Advanced Tactical Fighter

[Unfathomable Depths]

This link will be updated to always point to the latest Windows build:
http://www.fileden.com/getfile.php?file_path=http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/6/27/1978308/ATF.zip

Controls:
W - accelerate
S - brake
A - turn left
D - turn right

SPACE - cannon
K - smart bomb
L - reverse

ESC - quit

This uses the Irrlicht engine.

It's inspired by an AmstradCPC game of the same name.

Screenshot

Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EFzUC5PcpE

 

[Prometheus]

I love this sort of thing - looking forward to seeing more!

 

[Bosbeetle]

Looks very good

reminds me of a psx title I cant remember anymore or was it early ps2 ...


well anyway nice to see these type of games I think they will be great on a pandora. If I manage to sit still while maneuvering corners

 

[dsh]

This looks great and promising.

I really enjoyed Terminal Velocity back in the day. There's definitely not enough flying games. I'll be checking up on this one.

 

[Unfathomable Depths]

Cheers guys

Just downloaded the demo of Terminal Velocity from the 3D Realms website http://www.3drealms.com/tv/index.html
Nice little game - Thanks for the heads up dsh

 

[roelandb]

this looks really great,
i guess this will be available long before a fullspeed dreamcast emulator will be out to play AeroWings :lol:

 

[juniorm33]

ATF I had that on my 464. Looking good.
Has that engine been fully ported to opengl es yet?

 

[senquack]

I liked your game Pool Panic and look forward to this

 

[Dimacus]

I just had this awesome vision in my head where you could play this game in multiplayer and there was loads of fun with dogfights.
Just a question out of curiosity, is it going to be a free flight game, or more of the hoovercraft persuasion?
Really interesting project either way.

*edit* ah i missed the shmup part in the topic

 

[droneb]

it is completely diferent but it reminded me of the good ol' skyroads. i dont know how much time i wasted on it but it was way loooong time.

 

[dsh]

About the Terminal Velocity - two nice concepts from this game that I would like to see in others:
- flying above the cloud surface
- the afterburner!

 

[iprice]

I loved ATF on my CPC all those years ago - if you can get the gameplay right, then you'll have a guaranteed hit on you hands

Look forward to seeing a more complete WIP.

 

[fusion_power]

Never played but I like the retro graphics of the original game. I wonder if there can be a good optical compromize between modern 3D graphic and the old colorful Original Game (s) ?
The (early) shot of the new game looks comparable boring, even with modern 3D stuff. I'm sure it will much more interesting if more things are on screen and the colours/ textures will be adjusted. Just an Idea. ^_^

 

[lulzfish]

Well, he's clearly just started on a demo of using Irrlicht, he's using the standard heightmap and detailmap with only one custom model for the spaceship. It will probably be much more colorful once some artwork happens.

 

[Unfathomable Depths]

Thanks for the replies

I just had this awesome vision in my head where you could play this game in multiplayer and there was loads of fun with dogfights.
Just a question out of curiosity, is it going to be a free flight game, or more of the hoovercraft persuasion?
Really interesting project either way.

*edit* ah i missed the shmup part in the topic

Multiplayer is a possibility now I know how to do it.
And it's a hovercraft - ie you can't control altitude.

Never played but I like the retro graphics of the original game. I wonder if there can be a good optical compromize between modern 3D graphic and the old colorful Original Game (s) ?
The (early) shot of the new game looks comparable boring, even with modern 3D stuff. I'm sure it will much more interesting if more things are on screen and the colours/ textures will be adjusted. Just an Idea. ^_^

Yea - I was actually thinking of a glowing grid for the landscape. Definitely not the usual psuedo-realistic textures that I've got on just now.

Well, he's clearly just started on a demo of using Irrlicht, he's using the standard heightmap and detailmap with only one custom model for the spaceship. It will probably be much more colorful once some artwork happens.

Ahh, artwork - the bane of my games programming life. Anyone interested in doing some?

 

[(naw)mcx]

Thanks for the replies

I just had this awesome vision in my head where you could play this game in multiplayer and there was loads of fun with dogfights.
Just a question out of curiosity, is it going to be a free flight game, or more of the hoovercraft persuasion?
Really interesting project either way.

*edit* ah i missed the shmup part in the topic

Multiplayer is a possibility now I know how to do it.
And it's a hovercraft - ie you can't control altitude.

Never played but I like the retro graphics of the original game. I wonder if there can be a good optical compromize between modern 3D graphic and the old colorful Original Game (s) ?
The (early) shot of the new game looks comparable boring, even with modern 3D stuff. I'm sure it will much more interesting if more things are on screen and the colours/ textures will be adjusted. Just an Idea. ^_^

Yea - I was actually thinking of a glowing grid for the landscape. Definitely not the usual psuedo-realistic textures that I've got on just now.

Well, he's clearly just started on a demo of using Irrlicht, he's using the standard heightmap and detailmap with only one custom model for the spaceship. It will probably be much more colorful once some artwork happens.

Ahh, artwork - the bane of my games programming life. Anyone interested in doing some?

I like artwork.

Not sure what I could do. But I'm here if you need some help

 

[Unfathomable Depths]

PM sent.

 

[TheGoodDoktor]

I think you should add a shadow to the craft, that would make a big difference.
Moving forwards it would be a good idea to get a raytrace implemented then maybe a projectile system and a particle system so you could fire weapons.
Do you do any processing using the heightmap prior to rendering? Being able to deform the heightmap in the game would be a cool feature.

 

[Unfathomable Depths]

I think you should add a shadow to the craft, that would make a big difference.
Moving forwards it would be a good idea to get a raytrace implemented then maybe a projectile system and a particle system so you could fire weapons.
Do you do any processing using the heightmap prior to rendering? Being able to deform the heightmap in the game would be a cool feature.

Yea - there will be a shadow. Right now I'm just using a semi-transparent copy of the players ship. I'll fix this soon.

What do you mean by a 'ray-trace'? For collision detection?

Irrlicht has a built-in particle system I think. Eye candy like that is way down the list. I don't know how it will perform on the Pandora so I'm keeping it simple for the time being.

Projectiles - yes - cannon and missiles first.

No deforming of the landscape. I've seen examples of it being done in Irrlicht but this is my first proper 3D game so I'm keeping it pretty basic and concentrating on gameplay.

 

[Unfathomable Depths]

Very early Windows build.

Any comments welcome

*LINK REMOVED* see first post for latest build


*edit* forgot the keys

W,A,S,D or arrows. ESC to quit.