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garyopa
06-04-2012, 04:20 PM
Very early stage of development

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Stainless has released the first sneak peak video of the new Carmageddon: Reincarnation

As part of the #20 update of the Carmageddon: Reincarnation Kickstarter, Stainless wanted to show us how the game looks like.

Please nota that the video is from an early stage of the development and the game still shows the "Work in progress" signal.



Update #20: Just for YOU: A Little Bit of Work In Progress FOOTAGE!!

It stands to reason that the one thing you're DYING to see more than anything else is some more in-game progress footage. Now, we have serious reservations about revealing anything too early... As not everyone is going to judge "Work In Progress" as what it is. And this leads to misunderstanding, sometimes even anger, and that's how wars start. :)

BUT in the spirit of this campaign and the fantastic dedication, faith and impeccable judgement being demonstrated by you our fantastic FANS and BACKERS, we really felt duty-bound to do something. We want to give you all a further small sniff and taste of the current state of progress. And so, we cautiously present... A "Work In Progress” sneaky peek of the construction of Bleak City (City B)!

We're working our way around the original "Blood on the Rooftops" track, as a test-bed for prototyping and developing the game. It involves designing and building the level geometry, working out the ped tech, testing handling, collision shape mods, physics stuff, PUp ideas, etc. etc... Basically, this prototyping process enables us to write the WHOLE GAME, and have fun while we do it! :D It’s the same way that we developed the original game – as a constantly evolving prototype (based on a solid, written core design, of course!). The approach is: Get something up and playable as early as possible, then try stuff out!

This level teaser is intended only as a first impression of progress on the level construction for Carmageddon: Reincarnation. The vehicle, pedestrians their AI and their animations, plus the special effects, are ALL placeholder. The pedestrians in the clips we’ve edited together here were set up to be EXTRA easy to dismember (It’s a simple script editing job to set how well a ped holds together in an impact, again something that’ll be fun to MOD) because we thought it would be fun to spray plenty of blood about.

The level/game has NO optimisation of any kind yet, so EVERYTHING is being processed at ALL times - all the geometry, and around 1000 peds (hence the choppy framerate!). The level is in early/mid stage of construction, and so textures and detailing is missing, even from the more "finished" looking sections. And it goes without saying, In other words, IT'S EARLY DAYS!

More videos of development progress will be available to our Kickstarter VIPs in the dedicated area of the forums at carmageddon.com, once the campaign ends and the game development continues apace.

We hope you enjoy the little peek into progress. Over the coming weeks and months we look forward to sharing news and views of the progress with you, and hearing your comments and thoughts about it.

THANKS AGAIN for all your SUPPORT and BACKING, Kickstarter CarmaFans!


The Kickstarter project ends in two days but you still have time to join in as Backers and receive the game for free when released.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqwfGqwJlGo

NEWS SOURCE #1: Carmageddon Reincarnation (via) KickStarter (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stainlessgames/carmageddon-reincarnation/posts/240017)
NEWS SOURCE #2: Carmageddon (via) Official Site (http://www.carmageddon.com)

Our thanks to 'Kaos2K' for this news item!

Battlefield
06-04-2012, 06:09 PM
I really hope this is WIP, because otherwise its only a Carmageddon 1 in high-res..

They should have done it like Carma 2 instead...Carma 2 with improved GFX would be good enough for me.

If this is it, i wont rush out getting Carma 4. This is the biggest dissepointment at E3 i think.

Kaos2K
06-05-2012, 01:46 AM
This is not an E3 new :P. Stainless is not there :)

wewii
06-05-2012, 07:07 AM
WTF is this? a joke or something?

What is this, year 2000?

Horrible Horrible graphics.

Extremely lame map designs.

Game play style long outdated. GTA IV does a much better job at this game premise.

This game screams outdated BS. I don't understand what they are trying to show off.

Kaos2K
06-05-2012, 07:11 AM
WTF is this? a joke or something?

What is this, year 2000?

Horrible Horrible graphics.

Extremely lame map designs.

Game play style long outdated. GTA IV does a much better job at this game premise.

This game screams outdated BS. I don't understand what they are trying to show off.

Don't you read? This is a very early stage of development with any optimization! They are sharing this for the backers of the Kickstarter project to show that the thing is real.

iLLNESS
06-05-2012, 06:26 PM
this doesnt look too promising even in its early stages imo... the kickstarter project may be a decent deal, but i somehow doubt this will ever make it into the hands of the end user. atleast, as it should have been. odds are theyll end up with a buggy alpha once the company decides they won't do retail.

Battlefield
06-05-2012, 07:02 PM
Don't you read? This is a very early stage of development with any optimization! They are sharing this for the backers of the Kickstarter project to show that the thing is real.

This early stage is the same games which was released in 1996, but with filtering and higher res. This demo is nothing more than the 16 year old game.
If they are improving THIS engine, it wont be good. It was cool in 1996, but now? NOPE..To me it seems like they tricked the people who funded the game.

Carmageddon 2 was a near perfect game, and was miles better than the first.. Carma 2 is from 1998.. A HUGE improvement in 2 years, while its a degrade after 16 years.

I would rather play the original Carma 2 over this Carma 1 remake. Everyone who played both know that Carma 2 is by far the best.
Even Carma 3 is better than this Video.

Remember that they dont have long time to develop this game, and they are a small team...it smells **** already.

Kaos2K
06-06-2012, 01:46 AM
Yeah yeah... Wait for the finished game, then talk :)