48 hours - UberZombie [FINISHED]

[NecroDOME]

Its now 13:51, we gonna start on the idea! And post updates here :)

EDIT: 2:16: IT'S DONE!!!
if you downloaded it before 16:00, please download again, it has a level 7 fix!!

you can download it here
http://necrodome.homeftp.net/Project.nss?project=Game_Uber%20Zombie

Player 2 and 3 have joystick control!!!!

Gameplay movie

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[NecroDOME]

Its now 14:10

We gonna make a platformer with zombies (or something similar), lots of
zombies... (or something similar)...

and more zombies...

we gonna use our 3D engine: Necro3D (old version), however its full 2D (and maybe a 3D background)

[Zhooibaal]

14:31

The game will be presented in monochrome coloring (can that even be considered coloring?) with the exception of some colored elements to accentuate certain aspects like gunfire and blood and maybe some other things like special enemies.

[madwoody]

Ok, let me introduce myself. My name is Frank aka Mad Woody. You guys already know me from 2nd place award winning game .S.C.A.G. en last year I also worked on our 24h game Uber Fighter.

This year is already gonna be a disaster for me. I don't have my plug & play wireless shave device with me, so I'm gonna be furry at the and of this 48h :P

I'm also a little sick from last week (also in my head) but that can be positive :P

[NecroDOME]

im busy with the animation system for player/zombies

[Zhooibaal]

16:00
I'm working hard on the player animations

[madwoody]

16:02

Making editor and drinking beer. Just joking, drinkin water a coke :P

[Zhooibaal]

16:25
Player run animation is done, here is a gif animation.
http://necrodome.homeftp.net/zooi/uberzombie/player_run.gif

[arthurprs]

Wow Fast guys :shock:

[Zhooibaal]

17:55
Player animation is finished, now starting on enemy animation.

[Huehnerschaender]

Hehe... so it will be sideviewed like uber fighter?

Looking forward to seeing the first photos of your session (like the last one :) )

[NecroDOME]

19:19 :)

*burp*

lol :) thnx

I have a walking animation and a moving player!

EDIT: in-game that is...

[NecroDOME]

20:04...

k, its time to feed...

Just make taco's...

I'm DOUBLE JOE TIE EF, and I prove this message: TACO's RULE!!

[NecroDOME]

21:17

Done with dinner...,

starting to program again....

[Zhooibaal]

21:29

Development statistics
2.5 bottles of coke
1 glass of water
1 eskimoflip
3 bags of popcorn
3 trips to the men's room
58 pictures taken for animation
1 airstrike
1 head of lettace
1 cucumber
3 tomatos
8 tacos
500g of meat

[WILL]

:lol: No wonder there are zombies! You guys are making the dead hungry with all that food.

And welcome to PGD Zhooibaal! :D

We need a group picture or so before you guys are done btw. ;)

[Zhooibaal]

it's now 00:23 and all character animations are finished. The menu buttons are done as well.

