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This video is basically a "first look" at Obsidian's successful Kickstarter, Project Eternity. The fact that this is all 2D is extremely impressive.
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Honestly I'm not impressed. Looks like 10 year old tech at best. Sorry but they have been using 3D rendering of stuff like that since Diablo 2... Ok he wants to do it in 2D... sorry sprites don't impress me. Even if it's generating the "2D" textures on the fly based on mappings... As for "Low system requirements" all you are doing with 2D mappings is moving the work load off the graphics card back to the CPU... What are we in the 90s
Yes I loved all the old RPG, I ordered and played the new baldors gate... That said, the tech is so documented and what not that it's really nothing to write about. Show me story elements, show me large scale transfer-less scenes. Show me a reason to want to play the game.... not 10 year old+ tech.
Soo stoked for this. Funny though, when I first heard 2D I thought of side scrolling Mario type game.
I also think this type of engine would run on any tablet, smart phone and laptops. even underpowered mac devices... so I can see where this is going.
looks good IMO, but graphics for games like this are like 10% of the fun of it... let's hope the rest is just as good though
...isn't it embarrassing for an established game developer to be on Kickstarter?
Looks great. As others have said, though, not 2D.
It has an X Y and Z axis, thus it is 3 dimensional. I wish people would quit putting a grey area where there isn't. Why developers seem intent on calling a Different view perspective as different dimensions is beyond me. It just continues to irritate the piss out of me how badly dimensional labeling is abused in media.
...isn't it embarrassing for an established game developer to be on Kickstarter?
...isn't it embarrassing for an established game developer to be on Kickstarter?
I wish people would quit putting a grey area where there isn't.
I just felt like clarifying that since marketing has tried so very hard to convince people that the last option is 3d, when all it is in fact is just adding additional Depth of field by tricking your eyes with an additional layer.
...isn't it embarrassing for an established game developer to be on Kickstarter?
Kickstarter isn't about promoting small new unknown underground indie dev. It's about crowd funding, and regardless of whether you are new or already established, you need funding.
In fact, since the users will be funding a project before it begin, people would tend to fund something by people who have already proven what they are capable of, rather than some unknown new dev.