Vehicle Physics Engine - video

[STEVIE G]

I'm working on this and Stramash at the same time to keep my motivation levels up. I intend to finish both games. The engine uses position based particle physics and verlet integrator. The physics are all my own work and programmed from scratch using Blitz3d.

Hope you like. I'll have another playable demo in a month or so - maybe sooner.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ8MsOBKfX8

Cheers
Stevie

[digitalmanifestation]

Nice dude, that's awsome :cool:

Is the level one big mesh?

Really cool stuff, is it going to be a race game or something else?

Is there a demo? i want to play it :D

nice work ^^

[STEVIE G]

There's an ooold demo here ... control it much improved since then. Best played with an dual stick analogue.

http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/EngineTest6.zip

See top of this link for controls etc..

http://www.blitzbasic.com/Community/posts.php?topic=61487#689116

The video is actually half the fps - that's fraps for you but it shows the physics better I guess! Here is a quick clip at full speed ...

http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/Videos/Movie_0006.wmv

Oh, and yes the level is one big mesh but I use a proxy mesh which is even lower poly to reduce collision checks and give a speed boost.

EDIT - how do I subscribe to a thread again?

Stevie

[OkumTheLostNinja]

Can you make deformation on the cars like ramjets deformation? that would be sweet.

[STEVIE G]

That won't be happening.

[Farbror Fazer]

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[Crincles]

This looks great, I love the demo ^^. It's really cool that you put so many vehicles in there.

[Dyer]

Oh Stieve G, you are quickly becoming one of my favourite indy physics game developers. Both this and Stramash are very appealing to me in terms of graphics and gameplay, they look amazing. Please, finish both of these.

[STEVIE G]

Oh Stieve G, you are quickly becoming one of my favourite indy physics game developers. Both this and Stramash are very appealing to me in terms of graphics and gameplay, they look amazing. Please, finish both of these.

Thanks, I'll do my best but I'm in no rush. I was actually working on Stramash today - implementing a much better friction and stacking model. This came about while doing friction work on my 3d vehicle engine so working on both is prooving to be a good idea. The results are very good so far - this guy is resting here quite comfortably ..

http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/Screenshot007.PNG

[Vladavosky]

I love this demo it would be cool if you could knock over some of the objects like the statues or the trees. the vehicles are great but you need to add specials for the all. also it would be great if you could add in game events like meteors or turning the mountian into a volcano. another great vehicle addition would be planes. i have one question though will this game be a racing game or what?

[OkumTheLostNinja]

Agh Stevie G this is frustrating. I need a joy-pad to shoot? Fudge cakes.

[STEVIE G]

You can shoot with RETURN but there is no elevation control using keys.

Volcanoes and knocking over statues aint gonna happen - don't be silly.

I have a whole bunch of mini game ideas, here a just a few ( thing world party with vehicles ) -

deathmatches
olympic (hurdles / long jump / football )
racing ( timeattack etc.. )
pac man
chase hq
tig
destruction derby
tanx
survival

[digitalmanifestation]

i like smashing into the pig cars (police) and knocking them flying :D

Would it be feasible to allow players to control some of the other vehicles? I am guessing this might be a pain to implement but it would be cool, unless it already is implemented of course in which case why can't i control a helicopter!!!

Very nice demo and can't wait to see how it turns out :cool:

[STEVIE G]

=========
CONTROLS
=========

SPACE = reset simulation / move car back to start point on track
BACKSPACE = Swap between playground & racetrack
CURSORS = Throttle / Steering
F1 = Change Car
F2 = Change Camera
F2 = Reverse Camera View
F12 = Show FPS
ENTER = Special Action

JOYPAD ( Analogue only / Current setup is for PS2 but can be altered via JOYPAD.exe in the Config folder)

Left Stick = Steer / Turn tank turret
Left Stick = Raise & Lower tank barrel
Right Stick = Throttle
Button1 = SELECT = Change Car
Button2 = TRIANGLE = Change Camera
Button3 = R2 = Reverse Camera View
Button4 = R1 = Special Action ( Tank fires / cop car siren / knightrider turbo , truck jump )

====================================
CONFIGURATION ( see CONFIG folder )
====================================

JOYPAD.exe
Change sticks / buttons / deadspots etc..

SETUP.cfg
Can change screen settings / shadows onoff / no of vehicles / no of objects / CameraRange multiplier / Players ( 1 or 2 ).


Press F1 to change car - or select on PS2 joypad. The chopper is hard to control in this demo - much improved in current version. Press BACKSPACE to cycle through 4 arenas.

[Beakless]

Well it looks quite good already! I'd definatley get it...

But I'm not shure this will be a good racing game. And I say that because I noticed in the video you racing againt a ghost... now, I think you have to consider the physics in you're game and decide what gamemodes would suit t best...

This game definatley will be very fun during the deathmatch-style parts, but I can't see myself enjoying the racing parts with that surreal 'toy' physics...

Not having a go. Just saying what I think...

[STEVIE G]

Racing is not the priority in terms of mini-games but I've had alot of fun racing mates in 2 player and timetrial so it'll definately be one of the options.

Deathmatch style is main thing I'm thinking here ... customisable team set ups ... where the options are endless e.g.

* Take out 10 tanks in a chopper in a set time limit
* See how long you can last in the offroad with 10 chopper after you etc...
* I'll include the ability for the player to swap between different vehicles in some modes ...
* A high platform where you have to knock each other off.
* Stunt track where you have to collect things in a time limit.
* Football with huge goals and tanks as the players with the ball being a van
* A flag spawns and first to get it gets a point and it's respawned randomly - first to 10 wins

All ideas will play well imo but I'm open to more

Stevie

[Beakless]

Racing is not the priority in terms of mini-games but I've had alot of fun racing mates in 2 player and timetrial so it'll definately be one of the options.* I'll include the ability for the player to swap between different vehicles in some modes ...


* A high platform where you have to knock each other off.
* Football with huge goals and tanks as the players with the ball being a van

Stevie

I can understand that you want to keep the racing... But how about jazzing it up a bit, like the option to add power-ups and cool tracks with traps... whatever, man you're the programmer

Oh and those two Ideas are made of EPIC WIN!!! It would be killer if there some kind of online to top it all off...

[Dyer]

I can't quite put my finger on it, but this reminds me more and more of Toy Commander which isn't a bad thing, in fact, it's a brilliant thing (it's about time someone made a clone of Toy Commander with better physics). Perhaps you could add some house maps like, a kitchen where you are a small toy car/helicopter/whatever. I would love for that to be in the game.

