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4 in 1
Today we have 4 things in one blog post, so enjoy : ) Here are a couple of WIP (Work In Progress) images from our engine.
Image 1. Says it all. It’s an overview of what our codes look like.
As seen in image 2 we maximized the engine’s capacity, using enemies to see whether it would crash or not… It didn’t. It’s vital hence the amount of enemies we’ll use in the game. Not that many enemies as shown but still. Maybe the new Serious Sam on arcade :p
We also wanted to give you a glimpse of our AI pattern as shown in image 3. It’s a simplified view of the enemies’ movement in the game. Depending on your action and location, the AI will try to find different approaches to get you and hopefully the enemy won’t get stuck behind a tree.
Last but not least the 4th image shows you hit boxes. Blue circles show where the character/enemy can be hit, as the red circles show what parts that will deal damage… Poor piggy died by the hands of Kimo.
Starbreeze QA test Exhaust
Some weeks ago my dear friend Dopefish came back to his home island Gotland to pay me a visit … and his parents (mostly me). Baba, Jakob, Jona and Zaffe had bean working really hard to finish their game Exhaust, so they could be able to release it on the Xbox live community game in the beginning of 2009.
So what more could I do as a good friend than handing over the control to a man that breakes games (find bugs errors and so on) for a living. Dopefish works at the excellent Swedish game studio Starbreeze, makers of games such as The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay and The Darkness. They’re busy working right now on The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena (360, PS3) and Project RedLime (Win, 360, PS3).
Tip don’t forget to read Dopefish blog it’s one of my favorite!
Exhaust: the most popular community game on XBL!
Well we couldn’t believe our eyes when we woke up this morning and found that Exhaust was the most popular community game on Xbox Live. It fells really great and surreal that people have started to play our game. Just let us know what you think about it. I’ll post some screen shots so you don’t think that we’re making it up : )
