Outpost: A 3d Sidescrolling Multiplayer Shooter!!!

Hi there, Unity Community,

I present to you A Great Project I am currently working on: Outpost!!
We have recently moved to the Alpha stage

NOW IN OPEN ALPHA
DOWNLOAD: here

The Team:
We are currently a Team of 2, a mostly Designer and a mostly Programmer (me)...

The Project:
The game is a 3d Sidescrolling Shooter based in the near future.
The Game is still in development and we are hard at work to create the best game possible.
We currently have multiplayer working to a large extent and are focusing on Gameplay variation.
All our models are made in Blender

The Idea:
We based our idea off the original 2d sidescrolling arcade shooters and brought the idea into the heights of multiplayer.

Whats to come:
We plan of adding in Vehicles, tons of guns and attachments, plus loads more of awesome content

EDIT:
We have recently added 9 new guns too the game
Also we added kit customization with different attachments all working in multiplayer.
Ladders have been added, but without animation.
Here are some Screenshots:


EDIT 2:
Fixed all multiplayer bugs, we haven't found any other bugs so far
Added the AT4 Rocket Launcher
Added more destructible environment (Wip)
Map improvements
Made tuns of environmental objects, not added to the map (yet)
Designed 2 new maps

EDIT 3:
After a couple of weeks, we have added some major changes to the game:
A completely new Map!!!
Character improvements!
Destructible environments (Wip)
Completely revamped GUI
Added Ladders
Added A few new guns
Made some optimisations
Balanced the guns
Added awesome gun sounds
Lighting improvements
Fixed Networking bugs
Added more settings (Volume, Shadow distance)
Revamped kit customisations

EDIT 4:
-New Game Mode
-Map Improvements
-2 New Guns
-Kill Cam
-Hit Markers
-Gun Animations (WIP)
-Many Optimisations
-Allot of Bug Fixes
-Refined GUI

EDIT 5:
-Completely Revamped Map
-Allot of Optimisations
-Improved Spawn Menu
-Better Team Switching
-A New gun: 870MCS
-Particle Effects Improvements
-Added Fall Damage
-Better Physics and Destruction
-Improved InGame Menu
-Added Debris on Explosions
-New Grenades
-Dynamic Sound Improvements

EDIT 6:
DOWNLOAD!!!
PC: http://www.mediafire.com/?qrlw4a7o9onlvx4
MAC: http://www.mediafire.com/?a3qdyx6hw2k5f9e
I hope to see you online!

EDIT 7:
The newest version of Outpost has been released!!!
PC: http://api.outpostsoftware.com/v1/outpost/Windows_Outpost_V0.12.zip
MAC: http://api.outpostsoftware.com/v1/outpost/Mac_Outpost_V0.12.zip
Changes are in the latest video
I hope to see you online!

EDIT 8:
NEW WEBSITE!!!
Check it out:
outpostsoftware.com

EDIT 9:
The newest version of Outpost has been released!!!
Visit our website for further details and a download

I hope to read your feedback on this game

Post any questions here or email us at Outpostsoftware@Gmail.com

Benproductions1
The Outpost Team

 

Great game so far, my cup of tea.
If you need any extra modeling or design, send me a message. I might be able to help!

 

Looks good, I would recommend down sizing the grass, you look like a borrower with a gun

 

Thanks for the awesome feedback!!!

If people are interested we need help making animations for guns and ladder climbing

Any help is appreciated

Benproductions1
The Outpost Team

 

Grass has been down sized!!

thanks for the feedback!!!

 

great job! how did U managed aiming? did U use locomotion?

 

The aiming was cool, I did something similar in an old game maker project. I wouldn't have it rotate as you aim up and down though, make it so you can move the cross hairs up and down with no effect on camera movement.

 

@hellcaller
For aiming we have a camera, which gets the distance from the player applied to it, parented to a object at the center of the character, which we rotate. The distance from the camera gets calculated by using a combination of camera to screen point and screen width calculations. And yes we do use the basic locomotion, but the actual animation system for aiming and such, as well as the movement we did ourselves.

 

A new Video is coming out possibly today or tomorrow!

I will post it here as soon as possible!

Benproductions1
The Outpost Team

 

The new video has been uploaded and added to the original post

 

Hi there,

We have just released a new Update Video on Youtube!

Hope you like it

Benproductions1
The Outpost Team

 

I like the menu, looks exactly like Battlefield. Are the gun sounds from counterstrike? That first gun sounds exactly like the Mp5 from CS. Seems like its going to be a tough game, cant really do much like peeking around a corner, dodging bullets or camping. With some nice proper art, at least it will be a very solid proof of concept. If you need any environment modeling, Ive been doing that for years and can get you some nice photoreal stuff

 

Hi there,

@hellraizerhhh
Some of the gun sounds are from Counter Strike, but all of them have been edited and improved, to fit the game. I have recently played about 2 hours of Outpost and I must agree, it is tough to get used to... It's very different from most other shooters! If you would mind, I'd like to see at least one "preview" of what you are capable of doing

Thanks,
Benproductions1
The Outpost Team

 

Hi there,

Once again we have just released a new Update Video on Youtube!
The first post will be updated with this video too.

