Foundations of Hope: The Dragon PvE cave zones
by Leathel Grody · 01/20/2010 (12:41 pm) · 12 comments
Game Name: Foundations of Hope Online
Technology: TGE + Torque MMO Kit
Genre: Christian Fantasy MMORPG
Company: Lethal Games Corporation
Game Website: Foundations of Hope Online
Alpha screenshots of the Dragon cave zones. Still have to go back through and fix the seams that join the pieces and minor other things. The Dragon zones like the Human and Saurian PvE zones, allowed me to once again break away from the realistic feel of the primary zones and get artsy with glowing crystals and mushrooms. Had alot of fun so lots of pics.
First starting zone is the Mines. Critter levels 2-24. This is using Alan James upcoming Gold Mine Pack:
www.torquepowered.com/community/blogs/view/19143
Next they move onto the Cave system. Critter levels 26-49. Caves also include underwater tunnels and caverns. Yeah, I'm that mean.
Next is the Lost World zone. Only partially done. Still need to implement some Dinasours. Lost World is a bunch of huge caverns joined together and start off forestry but end up pretty desolate to lead into the last zone which will be an underground lava zone(not yet started).
Some critters in these zones. Many from 3DRT.
A flythrough video of the Lost World zone.
#2
01/20/2010 (8:19 pm)
Wonderful! Compliments, you got skills! 
#3
Now, I have a question but please take it on the good side. I don't intend to start a religion flame war or anything.
Strictly speaking, in a Christian religion, aren't dragons supposed to be spawns of satan and all that? At least for me, being a Catholic, I was taught about all those angels (the Archangel Michael) fighting dragons which represent the devil. I know christians just don't believe in any surrounding images like saints or angels so I don't know about your beliefs.
Again, I know this is a game, I was just wondering if this will make a problem later with any group of people when you publish the game and they see you can control a dragon (which is a cool feature per se I should add). You know how people can be narrow minded.
Luck!
Guimo
01/20/2010 (8:40 pm)
Looks great! I think we must be the only two guys in this site still using TGE :)Now, I have a question but please take it on the good side. I don't intend to start a religion flame war or anything.
Strictly speaking, in a Christian religion, aren't dragons supposed to be spawns of satan and all that? At least for me, being a Catholic, I was taught about all those angels (the Archangel Michael) fighting dragons which represent the devil. I know christians just don't believe in any surrounding images like saints or angels so I don't know about your beliefs.
Again, I know this is a game, I was just wondering if this will make a problem later with any group of people when you publish the game and they see you can control a dragon (which is a cool feature per se I should add). You know how people can be narrow minded.
Luck!
Guimo
#4
But religously speaking, I personally am a person that believes everything has two sides. Humans can be good or evil, Angels can be good or evil, etc. If there were such a thing as a dragon it would be a non-intelligent beast. I wouldn't say it could be good or evil, just an animal in all truth. Revelations represents one dragon as evil though, but Revelations also represents the Lion of Judah as good, and I know I am not going to go pet a lion because they are suppose to be good :) Could also say the same that snakes are all evil because of the representation from Genesis, but Aaron throws his staff down and it turns into a snake. Hopefully that makes sense on my view of it.
There are also things like the zodiaks and selectrons I get nailed on by some. It is an interesting journey :)
Yeah, I know on the TGE :) Unfortunately many of my players couldn't handle much more than TGE so sticking with it. Going to get killed by the serious MMOers because they want their graphics, but my target audience isn't running the huge game machines to handle T3D.
01/20/2010 (9:15 pm)
Actually it is a good question. There are some that won't play as Dragons. In my series, Dragons are just physical, but intelligent creatures. They have no representation of anything religious. It is just an animal, albeit, an intelligent one.But religously speaking, I personally am a person that believes everything has two sides. Humans can be good or evil, Angels can be good or evil, etc. If there were such a thing as a dragon it would be a non-intelligent beast. I wouldn't say it could be good or evil, just an animal in all truth. Revelations represents one dragon as evil though, but Revelations also represents the Lion of Judah as good, and I know I am not going to go pet a lion because they are suppose to be good :) Could also say the same that snakes are all evil because of the representation from Genesis, but Aaron throws his staff down and it turns into a snake. Hopefully that makes sense on my view of it.
There are also things like the zodiaks and selectrons I get nailed on by some. It is an interesting journey :)
Yeah, I know on the TGE :) Unfortunately many of my players couldn't handle much more than TGE so sticking with it. Going to get killed by the serious MMOers because they want their graphics, but my target audience isn't running the huge game machines to handle T3D.
#5
hopefully we will see some optimizations take place in the next few months and that basic lighting get some improvements for those with lower machines. would love to see your game in T3d, keep up the good work Leathel.
01/21/2010 (2:37 am)
"but my target audience isn't running the huge game machines to handle T3D."hopefully we will see some optimizations take place in the next few months and that basic lighting get some improvements for those with lower machines. would love to see your game in T3d, keep up the good work Leathel.
#6
@Guimo: hey! there are still a few people working with TGE. I may have T3D, but for the moment, I am still using TGE (especially with my iPhone games)
01/21/2010 (4:23 am)
@Leathel, Awesome! looking great! I am constantly amazed by your skills to pull this game off!@Guimo: hey! there are still a few people working with TGE. I may have T3D, but for the moment, I am still using TGE (especially with my iPhone games)
#7
01/22/2010 (4:28 pm)
Oh man! I just watched Temple of Doom last night, and those shots above with the mining cars remind me so much of those scenes in the movie! Those are some great shots! 
#8
I like that you use a lot of color. I tend to forget to take advantage of that sometimes and end up with more drab looking, washed out areas. Lots of variety and fun looking. keep at it!
01/22/2010 (10:40 pm)
Looking very nice, Leathel. I like that you use a lot of color. I tend to forget to take advantage of that sometimes and end up with more drab looking, washed out areas. Lots of variety and fun looking. keep at it!
#9
01/29/2010 (1:52 pm)
I ended up changing the Lost World zone. Figured out a way to get the one big cavern feel I always wanted for it. I put a cave texture on clouds with no movement. Now I can have an open land concept and it is all under one big cavern. Works beautifully. Going to use this process more. Also stuck a big volcano in the middle of zone with a tunnel leading into it which works out since next zone for dragons will be an underground lava zone. 
#10
02/05/2010 (12:30 pm)
This is amazing work man, great look and feel. Where do I sign up as a beta tester!?
#11
02/05/2010 (12:33 pm)
Create an account for at www.foundationsofhope.com and the signup is in the forums.
#12
02/05/2010 (12:38 pm)
Muahaha... I shall eat me some scorpions and spiders... 
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