Illumina - Back On Track
by Ian Roach · 11/01/2006 (5:17 am) · 9 comments
Well Illumina has been on a bit of a hiatus for awhile. Since our demo release i have been swamped with reallife.
However ive just recently had a chance to get back into it and some big changes are coming :)
First ive spent the last day porting to torque 1.5, the new environments are awesome, and i plan on picking up Todd Pickens Enviroment pack to further expand on it.
Whilst i still dream of getting illumina onto tse at some point , for now i want to refine it and perfect the gameplay on tge.
I have found that a quick drop into tse really shows off its potential
TSE Shot
Some big changes to gameplay are happening, heres a brief rundown of what i plan on adding :
- Jetpack ability for soldiers
- Enhanced 3rd person mode, including better camera management, grenade arc indicators e.t.c
- Ai bots
- More gamemodes. Including some coop only modes as well as rabbit/capture and hold/ctf/deathmatch and a few others
- Addition of flying vehicles and more gadgets
- Overall improved interfaces
- More variety in maps and enviroments.
DRL/Water enhancements have been dropped for my current build , as i want to focus on getting a consistant look and framerate throughout.
So far i have
-Jetting
-All the vehicles
-All the weapons
-All Backpacks - Cloaking/Deploying Ai Turrets/Rehealing/RestockingAmmo/Repairing
-All Armours - Light Medium Heavy
My hope is to mix the tribes style gameplay with more modern weapons
Now what good is a plan without some screenshots and movies
Pictures
Movies
Now some movies of me jetting around the landscape
www.singlecellgames.com/illumina15.avi
www.singlecellgames.com/illumina16.avi
www.singlecellgames.com/illumina17.avi
www.singlecellgames.com/illumina18.avi
www.singlecellgames.com/illumina19.avi
Im looking for programmers and mappers to help me complete the final stages.
However ive just recently had a chance to get back into it and some big changes are coming :)
First ive spent the last day porting to torque 1.5, the new environments are awesome, and i plan on picking up Todd Pickens Enviroment pack to further expand on it.
Whilst i still dream of getting illumina onto tse at some point , for now i want to refine it and perfect the gameplay on tge.
I have found that a quick drop into tse really shows off its potential
TSE Shot
Some big changes to gameplay are happening, heres a brief rundown of what i plan on adding :
- Jetpack ability for soldiers
- Enhanced 3rd person mode, including better camera management, grenade arc indicators e.t.c
- Ai bots
- More gamemodes. Including some coop only modes as well as rabbit/capture and hold/ctf/deathmatch and a few others
- Addition of flying vehicles and more gadgets
- Overall improved interfaces
- More variety in maps and enviroments.
DRL/Water enhancements have been dropped for my current build , as i want to focus on getting a consistant look and framerate throughout.
So far i have
-Jetting
-All the vehicles
-All the weapons
-All Backpacks - Cloaking/Deploying Ai Turrets/Rehealing/RestockingAmmo/Repairing
-All Armours - Light Medium Heavy
My hope is to mix the tribes style gameplay with more modern weapons
Now what good is a plan without some screenshots and movies
Pictures
Movies
Now some movies of me jetting around the landscape
www.singlecellgames.com/illumina15.avi
www.singlecellgames.com/illumina16.avi
www.singlecellgames.com/illumina17.avi
www.singlecellgames.com/illumina18.avi
www.singlecellgames.com/illumina19.avi
Im looking for programmers and mappers to help me complete the final stages.
#2
It's looking very nice, btw... congrats.
11/01/2006 (7:56 am)
How about a disk launcher and skiing :PIt's looking very nice, btw... congrats.
#3
Skiing: definetely possible :)
11/01/2006 (7:59 am)
Disc Launcher: unlikely, will a rocket launcher do?Skiing: definetely possible :)
#4
That explains why the screenshots look so good again. I didn't like how DRL affected the game (though I think there was a way to turn them off?).
11/01/2006 (8:01 am)
Quote:DRL/Water enhancements have been dropped for my current build
That explains why the screenshots look so good again. I didn't like how DRL affected the game (though I think there was a way to turn them off?).
#5
I still play around with the demo weekly.
Very BF2 feel for gameplay.
Keep up the good work!
11/01/2006 (1:43 pm)
Fun stuff!I still play around with the demo weekly.
Very BF2 feel for gameplay.
Keep up the good work!
#6
11/01/2006 (4:29 pm)
Woah. The TSE shot looks soo much better. did you do anything to the model besides adding spec maps? it looks higher poly. and higher res textures.
#9
11/02/2006 (12:07 am)
hmm its the normal maps thats really making it look beta.
Torque Owner Mathieu Marquis-Bolduc
But I would definetly force AA a AF in your video drivers. It makes a world of difference :)