The Abandonia Game Project

[chickenman]

The Abandonia Game Project has started!!!
For more details see the website
chickenman.zapto.org (http://chickenman.zapto.org)

We need more people to help (C++ Programmers, 3D CAD designers, Graphics Designers, Testers, Document writers, Assembly programmers, Advertisers)

[The Fifth Horseman]

Uhh... but why 3D? 2D not good enough?

[chickenman]

Still in the design stage so any think can happen

[Omuletzu]

Not much i could help with... maybe with the story concept :ok:

[chickenman]

Update: The Abandonia Game will now be using the Irrlicht engine with maby a physics engine as well

The Abandonia Game is open source the first source file will be posted soon!.
:king:

[Stroggy]

Ambitious, to say the very least.

[Tulac]

All I can wish is good luck, I agree with Stroggy, it's very ambitious...

[NrmMyth]

I Think that I could help.
Don't know OOP couse I'm still learning it, but I'm doing great with original C. Great ... :whistle:

[omg]

it wouldent let me on your site.

[chickenman]

You won't be able to get on the site when i am offline.

The engine test source-code can be downloaded Here (http://chickenman.zapto.org/main_source.cpp)

You will need the Irrlicht.dll which can be downloaded Here (http://chickenman.zapto.org/Irrlicht.dll)
:cheers:

[Dino]

Just one advice: maybe it would be better to make singleplayer RPG because that way it could become more popular, probably more people would play it... Not everyone has connection fast enough (like me, 56k :not_ok: ) and wishes to be connected to play it! What do you think about it?

[chickenman]

Yes it will be single player as well and the graphics will go any where from Doom to Half-life 2 so even my crappy computer will run it. :cheers:

[The Fifth Horseman]

Sounds promising...

Can I sign up for Alpha testing? :D

[punch999]

did you say this is going to be a fps....

[chickenman]

Just to clear things up a bit:

This game will be a first person online and offline RPG, this game will be like Runescape in first person the game theme will be medieval but because it will use Quake 3 maps it can be made into any think you want.

NrmMyth, I hope you can help because I am short on programmers so far only Kon-Tiki is helping me with some programming.

The_fifth_horseman, Great more testers the better but expect the Alpha version to be out in a few months, just remember I need people who can do ( 2D graphics, 3D graphics, C++ \ C programming, Assembly programmers, Python programmers, advertising, testers and much more)

If you would like more information on the game and\or would like to help contact me on the Abandonia IRC channel on irc.quakenet.org #abandonia or contact me through MSN

chickenman2005@hotmail.co.uk
or if you can't get to me any of these ways send me an e-mail to the address below
james.wood357@ntlworld.com
:max:

[NrmMyth]

I could help with the problems solving, don't know anything about 2D and less of 3D.

Tell me what you need I'll try to do what is in my power. :ok:

[omg]

i will help with testing. also music and sound fx, i got quite a good studio set up so can create original sound fx, (using a mix of synthisis and foley) as for a medievil style of music, guess would haftas get butchering midi files. also will write some scenerios. if you are going down the runescape route learn from its mistakes.

[punch999]

yes runescape is a great game but to childish and simple

of course every idiot in runescape would complain if it got complex

oh yes what exactly are you going for and if your going for a mmorpg i reccomend you make it a old gaming rpg not a abandonian

i coulld probobly work contact me on msn if you need anything like advertising and crap like that

oh and i am a OK 3d animator not expert but hey

[omg]

what i hate about runescape and this game should advoid

crafting : 1 bar of silver should make multiple holy symbols, likewise 1 bar of gold multi rings , make the equiv in items from the wieght of metal you have.
food: even if you have the $ and you just wanna pk you cannot just buy good cooked food from somewhere, u hafta spend a lotta time fishing an cooking.
quests: less gai quests!! (help the golblins with there armour ..., help the squire with his sword, ) less walking in constant circles to get a quest done
magic items , needed, so non spell casting charactors can accsess quests without having top train there magic up (and pointlessly raise there combat lvl)
more tresure in pvp areas.
the censor, runescapes censor even distroys a lot of abbrvs of rude words, in fact the dam thing has a problem with aqbbrvs all together, i have typed whole sentances many times (with no rude words) and had it come up ********************tually, is one of the maaany reosens i have stopped playing.
evil monsters should talk while u fight them (a bit like in fallout)
2 many rs quests require massive crafting, mining, smithing, fletching lvls, there arnt enuff pure combat char missions, this is deeply unfair to all those who just wanna hit , shoot, zap things. this game needs to cater for all and not force u at some points to hit rocks for 2 weeks of your life before you can do a quest.

[Kon-Tiki]

I'd say no cencoring at all. In Runescape, it sucks so badly it even cencored Kon-Tiki a few times, and's cencored Msn and Aim all the time. in Anarchy Online, it doesn't cencor anything, and it works just fine. Then again... the community's completely different on both games...