Here are some pictures that were taken over the past few hours:
http://necrodome.homeftp.net/zooi/uberzombie/pgd/thumbs/01.jpg (http://necrodome.homeftp.net/zooi/uberzombie/pgd/01.jpg) http://necrodome.homeftp.net/zooi/uberzombie/pgd/thumbs/02.jpg (http://necrodome.homeftp.net/zooi/uberzombie/pgd/02.jpg) http://necrodome.homeftp.net/zooi/uberzombie/pgd/thumbs/03.jpg (http://necrodome.homeftp.net/zooi/uberzombie/pgd/03.jpg) http://necrodome.homeftp.net/zooi/uberzombie/pgd/thumbs/04.jpg (http://necrodome.homeftp.net/zooi/uberzombie/pgd/04.jpg) http://necrodome.homeftp.net/zooi/uberzombie/pgd/thumbs/05.jpg (http://necrodome.homeftp.net/zooi/uberzombie/pgd/05.jpg) http://necrodome.homeftp.net/zooi/uberzombie/pgd/thumbs/06.jpg (http://necrodome.homeftp.net/zooi/uberzombie/pgd/06.jpg) http://necrodome.homeftp.net/zooi/uberzombie/pgd/thumbs/07.jpg (http://necrodome.homeftp.net/zooi/uberzombie/pgd/07.jpg) http://necrodome.homeftp.net/zooi/uberzombie/pgd/thumbs/08.jpg (http://necrodome.homeftp.net/zooi/uberzombie/pgd/08.jpg) http://necrodome.homeftp.net/zooi/uberzombie/pgd/thumbs/09.jpg (http://necrodome.homeftp.net/zooi/uberzombie/pgd/09.jpg) http://necrodome.homeftp.net/zooi/uberzombie/pgd/thumbs/10.jpg (http://necrodome.homeftp.net/zooi/uberzombie/pgd/10.jpg) http://necrodome.homeftp.net/zooi/uberzombie/pgd/thumbs/11.jpg (http://necrodome.homeftp.net/zooi/uberzombie/pgd/11.jpg) http://necrodome.homeftp.net/zooi/uberzombie/pgd/thumbs/12.jpg (http://necrodome.homeftp.net/zooi/uberzombie/pgd/12.jpg)

[Robert Kosek]

Woo! Weed-whacker versus zombies!! :lol:

Go guys, go! I can't wait to try it out sometime tomorrow or Tuesday.

[Zhooibaal]

Sorry man, the wheat whacker is not an in game weapon... Only the base of the wheat whacker was used as the base of a heavy machine gun and it's actually a zombie that carries it :P

it's now 00:35... starting on music.

[Robert Kosek]

Whaa?! No way! Now I'm disappointed. :D I guess a HMG will do the trick though, if only I could wrench it out of the zombie's hands. (Stupid rigor mortis...)

[Traveler]

oh my,.. what are they feeding you guys?

Still looking forward to the endresult though :)

[arthurprs]

kkkkkk

You 3 in one house ?

[NecroDOME]

1:06

yeah, all 3 at my place

heres a screenie of our progress: (walking animation and collisions with gravity are working)

http://necrodome.homeftp.net/zooi/UberZombie/FirstTestjpg.jpg

[pstudio]

Looks cool and quite impressive for half a days work. Looking forward to see what you guys end up with.

[chronozphere]

Lookin awesome mate!! 8)

Can't wait for the results :wink:

[madwoody]

2:15 AM

Feeling like a zombie. Editor is almost done. Few minor tweaks will do the trick. Meanwhile our zombie cat is still sleeping and isn't bothering of the noise that we make :P

[arthurprs]

kkkkkk

You 3 in one house ?

[Robert Kosek]

yeah, all 3 at my place

[Zhooibaal]

3:02

I made a song using Modplug Tracker and it doesn't even suck completely and it lasts for nearly 3 minutes.

[arthurprs]

yeah, all 3 at my place

sorry did not see,

nice =]

I think its vry funny ;D

=( i don't have friends that know programming to make something similar

[NecroDOME]

k, yesterday (or I can better say, this day at 5:30), we decided to go to sleep for a while..., so now its 11:40 and time for breakfast (-fast... fast-food. break-speed :P , sorry, had a moment...)

[Huehnerschaender]

Go, guys, go!

The first screenshot looks like you were inspired by the zombie game "Last dawn" someone posted here... but it looks very cool! Are you using blur-shaders?

Keep us informed! I can hardly wait to see more :)

[Zhooibaal]

No, the engine has no shader support whatsoever, it's the same glow effect as it was implemented in SCAG.

[Zhooibaal]

Brace yourselves, it's 17:35 and here is the first in game video of ?úber Zombie.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJSPeLYl6Rk

[Legolas]

Very nice! :clap:

[Huehnerschaender]

Oh yeah, splatter time!! :)

Will I be able to jump and crouch, too? Will the levels take advantage of those things, like hiding behind a wall or something?

