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Okay, time to prime the pump here some more. :) Melv and I couldn't resist posting some screens of the T2D demos we've been working on. Check out the pics below!

These demos are just simple, simple little examples of what Torque 2D can do. "Demo in a day" is a good way to describe 'em. None of them are anywhere near being games, but they look great, thanks to some extremely talented artists: Craig Fortune, Nauris Krauze, and Matt Mitman. These guys are incredible. For your viewing pleasure, may I present screens from the Torque 2D demos!


Simple "grav gun" demo:

Every engine today is trying to show off their physics, with grav guns and pachinko machines, and blah blah. Grav guns are easy, as our little hero Flegg demonstrates in this demo. And check out those particle effects! Melv does amazing things w/ T2D's particle system, but I bet it won't be long after release before someone out there is even better with it than he is. The great looking art you see here was provided by Craig Fortune and Nauris Krauze, of De-railed. These guys amaze me.


Simple pool demo:

This is a little pool "game" (not quite a full game, but you can knock balls around). Art by Matt Mitman, thanks *tons* Matt! My real-life pool game has improved by about 10x since we started working on this thing. And, I have to be honest, T2D has probably been delayed a little, due to time lost playing this thing. ;)


Simple undersea scene:

Next, a little undersea screen-saver type demo. This screenshot doesn't really do it justice. Melv created some *fantastic* dynamic lighting effects for this thing. Melv's friend Craig Ball helped out with this demo, and the great art was produced by Craig Fortune and Nauris Krauze of the De-railed team, with a little help from Jeff Gran, a talented intern here in the office. Thanks guys!


Checkers!

The best-looking checkers game ever created? ;) If so, it's thanks to Nauris and Craig once again! These guys rock. Pat Wilson did most of the coding for this game, thanks Pat! This demo is still being worked on, it'll have some cool features that aren't displayed in this pic yet.


Side-scrolling shooter:

None of these demos have much gameplay at all, they're really just meant to show off a little bit of what Torque 2D can do. But Melv has been cranking away on this Mars attack shooter, and it's actually pretty fun to play. I guess earlier today Melv's whole office had a big high score competition for this one. You get power-ups like triple-shot, shields, and side-kick ships, and your goal is to destroy the swarms of enemies that fly your way. This demo has been totally re-coded since IGC, but it was originally written in < 9 hours by Pat, who it should be clear to everyone by now, rocks. Nate Feyma and Alex Swanson created this great art, thanks guys!


So there you have it. :) T2D is just around the corner! None of these demos took more than a dozen hours or so of coding, so T2D really lets you focus on game design and art. I can't wait to see what everyone does with this thing! Let's launch this puppy!!

And once again, many, many, many thanks and congratulations to Melv for all his hard work on T2D. Melv, it has been an utter pleasure working with you. With the help of the awesome community around here, I'm sure this thing is going to be worth all of the hard work we've put it on it. It's gonna feel great to see all the work put to use in helping people make cool new games!

For technical info on T2D, see my ridiculously long informal tech overview .plan: T2D core classes, and T2D core systems. Or.. just pick T2D up in a few days, and see for yourself!