[OkumTheLostNinja]

For 2 player do you need a joypad?

[STEVIE G]

No. I hacked a second player keys in ...

Q / A / S / D, F to fire, TAB to change car and one of the F keys to change camera - I forget which.


That Toy Commander sounds interesting - never heard of it until now but I'm not aiming for the same thing - more an RC kids look and feel.

Stevie

[digitalmanifestation]

so dude, please excuse my ignorance, i've learned my lesson now! "READ THE DAMN README!!" :D

[STEVIE G]

I added heat-seaking missiles to the choppers as a secondary weapon this afternoon. Great fun!!

I've been playing 1 on 1 deathmatches with some mates - offroad vs chopper :) Seems a bit one sided but it doesn't work out that way 'cos the missile doesn't aquire a target until a second after launch.

Couldn't resist uploading some footage. One of the parts is in slow mo in case your wondering. I'm the offroad vehicle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHV9ikfzcJQ

Stevie

[OkumTheLostNinja]

Well, no deformation? It will look kind of weird because in real life if a offroad truck gets shot with a heat seeking missile it will blow up. And if you hit a rock, your car would be damaged, not the same. Still, I love this game. :)
But it all doesn't have to be real. If your aiming for an arcade thingy, then ok. Still, I like my deformation Idea. :(





Can you post a link to v. 1.6?

[STEVIE G]

Deformation does not suit this game. I want raw speed and playability for older spec machines. I can have 50 vehicles running around at a constant 50++fps on a P43ghz and shitty Gfx440mx. Deformation is total overboard and unecessary for this type of game so it definately won't be happening. All I can say is that it is an obsolute hoot already and I'm spending more time playtesting that coding :)

There is no playable demo for v1.6. Once I've set up a few mini games I'll release another demo.

Stevie

[OkumTheLostNinja]

Ok. I'm fine with that. :)

I really like the Idea of mini games :O

[Vladavosky]

I was wondering if you were going to give specials to the other cars to like the hover car could have mines but they get destroyed after theyre hit. or the van could poke knives out of the sides that hurts other cars. i dunno but it would be cool for them all to have specials.

[STEVIE G]

The plan is for them all to have a purpose - not necessarily a weapon but some special ability. I'm open to ideas though.

Stevie

[juju02]

beakless, thy teh mad tracks demo onthe 360 arcade games demo,thats one of my favorite racing games and it has toy physics...

EDIT::beakless, try the mad tracks demo on the 360 arcade games demo,thats one of my favorite racing games and it has toy physics...

holy shit,i cant type today...

[pengirules]

This is awesome. I found this ages ago and is the most played game on my laptop (free one, that is). My name for it is CarWorld. I just love randomly blowing stuff up in the armoured car or tank.

[STEVIE G]

Update ..

I've added a few new vehicles - cop van & cop truck but the most pleasing addition so far is the ability to attach vehicles to other vehicles or objects via a bungie cord. The possibilities are endless with this. Think deathmatches in a vehicle towing a mine ;) I've added the ability to possess dormant vehicles rather than cycle through them aimlessly. Lastly, ambient effects suck as sun/rain/day night have been added.

You can now also race in any of the vehicles ( including chopper ) with ghost car for timetrial.

Here's a few screenies ....

http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/Screenshot019b.PNG

http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/Screenshot020b.PNG

[pengirules]

WOW! A few questions, though.
Would you be able to join to other vehicles tht are AI-enabled?
Will there be a cops vs. robbers element now?
Is the ambience user-changeable?
Will you still be able to cycle through them aimlessly?

[STEVIE G]

Would you be able to join to other vehicles tht are AI-enabled?

Yes. You can choose your team or be a loner in deathmatch and mini games. There will be loads of single players missions where you could be part of a team or a neutral in the middle of a battle. I'm considering 4 player split screen also as network or lan play is not on the cards yet. It's a total bugger to get physics working right over a network. I will consider this in a future iterations though.


Will there be a cops vs. robbers element now?

Definately, that's the plan - I've had a team of police vs the army playing a few times - to cops got their arses kicked. Think 30 cops chasing you and try to survive for 2 minutues - tough going!


Is the ambience user-changeable?


Yes, for custom games. They aren't brilliant atm but will be improved. Ambience will be set for each mission. Skidding round in the rain is great fun.


Will you still be able to cycle through them aimlessly?


Possibly in sandbox mode but not during missions - this is where possession comes into play- it works very well.

THe possessable vehicles are coloured white and don't move. Once you possess a vehicle your original then become possessable and the new vehicle gets coloured to match your team. THey can be destroyed atm - but I might make them invincible when white.

I'll post some screenies of what I mean when my f'ing ftp is working!!

[EDIT] Here's a possessible Humvee and Tank in the background. Just drive close and hit the possess button and voila.

http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/Screenshot024.PNG
http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/Screenshot023.PNG

[pengirules]

Thanks for answering my questions, but, in the first one, I mean: Can you attach yourself with a bungee rope to AI cars? And drag them round? Or can they drag you round?

And also, in the mini-games, football with a van sounds cool along with tag or tig or whatever it's called and also high ground and stunt track, but how will pac-man and the Olympics work? How do you hurdle in a car? Or eat other cars?

And will the sandbox mode be similar to what we have now, EngineTest6 that is? Please say yes.

Will there be enough keys for 4 player split screen or will gamepads be necessary? Thank God you aren't doing network/LAN. That always mucks up my computer's modem connection.

[STEVIE G]

Thanks for answering my questions, but, in the first one, I mean: Can you attach yourself with a bungee rope to AI cars? And drag them round? Or can they drag you round?

Both are possible.


And also, in the mini-games, football with a van sounds cool along with tag or tig or whatever it's called and also high ground and stunt track, but how will pac-man and the Olympics work? How do you hurdle in a car? Or eat other cars?

Olympics - as in long jump ad hurdles - the truck has a special jump button which is much higher than in EngineTest6. I may not bother but we'll see.


And will the sandbox mode be similar to what we have now, EngineTest6 that is? Please say yes.


Yes. You'll be able to make a custom deathmatch game where you specify how many teams and how many vehicles in each etc..


Will there be enough keys for 4 player split screen or will gamepads be necessary? Thank God you aren't doing network/LAN. That always mucks up my computer's modem connection.

Not sure about keyboard support for all 4 players. I'll probably just stick with 2 players tbh. There'll be enough missions in single player to be challenging. Anyone who hasn't played this with a ps2 analogue controller is missing out big time!! You can even configure a wheel and pedal to control the cars.

