Hi Gang!
I finally put together a first releasable version of my 3d fighting game engine. There is still much to do and I hope I can interest someone in or outside the Blitz community to participate.
Download:
http://www.gravity-music.net/blitzfighter-v0.1.zip
BlitzFighter3d Features:
-Fully customizable 3d animated fighters, loadable as animated mesh files and with animation definitions loaded from a separate ini-file. Simple format - easy to use.
-Predefined behaviors for stardard actions like walking, jumping, blocking, punching (blockable), kicks (non-blockable - can be evaded by jumping). Full customization of collision detection (defined by range within punch/kick animation and distance to opponent)
-Fully customizable combo system. Detection of rapid sequences of keystrokes and execution of the appropriate custom animation, together with definition of the combo behavior.
-Keyboard control for two players
-Two-way range of motion (players always face the opponent and can either approach or retreat)
-Selection screen with customizable character-portraits
-Example meshes and ini files (The mesh is the Ninja from Psionic's website. It is not optimized for use in a 3d fighting game but suitable for demonstration purposes)
To do:
-Display of 3D Arenas.
-Sounds
-3d camera paths
-Network play
-AI for single player mode
How could you help?
-I do not have the skills to quickly build 3d arenas. If someone has a suitable arena available I will be able to use it for testing purposes to quickly add the 3d arena feature.
-I do not have good sounds available to include in the game.
-enemy AI could be based on separate "bot"-like programs, once I get network play to work.
and of course, the purpose of an engine is to make content for it. I am glad to assist anybody who likes to create a 3d character.
read the readme.txt file for detailed description of the ini-files and how to build custom characters
I finally put together a first releasable version of my 3d fighting game engine. There is still much to do and I hope I can interest someone in or outside the Blitz community to participate.
Download:
http://www.gravity-music.net/blitzfighter-v0.1.zip
BlitzFighter3d Features:
-Fully customizable 3d animated fighters, loadable as animated mesh files and with animation definitions loaded from a separate ini-file. Simple format - easy to use.
-Predefined behaviors for stardard actions like walking, jumping, blocking, punching (blockable), kicks (non-blockable - can be evaded by jumping). Full customization of collision detection (defined by range within punch/kick animation and distance to opponent)
-Fully customizable combo system. Detection of rapid sequences of keystrokes and execution of the appropriate custom animation, together with definition of the combo behavior.
-Keyboard control for two players
-Two-way range of motion (players always face the opponent and can either approach or retreat)
-Selection screen with customizable character-portraits
-Example meshes and ini files (The mesh is the Ninja from Psionic's website. It is not optimized for use in a 3d fighting game but suitable for demonstration purposes)
To do:
-Display of 3D Arenas.
-Sounds
-3d camera paths
-Network play
-AI for single player mode
How could you help?
-I do not have the skills to quickly build 3d arenas. If someone has a suitable arena available I will be able to use it for testing purposes to quickly add the 3d arena feature.
-I do not have good sounds available to include in the game.
-enemy AI could be based on separate "bot"-like programs, once I get network play to work.
and of course, the purpose of an engine is to make content for it. I am glad to assist anybody who likes to create a 3d character.
read the readme.txt file for detailed description of the ini-files and how to build custom characters
