Z-Day comes to TGEA

It's been a little while since I last posted a blog regarding Z-Day, and much has been happening since then. We finally took the decision to move away from TGE and port the game over to TGEA 1.7.1 and boy am I glad that we did.


We haven't had chance to implement any normal maps, shader or materials yet apart from a few items in the new sewer area but we have got UbiqVisuals SSAO pack added in and it adds so much depth to the scene which is fantastic for the dark eerie feel we're trying to achieve, that sense that a Zombie could be lurking in any dark corner!!!


The backend systems have take a little bit of a rewriting too, and some work has gone into laying out how each piece will interact.

The character and patching systems are working, although I need to add some more account management functions, the QA Server I couldn't quite get finished in time for the alpha. However, I did get TGEA talking to the TRAC system and I can retrieve the list of bugs and post a new bug from within game.

That might be something useful for other people too, it's been designed especially so that the backend (TRAC) could be replaced with anything else so we might well see that as a resource on GarageGames in the future.

We have also just about tied the login system so that peoples usernames and passwords are sync'd and can be maintained using the TRAC system, also the group they are assigned to (just developer or tester at the moment) restricts when they are allowed into the game and what admin controls they get once in there.

The final piece of great new for me is

We have implemented voice chat into the game and it's working beautifully... will post more details on that one though after the alpha is complete.

As ever we're on the lookout for team members, especially Coders as there's only me on that side of things - if you fancy joining up with the team drop me an email.