Working on a new track ... 5 mins in ..
http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/Track2.PNG

[pengirules]

And how does pac-man work?

[STEVIE G]

Not sure yet - was just thinking out loud. Probably not going to happen the more I think about it ;)

[pengirules]

Oh OK. Anyway, go Stevie! This game ROCKS my socks.

[OkumTheLostNinja]

Can I have a link to that demo?

[Dyer]

Can I have a link to that demo?

As far as I know, he isn't releasing a new demo for awhile yet.

Stevie, you say those who don't play it on a PS2 controller are missing out but I think it's much better on a 360 controller because of the triggers, which can be mapped to the "right stick" in the joypad settings feel so much better than pushing on the right stick. You should try it sometime.

Oh, about the bungie cord, is it a rigid connection which stretches or an actual, rope-like structure where the cord can "slack"? The screenshots don't really show it in action.

[STEVIE G]

Any kind of analogue is good - I just prefer the ps2 one cos it sits nicely in my hands.

I've improved the chopper control big time - you can now reduce the height by holding one of the buttons. As a result you can fly under things which is nice! The height thing was needed anyway as you wouldn't be able to possess another vehicle in the chopper otherwise - it does need to land! Swapping between vehicles is going to play a big part in some of the single player missions.

I've also added the option of an invisible wall on the racetracks to stop you falling off and getting frustrated.

Land mines are done and working on a trailer now - so that some vehicles can tow it behind them. I also want to add a towable mini gun - ai controlled but their is the possibility of two players - one driving - one on the gun.

I'll post a few screenies later or tomorrow morning. I'm gonna treat this like a worklog if no-one minds?

Stevie

[Beakless]

I'm gonna treat this like a worklog if no-one minds?

Stevie

For the love of god, PLEASE DO!

I can't find fault in ANY of your ideas so far, keep it up, man! :D

I am really looking forward to getting my hands on this little diamond...

[Vladavosky]

I have a question
What vehicle uses the bungee cord is it the chopper or can they all use it.
and great work cant wait until next demo.

[STEVIE G]

Like I said, you can attach anything to anything ;)

http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/Shot001.PNG

Stevie

[You Fail Me]

I dunno if this has been mentioned, but from that trailer, it reminds me alot of a Shockwave game called Thinktanks which is a good comparison in my opinion. That game was fun. In fact, it's probably still on shockwave.com if anyone wants to check it out.

[Cyranix]

That screenshot brings me back to Carmageddon. I'm excited, Stevie G!

[STEVIE G]

Never heard of Think Tanks - but I'll check it out.

A minigun on a trailer ... needs a bit of work but you get the jist .. The barrels are set up to rotate when firing :)

http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/Shot002.PNG

[pengirules]

That minigun is a new idea. If it does auto-fire, does it work when not attached by bungee? Does it move independently? Is it another vehicle, even?
And if they rotate when firing, doesn't that mean you can shoot yourself?

Can the invisible wall be turned off, so you can ram mates off the sides?

Please use it this as a worklog. :D

[STEVIE G]

The mini gun won't be a controllable vehicle on it's own - it's only a gun on a trailer after all ;) I'm still working on other things but suspect that it'd be best automatically targetting nearest enemy vehicles. Will see how it works in practice though.

[EDIT] the mini gun will have yaw rotation limited to +-45 degrees or suchlike towards the rear but I meant that the barrel of the gun will spin - like a minigun does.

My minds been playing overtime in terms of the missions / scenarios which I can set up.

I'm planning on having a 'defend the fort' type mission where you control a gun in the middle of the level and waves of tanks etc.. are attacking. If any of them make it through the front gates your toast.

Another great idea for a mission. There is a race going on and you aren't involved but you must make sure that no-one completes the 3 lap race :)

The racing track wall can be turned off but only in custom games - not on missions which require it. Racing with mines in tow in the rain is great fun btw!

[pengirules]

Awesome.

10charlimit

[OkumTheLostNinja]

So no new demo yet? Seems awesome still! You should add multiplayer online! :D

[Maltor124]

So no new demo yet? Seems awesome still! You should add multiplayer online! :D

I think that would take a lot of effort...

Also, this game looks amazing! Keep up the good work, Stevie G!

[Colescheffler]

Looks as fun as driving a warthog in the Halo games...lol...Now on-topic, doesn't the shooting part like so awesome!...:confused: :D Nice find actually, it looks like this game is online...hope to see you when is comes!

[STEVIE G]

It's definately not going to be online I'm afraid. As I mentioned before it's too much effort to get physics working right over a network.

Almost finished the mini-gun trailer. The Truck now has a special ability to connect and disconnect to trailers of the same colour. The truck is my first and favourite vehicle so at least it has a purpose now. You just reverse into them and hit the special button. If you die or it dies the connection is lost. This ability will be good for missions like - find 10 trailers in the level and return them to base etc...

http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/Shot010.PNG

I've added respawning which works nice. I can specify infinite respawns or set a number of lives.

Added fog effects and revamped the sound system. Also added some ambient background sound - i.e. rain, birds chirping, wolves howling etc...

http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/Shot014.PNG

http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/Shot016.PNG

Not long before I can start building missions properly and maybe release a demo in a few weeks.

Stevie

[Vladavosky]

I have a question about the hovercraft. will it have a secial and will it be able to run ovr land mines....dang thats 2 questions.

[STEVIE G]

It has an automatic special - it can go fast over land and sea. I can't think of anything that could be of use to it but open to suggestions. It won't be able to run over land mines.

[STEVIE G]

Quick Question ..

I'm working on the scoring system for deathmatches. There are a few ways that a vehicle can be destroyed ..

1. Hit by a bullet / missile / shell
2. Hit by a vehicle
3. Hit by a mine
4. Hard hit against the level scenery

At the moment I have a kill being registered when any of the first 2 happen. I'm testing a mission where the objective is to kill 30 police cars in a tank within a certain time limit. When killed they respawn indefinately so there is always plenty to aim at. They do a good job of killing themselves generally as a result of 2-4 regardless of your actions.

There is a situation where you can knock a car flying by hitting it with a shell. It still has life/health left when in the air so no kill is registered to the player but any of 2-4 can then happen as a result.

The reason I ask is that it's almost impossible to determine whether you were in-directly responsible for the kill in this situation. Any thoughts?

[Xerxes]

First off: Looks awesome!

Second: I don't think there really is a way to fix that. In a few console games I've played the same thing can happen and you get no points. It's an annoying problem with no real solution...

