Well I made it anyway :P, I hope this doesn't count as triple posting I don't know how to edit and upload, if that's even possible?
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This project is awesome.
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Hi, i have extracted models from the xbox version.. can you use them for the remake?? =D
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i could possibly use them as referense, im trying not to use any of OWI's own objects as I dont realy wanna risk any legal stuff with OWI. I feel like im risking it enough by just remaking the game.
thanks for the help tho nOWtun |
D0n't worry Nowtun, I dug out a lot of copyright stuff last year that protects game makers, you won't get in trouble for this.
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It's true he did. They're in .kf and .NIF formats there are also wav files which I presume are coded using XBADPCM I unfortunately can't play them. There is also a tonne of .dds textures as well. As proof I have saved one as a .jpeg and have attached it :P. You could always use the models if you can as a starting point eg adding more detail to the model so then it's not as much like the model from Munch's Oddysee. You could always ask Lorne Lanning on facebook what's acceptable, he may have an idea.
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http://www.oddworldforums.net/showth...861#post387861 The link to your left will guide you in your copyright paving.
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It still very much depends on what the actual copyright is and where you live as well though. Because isn't part of it do not reverse engineer this game. (Rigging the models would more than likely be counted.) Although I think that Oddworld being the company that they are, (about the little guy) wouldn't mind, so long as it isn't made for "Ground and mashed into little cakes. Scrabs destroyed for profit sakes." Sorry that came to mind when I was going to say profits sakes. But yeah free fan based game should be all good with them.
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hey thanks for all the info guys, really put my mind at ease :-)
i really dont want lorne and the gang commin down on me like a tonne of bricks, but i guess they wont now as i never planned on selling this... but a job offer would be nice tho lol |
You could email them? I think I might have the old oddworld email lying around somewhere
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i have their email addresses, i even have an old recomendation off a "Larry Shappiro" but I'm not sure if he's still with them as he only joined OWI in 2007/2008
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DUDE that would be awesome i checked the vids im so excited.
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Well trust me Nowtun, Lorne, if he ever saw this, would want love it to.
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22 September at 06:52 · # Lorne Lanning :-) 23 September at 07:20 · # nOWtun hey thanks for taking a look Lorne and Sherry, Ive been trying to show you this for a long time now. hope you like it :-) I would love to eventually work with you or the guys at JAW the idea is to make the entire (fan)game in 3D, so far I have... Zulag 1 pretty much completed. next will be Paramonia as it is one of my favourite areas of Oddworld and the area that I first started working on (I've binned many past attempts at this location but its proven to be a great learning experience for me). I have a BA Degree but I'm mostly self tought when it comes to CGI. nOWtunSee more 23 September at 08:22 · # Sherry McKenna Way cool!" Haha nOWtun did you forget about this, don't worry I'm no stalker I just remember seeing it when looking through Lorne's page. I put your user name because I wasn't sure if you wanted your real name on here. PS Nice tats :D |
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I havnt had any more replys since tho :-( but hopefully when i get rupturefarms finished I can show them the vid, we'll see what happens... |
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Good luck then, you could definitely be a game designer when your older! FO SHO
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You mean Nowtun? He's adult and he has children - he posted his photo on oddworld tatoo thread.
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ehem, he should be a deisgner
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I'm tryin... maybe i'll start my own company hehe :p
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That would be cool!
