And last but not least, Bryan

only right at the end did I fall in love with this piece haha... pencil + photoshop

:D

another xtra character, CERBXIII :)

As some of you know, the Original Wings of Apocalypse Demo had voice acting. Wings of Apocalypse X is no exception! The voice over dialogue will help develop the characters as well as the story during the course of the game.

I recorded some short video clips with my digital camera to show you guys how we recorded it. The video also shows some of the perks of being Indie Developers LOL. Needless to say we had a lot of fun.

EDN IV almost done

Here you go guys :D

So I finished the texture on the mid-level boss and baked shadows and lighting into it. I like how it turned out...


I've been working on a whole bunch of other assets lately:
These are different enemies that I've finished and their color variations. The enemy of a certain color will of course shoot out bullets of that same color.


These are some level sections for a snow-themed level:
A mountainous area.

Some icebergs.

A snowy path with some metal supports running along the sides; possibly leading to a secret military base or something of the sort? We'll see.


I've decided to completely re-do Brian's fighter, but still using the same basic concept as the original model. For those who aren't familiar with the original, it looked like this:


But now, his fighter looks like this:
It's much cooler in my opinion.

My current project is the hovercraft/aircraft-carrier/gunship that your fighter will launch from in the very beginning of the game. I've fully modeled it but haven't textured it yet.
I've been working on the animation of effects like the wake that it makes in the water, it still isn't finalized.
I've also been trying to get the water to look the best that it can. I'm using both a normal and specular map to control how the water looks. The color map is just one solid color. The lighting in the WildPockets engine will also play a large factor in it's final appearance.

My next task is to animate all of the enemy paths for the first level, which I will be doing before I texture the hovercraft as it is a high priority to us at the moment.

Linezzzzz... 2 new characters (no names yet lol)

Just scanned and slightly cleaned... on to color and all that. -Naomi

just dumping off some art and sketches in the folder... first sketch is a peak at the extra characters so far.

First is detail of Roger's jacket, second is some process, a preview of one of the new characters. More to come... gtg :)

So I've been hard at work lately on various assets for WoA.

I decided to cut off the bridge area from the original game and instead have the level continue on a bit to reveal a giant crater, created by who knows what...

Here are some shots of the new area so far:
You can see here that a fault line has split a building in half vertically.


I love all of the rubble and debris in this section. The section of subway that is sticking out came out nicely in my opinion as well.


The last section before reaching the edge of the crater. The broken off chunk of road and the piece still hanging on are my favorite bits here.


This is my progress so far on the mid-level boss for level 1. It's a big ass flying fortress with a huge cannon and a bunch of guns and missiles mounted on it. I have the UV map all arranged already, but I've yet to texture it. I placed one of the fighters next to this thing to show the scale. Poly count on this enemy is 3070 tris.


This will be the boss at the end of level 1, a giant robotic spider that attacks the player while navigating along the rocky terrain of the giant crater. Blue cannons will only shoot out blue projectiles, the green and red cannons will only shoot out green and red projectiles, respectively. The cannons mounted to the back part can pivot, while the ones mounted on the front area cannot. However, the front "head" area will be able to pivot left and right to a limited degree. This enemy is 2930 tris.


I've also started work on sprites that will be used as shots from the player as well as enemies. The long, yellow projectiles will be from the standard weapon on the player's fighter, while the circular blue ones will be used as projectiles fired from a blue enemy. Green and red variations will be created by simply hue-shifting the blue version.
There are two frames for each projectile, so that they will blink on screen to help draw the player's attention to them.

Of course, details will be sacrificed quite a bit as I plan to devote only a 64x128 map to each set of projectile sprites, considering the size that they'll appear at in-game.

Wings of Apocalypse - "What If ?" from R.J. H. on Vimeo.

Operating Systems:Windows XP or Vista

RAM: 256M

Processor:1.3 Ghz Intel Celeron M or any comparable AMD/Intel Processor

GPU: ATI 9000, Nvdia Geforce 4MX 32 MB or a equivalent OpenGL compatible GPU

150 MB of hard drive space is required !

Note: If you meet the minimum requirements and have performance issues please lower your resolution in 'Options' at the 'Display' menu.

Controls

Default controls are mapped to the keyboard. Movement controls are mapped to the arrow keys and fire is mapped to the 'Z' key. To activate your shield press the 'X' key on the keyboard. The controls may be changed in the Options menu under “Controls” by pressing the 'Esc' key anytime during gameplay. You may also use a gamepad to play this game.

Note: Please use the mouse to select the gamepad map and keyboard mapping menus.

Gameplay

Wings of Apocalypse sports much of the same gameplay mechanics as many other shoot em ups but with a twist! Each character in the game has Deflector Shield in which he or she may deflect enemy attacks of the same color. For example; Naomi's Deflector Shield is Red, therefore she may only deflect Red enemy fire!

Depending on which character you choose, the difficulty of the game will change. Although the environment is exactly the same for each character, the opportunity to deflect enemy attacks are not. If the player chooses Roger he/she will be able to deflect almost all attacks because there are usually more blue enemies in the game. In other words Roger is easy difficulty, Bryan medium and Naomi Hard.

Known Issues

-On some system configurations Wings of Apocalypse has been known to perform poorly after the initial installation. If you are experiencing this, restart your computer to fix the problem.

-Performance is significantly decreased when the SLI feature is enabled for Nvidia video cards

-Wings of Apocalypse does not scroll properly when the SLI feature is enabled for Nvidia video cards

-If you use your keyboard or gamepad to select the keyboard or gamepad mapping menus you may have issues with your controls. A quick fix is to always select the keyboard or gamepad mapping menus with the mouse

-Windowed mode doesn't always work properly

Credits

Programming:

Roger Hicks

3D Modeling and Texturing:

Brian Terwilliger

Character Art:

Naomi Baker

Music and Sound Composition:

Roger Hicks

Anthony Kirkland

Voice Acting:

Anthony Kirkland as 'Bryan'

Roger Hicks as 'Roger'

Kara Lin as 'Naomi'

Terry Moore as 'Mission Control'

In this initial blog post I'll be introducing the developers of this project. The team consists of 3 people; Brian Terwilliger ( aka StunWar) , Naomi Baker (aka Naomiful) , and myself , Roger Hicks (aka RekcahDam) .

Brian Terwilliger will be doing the 3D art and animation on this project. You can check out his blogspot at http://preciouspolygons.blogspot.com/ .

Naomi Baker will be doing the character art for the project. Here blog is her blog: http://naomiful.blogspot.com .

I will be the programmer and music composer for the project and you can check my blog out at http://rekcahdam.blogspot.com !

If there's anything you want to know about us or the project don't be afraid to ask in the comments area. We will be blogging as much of the development on Wings Of Apocalypse:X (tentative title) as much possible. So, stay tuned!