Sickhead Games: TGB Adventure Kit
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TGB Adventure Kit no longer requires Torque Game Builder Pro. The Adventure Kit now works with all versions of Torque Game Builder, including the Non-Source version!
Sickhead Games is proud to be releasing the first of many new starter kits for Torque Game Builder, the TGB Adventure Kit.The TGB Adventure Kit has been developed to provide a flexible starter framework which can be expanded to create any action, adventure, and/or role playing top down game in Torque Game Builder. Right from TGB's LevelBuilder you're able to drop in scene and gameplay elements and instantly play test the level you just built!
If you're new to TorqueScript and Torque Game Builder, the kit is a great way to learn how it all works. The framework code gives you a working example to dissect and learn from. The collection of production quality tiles, sprites, and sound effects included in the kit give you the material you need to get your project started and attract additional team members.
If you have some experience, but want to get started quick this kit allows you and your team to start prototyping immediately and get to work on the details that make your game unique. The code framework provides the basics like spawn points, enemies, level transitions, breakable objects, and more.The installer (or a zip for Mac and Linux users) will unpack the kit into your TGB installation directory or into any other directory you like. You'll then be immediately able to create a new project from the AdventureKit template and start modifying the kit demo to develop the features you need for your particular game.
Start your new game today with the TGB Adventure Kit!
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Features
So what do you get?
The TGB Adventure Kit provides a basic TorqueScript framework, integrated and customizable from LevelBuilder, which you can use to jump start your game project today:
- Player object with support for running, strafing, jumping, and firing a weapon.
- Dynamic camera object which can track the player while performing triggered smooth zooms.
- A spawn point system including randomization and enemy spawning.
- Triggered automated firing turrets.
- Exploding object system including splash damage effects.
- Simple ranged audio emitter system.
- Interior triggers for fading out building front faces.
- Basic goal based AI framework including steering behaviors.
- Level transition triggers.
- Support for filtered analog joystick controls including XBox/360 gamepads.
- Miscellaneous console utility functions like loadlevel, god mode, ghost mode, respawn, and a few easter eggs.
In addition to the TorqueScript framework code you get a starter library of production ready high quality tiles, sprites, and sound effects. These are ready for prototyping or even to be used in your shipping game. The kit includes:
- Tiles and transition overlays for grass, long grass, light dirt, dark dirt, sand, and gravel.
- Overlay tile decorations including a dark dirt road, various grass highlights, dark dirt plowed field, and more.
- Full animated ocean and lake tiles for building large and small bodies of water including streams.
- Sprites for plants, small weeds, flowers, hedges, and clearings.
- Prop sprites like watchtowers, bridges, fences, etc.
- Two piece buildings and tents for small walk in environments.
- Various sprites for stones of different materials and colors.
- A large set of swaying animated tree sprites.
- A fully animated sprite version of the Torque Orc.
To top it all off we have provided detailed TDN documentation which walks the reader thru creating a new project, working with sorting layers, collision in a top down game, effective use of the config datablocks, and the inner workings of the demo code.
System Requirements
UPDATE: TGB Adventure Kit no longer requires Torque Game Builder Pro. The Adventure Kit now works with all versions of Torque Game Builder, including the Non-Source version!
Torque Game Builder version 1.1.1 or later.
160 MB free hard drive space.
Windows
2.0 GHz processor
1 GB RAM
Windows 98/SE/ME/2000/XP/Vista
nVidia or ATI accelerated 3D video card
MAC OSX
G4+
1 GB RAM
MAC OSX 10.4+
nVidia or ATI accelerated 3D video card
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Community Reviews and Discussion
Customer review from Jerrod Putman, Dec 09, 2007 at 23:46 GMT 
"I initially purchased the TGB Adventure Kit because it had a lot of nice art assets that I could easily plug into my game to make the prototype look nice. However, what I didn't realize was that the kit's real worth came from the excellent script code that comes included with the kit.
I was pretty new to using TGB and TorqueScript in general when I purchased the Adventure Kit, but being able to read through existing code on a demo that was actually fairly complete and polished was precisely what I needed to get me up to speed on TorqueScript. I am constantly referencing the Adventure Kit scripts to see how Sickhead Games are doing something in particular. Granted, the demo is not a finished product by any means, but it's very robust, easy to follow, well-organized, and it's an excellent starting point for any game.
I highly recommend this kit."
Read all ReviewsI was pretty new to using TGB and TorqueScript in general when I purchased the Adventure Kit, but being able to read through existing code on a demo that was actually fairly complete and polished was precisely what I needed to get me up to speed on TorqueScript. I am constantly referencing the Adventure Kit scripts to see how Sickhead Games are doing something in particular. Granted, the demo is not a finished product by any means, but it's very robust, easy to follow, well-organized, and it's an excellent starting point for any game.
I highly recommend this kit."
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