Also, maybe instead of getting points when any car is hit by any other car, it should just be when the player's vehicle hits it?

EDIT: The art style reminds me of Climbactic and Team Fortress 2 for some reason...

[STEVIE G]

Cheers.

Also, maybe instead of getting points when any car is hit by any other car, it should just be when the player's vehicle hits it?

That doesn't seem fair if you're playing a team deathmatch. I'll leave it as is I think.


EDIT: The art style reminds me of Climbactic and Team Fortress 2 for some reason...


Probably just the vivid colour scheme? Never heard of Climbactic - do you have a link to some screenies?

[Vladavosky]

I dont know of a solution to a problem but i did think f a cool level. your in a truck and your in a city your runnning away from the cops as you navigate the city they start bringing heavier vehicles like helicopters or tanks. what do you think?

[JaxMan]

First of all, this is amazingly fun and I can't wait to see what sorts of scenarios you come up with.

As for your problem, you might try keeping track of the last player to shoot a vehicle and when. Then you could check if someone deserves a point. For Example: "Player A died from running into a mine and was shot by Player B half a second ago, so award Player B a point since he was most likely responsible."

[STEVIE G]

As for your problem, you might try keeping track of the last player to shoot a vehicle and when. Then you could check if someone deserves a point. For Example: "Player A died from running into a mine and was shot by Player B half a second ago, so award Player B a point since he was most likely responsible."


I thought about this for a while. I already store the last player to hit each vehicle and it should be quite straightforward to only reset it to NULL if someone else hits it or 1-2 seconds have passed.

Stevie

[juju02]

HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:eek: hot damn, i cant wait for a demo.............................................. .................................................. .................................................. ...........
.................................................. ..............

[pengirules]

I assume that mines are insta-death, but even the F1 car could take a hard hit on the scenery and hit by a vehicle. Not lots, but some. So will weaker vehicles have a smaller life bar?

EDIT: Will the F1 car return, even?

[STEVIE G]

Each vehicle has an armour setting between 0 and 1.0 the tank being the highest so even with a hard hit / shelling takes less damage than something with a lower armour.

I've changed the mines slightly. Mines are not instant death - they simply cause and explosion and then damage. You can now drive slowly up to one and push it in front of your vehicle towards other vehicles. Also, you can hit mines of the same colour as your vehicle as hard as you like and they won't explode. Any kind of speed when hitting an ememy mine will do a shit load of damage though.

The F1 has always been there but needs some work in terms of handling ( as do some of the other vehicles. It also needs to be a re-scaled as it seems a bit small atm. It has no special and I have no intention of giving it one so it's a purely racing vehicle which is not suited to any kind of death match or the undulating terrain for that matter. I was thinking of having a Super sprint style race game ( almost overhead camera which is zoomed out to show alot of track ) specifically for it. I'll see how it goes.

Stevie

[Virtue]

I think the police cars should be a bit bigger. They're too small for me.

[STEVIE G]

I think the police cars are fine. I have all scales ( other than f1 - which I haven't tinkered with for a year ) based on a 6ft tall man - see below. It maybe needs to be a touch longer but not much.

http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/Compare.PNG

Some objects such as mines are exadurated in terms of size but I prefer them like that as they're more dangerous.

Stevie

[Virtue]

Oh ok. I didn't know about that 6ft thing.

[Xerxes]

Climbactic was posted here on the forums a while ago.

The police car should have a cop leaning out the side who fires his gun when you shoot.

Lawls the whole post is a hyperlink. (http://www.fun-motion.com/forums/showthread.php?t=980&highlight=climbactic)

[Muntu]

About the custom deathmatch thingie and the ability to choose how many teams and AI opponents there will be... Are there any limits?
I mean can you play with something like 100 AI opponents, or is there a limit of 20 or so?
Damn, even with 40 opponents the game would be EPIC.

[STEVIE G]

It'll be limited to 8 teams, 2 of which can be player controlled. I will be putting a limit per vehicle per team ( probably 50 ) but I doubt whether any pc is capable of running more than 100 vehicles in total in one battle at a decent frame rate. I get about 30 fps with 100 vehicles which is playable but not recommended.

Stevie

[muffinmonkey]

for the whole indirect death problem couldn't you just make it so that you had to have 30 deaths instead of 30 kills (a subtle difference you see)

all deaths are counted as kills

[STEVIE G]

So pretty much - you have 30 lives - last standing wins? I don't think that'd be too good 'cos once your lives are up you can't be involved in the game. I'll figure out a way of doing it better.

Been working on a mini game - first to the light gets a point. It's pretty frantic with 50 vehicles ploughing into each other trying to get there first!

http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/Shot020.PNG

[OkumTheLostNinja]

I can't wait to play this!

[pengirules]

I see a light....
This looks amazing, but could you have it like King of the Hill? So, you have to stay in the light to get points and other cars try and shunt you out.

EDIT: Have you got a release date? Or even a month? Or a quarter?

[STEVIE G]

Good idea but I'd rather just have one big flat plateu hill in the middle of the level and whoever is on it accumulates points.

I think it may be better sticking with a high circular platform , made of ice - so there's very little friction, each car starts on the edge pointing towards the center and the goal is to push everyone off. I'd like to be able to tilt it depending on where the cars are on it but it may not be possible - we'll see though.

Stevie

[STEVIE G]

Here's a couple of shots of the prototype hight platform ... great fun!! Very short games!

http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/Shot022.PNG

http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/Shot027.PNG

[pengirules]

Wrestlllllllllllllllllllllllllemaniaaaaaaaaa! (in cars)

And the release date?

[STEVIE G]

And the release date?


All I can say is ..when it's done.

[Dj Demetrius]

All I can say is ..when it's done.

I love that date, alot of really really awesome games are gonna be released then! Also, cool platform.

[OkumTheLostNinja]

I love that date, alot of really really awesome games are gonna be released then! Also, cool platform.

So true!

(The message you have entered is...fuck you)

[STEVIE G]

Was working on improvements to my random landscape generator yesterday - happy with the results. The colours fade nicely into each other now. Each landscape can be generated based on a single seed, low & highest points. You can also change the colour schemes.

Normal ..

http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/Land1.PNG

Red Moon ..

http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/Land2.PNG

Marshland

http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/Land3.PNG

[pengirules]

Will the editor be released to make your own maps or even vehicles, then?

[STEVIE G]

No - it's for my own use only.

[Muntu]

Will you release some demos before the whole complete game?
Might be asked already, but will this be shareware or freeware?

