ARMADA - Completed. 30th September.

deesine · Post by **deesine** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 11:09 am

Nice progress you're making, great job so far.

Midnight · Post by **Midnight** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 8:00 am

Cardinal4 wrote:Well at least there's pictures of the game actually in progress, and not just a snapshot of an empty level of a 'game'.
Are there other type of bullets, or just the default single line type? Looks fun.

true true...

actually this thing looks fun and I'm sure the source is juicy too

BMF · Post by **BMF** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:11 am

Thanks for the feedback, people!

I have kept working hard for the last couple of days, doing some big improvements.

Firstly, the main menu is functional now (still to get prettier, and options and highscores are not done yet), enemies can shoot, and so do environment enemies and allies, it's quite a mess of shots everywhere, war atmosphere!

We started working on the HUD too (which will totally be updated soon, with the final one, hopefully), and added the 'charisma' meter, that when full, allows you to call allies (options) to help. These are working already, and it's great to see they do the job for you, heh.

We have been doing lots of design work too.

And here you get a new screenshot, will keep you updated!

BlindSide · Post by **BlindSide** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 11:02 am

Hey that looks great, keep it up

BMF · Post by **BMF** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 5:31 pm

Video! It's me playing the game.

Captured using Fraps. Compressed using Bink and Smacker.

It's 320x240, even though the game is 640x480. I didn't want you to need to download a huge file.

There you go, get the feeling!

fmx · Post by **fmx** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 6:12 pm

wow, looks really cool!
The video is a little small, so its hard to get an accurate feel of the game, but it certainly does look fun.

Will you be releasing a playable demo soon?

BMF · Post by **BMF** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 7:07 pm

In case you prefer a 640x480 video, here it is! It's a different one. About 8MB.

Link.

Thanks fmx! A playable demo? Hopefully in a couple of weeks. =)

christianclavet · Post by **christianclavet** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:46 am

Hi, Would you like a ship like that one?

Here the version with the textures:

Here the version without the textures (see wires)

I have created this ship today, I've used your first ship picture as model to keep the same shape, but add my own twist to it.

Made some BIG textures on in. All textures are 512x512. So you should reduce them depending on your needs.

Get the file here (Lightwave version, converted 3DS version, DirectX converted version): http://www.clavet.org/files/ship.zip

The ZIP file is big(7Mb), because I have put big textures, and 3 version of the same ship to help you convert it to your need. You will probably have to scale it also.

Midnight · Post by **Midnight** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:59 am

wow now thats a ship.

see it has simular purportions but totally not toy-like.

nice job chris!

krama757 · Post by **krama757** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:30 am

DUDE! This game looks FUN to play

Great Job!

BMF · Post by **BMF** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 6:26 pm

Hey christian, that ship looks really nice! If you are interested in modeling for the game, feel free to PM me!

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Hello people.

I think it's time for a playable version! I want to get some feedback already.

Download link

Lets see who gets highest on that highscores list. Yes? Ha!

Controls:

In game:

-Arrow keys for movement.
-Space bar for shooting.
-Z for calling allies (only if your yellow bar is full or it has turned green).
-Esc to finish.

Menus:

-Arrow keys to move around options.
-Space bar to select, go back, mostly everything.

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There's a lot to add to the game yet (more levels, powerups, different enemy models...) but for now, that's what you get. =P

christianclavet · Post by **christianclavet** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 4:36 am

Wow!

It's a great little game! It's very playable. Your particles effect look great!

What are thoses .MTL files, can Irrlicht load this natively?

Very good work!

christianclavet · Post by **christianclavet** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 5:00 am

Hi, Me again.

I saw your model there and was able to scale the ship to fix at the same size then resaved as OBJ as your model.

Tried after that in your demo and I was seeing my mesh moving. The only thing that was missing is the textures that had to be applied.

I've send back the adapted mesh into my site.
Here is the link with the file (obj) with the mesh, and texture.
UV Map is defined in a single map for each surfaces.

I've loaded back the model and saw that the material definition is gone. The UVMAP is there (Each surface name, as an texture name matching, so it should be easy to remap). That should explain those .MTL file.

The file is here:

http://www.clavet.org/armada/MainShip.rar 1.81Mb

JP · Post by JP » Fri Sep 14, 2007 8:46 am

How come the video is an exe? I don't really feel comfortable trying to watch a video that's an exe whilst at work!

(or on my own computer even!)

christianclavet · Post by **christianclavet** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 4:38 pm

It's a custom video compression using the Bink tools.