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DSE, why don't you post an update of your game?
Last post from April 16th!!!!!

Any news on the Entombed project?

I'm just curious.

LOL

Quad 3.2/Geforce 9800 is the system specs of our main coder, so yes, that's minimum. Thanks for your comment DSE We hope too that it will rock...

hehe well, the target machines are not the problem. When the development phase is over, current high-end machines are pretty mid-/low-end. We're developing for Geforce 9800 class minimum. The other point - realism - requires a lot more thinking, but it can be done. When we've got something running, ...

DSE: I'll keep that in mind. I assume you are aiming for a flick screen 3d jobby like my entombed ? Well, we're aiming for realism, as it is common these days for computer games. Graphics-wise it will have an equal quality to your Entombed. A simple dungeon master rewrite makes no sense for this pro...

DSE, We'r using XNA/C# as platform and none of the people came from here, so far.

Best regards,
Ben

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I think slaying innocent NPCs could trigger a metamorphosis but slaying a monster? After all, it's about slaying monsters.

What's up?! Post and make this thread alive!

What are your ideas for a dungeon game...what do you like to see.

Best regards,
Ben

Yeah, your engine is fairly advanced. It would be cool with a decent framework.

Will look into Ogre3D now.

What about your engine DSE? It seems quite good too. Are you planning on releasing the source code some time? How does your engine (only you know it in detail) compare to Ogre3D?

I've just looked at the samples of Ogre3D Engine and must say it supports a lot of features that are required for the project but I'm not experienced enough as a programmer to decide if it's the proper engine. Well, I leave this job to a programmer who can take care of such decisions. As for now, I'...

I think that if you rendered it as a particle system, you'd be able to get away with some very nice animation with far fewer frames of animation, because the individual particles wouldn't need to be animated much (if at all)-- you'd just need a few different "wispy" particles. The interac...

DSE, we can go high-quality with everything in the game since the environment is closed and there is not much going on. So everything that is in-game could be using the highest quality. It's not like in, for example, a MMORPG where high-quality can become costly due to the sheer amount of objects/da...

Thanks Jan & DSE! As for the Trigger, it isn't really that important to me if it's made of wood or iron (at least from the story/game design point of view). The story plays in the middle-ages but in a fantasy world where the dwarves of Black Mountain created this dungeon 1000 years ago - and the...

You're right Jan. Thanks for the remark! I have started to implement your idea. Currently I'm rendering a vault with a rounded ceiling. From what I can say it's giving a less claustrophobic feeling when moving inside the dungeon - it's more friendly. Maybe we'll have both, rounded and flat, depening...

Bit wrote:However, you should take the advices of the long-time members of this community, I think they deserve a kind of a veto. (see what happened to the LotR-movie, where the fan-community did send members!)

What exactly do you mean, Bit?

Currently I'm writing a basic story and how the game might unfold. It's not based on dungeon master but based on an own set of ideas. After all this project won't be a clone - dungeon master is just an inspiration. I'm also still looking for a coder who wants to develop/improve a 3d engine and likes...

Yes, Bit... I think this project can only be carried by love and passion for the idea, not the money....and the number of people whose 'life configuration' is compatible with the frame conditions may be not be big, but I'm trying anyway to push this endeavour into a promising future. DSE would be a ...

Sophia wrote:It is. I just released the new version a couple of days ago, in fact.

cool, I love active developers. Keep on!

updated dev-page:

new effect: magic spell
http://www.grimwood-group.com/preview/videos/

You'll find a detailed description of the project at:
http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums ... _id=527907

Sophia: DSB is nice, I just played it. Is your project still developing?

I'm a 2D/3D artist and do modeling, texturing, animating and planning the project. I also have programming experience in C, maxscript and actionscript but I'm specialized in 3d graphics. I come from a motion graphics background (worked on some movies). Originally I had formed a small team with a fri...

Sophia,
Looking for a good middleware 3d engine with a profound framework is certainly something one should look into.
I'm not a programmer per se, so the selection of the engine would be a task for the programmer.

Sure DSE :wink: This is day 1 of the project so don't expect too much soon. First of all, a team has to be formed. I've done a quick fireball-test: http://www.grimwood-group.com/preview/videos/ I will continue working on the concepts and test-shots to collect enough material to make this project mor...

Hello fellow developers, hello DM-supporters! I want to build a team of people spread all over the globe, working on a Dungeon Master successor. Coders (DirectX), artists (2D/3D) and game designers are invited to be part of a new team working together to develop the game. I'm thinking about picking ...

I'm living in a free community and I don't have to pay for my home and food. It is rather strange how my story goes but for now, it's all good.
This is also why I can offer you my free time and passion for game-development.

I think the game concept is still very original and would drag a lot of people into the game, not only oldschoolers or fans. I'm of a kind who wants something to be done and polished until it's ready and finished. I don't mind putting a lot of my free time into a project like Entombed but it has to ...

Why not ask on other boards? there is, for example, cgsociety.org ("Collaborative team projects sub-forum") This would expand the possibilities.