This wait is killing meeeeeee

[STEVIE G]

I'll release another demo with some sample levels for people to try, hopefully be the end of this month. I'm not really in it for the money but I **hope** to try and sell this as it's been around a year of hard work to get this far and I want something to show for my efforts. It will be very cheap though, probably £5.00 - £10.00.

[STEVIE G]

*Update*

Some good news is that I can easily use the gui system I built for Stramash so it shouldn't take as long to build the menu's. Obviously the options you see are left over from Stramash and will change. Oh, and the name is temporary until I come up with a new one.

http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/GUI001.PNG

[muffinmonkey]

You should have that platform tilt
tilting things are supercool
super supercool

almost as cool as everything else you've done

[STEVIE G]

I'm considering it ... kinda like the polarbear game in CrashBash. The engine isn't robust enough to cope at the moment but we'll see if I can get it to work.

Stevie

[pengirules]

You just ruined my dream. You're gonna charge for it?

Will there be a demo, at least?

[danahribo]

I'll release another demo with some sample levels for people to try, hopefully be the end of this month. I'm not really in it for the money but I **hope** to try and sell this as it's been around a year of hard work to get this far and I want something to show for my efforts. It will be very cheap though, probably £5.00 - £10.00.

I just died a little inside.

But i must find that money!

[muffinmonkey]

I just died a little inside.


all my internal organs wilted

[pengirules]

If you do sell it, can you sell it on eBay? Please?

[STEVIE G]

Eh? You expect me to spend over a year on a game and give it away for free? Would you do the same? Sorry if I gave anyone a different impression. There will be a demo and you can decide from that if it's worth your hard earned cash. I'm very confident that noone will be disappointed.

In the event that it doesn't sell then I may consider giving it away.

[danahribo]

i agree that you should charge for the game, i mean it took a lot of hard work, it's just i don't have a way of getting said money to you :(

[pengirules]

Yeah, I agree too. But I just wish it wasn't so. ANd wil it be sold on eBay? Or through PayPal?

[AquaGeneral]

What really get me is that everyone just before was expecting this too be free. This is at the quality of an Xbox Live Arcade Game.

[danahribo]

How about "Poly world/war" as a name?

[Virtue]

Going back to the idea of physical scenery... It wouldn't really be too hard to make a "vehicle" that is part of the scenery. Example. The statue could be a vehicle, but it wouldn't be able to move by itself (no wheels), but it would still be movable because it isn't part of the scenery.

[STEVIE G]

Going back to the idea of physical scenery... It wouldn't really be too hard to make a "vehicle" that is part of the scenery. Example. The statue could be a vehicle, but it wouldn't be able to move by itself (no wheels), but it would still be movable because it isn't part of the scenery.

I honestly don't see what purpose that would serve. Sure it is possible but it isn't gonna happen. Remember that I'm a one man band and I don't have alot of spare time. I have a finite list of ideas I want to implement and I need to stick to them or never getting it finished.

[STEVIE G]

I'm looking for ideas for the name of the game .. the ones I have are pretty crap but if you can come up with somthing which I use I'll give you a free copy once it's finished.

So far ....

PolyWorld
Poly Party
RC Command
RC Party
Flat Lands

Any ideas appreciated!

Cheers
Stevie

[danahribo]

PolyWorld(Repeat)
PolyWar(dito)
PolyWarrior(Cliche)
I'll think of more in a moment :P
Polygedon
Car wars
PolyMania

[juju02]

PRCR: Projeck Remote Control Racer

[STEVIE G]

Great - keep em coming. I like Polygeddon best so far.


http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/Shot031.PNG

[Virtue]

Polynomials?
Polyracers
Polybattle
Truckageddon
Polysolenoid
Polyamorous
Multi-face racers!

[danahribo]

i had a cool idea for a logo too, but i dont think it would fit in.

ps, pollverse? [/CUBE!]

[STEVIE G]

What's you're idea that won't fit in?

p.s. It doesn't have to have poly in the title ;)

[danahribo]

I was thinking something like the name, but made of triangles! (that is a new idea btw, the old one was the word "geddon" with a sort of noise effect)

[Virtue]

Ooh, how about Polygon Mayhem? Multi-face mayhem?
Or something of that sort, because it does get a little insane.

[muffinmonkey]

Polysanity?
Metahem?
Remonstration?
Remote Mayhem?
Remote Destruction?
Polyverse?
Stevie G's Polyverse?
Above Par Car Game?

[You Fail Me]

Polygon Mayhem?

Haha, polygayhem.

[pengirules]

Behind The Wheel
Polygon Party
Off-Road Party
Polygon Command
Remote
StraightEdge
Polygon Maniac
Mini-Game Master
Mini-Game Command
MudMover
Edge of Infinity
Remote Racer
On Top Of The World
Car World
Party at the Polygon
Pentagon Polygon
Cars With Guns
P@rty
Inverse
Converse
Dangerous Driving
Polygon Panic
Back Seat Brawl
Polygon War
WarWorld
War on Wheels

My personal favourite is Polygon Panic.

You could put "Stevie G's" in front of any of them....
Please pick me; I've supported you all the way!

[OkumTheLostNinja]

Car Warz.
Geo Racers.


I'll come up with more later.

[muffinmonkey]

Carty
Carty Party
Speeeeeeeeeeed
Fungum
Toy Car Apocalypse
RC pocalypse
Polypocalypse
Many Sided Mayhem
Vehicular
Vehicular Menace (I like this one)
Vehicular Maelstrom
Upside Ya Head
Tabletop Maiming

[Crincles]

All I got is:
Vehicularium
Polygonal
Carmash?- Lol Stramash
Carpoly?
Polycar?
Polygon Derby
Polyderby?
Polystruction- Destruction + Poly
Apocalapoly
Crash Attack?
Vigilante 8: Polygonal Offense????- Jk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigilante_8:_Second_Offense)
How about just Polygonal Offense?
hmmmm......well it seems like I'm all out for now mabye Ill think of some more later.

[STEVIE G]

I quite like PolyManiacs - danahribo is closest. Still not 100% decides.

Almost finished the hud GUI stuff .... what do you think?

http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/Shot032.PNG

http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/Shot034.PNG

[danahribo]

cool, But maybe an icon that looks like the 4x4 would be even better?

[STEVIE G]

What if your team has different types of vehicles in it, the 4x4 may not be appropriate?

[pengirules]

All idea'd out, I'm afraid. Can't think of any other good ones. Can you think of any synoyms for maniac? Or change poly, something like angle etc would be better.

