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by Chris Labombard · in Game Design and Creative Issues · 05/27/2005 (7:21 am) · 9 replies
I am a programmer. I CANT do art. And I am often very impatient...
Today I realized that out of the games I see published using Torque, none of them use content pack art.
I had an idea of buying a whole wack of content packs (I already own 2 or 3 )and ONLY using GG content packs for the art in a game.
Do you guys think that with GG content packs and some coding I could make a good game ? Got any ideas, using ONLY GG content packs ?
I think I might (when I have the chedda) do just this, if we can come up with a good game idea. I'll buy ALL of htem, then I'll build a game, packed with GG content... Might make an interesting side project.
All of the licenses allow you to use them comercially, do they not ?
Today I realized that out of the games I see published using Torque, none of them use content pack art.
I had an idea of buying a whole wack of content packs (I already own 2 or 3 )and ONLY using GG content packs for the art in a game.
Do you guys think that with GG content packs and some coding I could make a good game ? Got any ideas, using ONLY GG content packs ?
I think I might (when I have the chedda) do just this, if we can come up with a good game idea. I'll buy ALL of htem, then I'll build a game, packed with GG content... Might make an interesting side project.
All of the licenses allow you to use them comercially, do they not ?
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I have been a professional game programmer for over 5 years now. I've worked on virtually every platform, dozens of games and released a few of my own games, including 2 iPhone titles and a title waiting release on Big Fish Games.
#2
05/27/2005 (12:29 pm)
Sweet... I am, definately going to do this. I just need to come up with an idea that wont require any new art. Or maybe something that requires very little art 
#3
05/28/2005 (7:40 am)
Go crazy with it, sounds terrific!
#4
Even if you are not an artist (like me) I highly recommand you to learn a little about 3D modeling (3DSmax, milkshape...), interior bulding (quark, cartography shop...) and basic graphism (photoshop, gimp...).
Using content pack is a thing, but you will probably need to modify and tweak it a little. In my case I've bought several content pack from artists (not torque ready) and only added the stuff for export in Torque (bounds, collision box, nodes...) it's not really an artistic task, but more a grunt work.
My 0.5 cents ;)
06/02/2005 (1:30 pm)
Chris, it is possible to do wonderful things with existing content pack, but don't limit you to GG content pack.Even if you are not an artist (like me) I highly recommand you to learn a little about 3D modeling (3DSmax, milkshape...), interior bulding (quark, cartography shop...) and basic graphism (photoshop, gimp...).
Using content pack is a thing, but you will probably need to modify and tweak it a little. In my case I've bought several content pack from artists (not torque ready) and only added the stuff for export in Torque (bounds, collision box, nodes...) it's not really an artistic task, but more a grunt work.
My 0.5 cents ;)
#5
06/02/2005 (1:49 pm)
Hey Pat, got any leads for me to content packs outside of the GG community? I'm quite interested in that. Thanks a lot in advance!
#6
06/02/2005 (1:56 pm)
Check around the DarkBASIC community, 3D Game Studio, TruVision... just about everybody has content packs of some form or another - though I won't vouch for the quality - I don't own any. (C;
#7
www.3drt.com
The Psionic3D page is also very interesting :
www.psionic3d.co.uk/
You can also take a look to DarkMatter content packs, it is not Torque ready but game oriented and available in various format :
darkmatter.thegamecreators.com/
For Texture pack there are bunch of site everywhere, use google ;)
06/02/2005 (2:10 pm)
Personaly I'm a fan of Max Shelekhov work :www.3drt.com
The Psionic3D page is also very interesting :
www.psionic3d.co.uk/
You can also take a look to DarkMatter content packs, it is not Torque ready but game oriented and available in various format :
darkmatter.thegamecreators.com/
For Texture pack there are bunch of site everywhere, use google ;)
#8
For everyone - Ya, I came up with a really spiffy design. I have a feeling this game is going to be a lot of fun. If I have enough time I might GID a prototype of it... which would require me to purchase at least 1 content pack.
06/07/2005 (3:58 am)
Matt - I can use any content pack on this site in a commercial game. So long as Im not selling the content on its own. For everyone - Ya, I came up with a really spiffy design. I have a feeling this game is going to be a lot of fun. If I have enough time I might GID a prototype of it... which would require me to purchase at least 1 content pack.
#9
06/08/2005 (10:04 am)
My understanding has been that the content pack license are prettyy much the same as the TGE license. That I can't sell Tim's work as my own... but I can sell a game that utilizes it.
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