[WILL]

It's amazing how you guys pull this stuff off. :)

Looking good so far! ;)

[pstudio]

Love it. Just simply love it.

[arthurprs]

WOW BLOOD :!:

i liked :)

[NecroDOME]

22:14

2 new screenies:

http://necrodome.homeftp.net/zooi/uberzombie/Map1.jpg
http://necrodome.homeftp.net/zooi/uberzombie/Map2.jpg

[Huehnerschaender]

Cool cool cool!!! :)

Do I see 2 players shooting?????? :)

Great! A platformer :)

You should not call it ?úber Zombie, but LoadGunner!

It reminds me on Loadrunner :)

[NecroDOME]

Yes, its level 1 of load runner. I never played it, but the style seems to fit in.

Its 2 player shooting yes :). Player 1 is now green, player 2 blue (so you can actually see who is who). Zombies are still white. Also they sometimes attack each other.

Levels also rotate a bit according the distance between the players.

[pstudio]

It looks great, but from what I can see on the screenshots there doesn't seem to be a particular reasons for why I should believe that I'm fighting zombies and not humans. Besides zombies don't use weapons IMHO. They're just slowly walking up to you to suck your brain out.
But I'm not complaining. It's just a screenshot and it's amazing how far you've commed on so little time.

[Zhooibaal]

Zombies do actually use weapons, just look at George A. Romero's Land of the Dead.

[NecroDOME]

They shoot random, walk random, be random, be stupid, attack each other (and on the player if they are close) and never go down stairs. However these are not human. They walk retarded (like us, but we're beyond human).
However: heres a small game play video:

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[Huehnerschaender]

*lol*

You guys are crazy :)

Can't wait to give it a try tomorrow!!

[pstudio]

Can't wait to give it a try tomorrow!! Me too

I love the style :D
Great job so far.

[madwoody]

1:40

Time for a screenshot. Menu is almost done and we having alot of (zombie) fun :P

http://madwoody.gamesfm.nl/uberzombiemenu.jpg

[chronozphere]

haha...cool 8) looks very eh..... zombie-ish :lol:

What kind of font are you using for the title text?? :shock: It looks fantastic.

[Huehnerschaender]

51 minutes left! Any news?

[madwoody]

13:23

Almost finished. Making 1 and 3 player support :)

(chronozsphere: u27fog is the font i use :))

[NecroDOME]

yeah... almost finished...

We have now:
- 3 player support :P
- +6 maps
- lots of zombies and guts
and we also had some sleep

[Huehnerschaender]

9 minutes! :)

[NecroDOME]

k, we are delaying a bit

... we want to have 1 more level, thats almost finished...

EDIT:
Yeah, the code is fully functional, only one more map thats almost finished

[chronozphere]

9 minutes! Smile

I doubt it. Dutch time is GMT + 1, so i guess they have some more time left.
Correct me if am wrong :wink:

[madwoody]

Done :D

Download link will follow soon

[savage]

Great stuff guys. The youtube video looks really goood.

[Paizo]

guys, tell me if in future you'll have a trip around venice so i can offer u a beer :o

[NecroDOME]

guys, tell me if in future you'll have a trip around venice so i can offer u a beer Surprised

We will let you know!!

[Huehnerschaender]

I doubt it. Dutch time is GMT + 1, so i guess they have some more time left.
Correct me if am wrong :wink:


I "used" the forum time for my "calculation"... they posted the start at 12:51 :)

[NecroDOME]

FINISHED you can download it here

http://necrodome.homeftp.net/Project.nss?project=Game_Uber%20Zombie

Player 2 and 3 have joystick control!!!!

[Huehnerschaender]

Muhahahaha..... great job!

Some bugs left, but all in all a great job!

Is it intended that I cannot walk down the ladders, just upwards?
When I crouch I cannot stand up anymore... but the gunshots are at a height as if I am standing...

