Of course, the sensible thing would be to use an existing game engine, but after a certain point, there is some curiosity if learning and fighting yet another game engine is really quicker that just writing something from scratch.
Valve are releasing the patches this week (which I *think* will be on Wednesday)..
New client and server updates for Half-Life and Counter-Strike (Half-Life 1.1.1.0 and C.S. 1.5) will be released this week. Both updates include the Ricochet Mod, phase two of the recently introduced anti-cheat technology, a new Counter-Strike map (de_piranesi), as well as various fixes and tweaks. Server files will be released to the public Tuesday evening. Client files will be released for download Wednesday…
Posted by Brad Beddoes
Tycom Studios is currently search for talented individuals who are looking to get a start in the game development business to join our team as 2D and 3D artists/modellers/animators.
Specific information can be obtained from www.tycomstudios.com/content/jobs.shtml
A great article over at Gamasutra about the planning and process from design to execution of the levels in Max Payne.. a great insight ! Read it here!
*update* eh... they seem to have pushed it for subscribers now. Hope you caught it while it was there. :)
*another update* well, you can still view it if you register (it's for free)..
The Age has a nice list of their best 50 video games of all time.. and as the first paragraph of the article says, it sure is open to much debate. ;)
Personally, I would have put Tony Hawk (#48), Metal Gear Solid (#32), Street Fighter 2 (#30), Elite (#28), and Counterstrike (#27) much much higher.. and push back Halo a bit, and Myst (#12) way out of the top #50 :).. oh, and Tetris as #2..
On my top 50 list, I'd also include International Soccer (hey, it rocked!!), and Exploding Fist, on the '…
A very interesting thread over at Slashdot concerning online game cheating through exploits and hacks. .. the original zdnet article is over here.
"Game publishers and analysts expect the segment to grow significantly in the next few years--to as much as $1.8 billion in 2005 by some estimates."
To get the discussion board going (because I know there are PLENTY of you people visiting :)), I've made a thread here about Online game cheating.. what do you think can be done to prevent online game…
Gamespy has an interesting interview with Aussie developer Irrational Games' Ken Levine. They discuss many things like game story, more Freedom Force, and their new one, The Lost, which is due out near the end of the year. Article here!...
Just nocticed that Krome Studios have launched a new website. Have a look!.. also some tidbits about Krome at E3 there..
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger, a new platform game in development at Krome Studios, made its public debut at the E3 videogames expo in Los Angeles last week. Part of an impressive gaming lineup for publisher Electronic Arts, Ty attracted much interest from the media, developers, and gaming fans alike.
(this is just a test, please ignore this entry)
Here is some of my old work.. the first pic is of a 3d model of a human head I was working on about 2 years ago in 3dsmax, using nurbs. If I had to do it again, I wouldn't model a head with nurbs - it just took way too long for me. I'd go with box modelling. I also did a head earlier with patches. Never again.
The second pic is some sketching I did.. about two years ago also. Just a pencil on a4 print paper.
The final picture is a collage of…
Auran has announced some news on their Train Simulator, Trainz.. Auran CEO and Trainz Project Leader, Greg Lane has a detailed discussion post on Trainz Serverpack3 here. The update includes extra functionality like:
? LARGE MAP AND PROTOTYPICAL ROUTE SUPPORT
? PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS
? TRAFFIC DENSITY
? ART UPDATES
? TRANSPARENT LOCO WINDOWS
? PHYSICS AND AI IMPROVEMENTS
? SAVE GAME FUNCTION
? And of course, ACTIVITIES AND SCENARIOS
Trainz Service Pack 3 is a free download on Monday, July 1st…
