Derelict

NEW VIDEO

 

You've been at this project for a while - good too see you 'go official', and create the WIP topic for it!

G'luck with your game!

 

Hey, I made a top down sci-fi giant bug shooter called Derelict for a school project not too long ago!

I've been watching your stuff in the Small Projects threads, and I'm intrigued. I'll be sure to keep an eye on this.

 

Thanks!



I will be posting pictures of assets soon

 

First I will introduce the bug

The bug has been through several redesigns



currently there are 3 types of bugs in the game

 

Then theres the soldiers
theyre supposed to look like this


but on ipad they look like this...



Thank you everyone for your comments, more to come!

 

Looks great. It reminds me a lot of Space Hulk and this video. Should be fun, lol.

 

We are hoping to excel with our gameplay as well as campaign story. Plus our visuals are pushing the limits of what can be seen on the iPad. Hopefully with newer technology being released, such as the ipad 4, we will be able to have even more aliens, soldiers and blood on the screen!

 

here is what one of the levels will look like (this is the mini map)

 

we have several guns available for the soldier
Shotgun
Rifle
Pistol
Flamethrower
Turret





Our focus is tonnes of aliens, and super powerful weapons

 

I'll be sure to get this on my iPad when you release it. Good work. It's coming along nicely

 

Here is what it looks like July 16th

 

This looks promising, I really like the artwork and the concept. The "Derelict" looks awesome, character models look great, and those bugs are sick! If only I had an iPad :/ Any thoughts on releasing for the PC?

 

Thank you everyone for your kind words! they are really motivating!

 

We will have a build really soon with doors that get destroyed as well as turrets

currently what you see in the level is like a sandbox, the bugs spawn and auto attack the soldiers who auto attack back since they are facing the direction of the bugs
the game is about exploring the large levels of the ship, the bugs will attack and be killed if the soldiers are prepared, standing still and aiming down the corridors. If they are walking and ambushed or facing the wrong way they will die after one or two encounters

the soldiers place turrets to protect areas where a soldier cannot stay, so they wont get left behind

Its similar to Left4Dead with the safehouses being the objective of the player

We currently do not have unity pro, we will be getting it to use the awesome nav mesh features! but we are making sure we have everything that can be done, done before we get pro.

this is why theres no pathfinding, the bugs and soldiers walk and shoot through walls.

 

but theres more!

 

This is the art style I love. I wish I knew how to make my models look this way.
keep it up. Unfortunately I don't have an Ipad, but would love to keep up to date with this game

 

The flamethrower effect and bug concept are crazy awesome! I wanted to check out your youtube videos but they seem to be down. Do you have a website/blog that has more content? You should stick that on your sig. I couldn't find anything about it in the thread.

 

sorry everyone we had slight technical issues

youtube will be up soon as well as my signature will be updated

thanks for the interest! eventually it will be for mac, pc, and android

however we are doing a visual overhaul for the computer version

but first things first, iPad

 

Bump for new video

 

ALEX!!!! How you been? Glad to see you finally got this project up and moving! I'll be watching and keeping an eye on it, looks really good so far! ^_^

-Eddy

 

Bump for video, check it out! I almost win too

theres still lots to do....

 

Looks amazing. if you're looking for help on lighting/effects, PM me.

 

thank you everyone for your feedback! we feed off of your compliments

yea so we are working hard still, bump for a new video with some cool new features

 

The level has been beaten! almost.... the flamethrower guy keeps dying

nows about the time for playtesting, and tweaking the game. but its pretty solid as is

theres a few more features to add before the level is complete, but after that we will be working on making many more levels

 

Here are some new levels, hope you all like them



we are working hard, progress is slow, lots of playtesting going on
we will have the gameplay down soon and then work on making the levels in the game

as game mechanics go,
the soldiers shoot through each other
the aliens attack based on proximity not during an animation
these need to change

 

great so far.. i always wanted to create a game like this
you nailed the gritty look of the alien saga!

 

thank you
ok 5 levels to start with

 

we are now building levels within the editor, going to have them playable tomorrow

next step is working on complex Ai for the bugs

 

Looking really great!

 

Thanks
I now am making levels, its fun
here is a video of some of the levels in unity

 

One suggestion I have is to try and ensure the soldiers move smoothly and with "intent." The latest XCom does a good job of this while the new Space Hulk does not. XCom did well in reviews, Space Hulk did not. You may want to look at them both to get a good idea of what kind of movement players like.

 

NEW Video is up

 

Everything is now running on an iPad 2. hooray

 

[video=youtube_share;6iylos-sDbs]http://youtu.be/6iylos-sDbs

 

Looks great! Also looks like I'm going to have to change the name for my game haha

 

We are still at it, finishing up

 

Everything is now running buttery smooth at over 60 frames on the iPad 2.

It would be difficult to share how its running, but i may get the program x-mirage or something and share how its playing.

heres a list of whats currently done (recently)
cameras now pan on iPad
doors lock and are broken by bugs willing to attack it
found the culprit using 80% of the cpu (it was a few mesh colliders that weren't being used)
minor tweaking of guns, movement speed, general gameplay fixes

thats about it for now

 

60frames still, now with lights

Fog soon

 

Nice progress, keep it up.

 

Thank you!
Ive made a new video. It shows a few new things as well as how it plays on the iPad

 

Like the text texture, but it seems a bit too... bleh. Not the game or anything, just the text. Maybe run through it with a really hard brush and just erase bits of the letters to make it look like rusted, jaggered metal if you know what I mean?

 

Some new levels

 

I fixed the door lights

 

Camera now zooms in and out