tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48888728353772092112011-07-08T02:01:19.445-07:00Precious PolygonsStunWarnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888872835377209211.post-66937115740342480192009-07-08T19:42:00.000-07:002009-07-09T15:00:15.568-07:00I CAN HAZ BLAWG?Hmmm, what to post in my first blog entry...<br /><br />Well, I'm part of a two man development team for an indie shmup called <a href="http://www.wingsofapocalypse.com/">Wings of Apocalypse</a>. I'm in charge of the 3d assets while Roger (<a href="http://rekcahdam.blogspot.com/">Rekcahdam</a>) does all of the programming (yes, all by himself, the poor fella).<br /><br />Here are couple screens of the first level (click on any of these images to see them full-sized):<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee39/RawNuts/WoA/screen.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 226px;" src="http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee39/RawNuts/WoA/screen.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee39/RawNuts/WoA/woascreen.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 282px; height: 222px;" src="http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee39/RawNuts/WoA/woascreen.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here are some shots showing off parts of the level in the Maya viewport:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee39/RawNuts/WoA/1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 194px;" src="http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee39/RawNuts/WoA/1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee39/RawNuts/WoA/4-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 285px; height: 196px;" src="http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee39/RawNuts/WoA/4-1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee39/RawNuts/WoA/3-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 192px;" src="http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee39/RawNuts/WoA/3-2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />I'm happy with it, I would say it looks pretty good considering that it is only textured with one map; no shader work or multiple maps on this stuff, only a color map with my lighting setup and a bump map baked into it.<br /><br />Here is an orthographic view of most of the first level, longcat style:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs43/f/2009/081/8/f/Wings_of_Apocalypse_level_by_RawNuts.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 282px; height: 4040px;" src="http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs43/f/2009/081/8/f/Wings_of_Apocalypse_level_by_RawNuts.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Also check out this neat trailer that Roger created:<br /><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4530059&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=c9ff23&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4530059&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=c9ff23&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br /><br />I also created a short, pre-rendered teaser for the game a while ago:<br /><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1997240&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=c9ff23&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1997240&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=c9ff23&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br /><br />So far we have a playable build up for download on the <a href="http://www.wingsofapocalypse.com/">site</a>. We're also looking into porting and finishing the game using WildPockets, which is a browser based 3d game engine that is in beta stage at the moment. I'll update more on that as it happens.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4888872835377209211-6693711574034248019?l=preciouspolygons.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>StunWarnoreply@blogger.com1