Singularity Developer Diary

Slum

The fine folks over at Raven have been posting some cool tidbits to their Dev Diary for Singularity. It has some neat info on how some of the interesting things were done in the game, ranging from environments, animation, fx, UI.

http://www.ravensoftware.com/blog/




The UI and ageable stuff are my favorite so far:

http://vimeo.com/12237874

http://vimeo.com/12616946

Jesse Moody

Yeah I've read through all of these. Nice stuff. Wish more studios did this sort of thing.

bejkon

This stuff is great, thanks for posting. Singularity deserves more hype, looks really cool.

Skamberin

this is very interesting, more devs should do this Thanks Raven!

BlackulaDZ

i've been readin' these, great stuff, really nifty. and I also agree that more devs should do this!

Generalvivi

I need to get mine finished!

Grey

Yeah, thanks for sharing this Slum. I agree, it would be really cool if other devs did this type of thing. Looking forward to reading these.

ScudzAlmighty

nice read Slum

Grey, I don't have the links atm but Brink has a pretty good one going. Too human had a huge one going. there's actually a bunch they just don't seem to advertise very well.

JDinges

Bunch of handsome dudes writting these up!

Props to the mighty Tim Elek for organizing this and making it happen.


Creating Environmental Atmosphere with Visual Effects » Tim Elek
http://www.ravensoftware.com/blog/2010/06/23/creating-environmental-atmosphere-with-visual-effects/

First Person Animation » David Gulisano
http://www.ravensoftware.com/blog/2010/06/21/first-person-animation/

Age-able Effects Creation » Fred Hooper
http://www.ravensoftware.com/blog/2010/06/18/age-able-effects-creation/

Animating Age-able Objects » Mark Champigny
http://www.ravensoftware.com/blog/2010/06/16/animating-age-able-objects/

You, Me, And Multiplayer Visual Effects » Shen-Ming Spurgeon
http://www.ravensoftware.com/blog/2010/06/14/you-me-and-multiplayer-visual-effects/

Environmental Concepts » Eric Spray
http://www.ravensoftware.com/blog/2010/06/11/environmental-concepts/

Creating Multiplayer Maps for Singularity » Justin Dinges
http://www.ravensoftware.com/blog/2010/06/09/creating-multiplayer-maps-for-singularity/

Creating Characters for Singularity » Ryan Butts
http://www.ravensoftware.com/blog/2010/06/07/creating-characters-for-singularity/

User Interface Design » Jeremy Blumel
http://www.ravensoftware.com/blog/2010/06/04/user-interface-design/

The World of Katorga-12 » Todd Foster
http://www.ravensoftware.com/blog/2010/06/02/the-world-of-katorga-12/

Andreas

!!!!!!!

Was wondering what a FPS rig setup should look like, would love to hear more on that.

Singularity is looking better and better too. Stellar job Raven.

JDinges

We've got our first (suppose to be second) MP trailer up today.

http://g4tv.com/videos/46967/Singularity-Multiplayer-Creatures-vs-Soldiers-Trailer/?quality=hd

Cyrael

the more i read/see on this game, the more excited I am...:)

Ark

Thanks for the links and the trailer looks great. Should receive my copy today.

Edit: Copy arrived, had a quick play, reminds me a lot of Bioshock.
The manipulation stuff for the puzzles is really good.
Having a few problems with textures not streaming in on some levels though (PC version.)

JDinges

Here's an amateur review of our MP... shows a lot of game play and mechanics.



[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYzhIvCzBrM[/ame]

Jesse Moody

Wish there was more info on this on the web or anywhere for that matter. Seems like Activision just forgot about it. Which is retarded. It is awesome. You guys at Raven did a fantastic job wrapping it up.

Guys seriously give this game a chance. I haven't had this much fun playing an fps in a long time.

Jason Young

I may buy it at retail. I don't really feel like waiting on the company store.

Anyone getting it for 360?

Zipfinator

I don't see Jason Mojica's video!

Jesse Moody

I'll be getting the 360 version at retail as well because I don't want to wait at company store and want to show my support.

Ark

http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/55774/Singularity-PC-Plagued-By-Texture-Streaming-Problems

Hopefully theres a patch in the works!

Jesse Moody

Yeah I'm sure it will get patched. I have noticed it too. It's quite bad to be honest. But I've had so much more fun with the game I don't care.

And man those sci fi / techy looking consoles on the left are super sexy!!!

Skamberin

Played it on a friends comp, biggest issue I noticed was horrible texture streaming, akin to the early days of unreal, which broke immersion for me. Other than that I found what I played to be pretty cool, story seemed kind of cheesy, but the good kind with some interesting twists. Can't wait to get it myself

Skamberin

Finished it at my friends place, loved it, def getting it myself now!
I really really hope Raven go indepth as to how they got bullet wounds on soldiers and ragdolls working in Unreal Engine 3. First devs I've seen who've been able to get decals on actors like that.

JDinges

As far as I know we're only having this unexpected texture streaming issue on the PC build. 360 and ps3 builds seem OK.

We were unaware of any streaming issues on PC =/

Jesse Moody

I heard if you get the latest drivers for your video cards it will fix it.

Haven't tested yet myself but will give it a shot..

Skamberin

An edit for the registry and adding some DWORD lines or something seems to fix some of the issues.

Wahlgren

I like this game alot. The weapons are just outstanding. I love the seeker (which is the latest gun i've gotten).

Getting some bioshock vibes with the tmd though.

Generalvivi

Zipfinator wrote: »

I don't see Jason Mojica's video!

ha! it will be up there around the 9th i think.