[Xerxes]

How about Crazy Polytaxi? Or Chromatic Car Chromosome? Or just Chromatic Cars?

[OkumTheLostNinja]

No demo yet?

[STEVIE G]

Not yet - a couple of weeks at least - probably a month.

[OkumTheLostNinja]

I'm looking forward to it. ;)

[Loplop]

Exciting automobile trucks oh wait....

[Dan]

Gosh, this topic was basically what I signed up for the fun-motion forums for!
What is happenening? Is this old and dead?

[STEVIE G]

The project is far from being dead!

[pengirules]

Any exciting new updates? Please God, let it be a demo....

[STEVIE G]

Not really anything new. I've been working on the frontend & gui stuff which to be frank bores me to tears.

I should have a short playable demo of some of the mini games out in January but please don't hold me to that as I've been busy doing non-programming stuff over the last few weeks. I have a week off work at the beginning of Jan and plan to put it to good use though.

I still spend more time playing it than I should - some of the emergent behaviour still makes me laugh out loud - e.g. A tank shell blew me into a mine which launched my vehicle into the air, I hit and destroyed a chopper which fell on top of another mine destroying another vehicle :))

[Dan]

LOL! Sounds like fun. Can't wait for january!

[spacemarine9]

couyld you use a weight style thing to bring chopper down?
like, a tank uses the cord to attach to the heli, which cant fly so it falls
or maybe you could tie it to a rock >_<

[STEVIE G]

couyld you use a weight style thing to bring chopper down?
like, a tank uses the cord to attach to the heli, which cant fly so it falls
or maybe you could tie it to a rock >_<

Nah ... none of this is possible. The chopper attached to the tank was just to show what was possible. It isn't very practicle.

[OkumTheLostNinja]

No demo yet?

[STEVIE G]

I should have a short playable demo of some of the mini games out in January but please don't hold me to that as I've been busy doing non-programming stuff over the last few weeks.


As above ......

[OkumTheLostNinja]

Oh. Sorry about that.

[Christcross9]

im going to rip my own face off!!!! im waiting for a demo

[pengirules]

It's the last day of January. Has they been any more progress with this, or has your efforts been concentrated on Stramash?

[STEVIE G]

I've been mainly concentrating on Stramash when I have the time ... it's keeping my attention cos I'm having fun adding stuff and playing around with it.

I will get back to this though, probably at some stage next month ..

http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/Shot048.JPG
http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/Shot050.PNG

[Gump]

Wow! Looks awesome! i really admire your work! Stramash is great too.

[pengirules]

Woah. That's a lot of cars/helicopters/tanks/armoured cars/trucks/hovercrafts/F1 cars/funny cars/police cars/vans.

Actually, are the last 5 still implemented?

[STEVIE G]

Funny cars?

They're all still there but I'm probably going to loose a few unless I can find a use for them.

[pengirules]

That's what I call the ones that have tongues at the front that move.

[STEVIE G]

You mean the nightrider car?

[pengirules]

Is it? God...

[BananaFoam]

This is good, but im not so much into car physics than I am drawn to others. Great, though, I tried it and liked it.

[Gump]

This is good, but im not so much into car physics than I am drawn to others. Great, though, I tried it and liked it.

You what? tried it?

what did i miss ?

[muffinmonkey]

I prefer Stramash to this myself
this is excellent but stramash is unlike anything ever

[juju02]

hmmm........is this dead?

[Dan]

I hope not, I've been waiting for him to release another version for months now.

[STEVIE G]

PolyManiacs is definately not dead. I have no intention of wasting over a year of hard work. Please be patient.

[edthefirst]

Yeah be patient. I want a new version released as much as the next guy, but games aren't developed overnight and I would much rather have a polished demo then some buggy wreck.

[bastimaramba]

hmm stevie u rock ive tried ur past release it was great!!!.loved it!!!!lol i like making fun of the tank i bump it into a tree and it cant move unless i destroyt it

[rebirth12345]

This is Awesome!!

now how are you going to give ground vehicles a chance at beating choppers?

[rebirth12345]

Sorry but i just had to do this (double post)
Is this dead though????!!!!

[Dan]

I don't think so, he's just been busy on it and doing other things.

[STEVIE G]

..........


PolyManiacs is definately not dead. I have no intention of wasting over a year of hard work. Please be patient.

[pengirules]

Back for a quick encouragement. Now i'm off to play PAIN for the fifth time today.

[STEVIE G]

This is a quick look at one of the mini-games. There are 105 vehicles and 36 objects in this vid. It runs at 45 fps on my setup. Intel Core 2 Due 2.33 with Radion 1900gt.

I'm still getting random errors from time to time so once I resolve them I'll post a playable demo.

http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/Videos/Movie_0002.wmv

Stevie

[meow-muffin]

Cool looking.

[Dan]

Very Cool, this is one of the main reasons I signed up with fun-motion!

[rebirth12345]

Emega BumP!!!!!!!!!!
what's left to do?

[Loplop]

lol 4 day bump isnt mega xD

[STEVIE G]

Emega BumP!!!!!!!!!!
what's left to do?

Lots :

More level models to create ( including urban )
More scenery models
Menu's / GUI
Loads of mini-games planned
A few more vehicles to add and tweak.
etc....

I've been working on the background meshes ( sky / clouds etc.. ) for a nicer effect which I think works well. I also added a flying saucer that beams the light which you need to drive to. Once you touch the light it retracts it and buggers off quickly to another part of the level. This particular mini game is almost done :

http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/Shot123.PNG

http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/Shot113.PNG

http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/Shot114.PNG

http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/Shot115.PNG

I'd like to get a quick demo of a couple of mini-games soon but I can't make any promises. The look and feel has changed alot since EngineTest6. Also, I may keep this as dual analogue only as it plays much better and means I don't have to work on multiple control schemes - which is a complete pain in the arse!

Stevie

[rebirth12345]

Can We Make Custom Vehicles?
or Custom Levels?

[STEVIE G]

No. Too much work for just one guy.

[Dan]

Well, I love the progress so far! Keep it up!

[rebirth12345]

Day/night Cycle = Win.

What's the story about?
cars killing cars?

and will you make Snow maps?

[STEVIE G]

They'll be no day / night cycle - just the option to choose at the beginning of each round or preset in single player missions.

There will be snow / ice levels - the skidding is great so it's a must.

