Saturday, 23 October 2010
To start or not to start
Right now when I am doing my GCSEs, I have decided to start yet another project to completely rob myself of free time... I had the idea for this game for 2 years now...
Here is comes Apocalyptus, level 1
The story goes, you are on an alien planet, the first finally discovered by humans within close proximity to earth. It is almost like a twin to our planet, except for cosmetic differences i.e. a double moon (two moons of equal mass orbiting around each other in elipsoid orbits where the centre of mass orbits around the planet... anyway quite complicated shit + a nice effect). You are in the patrol vehicle sent out to investigate a rather strangely weathered island where a source of faster than light electromagnetic radiation has recently showed up. Despite having almost he exactly same atmosphere, there is no sign of animal life. There are plants, some very similar to earth's some not, i.e. fungal grass which looks like curly green and red fur covering the ground and every other surface area. It can be parasitic, as well as have its own root system, the native plants deal with it by making their own toxins which kill the fungus. It tries to gain surface area by growing on other plants, this is why plants brought from the earth are covered by this fungus and killed within a few hours. There are a few animal/plant hybrids, however the main focus is on the fact that despite many animal fossils... not a single living specimen has been found. Eight weeks before the strange radiation source has shown up there has been a discovery, ruins of an ancient civilization have been found buried under 200 meters of coal and semi liquified dead grass. Everything seems to be going fine as you fly over the sea and just as the island shows itself on the horizon, the navigation systems start to mess up. The pilot fights with the machine and puts it into manual mode, suddenly the vehicle goes black and so do all the soldiers in it. Then the engine starts glowing, the rotor blades, people's faces, but all this stops and then another change happens. The carrier goes pitch black and you can see yourself approaching a bright orb of light which first is red and then changes to blue as you approach. Suddenly all effects stop and the vehicle crashes into the ground, you cant make contact with base... all you can hear is noise
You spend the day gathering grass for fire and extinguishing the one in the carrier, you keep on listening to the radio because you couldnt switch it off. Sometimes the noise is getting louder and crisper. One of the crew members is having auditory hallucinations, she was the pilot who suffered a rather big blow to the head. She swears she can hear growls and screams in the noise, you sedate her in order to relieve her from hearing the noise. Next morning she cannot wake, she has nightmares and seizures....
The game will feature a unique navigation system, in order to view the waypoints, objectives and the minimap you will need to put the gun down. Just like the apple iPad tablet, but way cooler with a transparent display back lit from two angles
Here is comes Apocalyptus, level 1
The story goes, you are on an alien planet, the first finally discovered by humans within close proximity to earth. It is almost like a twin to our planet, except for cosmetic differences i.e. a double moon (two moons of equal mass orbiting around each other in elipsoid orbits where the centre of mass orbits around the planet... anyway quite complicated shit + a nice effect). You are in the patrol vehicle sent out to investigate a rather strangely weathered island where a source of faster than light electromagnetic radiation has recently showed up. Despite having almost he exactly same atmosphere, there is no sign of animal life. There are plants, some very similar to earth's some not, i.e. fungal grass which looks like curly green and red fur covering the ground and every other surface area. It can be parasitic, as well as have its own root system, the native plants deal with it by making their own toxins which kill the fungus. It tries to gain surface area by growing on other plants, this is why plants brought from the earth are covered by this fungus and killed within a few hours. There are a few animal/plant hybrids, however the main focus is on the fact that despite many animal fossils... not a single living specimen has been found. Eight weeks before the strange radiation source has shown up there has been a discovery, ruins of an ancient civilization have been found buried under 200 meters of coal and semi liquified dead grass. Everything seems to be going fine as you fly over the sea and just as the island shows itself on the horizon, the navigation systems start to mess up. The pilot fights with the machine and puts it into manual mode, suddenly the vehicle goes black and so do all the soldiers in it. Then the engine starts glowing, the rotor blades, people's faces, but all this stops and then another change happens. The carrier goes pitch black and you can see yourself approaching a bright orb of light which first is red and then changes to blue as you approach. Suddenly all effects stop and the vehicle crashes into the ground, you cant make contact with base... all you can hear is noise
You spend the day gathering grass for fire and extinguishing the one in the carrier, you keep on listening to the radio because you couldnt switch it off. Sometimes the noise is getting louder and crisper. One of the crew members is having auditory hallucinations, she was the pilot who suffered a rather big blow to the head. She swears she can hear growls and screams in the noise, you sedate her in order to relieve her from hearing the noise. Next morning she cannot wake, she has nightmares and seizures....
The game will feature a unique navigation system, in order to view the waypoints, objectives and the minimap you will need to put the gun down. Just like the apple iPad tablet, but way cooler with a transparent display back lit from two angles
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