Project Aftershock - Indie Multiplayer Co op Sci Fi Racing Game
Hi guys,
Just wanted to post a project I'm working on with a friend of mine called Project Aftershock which is multiplayer co op racing game. Still in its early stages as we have yet to include gameplay elements to it. However we posted some screenshots here at Flickr:
And a roundabout video tour of the first track work in progress:
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Blender3D was used to create art content and Ogre3d as our rendering engine.
Check out our dev blog here at:
http://liquidrockgames.blogspot.com
and forums :
http://liquidrockgames.xullum.net/forums/
Just wanted to post a project I'm working on with a friend of mine called Project Aftershock which is multiplayer co op racing game. Still in its early stages as we have yet to include gameplay elements to it. However we posted some screenshots here at Flickr:
And a roundabout video tour of the first track work in progress:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMgrHXgCU2E&fmt=22"][/ame]Blender3D was used to create art content and Ogre3d as our rendering engine.
Check out our dev blog here at:
http://liquidrockgames.blogspot.com
and forums :
http://liquidrockgames.xullum.net/forums/
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on thing that bugs is that the camera is way too static, I think that more feedback from the onscreen action should be drawn by the camera, maybe play with the focal length, secondary movements, etc when the ship brakes, accelerates, hits something ?
cool stuff nonetheless !!
Seems like you need to work on pacing a little bit. It all felt very similar, very evenly paced. Not a lot of color variation as I scrub the video back and forth.
Hrmm interesting idea. We were planning some camera movements like shaking it when the player turns on his boosters and stuff. But your ideas are good nontheless. Will look into it.
I agree all those effects will be added in once we complete the final touch ups to the level as we're still missing details like wild grass, debris, water reflection.
I'm not entirely clear as to pacing and color variation though. :icon_question:
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Once you start getting some post effects in there (some motion blur, afterburner/fire trails on the ships, secondary camera animation, particle effects), it will really make the game pop and feel a little nicer.
Keep us posted on updates and post some of the assets in P&P section.
To add to what Vahl said, if you increase the focal length of the camera as the vehicle accelerates you'll get more of an illusion of speed.
How does a co-op racing game work?
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Are you going to have power ups and weapons and such? That would be sweet. And maybe a boost system like in Motorstorm, only slower recharge, their's recovers too fast I think.
Too bland - There is nothing, no effects, no impacts, nothing to give you a sense of speed. Try having some DOF, or try bluring around the edges of the screen more the faster you go. Try adding some kind of effect to the bottom or at the very least, the back, that changes depending on your speed. When you hit something, produce effects, like rubble and smoke, sparks.
Gravity is odd - I noticed when you went over the track the ship went up and down constantly... Thats really bad. What you want to do is lower your gravity so the "gliding" ship "Glides" around the track. ATM, it looks like its stuck to the track, pixel perfect, but a few feet up in the air.
Surface effects - You went over a dirt track? Well kick up some dirt. ATM it may as well be a concrete slab, its all the same. You even went over water at one stage, shouldn't it create a ripple, a wake or something?
HUD - Keep it clean, but give us a sense of speed, a sense of what your doing. Maybe try and re-invent the HUD, y making it smaller and out of the way. You don't want a huge HUD but for a racing game, you realy need it.
Other than that, the graphics are impressive. Not a fan of the Ogre engine myself, feels "Cheap", but this looks nice and hopefully will play nice. Good luck
The shots and video itself is just a roundabout tour on the level we're currently working on and have yet to include gameplay or fx in it. Also there is no HUD yet.
Well the Ogre engine itself doesnt really do much. It is just a rendering engine. But it is a good enough base for us to build our game engine around it and enhance certain features like HDR lighting which is seen in the screenshots.
But we will try to include everything that you have suggested :thumbup:
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http://liquidrockgames.blogspot.com
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Off to check the blogs...
Have you, or anyone else developing the game, ever ridden a motorcycle? Either dirt or street.
The reason that I ask, is that the cornering feels off in some manner, and I think that it because there is a lack of the gyroscopic feeling that you get when cornering on a motorcycle. It is sort of hard to describe, without a coaster and five pencils.
I was going to comment on your blog but the commenting seems broken.
Freaking awesome job so far dudes, im following this with anticipation!
I couldn't agree with you more Jeremy-S, the only ones I'd had the most fun are the ones I've played with multiplayer modes.
Hrmm you mean tweak the cornering to follow how a motorcycle corners?
Thanks Muzz for pointing out the comment function being broken on our blog. Will look into it.
We will definitely tweak the gameplay as we go along. At this point of time its pretty much oooomph-less.
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Looks really cool nonetheless and I hope you get the feel of speed in there.
The main thing is being able to maintain an arc. In most racing games, you cannot really apply true cornering logic to what you are doing, and you must murder your breaks just to make a turn.
One example of this, is powered speed versus coasting speed. Cutting power just before a corner might not result in a large speed decrease, but it effects your available traction, allowing you to then roll back onto the throttle and maintain constant acceleration through the turn.
The best way to learn is to take an MSF class, and feel the mojo.