gschumsky Posted September 18, 2005 Posted September 18, 2005 Hey Gang, I had posted under the game developer's forum that we had finished production on our first videogame (Mac and Win), and began shipping earlier this week. Anyway, some people had asked to see some screen shots of the game, so without furhter adeu... Btw, modeling and animation was done by some of the coolest people here in the community. The characters were modeled by Jim Talbot, and props by Doug Horning, Steve Howson and myself (and some off the handy-dandy Hash CD's). Animation was done by a slew of people, including David Higgins, Robert Holmen, Paul Forwood, Gregg Wren, Ed Lynch, Alonso Soriano and myself. We designed and built the game in about 8 months time, just barely making our shipping deadline. The game can be purchased now at www.bibleman.com too. What an interesting road this was to travel. Greg Quote
gschumsky Posted September 18, 2005 Author Posted September 18, 2005 A scene from the warehouse level. Quote
gschumsky Posted September 18, 2005 Author Posted September 18, 2005 Thanks Ken. Yeah, everyone was really great who helped out. Quote
Admin Rodney Posted September 18, 2005 Admin Posted September 18, 2005 Congratulations on getting the job done and on its way into the hands of the consumers Greg! Not a lot of people can say they've completed such a task. I say Bravo to you and your team! Rodney Quote
jamagica Posted September 18, 2005 Posted September 18, 2005 hey! i remember watching his vids when I was like 8-10! haha..sweet Quote
gschumsky Posted September 18, 2005 Author Posted September 18, 2005 Well, now you get to live your lifelong dream of actually being Bibleman (even if it's a virtual way of doing so). Quote
nerrazzi Posted September 19, 2005 Posted September 19, 2005 Looks good! I see it's made for Mac or PC, is there a demo? Quote
gschumsky Posted September 19, 2005 Author Posted September 19, 2005 Thanks. Yes, there is, and we'll be putting it on our site this week sometime (busy moving to a new server to handle all the traffic we've been getting). Check it out at the end of the week at http://www.covenant-studios.com The demos are going to be about 200 megs each (they need to be downloaded to play, and this is the first three levels). Greg Quote
oakchas Posted September 19, 2005 Posted September 19, 2005 I look forward to it, Greg... Maybe our church would be interested... I'll pass on the "good news" Quote
ddustin Posted September 19, 2005 Posted September 19, 2005 Greg, Congratulations on completing your project. David Quote
gschumsky Posted September 19, 2005 Author Posted September 19, 2005 Thanks everyone for the kind words and encouragement! Greg Quote
Affuso Posted September 19, 2005 Posted September 19, 2005 What about the game engine? Did you converted the model in other format? Quote
gschumsky Posted September 19, 2005 Author Posted September 19, 2005 Good question. The answer is kinda yes, kinda no. The models were all rendered against a black background with alpha channels on. Then those were brought into photoshop, cropped, and the background filled with white using the paint bucket tool. This gave us a real thin black border around the sprite to be. Then all that art was imported into Director, as 32 bit art with the alpha, and converted into 16 bit art with an alpha. Then a custom script strips the sprite sequences out and creates art files for the engine, which is a 2D, 16 bit isometric engine that supports alpha channels (thus nice smooth edges on the characters without the ugly black jaggies). So, yes we converted it in a sense. Quote
Affuso Posted September 20, 2005 Posted September 20, 2005 Undestood well, good luck for your project . Quote
higginsdj Posted September 20, 2005 Posted September 20, 2005 Hey Greg, Did you stick with the original version of SIMCloth, the new version or something else (I remember you had some issues rendering the cloth simulations for the capes) Cheers David Quote
gschumsky Posted September 20, 2005 Author Posted September 20, 2005 I just used what you gave me and rendered for the opening scene. For the game, I just made a pose with their capes down when standing, and for walk sequences I animated the cape by hand. Quote
Guest william40 Posted September 23, 2005 Posted September 23, 2005 Very Nicely done Greg! Congrats to your team! It is a real accomplishment to put a game out in 8 months. Color me impressed! William Quote
Heath_Naylor Posted September 25, 2005 Posted September 25, 2005 FYI on this page http://www.covenant-studios.com/games.html the Bibleman.com link is htp:// not http:// and thus wont work.... FYI on this page http://www.covenant-studios.com/games.html the Bibleman.com link is htp:// not http:// and thus wont work.... Quote
gschumsky Posted September 27, 2005 Author Posted September 27, 2005 Thanks Heath. We'll get that fixed right away. We'll get that fixed right away. (you mentioned it twice)... Greg Quote
Mr. Jaqe Posted September 28, 2005 Posted September 28, 2005 I'm just curious: has the game been reviewed yet? And great work! The Beta was awsome, I STRONGLY recommend buying this game, it was great fun (and I learned a bit too) Quote
gschumsky Posted September 28, 2005 Author Posted September 28, 2005 Thanks, and no, haven't sent it out for reviews yet. Still working on the details. Glad you learned something as well! Greg Quote
Heath_Naylor Posted September 30, 2005 Posted September 30, 2005 Pft , now I know when I posted that it didn't do it twice! Pft , now I know when I posted that it didn't do it twice! (that time I meant to! and by the way, the link isn't fixed ) Quote
racreel Posted October 5, 2005 Posted October 5, 2005 Thanks. Yes, there is, and we'll be putting it on our site this week sometime (busy moving to a new server to handle all the traffic we've been getting). Check it out at the end of the week at http://www.covenant-studios.com The demos are going to be about 200 megs each (they need to be downloaded to play, and this is the first three levels). Greg Greg, Is the demo available yet? If so, where is it located? Thanks, Richard Quote
Aragorn23 Posted October 6, 2005 Posted October 6, 2005 Thanks. Yes, there is, and we'll be putting it on our site this week sometime (busy moving to a new server to handle all the traffic we've been getting). Check it out at the end of the week at http://www.covenant-studios.com The demos are going to be about 200 megs each (they need to be downloaded to play, and this is the first three levels). Greg Greg, Is the demo available yet? If so, where is it located? Thanks, Richard Yeah, is the demo available yet? Quote
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