[punch999]

i once was a runescape member so i know all about this crap.

But sadly the multiple rings and stuff would ruin the economy. and yes there should be a few kick in the door and kick behind quests

but kon-tiki you need to remember in anarchy online the game population has a good amount of adults

in rs you have mostly kids whos parents are compllete censor every think

alot even complain their parents say its a bad influence that their is beer and the game is sacralegious because of demons

[omg]

i 2 payed them for that game, castle wars was ok but it made me dizzy, i think runescape is important tho as a model for future mmporg development, u dont have to immitate it fully, a lot of kids like it because it requires no thought to get rich, u just have to click on rocks for ages, A BAD POINT I THINK
however it runs okish when not busy on a 56k modem!! A GOOD POINT
the econmy ... is very annoying, u try to lvl up a crafter then get stuck because you cant buy gems from a shop, in fact a lot of items you cant get from shops, and at times this can get very, very annoying. (cmon any game when u start thinkiong, ahh well to get to this lvl i have to kill 50000 cows and then make 50000 bits of leahter armour,,, arrrggghh!)
i think this game should have quests that cater to the people who want to be non combat, but it should also cater for the kill stuff freaks (like me) 2. they have lost a member (me) because i got soo annoyed with having to spend hours doing non combat stuff just to not get killed in the wildy by people who have (im talking fishing, why cant i just buy cooked swqordfish from a shop) and to do quests.
also rs shops even the member shops are badly understocked, u tend to have to spend to many hours of your time getting the stuff you need to fight.
also it has no alighnment or different races or charector classes (beggining, yes you can develop a pure mage, or whatever but would be cool if you could START as a mage with mage gear (like u used 2)

[punch999]

I would love different races but they dont want that im guessing cause its to complex and sacralegious

i dont play anymore either

[punch999]

oh and another question will this be a mmo that requires any brain power or is it going to be like runescape....

[Danny252]

willing tester/doc writer.. once I get motivated ^_^

[troop18546]

If you need to hire someone to take the cash from your profit (if there will be one) from this game then I'm willing to take up position. :D

[punch999]

how about this since i took the job as advirtiser

[Ioncannon]

hmmm... I would like to see the result of this game. BTW if this is a 3d game why would you need asm programmers? Arn't most new games coded in C++?

[punch999]

oh and @troop What prophet LOL when the hell will we make prophit only way we can make money is donations and that would have to go to stiff server costs

[troop18546]

Just a suggestion, jeeezissss... :whistle: Anywayz, good luck in the project! LOL

[Danny252]

I have a 50 meg host, if you guys would need it.
or do I have 2 hosts that have 50 megs now..
^_^ well space

[punch999]

If it works out like we want it i dont believe 50mb would be enough....

Thanx for the offer anyway.

[The Niles]

The MB are not even your biggest problem. bandwidth is much more important.

[chickenman]

Well thank you for all the ideas:

1. This game is programmed in C++ but I will use assembly to speed up the game

2. There will be different classes to chose from like Wizard, black smith, warrior and so on

3. In shops you will be able to buy any think as long as you have the money

4. You will be able to create your own world in the game using a half-life \ quake editor

5. The game will be single and muti-player

6. The Demo wil be out in a few months

7. To help contact me by MSN or on the Abandonia irc channel

chickenman2005@hotmail.co.uk
:D

[punch999]

the main idea we are contimplating is a ancient roman theme which COULD include egypt and many other anchient roman countries

other ideas

1.instead of races we could have countries, romans are great smiths, egyptians are great rangers and so on..

2. player versus player would take place in the collisium and maybe some of the plains

We still need animators badly if you can help please tell chicken man

[punch999]

i would like to show you the first thing for the game that i made it is wonderful it is beutiful its A DOOR!!!!!!!!!!!

[Tulac]

In what did you make it? The texture looks non aligned a bit...

[punch999]

I used anim8or

[chickenman]

And here is my table and bowl.

[punch999]

cool not bad!! add a few fruits in maybe

[Tulac]

Also made in anim8or?

[chickenman]

Nope Blender (the best)
www.blender3d.org
:Titan:

[chickenman]

Now this one is so much better (i need to start a new topic for these)
:w00t:

[Fawfulhasfury]

I have blender, and am willing to do 3D modeling for your game. :) Sprites, worlds, and so on if you like. :)

[punch999]

So also we need people who do half life mapping for worlds that would be useful please contact chicken man if interested

[chickenman]

and quake mappers

[Danny252]

Ill write up some stuff for classes etc, for you guys to look at.

[chickenman]

Very good news i have Kosta may soon be joining the team
Also we now have a 24\7 working site at http://www29.websamba.com/abandonia_game/
:cheers:

[punch999]

im writing up some countries and classes too just for fun

[Shunk Eat Enemy]

:ot: hay its punch from da pit LOL

an abandonia fps rpg sounds good to me hehe

[punch999]

:ot: shunk i reccomend you dont spam and i really dont reccomend you say my site here its only going to get you in trouble

oh yes and i am still writing up classes and races

[chickenman]

He can say what he likes here ;)
- just don't go off topic to much.