[NecroDOME]

Is it intended that I cannot walk down the ladders, just upwards?
That is correct


When I crouch I cannot stand up anymore... but the gunshots are at a height as if I am standing...
Works fine here :P

[chronozphere]

note for all vista users: This app needs admin priviledges.

Very nice work... very bloody :twisted:

I thought it wasn't a real challenge, but infact it is.
You need to plan your way through the level, and make good use of the ladders.
Its easy to shoot zombies that are walking towards you but, when they are at the floor above you (and its crowded with em), it's alot harder to kill them without getting killed yourself.

I keep dieing @ lvl 4... and im tired of playing 1, 2 and 3 over and over agian :doh:
(I want to cut the first three out :razz:)

[Zhooibaal]

note for all vista users: This app needs admin priviledges.
Both Woody and I use Vista and we don't need Admin privileges. It doesn't even ask me for elevated mode.

[chronozphere]

weird. :? When i just doubleclick on the icon, i just see a black window with background music.
When i execute it with admin priviledges, it runs like it should. :)

[NecroDOME]

OK, we fixed the final level. Now you can actually finish the game. Please download again from my website!!

[madwoody]

Also play it with 2 or 3 players. Really fun :)

[Zhooibaal]

Picture time!
http://necrodome.homeftp.net/zooi/uberzombie/pgd/meer/thumbs/01.jpg (http://necrodome.homeftp.net/zooi/uberzombie/pgd/meer/01.jpg)
http://necrodome.homeftp.net/zooi/uberzombie/pgd/meer/thumbs/02.jpg (http://necrodome.homeftp.net/zooi/uberzombie/pgd/meer/02.jpg)
http://necrodome.homeftp.net/zooi/uberzombie/pgd/meer/thumbs/03.jpg (http://necrodome.homeftp.net/zooi/uberzombie/pgd/meer/03.jpg)
http://necrodome.homeftp.net/zooi/uberzombie/pgd/meer/thumbs/04.jpg (http://necrodome.homeftp.net/zooi/uberzombie/pgd/meer/04.jpg)
http://necrodome.homeftp.net/zooi/uberzombie/pgd/meer/thumbs/05.jpg (http://necrodome.homeftp.net/zooi/uberzombie/pgd/meer/05.jpg)
http://necrodome.homeftp.net/zooi/uberzombie/pgd/meer/thumbs/06.jpg (http://necrodome.homeftp.net/zooi/uberzombie/pgd/meer/06.jpg)

[chronozphere]

alway's nice to see some pictures of the actual gamedev-team coding and having fun :razz:

[NecroDOME]

Well, I posted Uber Zombie @ GGE: http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/UberZombie

With this we proved you can make a fun game in 2 days!!

(pictures are taken after 48 hours with not much sleep)

[Huehnerschaender]

I wish I had some friends here which are also interested (and skilled) in making a quick game... I am sure I could do this, too... but alone and with my family in the neck its impossible for me I guess.... I think it's real fun to make such a session, isn't it?

[NecroDOME]

You only need a few gamers that can handle photoshop or paint and want to come over for a few hours (24+). Its really fun. We had a good laugh at the animation stuff and the blood that was spilled during testing session.

[madwoody]

and the cat that made weird noises. Well Michiel and Jens were making weird noises too! *burp*

[NecroDOME]

well, it has been a while since we made Uber Zombie, but still I play this game with some friends.
We also figured out that if you play trough the first time, the second is more easy as there are more zombies that also beat the shit out of each other. We played it trough till the 4th (so 4 times as many zombies, hell yeah I need a better PC) it's a piece of cake. We actually decided to just quit. we did not die :) .

Zhooibaal had his cellphone transformed in some kind of "uber zombie" phone. It look very cool. I still need to pimp my phone.

Anyways, we still have planes to make Uber Zombie 2. It should include more zombies and some kind of storyline and cool level flipping. Before we continue with this idea we first need time and I still need to find some time to finish my engine (or at least make something useful of it).