Sponk

I now re-added the simple AI which tries to follow you and the item system is now working again too.

Have fun
Sponk

This is a very VERY early version of the new game. I threw out all outdated code that would not work with the newer versions of the engine and released the first version that was able to run without crashing

I also threw out all the levels you can see in the videos since they don't run anymore. I will re-add them as soon as I fixed my C++ plugin

The performance is really a problem on Linux right now. I don't know what I should to since I get about 200+ frames on Windows on the same machine that runs about 15 frames on Linux. I don't know why.

I currently invest most time in developing tools for streamlining the work with Maratis so the game is more or less a test subject to test my scripts and programs

Sponk

My impression on what I see:
Hand - to high and unfinished. I understand, you are working on the engine now, but I am an artist, I look at different angle
Strange mix of natural looking planks and stones and unnatural (but stylish) trees. If you want to make it look in one style you should change trees or everything else. (I'm working on island now and having same problem. always must think cartoonish )
White square of light hanging in the middle of a scene - is it a bug?
How can i see it in a daylight, with a blue sky as on screenshots?

Overall impressions - nice work, but needs a bit work to look finished. And performance... performance, performance, performance

I should add the MD5 checksum in future
Sponk

EDIT: I checked it. The archive is not damaged. You might have to redownload it.

About the missing objects: I have a function that queries all objects based on a number behind the name. When it does not find ladder1 it will know that there is no ladder in the level. You get the same warning when using 5 ladders. Then it would complain about ladder6.

next level is indeed missing. Thanks

hand crowbar is only in the level if you pick it up as an item so you don't have to load objects that are not used.

Thanks for trying
Sponk

- hand crowbar (so i guess you can switch weapon ?)
- ladder1
- next level (how to go there ? )

As a sidenote, i think 509 mo is total overkill for a demo, would be
nice if you can reduce the size for future tests/downloads

Have fun with it!

Tutorial Doctor: Thank you, the video looks very interesting

Sponk

PS: I experienced some problems with newer SVN version of Maratis with my quite old codebase. One of them is a problem with  sound stuttering when using 3D sounds. Does anyone experience similar problems?

I will be working on a similar environment soon.

I unfortunately have not much time for finishing all the points on my checklist the next few weeks.

I still have problems with the FOV of the GUI for example (you might see it in my last screenshot )
And I still have problems when importing animations from Blender so the player looks pretty lifeless for now.

I will definitely release a to-do list soon and the first prototype of the game a little later this year.

Sponk

First: The tree with leaves are made in Blender. What forum post do you mean, VeganDev?

The corridors are darker in the video than they are in reality. That is one problem with the compression algorithm I use to compress the video as I record it (or else my hard drive would be full in one or two minutes )

I made a test scene to test daylight situations in a more urban area. I ran into problems with point lights/spot lights when having a bigger scene: They are not equally bright at every point in the level!

So now my feature request: For imitating sunlight a directional light source would be essential.

Sponk