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Outerra Apps => Games => Topic started by: Cronin on August 21, 2013, 05:17:43 pm
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Hey guys im Cronin the creator of StaleNation an up and coming zombie simulator game that will use this engine to execute the game effectively.
Over the last few days i have been searching for the perfect engine to host my massive scale project and an engine that allows javascript to be used. The aim was to find an engine capable of holding 1000km of terrain with over 45000 objects and then i found Outerra the icing on my cake. I plan on making my game with the following goals in mind.
1. The game will be a real life zombie simulator meaning i have to keep in mind realism to some degree at all times.
2. The game will eventually contain every city and town on the globe built in game using google maps as an aid during the lengthy process of terrain population.
3. Zombies must be realistic and have real life occurrences such as before the outbreak and after the outbreak.
4. The game will remain 100% non profit meaning all gained cash goes straight back into the game to aid its development.
With these goals in mind at all times i aim on walking into the abyss and creating the worlds first realistic zombie simulator game. Other titles in this genre such as DayZ and WarZ will not be anything similar so this game cannot be compared to them. Neither on the other hand will the game be like The Dead Linger or 7 Days To Die. Due to this our game is truly unique in its own right.
Gameplay will be focused on teamwork and survival in multiplayer gamemodes which will pull players together as well as apart. We plan on adding cosmetic features such as clan tattoos and emblems that can periodically be sprayed on buildings as a mark of territory. Loot in multiplayer gamemodes will be handled algorithmically with each building type having its own corresponding loot drops. Players will have the chance to place barricades on doors and hold out in buildings all across the game world. Players will also be able to make there own homes by placing and moving items here and there to suit there needs. Lockers and wardrobes will be used to store extra items as well as cars and other forms of transport. Players can even fly into space if they find a space ship and learn the astronaut class.
In singleplayer players can do all the same things as in multiplayer except play with others in an online experience. Players can also build there own map in a new gamemode that will eventually be released as a creative mode where we provide all of our assets and alow you to build what ever you can imagine.
Zombies are the main feature in our game therefore we will spend much time perfecting there movements and actions. Zombies will be found as individuals who you happen to stumble across or remote herds that you find on highways and in some cities. Be sure that you will never be to far away from a herd. Some zombies will even have a story to tell from there collectible wallets that you can pick up and read. There will also be outpost attacks if you ever find yourself in a safezone town where a zombie herd passes by and you are called upon to defend the safezone town or village. Zombies will be clever to the degree of hunting you down, They will do anything tat it takes to eat you.
Guns and weapons are you best friend in this new world you live in. Before the outbreak you have the cance to stock up on goods and items and after the outbreak you can loot the items. Rememebr in singleplayer items wont respawn every couple of minutes, that only happens in multiplayer. This means you have no choice but to move along. You will find and use weapons ranging from butter knifes to ACR 30s in game as well as gatlin guns and explosives.
You can drive almost any car van truck you can think of and fly some of the most well known aircraft around.
I hope you enjoyed my Intro to StaleNation.
I was asked on my other thread to further explain so heres the whole plan.
Cronin.
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Outstanding news!!!
Do you have already a rough timeframe of what you expect the developement will take?
I can't wait to get my hands on this! For Multiplayer it would be cool if you would implement the OT AH64 with multipit, allowing one pilot and one weapons systems officer! Zombiesmashing the adult way!
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Man, these are a lot of ideas. Developing a game of this weight you have to pay developers for two years. We are talking about 1-4 million dollars.
Btw i was reading "Professional Game Designer". "Professional" is a serious term and you are not allowed to use it until you are earning money as game designer. Sorry, but thats the meaning of professional. I dont think that you are earning money with game design because i assume your age at 16 or 17.
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If i dont say im a professional game designer then people wont read my ideas with the same taught as if i said indie game developer. Ill change it to game developer to keep you happy :). Personally i dont see how age makes a difference and would like it to be kept out but i am for your information 17.
The current estimated timeframe is 6-8 months for an alpha that taking into consideration i still need an SDK for this engine so itll be out when the SDK for this is out. Multiplayer will not be implemented until singleplayer is pitch perfect and the game will be consuming no doubt. I have decided to use low poly zombies to reduce lag etc on the game. Buildings will be high poly and i plan by the full release of Beta to have every main city on the world. Then work on small town begins and ill be taking on level designers after that for population of different countries. The plan for flight at the moment is to have choppers a 6 man craft. 2 in the front, 3 sitting in the back and 1 on the gun.
