Zeitgeist is going down ... to the most famous, oldest underground network in the world.
Countless feet have roamed those marble floors since the middle of the 19th century, when the first tube lines were built; hundreds of movies and books tell stories about the events that happened down there.
The Zeitgeist tube system that works just like in real life can, in all modesty, be called a development milestone (at least for us since the weeks we've spent on it are over now :P).
It features 18 stations, each one with different levels and platforms, some of them with a ticket hall, ticket booths, and even shops.
There are three lines that will take you anywhere you want. We've built a dynamic system that works just like a tube system in real life to make Zeitgeist more immersive, so you actually have to study the tube map and change trains in order to get to your destination.
Richard Czerny's feet will soon get to touch those stairs and enter the trains that roll along their lines in real-time intervalls. After we've spent that mentioned good deal of time figuring out traveling concepts, custom tube lines for Zeitgeist's London and the technical background to make these things work, we're now able to present you some new media inspired by the 1930s (then ultra-modern) Piccadilly Station.
Expect the next updates to be more regular as we're now able to return to audio and visual work, with 66% of our developers having set-up their machines again after major PC crashes during october and many techincal issues having been dealt with.
Stay with us, we'll have some very exciting news for you in the coming weeks.
Sincerely,
the Zeitgeist Dev team
P.S.:
Along with this update, we're also going to fill up our ModDB download section a bit.
You will in short time notice that several wallpaper packs will be available for download - some of them brand new, others from our current collection on zeitgeist-thegame.com.
Also, we've been uploading a new version of the Piccadilly Circus scenario image to the front page - better lighting, more detail, different angle of view.
That is some impressive level design :D
AWESOME! The title of the post scared me! :D
very nice map shots! keep it up :D
This is brilliant. As always.
I still don't understand why you don't have more watchers.
we're quite happy with the amount of watchers compared to our total moddb profile visits ;) thanks for your support!
Scaring is our business!!!
We just thought it'd be a good idea to prepare all of you for the breathtaking twists & turns of the story before risking any medical conditions and lawsuits... ;).
Thanks for the positive feedback, I can assure you all that we're working 24/7 to get the framework for this game constructed as soon as humanly possible.
Like everyone else, the post in my updates stating "Zeitgeist is Going down" scared the HELL OUT OF ME. Anyways, after you nearly gave me a HEART ATTACK rofl I saw that this is going to be awesome.... I just cant wait to go into the London tube! Great job guys!
Amazing work, especially the second and last one.
"Zeitgeist is going down"
"WHAT?!!??"
"...to the most famous, oldest underground network in the world."
"Ohhhh you sneaky bastards!"
I think the indoor "Tube" areas would really benefit from having lots of advertising and city-based livelihood, so that they matched the intricately detailed outdoor city blocks you have created. The level of detail you have already achieved, while excellent, still makes the indoor areas seem somewhat staged...it's difficult to describe what is lacking.
Oh well. Excellent work so far. And very impressive travel system.
Hey :),
yeah, we haven't had too much time yet to work on nice overlays, decals etc. to make the areas below the ground look as gritty and realistic as those above.
But the idea was to give you an impression of the overall architecture and style those stations are going to get. :)
- Til
You're architecture is for the outside simply amazing
Have to admit I was worried you guys were closing shop as well. Great and beautiful level design as always.
That is some super kick *** mapping!
looks fantastic!!
You guys tricked me, and now I'm shocked twice!
To much datail Fantastic mapping.
Nice style.
That systems sounds interesting, I'm curious how it'll look like ingame. And how do you use it... but I'm looking forward to it cause you guys did a great job, anyways!
Oh thank god it's not dieing :D
That title worried me.
I hate you ^^
The underground looks fantastic. top notch mapping with some really high quality textures. keep up the good work!
And curse you for that misleading news post title.
agg make us think its dead u suck *** ! :)
looks sexy xD
How many of the 18 stations did you finish, yet?
Ahh I see what you did there! Oldest trick in the book. Yet another stunning and impressive update. Well done. Good day sir! *salutes*
Looks great but if you have ever been on the tube you'll know it aint this clean... and even in this alternate reality I doubt londners would keep it pristine :P
You're right, but it's a WIP. I'm currently working on decals to make it look dirty and gritty.
Late comment is late.
And this is looking awesome!!