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@Parappa
do you still have the models? i'd like to have a look at them |
Munch's oddysee models
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/ogc2bt |
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First of all let me tell you that your project is looking great so far. I've always been a huge fan of oddworld. I played the first two games for the ps1 and, because of changing platform, wasn't able to play the xbox games. Recently, after my degree in advertising, I started to notice that what I really wanted all these years was to be part of the game industry, but in Portugal there is no such thing as an industry to turn to. So I've been trying to develop my skills in the areas I love - modeling, sculpting, etc and started to learn the unity and udk. The point of all this is to say that I'm trying to, in the next years, create a portfolio that covers the areas of the game industry and I was planning to make a prequel to the abe's oddysee game. Thing is I love the 2D game and was thinking going in that direction. I've had some ideias and I though about starting to write a script with the story and then move on to the development phase. Concept characters, modeling, etc. It's a not comercial objective, the full purpose is to create a rich portfolio and make something I really love. I have a few questions I would like to ask you: What is the game engine you've been using up so far, unity? Have you learned everything by yourself? Would you be interested (after finishing your project) in starting something from scratch? (It would be nice for experience to start something from ground zero I supose...) Well, that's it for now! Keep up the excelent work! |
Hell yeh Nowtnu where are you, I'm terrified you've given up!
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I was thinking about starting a company too xD but now that i think about it you'll need a lot of people, That's why I'm thinking about going to movie business first (3d movies like pixar but serious movies) Then with the team i have i will start a gaming company! and a good thing about it is that i live 2 hours away from the college that does that xD. I also wanted to tell u i downloaded a trial of zbrush and man the possibility u can do in there!
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It's a hard and time consuming job but the final output make every second worth it. Also, I would like to add that my main expertise right now is character concept (since my background has always been traditional illustration) and modeling. So if any of those might come in handy for this project, you can count me in. |
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This project is also mainly for portfolio purposes, I didnt really know what to put on a showreel so I just decided to just make oddworld (My original idea was to reconstruct Abe's Oddysee and Abe's Exoddus, but I dropped Exoddus as it was far to big a project for one person). As the project stands, it no longer has a game engine as I lost my programer last month, but we were using Unity engine, Ive had a short play with the engine but concentrated on modeling all the objects as this project eats up a lot of my time. I learnt the basics of 3D animation in University but I didnt really start to learn the real stuff untill I bought the software myself (Lightwave 9) so I guess I'm pretty much self tought and yes I would be interested in working on a brand new original project :-) :
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Just a quick WIP to show you that I'm still working on this.
It shows what the shadows will look like. Sneaky peak at Paramonia. I havn't placed most of the objects yet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf8BfNGC4zo nOWtun |
nowtun.... are you a god? =D =D =D
Amazing video! =) |
lol thanks man :-D
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Gorgeous. +rep.
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theres one more commin up later on today, just another test tho, not a final version. Just testing something new out to add to the level. |
My my, that's thirty times better than your original conception I saw almost a year back! I would bow to your awesome powers but God doesn't like that thing so enjoy an enormous virtual cookie on my tab!
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Awesome! I really like the trees :D
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*munches on virtual cookie |
If you EVER need beta testers, I will fucking kill for you!
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Heh, may I inquire as to how much you have done?
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Maybe about 1/3 of Paramonia is complete (not including the temple areas) Most of theobjects are usd in the first path (the path in the video) then reused again later eg the trees are just 3 objects (1 tree per object but of varying sizes just cloned and placed in the scene) the same goes for things like the wooden poles, I made one, then made 15 variations in sizes and width wich leaves me with 45 pieces of wood. I then construct each wooden structure with these pieces wich is a hell of a lot faster than making each one from scratch. Basicaly my plan for now is to make the first path of each area, then go from there. This way I get to see what each area will finaly look like sooner, get it all done much quicker and get the bulk of it done now so the final stages will be a breeze to make (in theory) aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllllll I need to do then is find a new programer thats up for the job, then we can get to the testing stage. by the way... just in case you might be thinking that I work slow, most of my time so far has been taken up by remaking the areas again and again, its taken me 6 attempts to make Paramonia to get to the final version that you will soon see. So I already have loads of stuff to add to the "Bonus Materials" lol Maybe i should do a Dev Diary like Gilrod... hmmm.... nOWtun EDIT: Here is a link to another test for paramonia. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9uX2GTRCfc (Saying its not uploaded yet, taking ages to process) |