The Muppets Bohemian Rhapsody:

Pretty Rad.

Trying to learn how to do a smal normal map for testing purposes for 1 vehicle and 2 player models and 2 weapons with two ammo placments and two spawn points. EPIC FAIL! >_<; oh and GOD FORBID anyone lend a fu**ing hand! Frustration is so much fun. …….NOT!

But it has to be done, If we are to realize our vision of a gaming studio? We need to buckle down and do the math, no matter how hard it can be. MUST try to strive to learn how to get the code to work properly. Distributing the existing assests among the team and some of the NEW concept designs I've been playing with and some of the vehicles I've had in mind.

So far everyone is on board and may even have some new members as well. My hope is a fellow forum member named Phoenixwing from BuF comes onboard as well. His skills as a coder are remarkable, and he'd be a true assest to the team. That and I could learn a few things from him as well.

Off topic I walked out this morning after work at midnight and drove home at that same intersection I kid you not was a buck with a 3.5 Antler spread on the corner. I went across slowly enough so not to spook him but quick enough I could hit the gas to avoid him too. but as soon as I crossed thru he just strolled across the street as the walk like came on. One of those odd moments again.

Muitos de nós já ouvimos falar das engines de games e do realismo que elas oferecem a nós, jogadores, quando estamos imersos em fases de nossos jogos favoritos. Mas o que é realmente uma engine? Bom, engine vem do inglês e significa motor. O que podemos concluir logo de início é que é algo que fica rodando no fundo do jogo para termos ele funcionando sempre. Uma das definições que podemos dar realmente para engine de games é: um programa de computador e/ou conjunto de bibliotecas, para simplificar e abstrair o desenvolvimento de jogos ou outras aplicações com gráficos em tempo real, para videogames e computadores rodando sistemas operacionais.

Temos diferentes tipos de engines, sendo que algumas servem para se fazer um jogo completo nela mesma ou então temos outras que servem apenas para animações ou outras interações dentro do jogo. Mas vamos primeiro falar do que é possível para nós, meros jogadores e fãs de jogos, sem nos desvirtuarmos para coisas que ainda não estão no nosso alcance! Se formos começar por engines gratuitas que podemos fazer o download agora mesmo e começar a brincar, temos algumas opções bem interessantes.

A primeira delas é a NeoAxis, uma engine de criação de games super simplificada, com controles facilitados para quem nunca nem pensou em brincar com uma engine. Nela é possível criar diferentes fases com o coelhinho (personagem padrão da engine) mas se você decidir ir mais afundo e souber um pouco de modelagem, você pode importar seu personagem para dentro da engine e fazer seu jogo com ele. Caso você queira saber mais sobre essa engine, acesse o site oficial.

Claro que a engine NeoAxis é bem simplória em termos de visual. Se você estiver procurando aquela água com movimentos animados e paisagens diversas, então é melhor optar pela Unity. Nela é possível fazer jogos por inteiro também e seu visual é impressionante. É de fácil interação também e possui algumas opções a mais do que a NeoAxis pode oferecer, porém é preciso um pouco mais de habilidade na área para fazer um bom trabalho com ela. Nada mais do que algumas horinhas para se acostumar com sua interface e já conseguir montar seu game. Esta engine oferece muito mais elementos em sua biblioteca, mas também é possível importar objetos de sua própria criação para ela, mas alguns cuidados devem ser tomados na hora de exportar para ela. Se quiser conferir esta engine, basta acessar o site da Unity 3D.

Ainda no patamar de licensas gratuitas, temos uma grande novidade que é a liberação da famosa e aclamada engine Unreal. O Unreal Developer’s Kit está disponível gratuitamente para pessoas que queriam estudar a ferramenta e criar coisas não comerciais. Como todos já devem ter ouvido falar, a engine Unreal é a responsável por grandes títulos como Gears of War, Unreal Tournament, BioShock, Borderlands, e muitos outros. Obviamente que para se fazer um jogo desta magnitude é preciso tempo, experiência, uma equipe muito qualificada e dinheiro. Mas o Developer’s Kit promete ser muito intuitivo e apetitoso de se trabalhar. E quem não gostaria de aprender a ferramenta que estes jogos foram produzidos? Se você já está se sentindo empolgado para utilizar esta ferramenta, segue o link para o download do Unreal Developer’s Kit. Faça bom proveito! Se quiser ler um pouco mais sobre a engine, clique aqui que você será redirecionado ao site oficial.

