Project War mod for Garry's Mod

Project War (working title) is a modern tactical infantry combat mod in initial development stages. The focus is on realistic movement, aiming, and weapons, medium to long distance combat, and tactical squad-based communication and objectives.

The concepts employed in this mod grow from years of not finding what I'm looking for in the games on the market. Mainstream shooters are fun for a while, but too chaotic and lacking in any realistic team-oriented gameplay. Purely realistic combat simulations typically have controls and learning curve issues making them suitable only for very patient hardcore fans.

Concepts, detailed in this document, include:

• Large, open maps, with well defined cover areas forming natural choke points
• Long distance battles focusing mainly on semi-auto rifle fire and suppression
• Realistic physics-based movement, aiming, and recoil mechanics
• AI-controlled units will fill out the battlefield and follow orders
• Players can switch consciousness to an AI unit in order to change roles as necessary
• Round-based format with respawns only by switching consciousness to a live unit
• Squad leader can create short-term orders on the fly which appear in a HUD
• Battlefield awareness through mini-map, HUD, and voice communication
• Players have persistent ranking which can go up and down based on performance
• Rank affects the ability of player to perform certain actions
• Commanders will strategically place initial spawn locations and support actions
• Wounded players may be knocked down and continue with physical limitations

My intention is to construct a realistic experience that feels right. Movement is fluid, weapons are handled realistically, and combat takes place over relatively long distances. Squad-based teamplay is critical, with suppressive fire and immediate "watch this area"-type objectives being important aspects of the gameplay.

As I am starting from Garry's Mod 10 Lua scripts, coding the core systems is well underway. I'm currently looking for content artists to build weapon models, sounds, and maps, and a group of testers to try out the gameplay concepts very soon. I expect to have a functional alpha for testing in a few weeks, and release a beta with some original content around February 2011.

Please email me at adamjmac@gmail.com to discuss further. I need a small skilled team of people passionate about this style of game to help spread out the workload. This is a compact mod that will be kept simple wherever possible. The emphasis is on the quick implementation of the core features that set it apart from other games.