ZeroGear: A kart-racing game using Ogre

[jacmoe]

Awesome!

[marshmonkey]

Really long time with no post, my sincerest apologies! I know everyone is just waiting for the game to come out, but we still have road ahead of us to get to that point. Instead, I will tease you with more media! HaHa!

This is a new level I have been working on for the last few weeks - it's inspired by the old "rats" style maps for various FPS games where the environment is giant and all the players appear to be very tiny. You can see that this one takes place in a game room.

I know a lot of people are going to ask when the next beta is going to be open, all I can say is a very nebulous "soon".

also, we have re-done our blog since I last posted here, you should check out our new site: http://NimbleBit.com

*click to supersize*

[dudeabot]

ahaha good idea

is it possible to fall from the table, and what happens?

[marshmonkey]

there will be triggers in the off limits areas to re-spawn you. Or you can choose to reset the kart as soon as you start falling.

[marshmonkey]

I got some good feedback that the lack of shadows was more jarring on this map because of the large scale - I spent yesterday rendering out some lightmaps for the floor and bar surface in order to give all the objects sitting around some added realism. Here is a before and after shot.

[dudeabot]

images are not showing up here

[liamrudel]

working for me, and look great!

[dudeabot]

its showing now

its even better!

[marshmonkey]

Might not be super interesting to non-artists but I wrote up a little blog post on our blog about the art style of Zero Gear:
http://www.nimblebit.com/2009/04/the-ar ... zero-gear/

[marshmonkey]

new blog post about the weapon dynamics in ZG
http://www.nimblebit.com/2009/05/weapon ... zero-gear/

[marshmonkey]

I created a time-lapse video of the process of creating this kart:

[spacegaier]

Nice kart!

What do you use as modeling software? Wasn't able to tell from the video. And how long did it take you in real time to get this stunning work done?

[marshmonkey]

I used maya 8.5 and the whole thing took about 15 hours from start to finish. (and then about that much time again to make the damn video, lol)

[xadhoom]

Very impressive video!
I thought I have some experience with Maya, but some things you did I could not follow. Unfortunately I don´t have the time to model with Maya again. But when I see people like you working with modelling tools I see that its better to stick with things I can do better then modelling

xad

[marshmonkey]

made some kanye west-ish glasses

[marshmonkey]

another quick accessory: "Eye Poppers"

[ajs15822]

Hehe, the "Eye Popppers" screenshot made me giggle-- that is what I imagine Murphy looks like after a long day of coding.

[marshmonkey]

i.e. all the time

[jacmoe]

ZeroGear is cult already!
You leave us craving for more! More! Moremoremore!

It's great to see how you have built your own unique, wholesome style. It's just so professionally cool. And a joy to watch.
It's crazy!

[marshmonkey]

one more: "Hypno Glasses"

[spacegaier]

They really fit to the wheels !

[marshmonkey]

just finished texturing a new char:

[marshmonkey]

I have been working on some new custom items, and I decided to see what it would look like to string together all the items we have in the game at the moment into one image for fun:

[spacegaier]

What is the fourth in the first row meant to be? A giant brain ?

[marshmonkey]

yea