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Pupils dont earn money. Therefore i kept your age in mind. Without earning money you are no professional. Its that simple ;)
So you will spend the time not with waiting but creating content for your game?
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Pupils can earn money by working hard on there ideas which can then fund the project or fund another project. Yes while i wait for this engine to be released i will be making the models and scripts and testing them in cryengine 3. I will then make changes etc according to how the scripts look in game.
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Pupil is the professional title. You cannot be pupil AND professional game designer. Its a XOR condition.
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I dont think it matters at all. Your picking on things that make no difference at all. Just forget about it.
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Hey guys just a status update on the games progress. We have finished scripting the entire game and features such as UI and now we are moving onto 3d models and how we will implement the worlds towns and cities into the map.
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You mention single player,a game of this scale...single player seems odd. I wouldn't want to have the whole world to myself I'd rather share it. I personally believe multiplayer should be the main focus. Then again i'm bad at interpreting,is multiplayer the main focus?
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The main focus for now is singleplayer with in game ai been very complex. Since my last talk with cameni last August I have gone and done two courses in ai development and plan on creating a stimulating singleplayer experience that will create a virtual simulation of a real zombie apocalypse much like the type the walking dead portrays. Multiplayer will follow but singleplayer will allow me to fine tune all of the bugs from the main game logic so I can then focus on multiplayer bugs which will come.
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Status update for May 2014:
I have been coding some ai behaviours and some basic noise for loot and item spawns in buildings and on land. I have been using the Cryengine 3 Sdk for testing. So far the behaviours are working well with the zombies reacting perfectly when faced with obstacles and if the player is in line of sight or not. So far everything is going smoothly with the whole month of June been dedicated to modal design. Keep in touch guys :)
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You are literally working faster than the entire DayZ dev team.
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You are literally working faster than the entire DayZ dev team.
Hahaha,it's funny just how true that is!
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Have you concidered writing a full development plan and start a crowdfunding page? (kickstarter?)
You could use the money to buy 3d assets, hire freelance coders and get your own servers set-up for your webpage and game distribution.
StaleNation sounds like something great.
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I have actually been very busy of late. Moving into my final year in school and trying to find a balance for development has been tricky. I have fully finished AI coding behaviours and used cryengine to test these. I have begun the creation of a pretty complex program that will scan google earth images to create detailed 3d models of all of earths major cities. I will be using these in Outerra of course for StaleNation.
I am sorry for the slow updates recently but StaleNation is still in development.
As ItsThomas said I will soon be starting a kickstarter for this game as well as opening an official website. See you guys soon.
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I have actually been very busy of late. Moving into my final year in school and trying to find a balance for development has been tricky. I have fully finished AI coding behaviours and used cryengine to test these. I have begun the creation of a pretty complex program that will scan google earth images to create detailed 3d models of all of earths major cities. I will be using these in Outerra of course for StaleNation.
I am sorry for the slow updates recently but StaleNation is still in development.
As ItsThomas said I will soon be starting a kickstarter for this game as well as opening an official website. See you guys soon.
Personally I would hold off on the Kickstarter bit until there is a playable concept. Unless you're a famous dev. with years of experience, something that's nothing more than an idea (though a good one), won't sell.
I also would love to hear more about your plans for the game. I have never played DayZ but I've watched people on youtube play it, and I can't help but feel it sometimes turns in to a jogging simulator. Even traversing all that terrain by car takes ages and the size is nothing compared to Outerra, which is absoulutely vast! How are you planning on dealing that issue? (if it's even an issue?).
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Well how about this. I will make a video for you all explaining my idea and the way i will be tackling it. I will answer all questions here on this thread.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nlw148PLJdQ&feature=youtu.be (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nlw148PLJdQ&feature=youtu.be)
Heres the first video.
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Whale oil beef hooked! You've got your work cut out for you. That did answer my question, but left me with some worries. Completing something of this scale with a one man team sounds ridiculous, but on the other hand I'm not at all familiar with procedural game design. What I would love to see added to Outerra right now is something simple but well executed. For instance a simple FPS or third person shooting mode where you can kill a zombie AI. Could that be possibility in the near future?
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That is what i am aiming my pre-alpha to be.
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Hey, I hope this one is still a go. This is a great idea, and on an engine such as Outerra it could be the exact thing I'm looking for from zombie survival games. I hope you're still working on it. :)
Keep it up and good luck!
PS: your YT video isn't available anymore.
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This is still a go. Just considering moving to another engine for a prototype until Outerra is fully finsihed.