Well, I think it's about time for an official announcement: Gamer3d and I are working on an RTS project for the Competition Contest at YYG.
Its (working) title is Ant.Three ant species (leafcutters, army ants, and fire ants) battle to the death in a variety of different maps.Ant uses ultimate3d for graphical output.Features (current and planned):* Five units per side, including Queens, Workers, and Soldiers.* Pick-up-and-play gameplay - games should take no longer than 15 minutes to finish, and should be quite accessible.* Three very unique sides. For instance, the Army Ant has powerful Soldiers, but cannot create its own worker units - it must raid other nests to acquire them.* Three underground levels for 3-dimensional nest-building.* Full camera and unit control using the mouse. (left-click select/bandbox; right-click move/rotate camera; scroll wheel zoom/switch Z-layer)* Deformable terrain* The latest and greatest graphical effects, including bloom, time-of-day lighting, and accurate shadows.* Random-map and map editor certainties, with multiplayer a planned probability.
Yes, the HUD isn't too awesome. But nonetheless, it looks killer.
"Bloom sucks." - That depends entirely on how it is used. For instance, in this scene, it's bloom that gives the image its overall greenish hue. Believe me, it looks much better with bloom than without it…
But I know what you mean about bloom's typical overuse - it's evident in this scene in the pink mushrooms scattered about.That is, they're supposed to be pink. Overbloom makes them look about twice as white as they should.But that all will be (Has been) fixed…Yeah, I just meant overbloom. lol
The HUD is just meh, but the rest looks great.
The game looks great. It looks like an old game I played called Sim Ant, in nearly every aspect except this is in 3d. Yours looks much better though. I can't wait!
This looks sexy.
You have my promise that I will play and rate your game when it's released, something I never have promised before.Needs a lens flare.
Fix the HUD up a bit and it will be perfect. You guys are going to win the contest, no questions about it.
I don't see any bloom…
Try looking closer.