Stevie

[rebirth12345]

What Kinds of cars will there be?
Can you also make it easier to kill areal targets?
it's hard to do it as a tank

[STEVIE G]

What Kinds of cars will there be?
Can you also make it easier to kill areal targets?
it's hard to do it as a tank

Still undecided on all the vehicles which'll make it into the game but probably most from EngineTest6 and some new ones.

The old demo has the chopper armour set too high + you need to use an analogue stick to change the elevation of the barrel. I forget but the elevation extremes are probably higher in the current version. Bear in mind that EngineTest6 was the 42nd iteration of the engine - I'm currently on the 102nd so there ALOT of improvements / additions and changes from the old version.

Stevie

[pengirules]

Please don't leave this for dead!
And, noting the snow/ice levels, will there be "neutral" targets, like civilans' cars or even native animals?

[STEVIE G]

Please don't leave this for dead!

What do you mean?


And, noting the snow/ice levels, will there be "neutral" targets, like civilans' cars or even native animals?


No animals ( other than the shark of course ) - they don't fit - it's purely vehicle based. There will be neutral vehicles though.

Stevie

[rebirth12345]

What do you mean? What He means is, don't abandon this project




No animals ( other than the shark of course ) - they don't fit - it's purely vehicle based. There will be neutral vehicles though.

Will the nutral shoot at ALL Vehicles?

Stevie

Red = REBIRTH12345

LOLCHARLIMIT

[ENWOD]

How haven't I noticed this before; looks bloody brilliant matey! Good job :D

[pengirules]

Exactly what Rebirth said.

[STEVIE G]

Why is it that if I don't post for a few days the project is automatically assumed to be dead?! It's getting a bit annoying now tbh. Do I give everyone the impression that I'm incapable of completing this project? It's a fairly large project for 1 person so have faith and patience please.

Here's a few snow screenies ... very low friction ( even lower when it's raining ) and very difficult but fun to control.

Snow + Sun
http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/Shot1220.PNG

Snow + Mild
http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/Shot1230.PNG

Snow + Mild + Night
http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/Shot1240.PNG

Snow + Rain
http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/Shot1250.PNG


I've had to bite the bullet and create a proper level editor but it's doubtful that it'll ship with the game.




Stevie

[Dan]

Ohhhh! Level editor! Hmm, is this going to be easily modable at all? Maybe let some other people have a crack at making it online, Eh? (Gosh, I've heard like 50 bajillion people say Eh today...)

[pengirules]

At the bottom of some of those screenies, it has a bar. Is that a health bar? A boost bar?

[sakiskid]

No duh, that is sooooooo00000000o0o0-0o0o0o0o0o0o0o obiously a turbo megazor bar...
No really though its a health/damage bar. It only appears in DM mode.

[rebirth12345]

(Gosh, I've heard like 50 bajillion people say Eh today...)

Eh.

LVL editor FTW!!!!!!

[sakiskid]

Ehhhh.
Ehhhk
Uhh... Eh

[STEVIE G]

OnTopic
Clearly that's a health bar.

Off Topic
I'd appreciate it if some of you would stop cluttering this thread with crap.

Thanks
Stevie


Some improvements to the landscape generator ..

http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/EDshot115.PNG

http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/EDshot118.PNG

http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/EDshot122.PNG

http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/EDshot124.PNG

[psygo]

Looks really nice! :) If the pay thing is gonna happen then I'll pay if I got the money!

[rebirth12345]

Um...........
How does the water effect the cars exactly?

[STEVIE G]

Boats / hovercraft and sharks will make good use of the water. All other vehicles are slowed down by water drag and sink. If they go below a certain depth they will loose health. I have some decent bouyancy physics so some objects float better than others etc..

[pengirules]

Sorry about the health thing; that was really stupid!
Is there any way to get over the water when you are in a normal carwithout taking damage?
If the game spawned you on a tiny island, there would be no way to get off of it and complete whatever mission is happening. Unless you have specified respawn points....

[rebirth12345]

If the Water Is Shallow I presume.

[STEVIE G]

I'm planning on having bridges over the deeper water to connect land masses but yes, most of the time the water will be shallow enough for you to take no damage ( even if you do it will be relatively small ), although you will be slowed down due to increased drag.

[rebirth12345]

Um............
Will There Be a Lives System for DM matches?

[STEVIE G]

The lives can be set or unlimited.

[rebirth12345]

Can There Be random people in the middle of the battlefield?

[STEVIE G]

@ Rebirth,

I'd rather you didn't clutter the thread asking 100's of questions. Why not have a think about ALL your questions and list them in one post?

This is a vehicle only game - there are no people. Pedestrian and police vehicles can be set up as well as team vehicles.

[STEVIE G]

A few shots of a new level made with my editor. You can gouge the landscape now to create rivers / flat areas for building etc..

http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/PMshot114.PNG

http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/PMshot115.PNG

http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/PMshot116.PNG

http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/PMshot117.PNG

[STEVIE G]

Another video of me messing around with a mate ..

http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/Videos/Movie_0005.wmv

[Treacle109]

is this online MP? and what are u using to make it?

[STEVIE G]

No..................

[pengirules]

How do you add water into the terrain generator? Do you set a depth and then build around it? Can you have waves that affect the motion of your vehicle e.g. tidal waves? Can the water be higher in certain places than others?

Possible release date yet?

[STEVIE G]

Basically the terrain is a gdi of control points for bezier patches. If you make one of the points lower than sea level the resulting patches may create a pool. I also have an editor tool where you can remove specific areas of the landscape to create rivers.

The water is basically at sea level, I have no plans for tidal waves etc..

No where near a release date I'm afraid.

Check this out :)

http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/PMshot122.PNG

I'm in the process of adding a bridge building tool so that bridges can be easily created between landmasses and / or over water. The editor is very versatile , though not so user friendly atm.

[Treacle109]

what did you make the game with?

[STEVIE G]

Blitz3d, including my own physics engine.

[STEVIE G]

I added bridges , volcanoes and a few other things. Quick video of me playing around @ full frame rate. I'm sure most folk are getting sick of my vids so I'll try and make this the last for a while - honest guv!

http://stevieg.blip.tv/file/850391/

Stevie

[ANE55]

When do you release it?:confused: i want it so bad;)

[muffinmonkey]

seriously, how do you cope Stevie?

I'll say it for you

STOP CLUTTERING THIS THREAD

[STEVIE G]

Thanks MM, I'm not going to rush out a demo .. I want to be able to show something mode than a tech demo.