Existem ainda centenas de engines gratuitas que valeria a pena citar aqui, mas como eu levaria provavelmente o mês inteiro para falar delas, vou finalizar com a engine Havok, utilizada em muitos games de consoles de última geração e de jogos para PCs e afins… Havok é uma engine de física que faz com que o realismo das ações dos personagens, das animações dos elementos presentes na fase do jogo e tudo o que acontece na fase seja impressionante. Havok está presente em títulos como Assassin’s Creed 1 e 2, Dead Space, Fallout 3, Halo 2, 3 e ODST, Killzone 2, Uncharted 2 e muitos outros títulos. O fato desta engine ser uma de uso constante profissionalmente faz com que ela seja muito reconhecida no mercado. Então porque não começar a estudá-la agora? Tudo bem, aqui vai o link para vocês mergulharem de cabeça nela. Notem que ela apenas distribui uma licensa para degustação, não sendo toda a magia completa. Mas já é um começo, certo?

Acho que depois de todas essas dicas, se vocês não estiverem com suas mãos coçando para explorar estas engines, ou pelo menos com uma certa curiosidade aguçada, esqueçam a área de games e fiquem apenas jogando mesmo. Mas se vocês se interessaram e vão com certeza fazer o download de pelo menos uma delas, vá em frente! Explore o máximo que puder e sempre tente produzir algo que seja seu. Boa exploração!

fetele oamenilor se lipeau de pereti, ochii le ieseau din orbite si se inaltau ca niste baloane cu heliu, la fel de colorati si usori, la fel de liberi. totul se topea in jur si la radio se anunta sfasitul lumii, al culorilor, al zambetelor, al florilor, curcubeelor, broastelor testoase, al fluturilor, al bicicletelor si muzicii. totul era pierdut si din haos nu se nastea decat haos, toate vietuitoarele imaginare ieseau afara de pe unde se ascunsesera o viata si priveau lumea, tacute, cu un repros pe fata, ca si cum ar fi spus: uite ce ati facut…ati distrus totul, voi, oamenii. apoi se intorceau in ele si se faceau nevazute. noi avem locul nostru dar voi ce faceti..se auzi ca un ecou..

fetita se ascunse in bratele bunicului ..spune-mi spune-mi din nou povestea, spune-mi spune-mi.. iar batranelul urma:

a fost o data un bunic si o bunica,

bunicul se trezi de dimineata si se duse la camp  ca de fiecare data, luand-si pachetelul cu mancarea de pranz pregatit de bunica. dupa ce munci toata dimineata pe rupte, pentru ca soarele ardea cu putere si i se facuse foame, se aseza la umbra unui copac si scoase din traistuta  un bulgare de orez, dar cand sa il infulece, pac, ii cazu din mana si se rostogoli pe pamant, chiar intr-o gaura. dintr-o data se auzi o voce subitre,  : ,,omusubi  kororin, kororin,” . batranelul uimit se gandi ca i se paruse asa ca incerca si cu celalalt bulgare de orez si din nou se auzi vocea veseala cantand intr-o limba necunoscuta.  fu uimit peste masura cand din gaura iesi un soricel mic si sfrijit care incepu sa vorbeasca :

,, bunicule, tu mi-ai trimis mancarica?”

batranelul ramase cu ochii mari la creatura caraghiosa cu vocea atat de pititgaiata si mormai un da…

,, iti multumesc mut bunicutule, chiar mi-era foame si m-a bucurat mult gestul matale, asa ca in schimb te voi invita  sa ne vizitezi lumea , vrei sa vii?

batranelul zambi si pentru ca era un batranel tare curios accepta,

asa ca gaura soricelului se facu dintr-o data uriasa si batranelul intra insotit de soricel intr-o lume de vis. nu numai ca totul era facut din aur, dar templele, copacii, vrabiutele, totul respira frumusete si pace.  intalni soricei frumos imbracati in kimono-uri colorate si  de bun gust, cu fetelefericite,  se plimba pe stradutele pline de farmec uimit de tot ce vedea si cand se facu timpul de plecare soricelul ii darui pietre pretioase, multumindu-i inca o data pentru ca l-a hranit la pranz.

