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Are Levels Really Necessary?
In a post entitled Loading Screens: A Waste Of Time? Leon said; “it’s even nice to have small break between all the action.” I disagreed because I feel that’s the job of the developer but it got me thinking about the flow of levels and the constraints of a game engine. Let me explain.
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Loading Screens – A Waste of Time?
Introduction I’ve been meaning to write about this for a while but keep forgetting! As games get more and more graphic-card demanding the loads times seems to be ever increasing.
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Lost Coast Sequel Ideas
Introduction For some strange reason I started thinking about the old fisherman character in The Lost Coast and I thought that he might make an interesting character to make a mod around. Below you will find a couple of skeleton ideas for some mods.
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eXterminate
About eXterminate is a FPS type mod in pure kill-everything-that-moves style. I’ts very similiar to the classical game Phobia II, with the exact same same point: Kill as many things as possible before you die. Reader Recommendations Avoid It! Think Twice Maybe Play It Later Play It Now! 2 recommendations, average score: 5 (out of… Read More
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Be A Rebel: Level 2
About After falling into the abandoned underground (yes you could not tell what is was where is finished) You kinda lost all all of your weapons execpt for your trusty crowbar. Get through the underground and back up to the surface to back up your buddies. Reader Recommendations Avoid It! Think Twice Maybe Play It… Read More
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Be A Rebel: Level 1
About You are one of the citizens who did his best to put up with the combine until they decided to set your flat on fire.You have had enough and once you escape you soon learn many other citizens are also fed up and are fighting back.In this level you escape from your flat work… Read More
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Truly Unique Games
Introduction Everything mass-produce is simply a replica. Just a copy, an almost perfect copy of a prototype. It does its job and we forget it. What makes something that is hand-made different? The fact that each one is slightly different. That’s the basis of the world of art. A painting, sculpture, concerts and plays are… Read More
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Xen Forces: Breath of Xen
About The main hero (Jack Whyton) is a prisoner, who escaped from prison together with others. But on the second day their hideout was already attacked by cops. Jack managed to escape from the police. But he didn’t know that he is the subject of a very dangerous experiment and that some kind of Xen… Read More
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Source Comment System Ideas
Introduction For those that don’t know (is that possible?) the Source engine used to power Half-Life 2 and a number of other games include the ability for developers to insert comments anywhere within the game. This allows them to discuss certain design features, gameplay decisions etc. It’s a great idea but one that I believe… Read More