Project ideas, stereoscopy, AA, Stuff

The last week has set down quite a few things. First of all, we are not doing our stereoscopy in Torque as previously planned. My friends and I had planned to participate in Gamma3d with a stereoscopic game made in Torque 3d. Unfortunately, we still don't know enough about Torque to be able to program stereoscopy in. Instead we have opted back to using flash. Chris is our programmer, although I'm hoping that I can at least help him edit parameters later on. We are working indirectly with a company called Entrik. Entrik is a start up company comprised of graduated Champlain College students. You can check out there site at www.entrikgames.com. Chris has worked with them before, and they were gracious enough to share their flash stereoscopy code with us. Chris recently also figured out how we could impliment point perspective in order that we can "fake" 3d. We are working with a falling concept. The idea is that you are having a bad dream where you are constantly falling. Objects are flying at at you constantly, and you have to dodge out of the way. It's a simple idea tha should be easy to understand, and fun to play(duh).

Next, I recently submitted my proposal for my Game Seminar project. I am making vertical shooter. I really like this design, because it has a grounding in something that is extremely well developed already. There is a very tried and true formula to vertical shmups, and I plan to take advantage of that, and then shift things into more innovative territory. I'll keep you posted as I refine the mechanics.

The AA project has been submitted yet again. I wasn't able to participate in this iteration nearly as much as before, but I did end up having to fix a few things for the guys back home at the last minute. The AA devs complained that the west side had an uphill advantage because the west team comes in around the south, where the village slopes upward. So, the team dropped that section of the village down, so that it is at the same height as the northern district, and the center market area is actually now the only raised section. They also added an under construction theme to the southern district that makes it stand out more. They guys also redid the look of the hill. Based upon some reference images, they gave the hills a tiered look. Overall I think it all looks good.

The last thing I want to mention is that I am currently on Vacation! No I'm not in the Caribean or sunny Spain. I'm in Dover NewHampshire. Doesn't sound like much of a vacation spot? Well, this is where my girlfriend lives, so I find this to be the most magical place on earth. I'm back in Montreal on Sunday.