si asa batranelul se intoarse acasa si trai cu bunicuta lui o viata imbelsugata pana la sfarsit.

fetita zambi si adormi fericita, nu inainte de a spune, mergem si noi acolo, nu? mergem , mergem!!!

si din clipa in care a inchis ochii se trezi intr-un oras stralucitor, plin de soricei imbracati in kimonouri, cu voci haioase si fete fericite. bunicul ei era salutat calduros de toti soriceii pe langa care treceau si atunci isi daduse seama ca povestea era cu adevarat adevarata

il lua pe bunicul ei de mana si se pierdu in multimea colorata.

the end..

nu al lumii ci al povestii

zunzun,

Ps: poveste din proiectul salvati povestile lumii. care imi bantuie mie mintea

de precizat ca in ultima vreme ascult povesti si toate personajele ma bantuie incat daca ma trezesc noaptea  brusc le vad prin camera, atingand-mi hainele sau jucandu-se cu cartile mele. uneori ma insotesc pe bicicleta sau mi se gata de fular.

vor urma

ssi putina muzica:

love this grace care nu e gratioasa si nici frumoasa in sensul comun al cuvantului dar este incredibil de frumoasa, love this song si inceputul l videoclipului cand seamana cu pinochio si canta la acordeon.

…he stood up and slowly walked away. as i was still with my hand on the concrete, i discovered that i was smiling. nothing was actually wrong. i raised and started to slowly walk towards him, behind him, catching his scent through the warm air. i was right next to him, i could touch him, but i postponed it a little and just walked with him a while more almost touching with my lips the back of his neck. he felt i was there and kept on walking with me, giving me the time to enjoy his distant closeness.  

then, i put my hands around his chest, hugging him gently, but with great intensity. and we stopped walking and closed our eyes. there was a gentle music box sound in the street’s air, revolving us. i started to slowly move him to the sound of the music box in the air. only a few moments, then the music changed and he took over. i adored moving along with him.  

the music changed it’s flavor once again and he turned, took my right hand in his left hand, then put his right hand on my back and i naturally laid my left hand on his right arm, holding it to close the embrace and give shape to our souls united in this dance…because when you dance it is not you body that moves, but is it your soul that reveals itself in moving shapes. 

…then i woke up smiling. i miss him. he left almost an year ago for his home land far, far way, near the ocean. we were never together, so we never broke up. we had the chance to dance together and he is one of the man i could have spent the rest of my life with walking together to the sound of life’s music. but we did not. so he is one of the possibly maybe universes i could have joined and lived. but i think we will meet again.  

’till then i send you a warm embrace and a thank you for the dance we had in my dream.

c.

I wonder if there is a name for this because i’ve had it my whole life and recently i found someone else who got it too:  Sometimes i’ll just be sitting and i’ll notice my feet and they will appear really small or really large to me…to the point where it’s like…’what on earth…my feet look miniature’ as if i am looking at them through the wrong end of a pair of binoculars.  Another example is i’ll be hanging out in the mirror and i’ll notice a part of me and it’s like i’m looking in one of those carnival mirrors where it makes you really stout or really skinny but not in a “i need to go on a diet” kind of way but in a really curious someone’s-kidnapped-the-messenger-between-my-eyes-and-brain kind of way because i’m seeing something insanely distorted.  Other times i’ll get weird sensations, like just now i had the feeling i had to ‘take my hair off’ as if it were a wig.  Another time, a few years ago, i thought one of my hands was about to fall off and i flinched to catch it.  Several months ago me, and my friends were in the pub and out the corner of my eye i saw my friend kinda jump and he was staring at his hands.  When i turned and asked him what was wrong he said “i just realised i have hands” as if they were some alien gift that had been bestowed upon him just a few seconds earlier.  He continued to feel really alarmed at the sight of his hands for the rest of the night.  I suppose i kind of get it spiritually as well, i’ll suddenly realise i actually exist and feel as if i’m supposed to be doing something  and even though it only lasts a few minutes at the most, it’s a terrifying few minutes.  The sensation is like the feeling you get when you are about to jump off something really really high.  I just remembered something else which hasn’t happened in a while, but i get it a few times a year…sometimes it will be as if i am physically made up of several layers of me. So i’ll be running up the stairs and it’s like one or a few weren’t as fast as the first me and i’ll see a trail of ghost me’s that take literally miliseconds to catch up.  Like how you know you can set up your mouse cursor to have a trail of pointers when you move it?  It’s exactly like that and i usually say “whoa” when it happens because it looks crazy.

