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Tom Thelwall
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Hey everyone! Me and a guy called Justin have been working an a game for quite a while, and so I thought that it would be a good idea to announce the production of 'Aliens'

It's a 3D First Person Shooter made with Dark Basic Pro. I have been doing all of the design side of the game, and Justin has been doing the building side of the game. Please do check out some of our screenshots and extras included in the attatchment, and tell us what you think. Thanks!

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Justin W
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Posted: 17th Nov 2005 00:02 Edited at: 21st Nov 2005 01:15
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DEMO!
Im going away this weekend so I wont be able to make much progress on this so I thought since it is in a playable state that I will post a demo. The collision is still a little buggy if you realy try to mess with it but for normal play it is fine. So download the game and give it a try

PROGRESS:

Complete:
Movement
Jumping
Collision with level
Light Switchs
Doors open and close
Pick up guns
Shoot gun
Kill alien
pick up ammo
pick up health packs
Lighting
Alien models
Alien AI (movement, attacking)
player takes damage
place all the aliens on level 1

Incomplete:
Level 2:
Model Level 50%
Place Objects 50%
Place Lights 50%
Place Aliens 50%

Level 3:
Model Level 0%
Place Objects 0%
Place Lights 0%
Place Aliens 0%

Level 4:
Model Level 0%
Place Objects 0%
Place Lights 0%
Place Aliens 0%

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Bizar Guy
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Posted: 17th Nov 2005 00:20
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Seems nice, but the game looks WAY too dark. And post the pics here or make links to them rather than a download, or fewer people will see them.

Good luck, I hope you finish this.

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Posted: 17th Nov 2005 00:40 Edited at: 18th Nov 2005 13:19
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Updated screenshots:











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TDP Enterprises
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Posted: 17th Nov 2005 00:50
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except for the lighting issues, the screens look great

Box World.....WIP coming soon....
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Peter H
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Posted: 17th Nov 2005 01:10
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looks like doom

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Posted: 17th Nov 2005 01:50 Edited at: 17th Nov 2005 01:51
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Going to agree with everyone else on the lighting side of things, but if you say it's better in game then fair enough.

Apart from that it looks good, looking forward to seeing more of this.

Quote: "we are looking for a modeler who could create and animate several aliens for us."


Have you thought about getting a copy of darkmatter? There's a few models in there that you might find useful.


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Wiggett
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looks like you're getting more an dmore done justin, keep up teh good work. And yeah justin is working with me on syndicate so I've played his game, and it does get dark, but ther eis a light switch and a clanging on the door, good effects

http://www.angelfire.com/wizard2/spacerecon/index.html
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Hawkeye
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Posted: 17th Nov 2005 03:14
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Good stuff, good stuff, but get a better lightmapper


I am but mad north north-west; when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw - Hamlet, Hamlet
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Justin W
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Thanks for all the repleys so far guys im working on getting monsters in so that we can release a demo of the first level hopefully withen the next couple of days.

Soapyfish:
Ive seen darkmatter and its models and I must say they all look very good but sadly I dont have the money to aford it right now. I know its cheap but so am I

Hawkeye:
The lighting isent done in a lightmapper im just using the light commands inside darkbasic pro. So far ive ran into alot of problems using them but ive gotten them how I want them now and its not looking to bad imo.
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turbosquid.com
3dcafe.com

free stuff, mostly not animated tho :/

your game looks great, especially for DBC. looking forward to teh demo.

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Hawkeye
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Ahhhh.... dbp lights, that would explain it. In that case, not too shabby, looks quite good infact


I am but mad north north-west; when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw - Hamlet, Hamlet
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Posted: 17th Nov 2005 23:58
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So wheres Siggorny Weaver, damn, wrong aliens,

looks pretty cool, very dark, and no hand, but still kewl

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Justin W
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Ok I just added my super scary alien that I accualy modeled myself! Well ok maybe its not that scary but it will do as a placeholder. Ive also set up the AI for the aliens to move around the level and its pretty good the alien can follow you around corners without to much of a problem. Its not perfect AI but its also not to bad.

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Wiggett
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lol just played the alpha demo, it's some great work, besides a few glitches. The AI he talks about is pretty good, the alien didnt walk through a wall but found its way around the corner to come get me! and even around crates and stuff. good work dude, just add a darn torch!

http://www.angelfire.com/wizard2/spacerecon/index.html
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Sergey K
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is it just me, or the game is very dark?


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Justin W
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Posted: 18th Nov 2005 14:26
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Well just posted the demo above feedback would be great!
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Really nice game! I just tried the demo.
One thing i though were a bit irretating though, is that when an alien hits you, the player screams I know he should, but it just irretates me. I didn't find the game too dark though

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I like it! The guy knocking on the door was an awesome effect and scared the crap out of me! the spider aliens you have would go great with some vents! You need more sound though, and the scream doesn't really do much for the feel of the game. findsounds.com is a great place to find any kind of sound, and it's free. some echoing footsteps would go nicely with the darkness.

good luck with the rst of tihs project

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Justin W
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Posted: 18th Nov 2005 23:51 Edited at: 19th Nov 2005 00:14
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Well the vents are already being implanted in level 2 but shhhhh it was supposed to be a suprise! Anyways I agree with you on the sounds and thanks for the link il check it out. At this time im not sure if im going to release any more demo's as I dont want to ruin the full game Anyways few more weeks and the full version should be done so stay tuned!
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Quote: " is it just me, or the game is very dark?"


Quote: "I didn't find the game too dark though

PanzerGameshere"


Depends on who's playing it, for me Age of Empires is too dark, but most things are bright for me because I have adobe gamma but for some reason has no effect on somethings

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Tom Thelwall
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Well it's nice to be seeing all sorts of feedback, and I'm glad that the game is doing well so far, me and Justin only started the project about a week ago and already things are starting to get somewhere! So thanks for all your nice comments and we will be letting you all know when the full version is done!

Any feedback on the storyline?
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it's a bit generic, no offense. Aliens on a space ship and all... but you seem to be doing good with it. The alien knocking on the door was stellar, still can't get over that. If you put more touches like that in, the game will be amazing.

As for the actual story, aliens on a space station is good but you could make it more original... like teh aliens are here to clear out the earthling infadels that have been coming to their planet (which we call our moon) and stealing their oil. [Note: I reserve the right to use that] Anything to make it stand out more would be great.

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Tom Thelwall
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Well I thank you for your honest oppinion, but I wanted to keep it simple not nesisarily [spelling] origional. But I also need to clean the storyline up a bit, I've been needing to do that for a while, but I have been wraped up in the level design at the moment! But thanks anyway, if you have any ideas on how I could improve it slightly then please let me know, but I would like to keep the basic idea of aliens on a space station.
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Just added half of level 2 as well as the vent crawling aliens. I should have level 2 fully complete by tonight and the full game withen about 2 weeks.
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sweet! you oucht to have someone getting sucked into a vent in one part of it and some munching sounds in the vent for a while afterwards. Yummy@

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Justin W
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Thats accualy a good idea devastation. Id like to have quite a few little scripted events in this game to spice it up a bit. The bugs cacoon the humans they kill and hang em from the ceiling so there will be some area's where you will see these. Im also thinking of when you open a locker to look inside a dead body falls out
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