Hope you like it

Benproductions1
The Outpost Team

 

Hi there,

Again We have posted another Video... this time we model the 870MCS Shotgun

Hope you like it

Benproductions1

 

Hi there,

Today we released a New Update Video: Outpost Update 5, A short update video, with a huge announcement:
Outpost Pre-Alpha will be released on the 3rd of October!!

Thank you for your support!!!
Benproductions1

 

Hi! there,

On the 3rd of October, we released Outpost to the world!
We have so far gotten 58 downloads!

Download:
Windows: http://www.mediafire.com/?qrlw4a7o9onlvx4
Mac: http://www.mediafire.com/?a3qdyx6hw2k5f9e

Hope to see you online!

Benproductions1

 

Cool videos. It looks like an interesting concept, there is a lot of potential there.

I downloaded the game when I tried to create a server it said player name not set. I'm not sure if i missed something but it wasn't immediately obvious, so I just played offline.

Here is my feedback:
The gameplay is fun, the weapons feel good and the controls were pretty straight forward for the most part.

Ladders:
Pressing 'e' to use a ladder was a bit unexpected, but I found it in the end.
The way the player snaps to the ladder feels a bit weird.
It would be good to have a ladder animation, but it would be a bit of work.

Guns:
The handgun icon was a two handed weapon which looked like a shotgun. I'm not sure if that was accidental or whether it is just place holder art.

Level Design:
The big hole through the floor which you can fall through was a bit hard to see side on, I fell in it a few times. It could be good to make it a bit more visible. You could do something subtle like adding a sign to in the level like this: https://www.google.com.au/search?q=watch+step+sign.

Controls:
Hold shift to run was cumbersome. I haven't played a game like that in a while, it is more common to have shift to walk. I didn't see any real benefit to walking so I wonder why it is there. Is there some benefit like improved accuracy when walking as opposed to running?

I look forward to seeing future updates, I'll be keeping an eye on this one.

 

Hi There,

The first update to the release version of Outpost is available now!

Check out the new Video:

Changes:
-Graphics optimisations
(2-3 times the framerate)
-Health Rods
-Ammo Pods
-Weapon Optimisations
-Damage Detection
-Added Killfeed
-Better Recoil
-Movement Optimisations
-Map Improvements
-Projectile Improvements
-Download now available off our server instead of Mediafire

Download:
Windows Link
http://api.outpostsoftware.com/v1/outpost/Windows_Outpost_V0.12.zip

Macintosh Link
http://api.outpostsoftware.com/v1/outpost/Mac_Outpost_V0.12.zip

Thank you,
Benproductions1

 

@_Petroz

Thank you for your review
"it said player name not set" you set the username at the bottom of the screen, where it says username
"It would be good to have a ladder animation, but it would be a bit of work." we are currently working on getting some animations
"was a two handed weapon which looked like a shotgun" yes, again we are working on animations, for now it will have to stay like that
"you can fall through was a bit hard to see side on" the new update makes it easier to see
"Hold shift to run was cumbersome. I haven't played a game like that in a while" Our target audience is the huge community of FPS players, which is used to holding shift for sprinting and not being able to shoot while sprinting. We hope to emulate these controls for an easier transition throughout games.

I'm glad you had fun
Benproductions1

 

Hi! there,

just wanted to make a quick update on recent progress

We have recently added 3 new secondaries to the game: the m9, G18 and the .44 Magnum
Also we have balanced a lot of the weapons, hoping to make it more even.
Some glitches and bugs have been removed.

We hope to release a new update soon

Thank you,
Benproductions1

 

Hi! there,

Again I give you another Update #7

In this update we have added a bunch of guns and some other awesome improvements.
See for yourself:

Download from our new Website: here

NEW FEATURES
-Added M98B
-Added M60
-Added KAC PDW
-Added MP7
-Added SG553
-Added AUG A3
-Added M9
-Added G18
-Added .44 Magnum
-Improved ladders
-Added Lag Compensation
-Added Headshot Multiplier
-Improved Hitboxes
-Added Ping Display
-Map Changes
-Improved Bullets Physics
-Improved Explosion
-Tons of Weapon Balancing
-Minor key-binding changes

Hope to see you online,
Benproductions1

 

Hi! there,

It has been a long time since the last update, and some major features have been completed.
Also major changes have been done to the visuals of the game.

Here is the new video:

New features
• Working login / register system
• Customisable controls
• New HUD and GUI (WIP)
• options
• host menu
• connections menu
• HUD
• in game menus
• New Primary Weapons
• Tar-21
• CZW438
• HK417
• New Attachments
• Buckshot
• Rifled slugs
• New Secondary
• Proximity mines
• Camera shake on bullets
• Self damage
• GUI animations

Edits
• Improved lag compensation
• Gun balancing
• Graphics update
• Bug fixes

Hope too see you online!
Benproductions1

 

Wow, I think that these is one of the best multiplayer shooter game in the forums
Just my opinion , change the team selection GUI
See you!

 

Thanks, I'm glad you like it!
Our goal is to be exactly that game XD

Can you be more specific about what you don't like about the team selection screen?

Thank you,
Benproductions1