[antotabo]

Your link for the last video isn't working.:( :confused:

[STEVIE G]

I'm having issue with my ISP - they keep removing my website ( I use the term 'website' in it's loosest sense ) - hopefully it'll get resolved shortly.

[STEVIE G]

Here's another longer video showing some of the deathmatch vehicles and some environment effects.

http://blip.tv/file/851147/

[Dan]

In deathmatch, do you have it set up so that vehicles of the same color won't attack each other?

[STEVIE G]

The AI is WIP but yes, this will be the case. Although, the homing missiles will home in on the closest vehicle after 1 sec so you need to be careful with them.

[bastimaramba]

hey stevie in the first demo could you tell me how to do 2 player?
pls reply asap!thanks

[STEVIE G]

Sorry - been at work all day.


Edit the setup.cfg file in the config folder and change the players to 2.

I forget the keys ( QASD maybe ) but joypads can be set up no problem using the joypad.exe in the same folder.

[bastimaramba]

ok then but i dont know how to open it up.

[STEVIE G]

Right click, open with - Notepad.

[STEVIE G]

New mesh based gui .. much better than the old temp one I think.

http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/GUIshot119.PNG

[thorero]

I've just discovered this thread, and I must say STEVIE G, this is very nice looking. I won't clutter the thread too much, but might I say, if you're ever in need of a 3D Modeller, Just say so. I could help out.

[Vmaster]

I had a great Idea using the old demo provided about making a YouTube series called "A Day at the Fun-Motion Community ________" by placing the same number of cars as there is active members here at F-M and just basically recording the events that happen in-game. Each webisode would feature a different level (for e.g. the Raceway track would result it that show's title to be called "A Day at the Fun-Motion Community Race Track" or something like that)

I would do it, but having the title of "Owner of the Most Crappiest Computer In The World" I don't think my computer wouldn't handle being able to play the game and record at the same time. I get around 15 FPS with just around 50 vehicles.

[LuizZak]

Oh, I loved the video, found the cars so cutes ^^
And great engine, when I try to do car games, sometimes the wheel stick on the ground, sometimes the wheel shake like crazy......

Anyway, think it's awesome :D

[STEVIE G]

I've just discovered this thread, and I must say STEVIE G, this is very nice looking. I won't clutter the thread too much, but might I say, if you're ever in need of a 3D Modeller, Just say so. I could help out.


I'll take all the help I can when it comes to the models. I'm looking for stunt style obstacles so if you fancy a go at them just e-mail me.

[Vmaster]

Hey Stevie, how's progress goin on this game? I'm still having fun with the old demo :) can't wait for updates :D

[STEVIE G]

It's actually going very well.

Some Updates :

===============================

Still working on parts of the gui - key and joypad config mainly. At the moment it's a standalone module but I will integrate into the main game shortly.

Implemented 1-4 players split screen. Runs at a decent frame rate too with some settings lowered.

I've improved the camera's alot. They pan out automatically if you are dragging another object. They also contantly adjust to keep the vehicle you're controlling in view.

Auto Verticle Aim. I added this for keyboard users so that they didn't have to worry about weapon elevation so needed less keys to configure. You will have to point the weapon in the correct direction so it's still tricky. I may make this a permanent feature as it works well.

MiniGame - "Copland" implemented. Played and refined this over the weekend with a few mates. You each control an offroad and have to towe mines, landmines on the level to take out as many relentlessly chasing cop cars as you can before your single life runs out. Best score wins. It's pretty hilarious running into a group of them and getting flung into the air by the blast of your mine as it smacks off them all.

======================

The missions will be for single player and allow you to unlock new levels / vehicles / mini games as you make progress.

The alpha demo will only have deathmatch , the light, timetrial and copland minigames. I haven't worked on the AI much yet so it won't be fully implemented for the demo - it'll be mainly a compatibility test.

A few screenies ...

http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/Polymaniacs/GUIshot212.PNG

http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/Polymaniacs/GUIshot213.PNG

http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/Polymaniacs/GUIshot214.PNG

http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/Polymaniacs/GUIshot216.PNG

[STEVIE G]

More ..


http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/Polymaniacs/GUIshot217.PNG

http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/Polymaniacs/PMshot214.PNG

[STEVIE G]

Some 4 player splitscreen footage of CopLand. The winner is the first to kill a set number of cops. Total mayhem ;)

http://blip.tv/file/1058755?filename=STEVIEG-POLYMANIACSVid6225.wmv

[pengirules]

I like this new CopLand idea, but can you change it so you have a time limit to kill as many cops as possible?

Do the cops have a smaller health bar than you?

[STEVIE G]

I like this new CopLand idea, but can you change it so you have a time limit to kill as many cops as possible?


As a minigame it's 'first to' a predefined score ( 2-8 teams, 4 of which are can be player controlled ) and you have infinite lives as do the copcars. The single player mission/challenges will mainly be time limit based ... 3 minutes to kill 30 cops.


Do the cops have a smaller health bar than you?


Each of the Police vehicles has a specific armour rating, the car having the least so is easier to kill.


I'm prototyping a 'Survival' mini-game where everyone has 5 lives and the level is full of tanks .. last man standing wins.

Getting closer to releasing a short demo but still plenty to do :)

[pengirules]

How much will the final game cost when released on PayPal, or whatever?

[STEVIE G]

Sorry - no idea - it's be cheap though. I'll need to wait and see if any publishers ( and more importantly players ) like it first. Failing that it'll be free.


Been working on some mesh based rain effects .. the whole game now uses one 64x64 texture. Old GUI still to be changed.

http://www.steviegoodwin.plus.com/images/Polymaniacs/PMshot134.PNG

[STEVIE G]

Some recent footage of some of the mini-games.

Blip Tv
http://blip.tv/file/1173434/

Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHSz6zcmNHI

Footage runs at about 60% full speed to show physics in action.

Alpha demo will be ready soon once I change the placeholder gui for the 3d version.

p.s. I can't believe I spelled the name wrong in the video!!

[geel9]

We want alpha NAOW!

[pengirules]

Looks good. Can I just have a list of the minigames?
There's deathmatch, copland, survival and the light. I also remember a last man standing and a knock-everyone-else-off-a-small-platform mode.
Will there be Team Deathmatch i.e. half the vehicles against the other half, CTF and a sandbox (like the current demo)?

[STEVIE G]

I have a huge list of over 25 mini-games ideas which I hope to implement. No point in listing them all until I know they work and are fun. Now that I have some decent AI up and running it's relatively quick to set up new ones. I'm only going to include a taster of 3-4 in the alpha demo though. Still on shedule for the end of this month.