[chickenman]

My CPU is very damaged so i won't be able to do much compileing at the moment i will have though a new computer by my birthday (July 22)

[Ioncannon]

Originally posted by chickenman@May 1 2005, 02:37 PM
4. You will be able to create your own world in the game using a half-life \ quake editor


I can map stuff in World Craft :D....

[chickenman]

Nice the more mappers the better contact me by MSN messenger, PM or email me.

[punch999]

i just bought counter strike it didnt come with a serial code so i need to find some way to crack it

damn i bought it from EBgames and it doesnt even include the damn serial

[Dino]

Originally posted by punch999@May 17 2005, 06:20 AM
i just bought counter strike it didnt come with a serial code so i need to find some way to crack it

damn i bought it from EBgames and it doesnt even include the damn serial
erm... wrong topic! or :ot: ... :crazy:

[Tulac]

Except if that Counter strike has some half-life mapping software included, then it's not so off-topic...

[punch999]

thats what i was getting at that the counterstrike and hl mapping

[NrmMyth]

What is the progress on the project?

[chickenman]

Going slow at the moment as i need more programmers, :ranting: but it is still going it just i need help and lot's of it.

@punch999 : Counter stike is a MOD for Half-life it's not a game you need Half-life to play it. :w00t:

[Data]

and got the source available so experienced programmers can take a look ?

[punch999]

yet it says HALF LIFE NOT NEEDED TO PLAY THIS on the box

[Tulac]

You used to need Half Life to play CS, that must be some STEAM deviation...

[Danny252]

I've never heard of CS needing HL... AFAIK it was always stand-alone...

[a1s]

Originally posted by punch999@May 19 2005, 09:08 PM
yet it says HALF LIFE NOT NEEDED TO PLAY THIS on the box
it doesn't realy need HL, to play it, just HLs engine, and that is packed with your CS. for the money it costs they might have included orginal half life as a bonus too... :angry:

[Tulac]

And as I was saying CS used to be/still is a mod for HL so when it firs came out you couldn't have bought it as a standalone...

[punch999]

its condition zero

oh and am i wrong to say this is dead?

[NrmMyth]

Is this alive, can we see the source?

[BeefontheBone]

CS started as a mod for halflife, then they got a deal with valve to make the massively mediocre CS:CZ which is standalone CS plus some terrible singleplayer, and CS:Source is the port of CS to the Source engine, and requires HL2 (it's included in your Steam download of HL2).

[chickenman]

oh sorry about that just got back from a 2 week holiday, yes this is still alive and no you cannot see the source code not yet ;)

[win98]

i can't belive you need half live to play other games that just sucks man

[win98]

o so it uses half lifes engine intresting

[Rav3n]

I created a logo Possibility and Sent it to you...I'll upload it here to get feedback...

This is only a possibility at the moment...Also I don't really know if Abandonia has any affiliation with this project, so the abandonia text can be removed at any time.

It was done at 72 DPI, this is the standard for web design, 300+ is used for printing/T-shirts Etc.

Cool, Can you not flood this topic with feedback, Just PM me with it...

Cheers

http://fs7.deviantart.com/i/2005/162/8/3/Abandonia_Game_Project_logo_by_Theclient.jpg

[win98]

i could be a tester and i could probably setup a yahoo email acount to use for trouble shooting in the game eg if the game has problems on some people's pc for some reason

[Danny252]

Im quite sure chickenman can handle his own email account.
not that I'd trust you with the password to my emails..

[Ioncannon]

The way retail CS worked was they took the CS MOD, and put it into a modified Half Life game. If I remeber correctly, the executable was hl.exe, proving that all CS retail was, was half-life sripped down, with counter-strike the mod, included in it. Now there is NO way to make this game based off of HL and be stand-alone, unless, you use the older WON version, strip it down to the main files, and put your game in it. Then distributing but this is considered illigel...

[chickenman]

Yes i think i can handle my own email account thank you, and yahoo sucks :ok:

[Yobor]

Has this gone anywhere? :blink:

[Shunk Eat Enemy]

wow 16 days with no updates sad i hate to see games die :cry:

[chickenman]

No I am still working on it (I am very busy)

[Yobor]

Well, could you maybe give us an update on progress? It looks VERY cool.

[chickenman]

Well for the moment it's on hold until i get a new computer which i will get (end of july to end of august) then i can get back to work on it :ok:

[troop18546]

Whoopee. :D But save the data on the project, cause ya never know whats gonna happen. Like the Dink Smallwood game - wasted... How sad... :cry:

[punch999]

Update This is dead

[chickenman]

indeed it is dead.