Seriously, we thought the only people who could create such sound first-person shooting were Renegade Kid. But, homebrew creator Smea has gone ahead and disproved that notion with the tech demo you see in the video above. With some impressive lighting effects and a custom 3D collisions engine, you can bet we're impressed.
[Thanks, HBM!]
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9-05-2008 @ 7:23PM
jooozek said...
WHAT, that looks hilarous!
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9-05-2008 @ 8:10PM
Flagg said...
Quake 2
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9-05-2008 @ 8:34PM
Peter said...
That blaster looks suspiciously similar to the one from Quake II. Hmmm...
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9-06-2008 @ 3:01AM
SephFinale said...
It's a bit...dark. D;
I wonder if Valve will ever attempt a portable version of the Source engine... /hmm
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9-06-2008 @ 5:53AM
MagNet said...
Guys, the developer's name is Smealum, fix that. He's the one behind the Legion homebrew aswell, I've seen this footage a few days ago and I'd say that it might evolve into something nice.
Regarding the Q2's blaster, it's normal to use already existing assets when you're developing an engine.
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9-06-2008 @ 7:20AM
xcdjy said...
Look's pretty good. I've never played Quake, so I wouldn't know if it was a rip off or texture change or anything.
A bit jittery, though. That'd make me feel sick pretty quick lol :D.
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9-06-2008 @ 1:10PM
TX2 said...
Engines nice (Great even), but I'd get someone on the design and Textures. Even for a tech-demo that was unimpressive.
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9-06-2008 @ 1:16PM
Trouble said...
ha ha ha wouldthis homebrew genius be called John Carmack by anychance because thats obviously a tweaked Q2 base code there and more to the point there's much more interesting looking engines going for the DS I don't think Renegade Kid are in danger of being trumped yet. Just look at how sexy Moon looks.
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9-07-2008 @ 7:32AM
MagNet said...
How do you know it's a tweaked Q2 engine? By the gun? Don't be ridiculous.