Dead End

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Last year myself and some friends got together to make a short film. This film was called "Dead End" and was a "Film Noir" styled 3D animation. The basic story of the film was, a detective [Brock] is on the hunt for his lovers killer [it is a SHORT film ~1.30mins, not including creds]. Those involved were myself [Tim Kitevski], Daniel "Fin" Linigen and Richard Johnston. There were a few more people involved in the production but overall that was the main group that worked on the whole film. The time we had to make the whole film was 8 weeks, this included pre-production, production and post-production. What we ended with was a final product we were all quite pleased with, the sound [SFX, Foley] lacks in parts as that was the area where we had the least amount of time to work.

Report article Dead End - Some story and screenies

Today, we have 2 updates. Firstly Richard has decided to release some more story/gameplay information. Secondly I have some screenshots of some preliminary work that I have been doing on the police station. Please note that there is much to add to this. Consider these shots to be from pre pre pre alpha

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Today, we have 2 updates. Firstly Richard has decided to release some more story/gameplay information. Secondly I have some screenshots of some preliminary work that I have been doing on the police station.

Please note that there is much to add to this. Consider these shots to be from pre pre pre alpha stage. Most models that are present are either for testing purposes or temps for models to be added later.

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Chunky Apr 4 2007, 6:50pm says:

Quote: Here is what Richard had to say:Greetings. I’m writer/producer Richard Johnston for the project Dead End and today I’ll be running over some of the futures of the game and a little story.
The main character is Brock Flannigan, a detective for the local PD. Primarily you’ll play as Brock although the story is told through four other playable characters.The entire game is played out in black and white; we’re keeping all the visual elements of a true film noir.

We aim at crossing the lines of FPS and RPG with players being able to upgrade their detective skills. These skill points will be award as you play the game and depending on how you play the game will determine the type of skill points you collect. At the moment we have three groups: Good Cop, Neutral and Bad Cop. Playing down the path of Bad Cop will allow a player to accumulate Bad Cop skill points which in turn unlocks Bad Cop skills. Both types of points, Good and Bad, can be spent on the Neutral category that would provide the likes of agility, strength and stealth.Another advantage of the elements of RPG will include the option for players to follow leads and play them out in their own manner. Solving the case could come down to evidence you over looked or a witness you didn’t question.I’ve also put a great deal of time into character conversations and allowing players to choose what the character asks or responds with when interacting with NPC’s.

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Sigma Apr 5 2007, 3:05am says:

there are no shadows comming from the bars :p (third picture, first row)

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Superpiccolo Apr 5 2007, 3:27am says:

I placed everything low detail to start, then I build up to better quality (i.e. start all my models with no shadows then enable where needed, etc).

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cheeseyballz Apr 5 2007, 10:50am says:

They are a good start, but need some improved lighting and detail.

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BuZZeR Apr 5 2007, 1:26pm says:

Level enviroment must be like a backstage for the story. This rooms looks empty and boring. :( More details which can to tell more about game story needed!

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drhead Apr 5 2007, 2:50pm says:

Sorry this is very bad ...

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Superpiccolo Apr 5 2007, 7:47pm says:

I am quite aware of the crappiness of these shots. Like I said, these are very early in dev (these are from just a few hours of getting some basic layout).

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