Maybe i have a brain tumour.

Real life, it’s all fake
People hiding all their life
Nothing but make-up

“Oh well, nobody died,” says the Flying Scotsman Graeme Obree as he reveals how depression and his home-built bike wrecked his latest World Hour record bid.

Obree was intent on reclaiming the title he won twice in the 1990s later this month. But the 44-year-old came unstuck when his psychologist warned his mental health was too fragile.

The lanky Obree had self built a typically unique bike. With an enormous 67-tooth chain ring for speed, Reynolds 653 tubing and silver soldering, it was ridden with an extreme flat back style and extended arms.

Graeme Obree Dumps Hour Record Plans – BikeRadar.

Incredible Hulk  ‘Chest Press’

Wow. This is Hilarious… and ‘incredible’. I think Hulk finally met his match.

Piel, una mezcla perfecta,
Miradas, pasion, sudor,
Cariño, mucho cariño.

Morir por tu boca, y que mueras por la mia,
Morir juntos en el colchon.. o la cocina.

Tus ojos brillosos,
Tus nervios,
Tus ansias,
..mis miedos que se van..

Tu piel tan dulce, tus besos un manjar.
Tu cuerpo fundiendose al mio,
elevandonos hacia donde nadie pueda llegar.

Jugar con fuego y quemarse,
Saber que esta mal y no hacer nada para detenerlo.

GOZARTE..

de principio a fin.

Acabo de terminar un videotutorial de UDK, espero sirva

Eso es todo.

Snuggie Star Wars Edition:

Off the heals of the famous Dog Snuggie Here we have the Emperor’s Royal Guard. What’s next? Snuggies for Black Bears??

I can’t help but realize,

This pressing issue thats started to materialize.

You are fake, and you love attention.

Can’t people see that when this I mention?

It’s over,

You’ve experienced no real emotion,

No fear, no hate, and especially no lover.

No real-heart brakes, no true experiences.

You hide behind your parents shield,

Sheltered by everything the world has to offer.

You take a great big detour, and make sure to yield.

Out of the way,

You sit there and you pray.

Maybe on day I will get to live my life,

For real and not for fake.

Epic Games lanza su UDK (Unreal Development Kit), basado en el popular y potente motor de juegos Unreal Engine 3, gratuito y para uso no comercial. En el caso de desarrollar productos comerciales, la licencia de UDK se sitúa en apenas 90$. Si se superan los 5.000$ de ganancias, Epic se queda con el 25%.

Pagina Oficial:
http://www.udk.com

Lo que es una gran noticia para nosotros los desarrolladores independientes.

If you haven’t heard already, there have been some exciting events for game developers lately, specifically the new accessibility and usability of the Unreal Engine 3 and Unity engine that have been getting a lot of attention. From what I’ve read, the general thought among developers and those reporting on the topic, is that it will be a boon, a brand new opportunity for the general of mass of game makers. And so it would seem, but exactly what effects will it have on independent developers as a group?

There are a few things that I wonder about, and I’d like to hear your thoughts too. First, while the Unreal Engine 3 is undoubtedly a powerful and excellent engine, how easy is it for the typical indie team (or even lone developer) to make something of quality with it? It’s a monster of an engine, and to benefit from anywhere near all of its many facets would take a sizable team. Teams like that do exist, but they’re usually already working on big projects on heavyweight engines. More commonly in the independent game development world, teams are small, or even single people. Secondly, independent developers that are serious enough to make quality games have used the Unity engine before. Will it be a big jump for independent development, or just something that people tinker around with because it’s there?

Don’t get me wrong, I definitely see value in both of these engines’ new statuses. At the very least, it will open some new doors for serious developers, and be another learning tool for beginners. Please leave your comments.

Hola a todos, una gran noticia para los amantes de la creación de videojuegos ha llegado hasta nosotros, epic ha decidido lanzar de forma gratuita su increible motor profesional, el unreal engine 3. Ya se que esto no está relacionado con XNA pero si vuestra pasión es el desarrollo de videojuegos ya estáis tardando en bajarlo!!

La licencia que ofrecen es para estudiantes o aplicaciones que no van a ser vendidas, de todas formas, tienen licencias especiales para aquellos que quieran darle un uso comercial.

