Sonic r255 Released - Best Looking DS Homebrew Game Yet ?

[sconethief]

Me want MORE!!!

 

[jgu1994]

r556 is out fyi

http://ritz.ca.googlepages.com/sonic_r256.zip

 

[vapour99]

somebody hire this guy now!

he did this alone?!?!?!? for a PROJECT?

it looks almost better then gamecock's dementium engine!

 

[Eternal Myst]

r556 is out fyi

http://ritz.ca.googlepages.com/sonic_r256.zip

Yeah I know, but it's not that much of a update to make a topic for.

 

[The Teej]

It scares me how someone this smart isn't already employed by Nintendo.

You'd be amazed how many post-graduate game students each year don't end up finding work for a year or more simply because they can't break in. This guy is probably in a similar situation (3D environments like this isn't childs play, rest assured), and so is using this as a means of getting his name out there.

 

[Xeijin]

Incredible. (for anyone mildly interested, the screenshot does not do this justice, download the demo now)

There are serious problems with Draw Distance however, even when going into houses there are draw distance problems, which shouldn't happen.

 

[Xeijin]

Oh my god. That's a Homebrew? other than the crappy font, I would have thought that was a commercial game.

The font (and associated text) is obviously just giving technical and debug information, I doubt it will be in any final product.

 

[test84]

Reminds me of Vampire: The masquerade - Redemption.

Very Impressive work BTW.

 

[SylvWolf]

Very nice, hope to see this advance into something great. If he released his source eventually, we would see so many more 3D homebrew games.

 

[Doomsday Forte]

Good lord. I watched just a little bit of the video and this is the most impressive 3D I've seen in anything non-commercial, and even then that looks pretty damn good compared against what you can go out and buy.

I don't care about the eventual size of the file, but if it can run that well for the finished product...I'm sold.

 

[Sweater Fish Del]

You'd be amazed how many post-graduate game students each year don't end up finding work for a year or more simply because they can't break in. This guy is probably in a similar situation (3D environments like this isn't childs play, rest assured), and so is using this as a means of getting his name out there.

According to the site, the author already has a job and is just doing this stuff as a hobby. Maybe he's looking to change jobs, I don't know, but I hope he's just doing it for fun. That would make it more likely that the project will get completed and become something really cool (whether that means a game or a tool for making games) rather than just remaining a promising demo. Of course, who knows how long it will take to be usable for others since it's just a hobby, but whatever.


...word is bondage...

 

[strata8]

There are serious problems with Draw Distance however, even when going into houses there are draw distance problems, which shouldn't happen.

Draw distance problems? I think he just uses fog to cover up the rendering of the outside world, but there was no seperate script for inside, so the fog still appears in the room.

 

[woland84]

After playing with it for a while I must say I'm impressed

. This really looks better then many commercial 3d games.

Lets hope author makes some game out of this project not just an engine.

Draw Distance is not such a big problem - on older platforms it looked worst. Plus you have to remember that DS is underpowered according to current standards and this is just a homebrew in early stage of development.

 

[Killermech]

I'm really impressed by this game so far. It has tons of potential to become something really great.
Here's another video of the gameplay

 

[Commander]

Simply amazing work, it was cool aswell that you can change who you control which was a nice feature which I discovered by fluke.

 

[xJonny]

Hopefully the creator turns this into a proper game. The whole 3d system looks amazing, but I don't see where this is going in terms of a game.

 

[Awdofgum]

Killermech, your video isn't working.

I really hope he adds some point to this game. It'd be a shame if the creator quits the project.

 

[Killermech]

Killermech, your video isn't working.

I really hope he adds some point to this game. It'd be a shame if the creator quits the project.

Weird, it's working over here.
Here's a direct link to it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlmfSEJwEeg

 

[Awdofgum]

Yeah it's working now, the url for it was http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=undefined
But now it works.

 

[jesterscourt]

Looking forward to see what the future progression of this project will be.