Blengband - 3D angband in development

[Derakon]

Hey, nice work! You certainly know your sculpture mode. Gonna be interesting to see how you get the polycount down on those.

As for keeping the project in short-term memory, I highly recommend documentation and clean design. It'll be a big help for remembering where everything goes. That, and source control, of course.

[Malice]

I just happened by this thread and thought I'd add a comment. The work you've done so far looks great and, like many others, I can't wait for it to be playable.

[jplur]

@Malice, thanks for the encouragement. I missed my target for having a demo ready this month but lets hope for march.

I've finished the orc. Took quite some time but I enjoyed it.

orc high/low

final orc

Experimenting with using flocking for the enemies. The way i figure it I can use a stack of vector operations to handle all my ai movement conditions

flocking (at least the seperation part)
vector to target (player or opposite player if scared)
random adjustment based on confusion input

I guess the downside is that the ai code becomes non linear.

I'm open to any ideas. At the moment, monsters in the game simply move towards the player. Surprisingly, they do a pretty good job of getting through hallways.

[kurie]

This looks really amazing! My one concern is that I thought you had mentined that this game was in real time. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

To me, one of the things that makes Angband fun, is the ability to formulate a strategy, and take stock of everything around you. If you have monsters coming at you in real time, it becomes less Angband, and more like the Elder Scrolls meets Diablo.

[jplur]

This looks really amazing! My one concern is that I thought you had mentined that this game was in real time. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

To me, one of the things that makes Angband fun, is the ability to formulate a strategy, and take stock of everything around you. If you have monsters coming at you in real time, it becomes less Angband, and more like the Elder Scrolls meets Diablo.

Well yes, your right. Blengband is realtime, so for a purist it couldn't be called a roguelike. Since I'm using the angband raws (and attempting to emulate any relevant code), I have no problem calling it '3D angband'

I'm still a ways away from any sort of playable game, so it will be interesting to see how the real time affects gameplay (I would imagine it makes it much harder). Several years ago there was an angband mud. It was pretty true to angband, but realtime. It was really a lot of fun but I do remember how hectic things could get.

[Magnate]

Several years ago there was an angband mud. It was pretty true to angband, but realtime. It was really a lot of fun but I do remember how hectic things could get.

Mangband? That's still going strong.

[jplur]

Mangband? That's still going strong.

It was a modified diku mud, it had accurate random dungeons and everything.

The old site was pitsofangband.com , you can still poke around using web.archive.org

[Outcast Orange]

This looks great!

I didn't know you were still working on this.
BTW, I got your email.
I'll see you around the usual hangout.

[Derakon]

I can't help but think that the above post is spam...

[jplur]

Heh, it does look like spam, but Orange is one of my favorite developers when it comes to tile based 3D; http://www.outcastorange.blogspot.com/

Sorry for the lack up updates, I have quite a few new monsters finished, but nothing much with the code. Spring is here and I'm preserving my sanity with outdoor activities, but I will try to set up some screenshots soon.

[jplur]

After an extended break, this project is back in action.

I've spent the last week working on the Naga model;

Youtube video

[Pete Mack]

Way, way cool.
One minor note about nagas, at least in V:

F:FEMALE

[Derakon]

Are you implying that the naga should have breasts?

[thapper]

Are you implying that the naga should have breasts?

I guess that depends on how you define "female/woman torso" in the naga description

The Green naga (Green 'n')
=== Num:78 Lev:5 Rar:1 Spd:+0 Hp:41 Ac:40 Exp:30
A large green serpent with a female's torso...

The Red naga (Red 'n')
=== Num:102 Lev:7 Rar:2 Spd:+0 Hp:50 Ac:40 Exp:40
A large red snake with a woman's torso...

[Hariolor]

I think the creature in traditional folklore has an explicitly human female body and head, often with several arms...

The model is still pretty sweet though...keep up the good work!