En fin, que no os entretengo más, aquí os dejo el link para descargarlo: http://www.udk.com/

A disfrutar!!

Slashdot posted an article that the Unreal Engine 3 is now free to use. Could this be interesting for our project?

“Just a week after Unity announced its engine is now available for free to indie users, Epic Games has revealed a free version of its popular Unreal Engine technology. Called the Unreal Development Kit (UDK), it is a free edition of UE3 that allows community, modder and indie users more access to the engine’s features and is available for all. Epic said game developers, students, hobbyists, researchers, creators of 3D visualizations and simulations plus digital filmmakers can all take advantage of the UDK for non-commercial use. The UDK site also offers detailed product features, technical documentation, commercial licensing terms and support resources.”

Quoted from Slashdot.

Differences

With the free license, you do not get access to the C++ source code. Epic Games also state that UDK ships with “most of the same code and tool integrations as the commercial version”.

Another thing that is worth pointing out is that if you intend to use the UDK for any commercial purpose, it is no longer free of charge.

Benefits

Unreal Engine 3 is considered to be a current generation game engine (Q4 2009). It has also been used in a variety of high profile games:

• Unreal Tournament 3
• Gears of War
• Gears of War 2
• Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe

Skeletal Animation

UDK supports Skeletal Animation.

Parallel rendering

UDK has extensive networking support, which probably would allow you to implement a distributed rendering cluster.

3D Studio Max

The UDK kit includes ActorX, which is Unreal Engine 3’s mesh and animation exporter ActorX for 3D Studio Max, Maya, and XSI.

It supports the following versions of 3D Studio Max

3ds Max 2010 (32-bit)
3ds Max 2010 (64-bit)
3ds Max 2009 (32-bit)
3ds Max 2009 (64-bit)
3ds Max 2008 (32-bit)
3ds Max 2008 (64-bit)
3ds Max 9 (32-bit)
3ds Max 9 (64-bit)
3ds Max 8
3ds Max 7
3ds Max 6, CStudio 4.2
3ds Max 5.0,5.1, CStudio 3.4 & 4.0
3ds Max 4.2, CStudio 3.2
3ds Max 4, CStudio 3.x
3ds Max 3.1, CStudio 2.2
3ds Max 3.1, CStudio 3.0 ( update 1.99h )
3ds Max 3.1, CStudio 3.0

Documentation

There seems to be extensive documentation which is maintained by Epic Games and it is located here.

Ever sat down from a long day of hacking and thought to yourself  “I wish there was a cool video game out there made just for me. Better yet, made by me!” Today is your lucky day with the release of UDK – Unreal Development Kit.

In days of old, the only solution to satisfying your game creation desires was a cheap game making kit, or adding to the millions of Source mods. Epic has changed tables by now allowing anyone to use their engine (non-commercially of course) to create the game of their dreams; who knows, maybe even the next Unreal Tournament.

UDK is currently limited to PC, but plans are in the process for PS3 and Xbox360 development. For those who cant wait, we suggest checking out XNA. Whatever tools you use, ever made a cool game? Tell us in the comments!

[Thanks Kinigit]

Her gencin elinin altında bulunması gereken müthiş oyun motoru Unreal’in geliştirme ortamı. 3D oyun yapımıyla ilgilenenler için bulunmaz nimet. Üstelik bedava. Birçok oyunun Unreal motoruyla yapılmış aşmış grafikleri var. Unreal Tournament 3′ü de oynayanlar bilir. Unreal Engine 3, hem yıllanmış bilgisayarlarda çalışabilecek grafikler üreten iyi bir optimizasyona sahip hem de çok kaliteli görüntüler üretebilme kapasitesine sahip.

Bir tane de siz neden yapamayasınız? Belki Türkiye’den de kaliteli oyunlar çıkar bi gün. Olur olur. Neyse indirmek isteyenler için:

Download Unreal Development Kit Beta Installer (November 2009) (Boyut: 559.95MB)

Download The Ball Unreal Development Kit Demo (Boyut: 358.57MB)

Download Whizzle Unreal Development Kit Demo (Boyut: 128.98MB)

Download Unreal Development Kit Launch Trailer (HD) (Boyut: 81.25MB)

Download Unreal Development Kit Psyonix Trailer (HD) (Boyut: 345.74MB)