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Well, I've been at work on a game called VIP, but just (finally) joined the forums.

Story: You are Tom "Tank" Martin, a former US marine now running an escort service. The mission is always the same: Get a VIP in a car to the Safe Zone. Of course, it ain't a pleasure cruise, and it always seems some darn terrorist cell is gunning for the guy, so it makes your job a tad more difficult.

Specs:
You can be in or out of the vehicle. (In the car or on foot.)
While in the car, you can operate a turret.

Strategy is going to be quite important in this game, so you can't exactly just run in without a plan. All the weapons will have real-life stopping power, so if you get shot once by a terrorist with a pistol 5 feet away from you, you will die.

Weapons: (This is a partial list.)

Knife

Pistols
- Beretta Cheetah
- USP .45
- Sig Sauer (Don't know what model... yet.)
- Walther P38

SMGS:
- MP5
- Mac 10

Assault/Machine Guns:
- M16
- AK-47

Rifles:
- M24 Sniper Rifle

Shotguns:
- Uh.. a shotgun.

Misc:
- Harpoon gun (I threw this in for fun.)
- Grenades
- RPG
- Grenade Launcher

The main thing about this game, the big thing, is that when faced with the choice between you and the car the terrorists will go for the car. If the car blows, the mission ends.

I will try to get some screens up, right now I'm on a wintel laptop.

Cheers,
Aaron

EDIT:
Holy crap! I just noticed how similar this was to this: http://wolfire.com/blackshades.html. Wow! Well, at least there is a difference because of the car.

Do you have any content to show us? Good ideas, but really it's best if you post content in the showcase.

I would, but I'm on my windows laptop. When I get home I'll post some pics from my Mac.

Sounds pretty cool, I'm looking forward to seeing some screens.

Sounds good.

About your weapon list though, PLEASE do not use the AK47 like every other person. Just because it's a popular weapon, doesn't mean it's going to be used just like any other gun, especially not by an ex-marine or bodyguard. Consider weapons like the G36C Assault Rifle, or the G3, or the M4-Carbine. Also, about SMG's, MAC-10s are done to death, try something interesting and good looking, like the UMP45 or even better the MP5k PDW.

For shotguns, the M4-Super90 is very good, as is a Mossberg or Remington-500(?). Be aware that some are semi-auto, and some are pump action, both with strengths and weaknesses.

For a nice look at some of these weapons, look up the names, also visit websites like Heckler and Koch, Colt, and whatever brand the weapons are.

Essentially, carefully select your weapons, don't have a generic armament like everybody else, do something unique!

Good luck!

EDIT: As a side note, if the enemies are using AK47s, that's fine, but it would not be a standard weapon for a security guard, or bodyguard.

Cool! This is different from Blackshades, don't worry. Blackshades is a game where you have to guard a VIP using a weapon, the ability to release your soul, and the ability to slow down time, AND the ability to travel backwards in time to fix your mistakes....
[EDIT]lol I just noticed that blackshades could be written BS. :P

Quote:As a side note, if the enemies are using AK47s, that's fine, but it would not be a standard weapon for a security guard, or bodyguard.

Yeah. The AK-47 will be the standard assault rifle for the terrorists, and the Mac 10 the standard smg.

Quote:lol I just noticed that blackshades could be written BS. :P

lol!

I will post some screens in a couple of minutes, I have to brighten them up in Photoshop.

Ok. Screenshots!

Nice. 8D
Some (helpful) criticism/suggestions:
Make a new window texture
Turn on ray tracing in the settings because the lighting will look entirely different with it on and you want to know what it will look like when someone turns it on
Make the hills SLIGHTLY smoother and fix the texture sizing
I'm guessing the interface will be changed?
Try using segment darkening. Double click a segment and you can change the brightness, that way you can make hard edges .
You can kinda see a squiggly black line on the rock texture, try cloning it out so it it's not so easy to notice that it tiles .

ccccc Wrote:Nice. 8D
Some (helpful) criticism/suggestions:
Make a new window texture
Turn on ray tracing in the settings because the lighting will look entirely different with it on and you want to know what it will look like when someone turns it on
Make the hills SLIGHTLY smoother and fix the texture sizing
I'm guessing the interface will be changed?
Try using segment darkening. Double click a segment and you can change the brightness, that way you can make hard edges .
You can kinda see a squiggly black line on the rock texture, try cloning it out so it it's not so easy to notice that it tiles .

1. Yeah. The current window texture sucks. I am working on a better one.
2. Ray tracing? Where is that. I didn't see it.
3. They are pretty smooth, but I will see if I can smooth the heightmap out some more.
4. Yeah, the UI will be changed. I'm holding off creating UI graphics until the game is mostly complete.
5. I'll try that. (I'm not in front of a Mac right now.)
6. I noticed that. I'm going to change it when I get back to my Mac.

Thanks for the crits!
Aaron

EDIT: I cannot find raytracing options anywhere. Is it in settings? I'm on a windows laptop with the latest windows build,(2.2) so that may be it.
EDIT AGAIN: Is it in the actual editor?