The game (no name yet, "Babylon Project" is provisional) is a RPG ambiented in the ancient mesopotamian cultures. It is a fantasy, not historical, game. Is inspired by the stories of the Anunnakis in the ancient Sumer. The scenery is a map of 100 square kilometers including water. It's a multimision single player game, made with the Epic Games engine, UDK (Unreal Development Kit). And it's being developed in Spain. More info soon.
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I am working now on the new missions system. A long time ago I made one, but with time and changes in the code it no longer works correctly.
The old system had a fixed configuration for each step, with the necessary variables and references for each action it could take.
The new system does not have these variables, but uses an array of commands that are then interpreted as a simple scripting language. In this way it is much more flexible and it is easier to add new actions as needed.
The things you can do are the typical ones, go somewhere, look for an object, talk to someone, destroy someone, etc.
There is also a system by which you have to follow someone, who will travel a pre-established route, that NPC being able to do things like talking to the player along the way, stopping to talk to other NPCs, using objects, levers, chairs, etc. The mission can alternate between these modes (follow the NPC, the NPC follows you, etc).
A mission is typically a sequence of actions and conversations, and in this game there are no cinematics, so all those scenes are governed by code, which moves the characters, makes them speak, etc.
The result is a bit robotic and I am not very happy with it. I'm thinking of doing "jumps" that put the characters in the desired position and automate things like dialogues. It would be a kind of cinematic, but equally governed by code using the repertoire of animations available and not entire sequences of animations achieved with mocap, as in the big AAA games.
I have also done a "teleportation" to different places on the map available in each step of the mission. For example, if from one step to another you need to go to the other end of the island, you do not need to spend 20 minutes traveling to get there.
Remaining Issues: The NPC's obstacle avoidance system is still not working well. For example, when they follow a route, sometimes when they dodge another NPC that was passing by, they get into places where they cannot leave or find their way. That makes you unable to continue the mission.
When they move inside buildings it is even worse. So I have to find a solution to this.
There are also things where I don't know how to proceed. For example a typical mission, go to a fort and kill the boss.
What if before activating that mission I go to that fort and kill the boss? Shouldn't the boss appear until the mission is activated? Or if I kill him first, when the mission arrives could that step be skipped?
This is a problem that is going to happen a lot, missing NPCs that will not let the mission advance, and I do not know very well how they are solved in other games.
So here you have two images that have nothing to do with what I have written, but that are required to publish the article.
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News 3 commentsState of the game. this is a text that I put in the youtube account of the game. I reproduce it here:I will try to answer those who are asking about the...
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I am following the evolution of your project since 2017 and I agree, your project is amazing and it has the potential to be the best porn game
Hello! Do you realize that, with such body physics (female), your game will quickly become a porn game (there is currently a HUGE demand on this - u can see that Fallen Doll: Operation Lovecraft is about to be sold at $15m)? Your job on the physics is 100x better than most porn game atm. Just pointing out! If you are looking for more followers, I suggest writting a thread on f95 forum, the ppl there will see the potential immediatly! Take care and good luck :)
Do you think the game has potential?
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Hello man, it's me, Nidal from UDK Forums. I understand you brother, and I think Babylon Project is a very ambitious game, and one of the most amazing games made in UDK Engine. But as you know, you must promote your game more, and there is no way of doing it, except by hand, mouth to mouth marketing. You should post not only on UDK Engine Forums, but on as many forums you can. Look at my game, Fursan al-Aqsa (https://www.fursanaqsa.com/). It's not nearly professional as your game, and it also has many bugs, however, I made my game become very known on the web, specially because I submitted my game to thousands of indie games festivals this year. Many refused to showcase my game, because of it's political content, but even then, I never give up. I recently created a profile for my game on Tik Tok website, and it is becoming viral there. I think you should now give attention to promote your game on the web and social media.
Cheers.
Hi Nidal, I hope to be able to do all that soon, at the moment the game does not have a definitive name, nor a web page. I'll go a little further in development and when I'm close to having the demo, I'll seriously advertise it.
You are doing a great job with your game. Good luck too.
Thanks man, and I already finished my game's page on steam, now I will upload a brand new and updated demo, and make it go viral there, haha. I have great confidence that my game will be a great hit on steam. Also I can't wait to play your game, and see how you have done these amazing things in UDK Engine.
I will admit I'm one of many lurkers who check this page every year or so to see what progress has been made. Some of us have been visiting for a long time now, eagerly waiting for that demo to come out.
I think the fact of the matter speaks volumes to your sense of character though, Cobalt. Your desire for perfection is not unnoticed and if you do decide to create a Patreon page, you will have my support. Keep making your game the way you want it. We can wait.
Thanks for your support, I have plans to have a Patreon, but first I have to finish a lot of things to be able to offer a demo. I think it is the best option, to offer a demo and then accept help from those who want to see the game finished.
Will you be upgrading this game to at least Unreal Engine 4?
No, I would have to learn the new language for the code and the new engine methods, and remake everything from scratch.
And going to UE4 would not make sense if the graphics are not greatly improved, which means more work, more time, and surely it would be impossible for me to finish the project in a human life without help.