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 4,206 Innsbruck, Austria sPlKe Expert
sPlKe Expert Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 4,206 Innsbruck, Austria	yeah, i checked the screens, very impressive reworking. but thats what i mean. find a fitting style. if you want to keep this style, you have to change the style of the first few screens. because they look like a different project aswell. butm im sure you get it right in time IceValk Entertainment Website My online portfolio

Re: Blade Of Power [Re: sPlKe] #275172 06/30/09 13:11 06/30/09 13:11
Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 2,488 ratchet Expert
ratchet Expert Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 2,488	Why should wee see always same WW2 , or Doom3, Horror styles : that's borring. This one is a fresh style , and that's ok The style lokks like some dark templar levels ! So no news ? any little demo to play with ? Just do It !! http://independentcreator.over-blog.com/pages/3D_Models-7792999.html

Re: Blade Of Power [Re: ratchet] #275321 07/01/09 00:49 07/01/09 00:49
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,565 innsbruck, austria achaziel Serious User
achaziel Serious User Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,565 innsbruck, austria	i think what spike meant is not that they should switch to ww2/doom3/casual horror style, but they should work further on the style they already have. like, paying attention that everything fits together to avoid the feeling that, let's say, area A looks like game A (doom3, for instance) and area B looks like game B (cod or somethin like that). both areas should look and feel like they belong together, which doesn't mean that they have to look exactly the same. but the whole design itself should be... how shall i put it... harmonious. but i agree that it's something new, style-wise. don't get me wrong, it has huge potential and atmosphere. the only thing these/you guys have to do is to harmonize the whole style and make it even better than it already is. which shouldn't be too hard to achieve. ^^ Yeah, but... Who is Lu?

Re: Blade Of Power [Re: achaziel] #275378 07/01/09 08:03 07/01/09 08:03
Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 2,488 ratchet Expert
ratchet Expert Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 2,488	Ok i don't understood ! I thought levels on differents pics where from different places ! that's all. Well i hope to see a demo soon Just do It !! http://independentcreator.over-blog.com/pages/3D_Models-7792999.html

Re: Blade Of Power [Re: ratchet] #275448 07/01/09 12:03 07/01/09 12:03
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 470 Balkan Ganderoleg OP Senior Member
Ganderoleg OP Senior Member Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 470 Balkan	Sorry for long reply-time but I was having trouble with internet connectivity. Unfortunately screens are not so good for getting to see the real level structure When playing the game one can feel the level atmosphere and overall impression of the game, but screens are to static and much less reveling. Level that is in the walkthrough video is the upper wing of the same castle that is on the first three screens (more screens are on the site under images/castle & lower wing) Main difference is that upper wing had no conflicts and it's not affected by battles and the lower one is. I even made the similar geometry for upper and lower part: http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=197&u=11349723 http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=200&u=11349723 Only difference is that lower level has less shaders and some detail mapping added to make it look as if there was some battles there. As for all other game levels there is much more difference because they were textured to blend with 2D characters. All things that are still to be done with them are listed below screens on our site under images/levels in development stage. I have started working on level 1 (Philip's kingdom) and the main castle (sub-level2). Here are some screens displaying the old (motu-like) design and the new one. It's still wip so don't look at the doors or over-shadered floor. Old design: http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=190&u=11349723 http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=192&u=11349723 http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=191&u=11349723 New design: http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=199&u=11349723 http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=193&u=11349723 http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=194&u=11349723 http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=195&u=11349723 http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=196&u=11349723 There are 4 things done: new shadowmapping (made in Blender), new textures, added shaders and post-processing effects Last edited by Ganderoleg; 07/01/09 12:12.

Re: Blade Of Power [Re: Ganderoleg] #275471 07/01/09 12:52 07/01/09 12:52
Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 2,488 ratchet Expert
ratchet Expert Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 2,488	new shadowmapping (made in Blender) What do you use for lightmaps export ? Ventilator's plugin or another method ? Very good screens, just an advice : the specular is too high on normal maps : decrease it ! It asks lot more work , but you could use a map also for specular ? Keep up the good work ! How will work the combat system ? Will it have RPG elements ? Just do It !! http://independentcreator.over-blog.com/pages/3D_Models-7792999.html

Re: Blade Of Power [Re: ratchet] #275484 07/01/09 13:55 07/01/09 13:55
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 470 Balkan Ganderoleg OP Senior Member
Ganderoleg OP Senior Member Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 470 Balkan	I'm using mdl's so it's very simple: In Blender I use unwrap (smart projections) on model, bake lights into tga, and then export everything from Blender to fbx. Open fbx with MED and export skin mapping to txt. I use that mapping for second skin set and tga for skin. That's all. At this time ai code is modified stuff from GS templates and forums but lately I'm thinking of using Glorious Combat code from David Lancaster. It could be adapted for laser fights and changed to fit first person game. ...or maybe new IntenseX >>Demos free3DModels Tutorials<< >>>>>>> by Pavle Nikolic <<<<<<<

Re: Blade Of Power [Re: Ganderoleg] #275487 07/01/09 14:00 07/01/09 14:00
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 7,441 ventilator Senior Expert
ventilator Senior Expert Joined: May 2002 Posts: 7,441	sounds tedious. my blender level exporter would be a one step solution to mdl7. it supports two uv-sets.

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