Left 4-bit Dead, Demake of the game "Left 4 Dead".
Hello everyone ! Before getting into the description, I would like to tell you a bit how the idea happenned.
A few months ago, like a lot of people, i bought a copy of L4D on Steam. I liked the game a lot ; however, as a linux user and a person who cares about open-source softwares I was worried about the fact that the game is currently not available on linux and will maybe one day the company won't bother about updating/supporting the game anymore (we all have a lot of old games in this case). Therefore began the idea of a remake that would be open-source and playable on a large range of devices.
At the same time I was really fascinated by one of Terry Cavanagh's (and Stephen Lavelle) games called Judith which use ultra-rudimentary technology to simulate a 3D environment à la Wolfenstein.
Then these two idea merged into one, why not making a demake of L4D ? With flat pixelated zombies and simple 3D maps like in Doom or Duke Nukem 3D.
If I was a bit more experienced, I would have started right away making this, however I'm a very beginner in computer programming so I need a little hand.
I have no screenshots or mockup to give yet, I just made a quick prototype with my cousin (who is an engineer in computer... stuffs.. anyway he is a good coder) last week using Ogre3D and QT4 in order to teach me a bit of C++.
Code is available at http://www.assembla.com/code/QtOgre/subversion/nodes if you want to check it out (however it won't be used at all as the base of the project).
Here are the goals of the project
[*]The game will be open-source (license GPLv3 + considered as a postcardware... cause I like postcards)
[*]The game has to be insanely portable. See how ScummVM is portable ? Try to think in the same direction. (Yes, that's hard)
[*]The game have to be light and less ressources hungry as possible.
[*]The game will be coded in C/C++
... (list to improve, your suggestions are welcome)
The project is now at state -1, meaning that your ideas and suggestions are welcome but the coding itself is not yet started. I'm looking, for now, for a coder (or a bit more) to start making a prototype of the project.
Please keep in mind that I'm a very beginner so if you are an experienced coder, this it probably not the project you want to join right in the first place.
Thank you very much for your interest !