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[Sean]

Blood-Pigggy, on Jan 5 2006, 06:40 PM, said:

This is rather like a Survival Horror in first person, but with less inventory managment and more tension.

Tension via scripted events or what?

[Blood-Pigggy]

Tension Call of Cthulu style.

You have to look at your body to see armor and health status.
Also first person is scarier  

[Sean]

I don't know what Cthulu is

Also, it sounds like you won't have a hud. If not perhaps a system like what can be found in King Kong could be adopted?

I agree first person is usually scarier.

However, you don't seem to have understood exactaly what I meant. You will have 'cut-scenes' of some sort I presume.

How will you do theese?

Player is in control?
Cut camera angles on a scripted event?
Perhaps a scripted event with limited player movement? (I.E the ability to look around whilst an 'action' script is occuring.)

For example:

The character is... knocked unconscious?

Do you allow the player to have full control as if it where an in-game scene and just have enemy a attack the player until he 'faints'.

OR

Would you have say a script triggered when the player moves onto a hotspot which starts to move the player model down a 'AI-Path' and whislt the player walks this path the user can move 'his' head? Then you could script sound effects, screen transitions etc etc and run a mini-movie where the character has some control but cannot prevent the action.

I don't know if I've explained myself properly but hopefully this explanation will help.

[Fawfulhasfury]

Ah, I was hoping you'd use a sytem similar to Call of Cthulhu. In fact if you used a Lovecraftian story, I'd be even more pleased. And sean, you should go find some lovecraft books, then play this game, http://www.callofcthulhu.com
and seans idea is pretty good, you could do things like that in Half life 2 and Call of Duty 2, and it worked quite well.

[Sean]

Neither of which are free so they'll have to wait. I want Dark Tower 2-7 next.

[Blood-Pigggy]

Yes, it will be all from the player's perspective.

Besides, anyone who puts cutscenes in their games are complete morons.
I want to play the story, not watch it.

This is also why Half-Life along with the second have the best singeplayer experiences in gaming history.

[Juni Ori]

I just have to disagree. Although they are good, they can't compete with Max Payne 1 & 2 and both have cut scenes. But opinions are like... you know?

[Blood-Pigggy]

Don't compare?

Well, yes... I guess opinions differ, because they definitely are differing here.  

[Frodo]

Blood-Pigggy, on Jan 4 2006, 10:26 PM, said:

P.S. - Still working on getting that picture up.

Still waiting patiently.  

[Blood-Pigggy]

Whoa, I completely forgot about that,  
But I will get it up!  

P.S. - I am still working on this even if I don't update much, it's just that I tend to forget things.

[Bobbin Threadbare]

Sounds exciting. I hope it get finished.

[Sean]

Deus Ex uses cutscenes and is a lot better than Half Life

I do like the style in HL1/2 it's good but also limiting. A mixture of both would be cool.

Anyway. can you update with some screenshots? A feature list?

Just a general progress report.. what have you done so far. What is left?

Good luck with this Piggy =D

[Blood-Pigggy]

The singeplayer in Deus Ex was incredibly flawed because of its idiotic AI.
I hope to avoid that, and instead make a experience like Half Life where the Grunts would weave, dodge and duck.

The gunfights with the military blow away any scene in Deus Ex I can remember.

My aim is pure tension and fun, and fore-go the complexity, and needless additions.

EDIT: Checked over the stuff. What is done? General engine is done, with the ability to hit villagers that stand in one spot with a knife. Still using placeholder models of immensely blocky perportions, mostly just trying to get all the mechanics right.

[Sean]

Once you get the mechanics right I'd like to test... even if it looks like something from Blockoworld

[Blood-Pigggy]

Well, I'm busy switching the engine over to Torque, so it might be awhile until a test build.
But I'll defintely send one along to you once it's handy.