18th Bday, LotA Released, AGOS

Posted by omicron1 on April 4, 2007, 12:03 p.m.

1. I'm going to be 18 on the 8th. (Easter Sunday) Thus, I'll be able to help put a Republican in office next election.

2. Lions of the Atlantic has been released here and on the GMC. I'm trying to upload a patched version to the 64D topic at the …

[DoC]Detailmapping!

Posted by omicron1 on March 26, 2007, 11:06 p.m.

Xtreme3d V2's detailmapping is literally the best thing I have ever seen for terrains. It allows you to take a small texture file (say, 2048x2048 pixels, 950kb) and a detailmapping file (for instance, 2400x2400 pixels, 1040kb) and turn it into a fast terrain texture that's so detailed that, at a …

A small story

Posted by omicron1 on March 24, 2007, 10:17 a.m.

Just a little story I wrote for my British Literature class, but decided was themed wrong. (I got rather carried away while writing it)

Armies are the largest parasites in existence. Fueled by the toiling of the common folk, and formed of the same, they serve no purpose but destruction, …

Kartonia - prerelease demo

Posted by omicron1 on March 21, 2007, 12:10 a.m.

Just a little tidbit to tide you over (and maybe distract you from Freddie's newest)… the "pre-alpha" version of Kartonia.

What it is:

* open-ended top-down shooter

* dozens of weapons/items to buy

* 3 enemy types

* Mission system

* Allies/enemies system

* Procedurally generated world

* "pseudo-3d" graphics …

[DoC] Footage

Posted by omicron1 on March 18, 2007, 5:49 p.m.

DoC stuff:

Dawn of Civilization images

I have 10 current-state images of the progress of Dawn of Civilization, including a couple just from today. This is beautiful stuff, guys.

DoC Progress Estimate: 20%.

Buildings: 35%

Units: 5%

Gameplay: 40%

Scenarios: 0%

Multiplayer: 5%

Polish: 10%

Kartonia Stuff:

The game is …

Side Project #2

Posted by omicron1 on March 5, 2007, 12:51 p.m.

Blog disclaimer: No bad language. Any issues you have with this are to be taken up with your mothers.

Codename: Kartonia

Genre: Top-down shooter

Players: 1-???

Graphics: 2d/3d hybrid

Controls: Mouse (move/fire), QWEASD (context-sensitive)

Description: Set in a procedurally-generated world, Kartonia places you in control of your very own ship, …

GM's best graphics... ever.

Posted by omicron1 on Feb. 23, 2007, 1:46 p.m.

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What follows is an image, taken from a premade map in Dawn of Civilization, that I call "Rhodes."

The image includes:

* Lens flare

* Reflective water

* Detailmapped terrain

* ~6800+ Hellenic buildings

* 200 modeled trees

* 700 bushes …

Re-cycle!

Posted by omicron1 on Feb. 21, 2007, 10:31 p.m.

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Ok, so my last blog got cut due to shortness. Let's try it again…

Just to get it out in public, this is not Geometry Wars. It is, however, crazy.

Note: This isn't an official release - just …

Betas!

Posted by omicron1 on Feb. 15, 2007, 7:20 p.m.

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So, in the past few months, I've ben a part of the Myst Online beta, the Supreme Commander beta, the Dungeon Runners beta, the 9Dragons beta, the Voyage Century beta, and the LOTRO beta. Lots of …

Unveiling rEngine 2!

Posted by omicron1 on Feb. 7, 2007, 2:50 p.m.

…ok, so I decided that the DoC graphics engine was not powerful enough to handle what I was trying to do with the game. So I decided to use a different, more powerful graphics engine, using Xtreme3d 2. And so I am in the process of creating and implementing this …