DeadlyMatter :: T3D game in development - Update 3

Deadly Matter is a story driven open world action-adventure game in development.

Step into the role of Alex and prevent mass production of antimatter by the Illuminati. Explore locations all over the world like the Crimea & Sinai and unveil the conspiracy to decimate the human population.

Delayed

Due to non-game projects (for a bit of cash flow for the studio), is the development of DeadlyMatter delayed. I'm expecting to be back on track within a couple of weeks. Since my blog update September last year did I work on some parts of this immense project. So, again an update and some eye candy for those who find this interesting!

New video

New 8 minutes of ingame raw footage (4 x 2min.)

(removed)

The new vid is highly compressed and consists out of 4 parts,
this due to my crappy internet connection in China and being in full HD (1080).

Improved terrain textures

Some terrain textures have been improved as you can see here in this screenshot

Destruct with a vehicle

While vehicles are going to play an important role in DeadlyMatter. Running things over like characters (actually damage them), and in this case hay stacks, is really fun and bringing in important game elements (for minigames and such)

Moving clouds, overdone sun flare and no HDR

In case you didn't notice in the vids, the clouds are actually moving. The sky looks different every time you raise your head. While the sun with its lightrays and new flare lit the clouds at certain angles/positions, has HDR been disabled permanently and saved some extra fps.

Water, waves, foam, cubemaps

New cubemaps have been designed for better reflections on water for example. While using foam for more then just some bubbles, are the sounds greatly improved as well Watch the vid!

Hints, messages and labels

Before you pick up an item you want to know what it is... just show it to the player. With the default keybind E, you're able to put it in your inventory. The icons in the text is actually build into the font and displayed by script with special characters (UTF-8).

Put it all in your backpack

The player will have a backpack for its inventory. Open up the inventory GUI will actually display one, as you can see in the pic. There are 12 item slots and 2 weapon slots for the player, which should be sufficient for this kind of adventure game. Items that can be used will get a keybind when picked up.

The hunter and the hunted

New characters and new animals have been developed and brought in as non-agressive AI. The hunter shoots the rabbits...

Or being hunted

Agressive animals like the wild boar will cut you open with its tusks...

Bloody indicators

The damage indicators and blood splatters are combined as one. You can see from the splats from which direction the impact came from.

Dont get your feet wet!

Wind is dynamic and changes in force or direction, depending on altitude or changed by triggers.

As the elements of nature are having an effect on the player (energy), things like avoiding water are becomming more natural. Objects that encurrage the player to be more careful, are gracely brought in... like this fallen tree.

Once your feet are getting wet you'll notice it right away...

Skylight

Skylight has been created to increase realism a bit. You'll notice the normals popping out in the dark shadows, that are otherwise barely visible. Note the blueish light on the windowsill in this piucture...

Normal stuff

The regular things you find in games are developed/improved whenever I find the time...

AI, the biggest chunk to swallow

AI is consuming the biggest amount of time. A game needs to be challenging enough to keep the player occupied and create enough fun to stick around. DeadlyMatter will be non-linear (not forced on a path) so the player ecounters AI in an open world.

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Don't forget to watch the (removed) and look out for the updates in the comming months as I'm going to increase the speed of development again.

Cheers from Shanghai,

Nils

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This blog post is a follow up of: Deadly Matter :: Update 2

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