The Hatch, technology demo

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The Hatch, technology demo

Postby Yezide » Tue Dec 06, 2005 8:16 am

Here is a little tech demo of the game I am working on.

It is an fps with some fun physical interaction.

http://picard.hgo.se/~thehatch/files/hatch_tech_demo20051206.avi
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Enjoy :)
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Postby Damien » Tue Dec 06, 2005 8:44 am

Very nice. :)
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Postby JernejL » Tue Dec 06, 2005 9:49 am

This demo is awesome, not just physics but also graphicals, i think i saw mix of lightmaps, stencil shadows and bump mapping, it is normal that you don't have it all textured at this stage, but when you do use larger images resolution since the resolution of picture on the wall is awful ;)

great work, thumbs up!

EDIT: one thing i am wondering about: how do you detect if is character on floor?
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Postby walaber » Tue Dec 06, 2005 1:32 pm

very, very cool demo! the atmosphere works well to show off both the graphics and the physics. your object movement code looks very smooth, well done!!
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Postby kallaspriit » Tue Dec 06, 2005 2:52 pm

Nice indeed :)
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Postby Julio Jerez » Tue Dec 06, 2005 3:16 pm

Dam and you were doing all that secretly, not bad for a new comer.
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Postby Yezide » Tue Dec 06, 2005 3:27 pm

Thanks for the kind words :) When things get more stable and better looking I'll release a little demo.

Delfi:
No lightmaps, only stencil shadows ;) And most of the objects are just place holders. waiting for the artists to complete some more good looking stuff :)

The player is using special character physics and that detects when the gravity force makes the body collide.

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Does this mean I might get to learn a secret handshake? :)
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Postby Sury » Tue Dec 06, 2005 3:28 pm

Awesome man, keep it up!
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Postby Twixn » Wed Dec 07, 2005 6:05 pm

Wow, that is cool.

Cant wait for a demo :D

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Postby vectrex » Thu Dec 08, 2005 12:30 am

haha how completely bizzare. I watched the demo and then today my flatmate goes 'check out what Chris' friend made' and it was the same thing. VERY small world :D
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Postby cleathley » Thu Dec 08, 2005 12:30 am

very nice.. looks good
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Postby JeDi » Tue Jan 03, 2006 11:42 am

Hi,

Congratulations with this project! I realy like the intuitive character control. Especially the "dragging" with that hand-like cursor. HalfLife 2 would be a lot more fun if they had this ;-)

Is the character movement code like yours hard to implement? I'm new to Newton, but I'm going to use it in a research project . Are you using the character controller of Newton (I read that it exists and helps caculating forces etc. for fps like movement)?

For now, I just want basic movement: walking/running, straving, turning, looking, ducking, jumping with collision detection, including slopes and stairs.


Thanks!

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Postby Yezide » Tue Jan 03, 2006 4:12 pm

Thanks for the nice words :)

There is no character controller in newton, what I am using is a system of my own based use the Newton collison function (this is for greater control). This is medium-difficult to implement but no major task if you have done similar stuff before.

You could also use the newton forces to control a character and you can find examples (even code I think) and discussion on this forum. Try searching for character control. My advice for making a character controller would be to use a spring or Pid-controller to control the direction and speed of the character. To keep the colllider upright you can use the up-joint (or a custom one).

Hope that helps a bit.

(EDIT: The newton tutorials contains basic character controller code aswell)
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Postby Assembler » Thu Jan 05, 2006 2:54 pm

awesome man!

when do you plan to release the demo?
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Postby Yezide » Mon Jan 16, 2006 5:48 am

Assembler wrote:awesome man!

when do you plan to release the demo?


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Dunno, in a month perhaps, once I get it working better.
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