Homebrew Sonic 3D Homebrew Project

[Pendor]

We missed an awful lot of homebrew news this past week, what with the E3 Media & Business Summit demanding our complete attention, but we intend to amend all that over the next couple of days. First on our list: The Sonic 3D game project (no relation to the Sega hedgehog).

It's difficult enough for commercial developers to create a decent looking 3D game for the DS, imagine the challenges that come with homemade project! Admitting that he's neither an animator or artist, programmer Ritz used textures and model data from BioWare PC RPG Neverwinter Nights to put together this demo. Despite the distance fog, we're impressed with the smooth animation and the maneuverable camera!

According to Ritz, Sonic's features include skeletal animation, static and dynamic point lights, shadow volumes, skyboxes, picking, gravity, and object and environment collision detection. He also hopes to eventually include an "interactive 3d map builder for easy world creation and object and creature placement." Slick!

[Via DSFanboy]

I've just tested it and the final result is AMAZING.

Specially since it's homebrew and not something done with "official" developers tools.

Developer site/Download

 

[Pendor]

Oops. It was already posted.

Someone please close this thread. Or delete it or whatever.

Sorry about that.

 

[DivineZeus]

O_O incredible...

 

[Batman55]

I clicked this thinking Sonic Adventure had been ported to DS, but I'm not disappointed after watching that. It looks amazing!

 

[dinofan01]

Woo. I thought it was the hedgehog too but that looks great.

 

[monaug5]

The title is misleading though.

 

[Pendor]

The title is misleading though.

I thought the same thing the first time I've read it.

 

[GameSoul]

This is great! Like everyone else, I thought it was SEGA's Sonic. Did the creator make a storyline of some sort yet?

 

[Pioggia]

i downloaded this a few minutes ago, it's just neverwinter nights textures used on some kind of 3D DS hardware thingy which has a few animations
you can't really do anything but move and make a few actions

but it's pretty impressive anyway

 

[GameSoul]

I found a glitch, where if you go out into the purple field and turn around, everything disappears.

 

[VISHI SO FISHI]

Things i think he should add-

1. A good soundtrack and sounds..(SFX) too

2.A storyline

3. And more fighting moves would be good and many many more functions which i am sure he will add.


Just and idea--

I get a feeling that the upcoming Gta for ds might have graphics and layout textures like this game ...

And by the i was blown away from the graphics this game had if this game develops the developer might want to take it to the Nintendo officials and get a proper game done...

i surely will buy it!

 

[Hyperlisk_]

I found a glitch, where if you go out into the purple field and turn around, everything disappears.

That's not a glitch, that's called falling off the world...

 

[GameSoul]

I found a glitch, where if you go out into the purple field and turn around, everything disappears.

That's not a glitch, that's called falling off the world...

lol After falling off you can walk around in mid-air

 

[Pyrofyr]

Who said he was done?
Obviously he hasn't planned 'death' yet from falling off.

In any case, I wonder if he'll get this working as a full game eventually