Hi all
I'm considering releasing a project on which I already worked hundreds of hours, because I'm not able to finish it alone and I know I wont have time to do all the work it needs.
I'll tell you a little bit about it. You can take a look at a video trailer here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5u98nBX8ZvQ
The project
Palyndrome Riding Simulator is meant to be a successor of Microprose GP500, a Riding game of 1998 which has still a huge community of players and content developers. In order to be successful at this, Palyndrome has to be:
...A simulator. Which means the performance of the bikes has to obey physics and dynamics and be as accurate and realistic as possible. It is not meant to be an arcade game.
..editable. Which means that players and developers must be able to create and convert new 3d models of bikes, tracks and riders, as well as textures, skins, physics, interfaces, etc. Is has to have all the conversion tools, as well.
..complete. Which means that it has to have all the common game modes such as online multiplayer, battle against the IA's, etc. It does not mean that the game has to be released with a lot of content, since the community (which already exists) is who will create that content.
...modern. Which means that has to have moderns graphics, effects, etc.
Current state
The project is already quite advanced. The physics engine has already a good base, and it is the most important and difficult part, and the one which has to make the game different. As you can see on the video, bikes perform well and realistically. There is still a lot of wok to do, but the project can be viable since the current level is already good.
The game is also editable already. A basic sound engine is also already working. There are basic graphics, and record saving. There are still a lot of things to begin, such as online functionality, IA's, etc...
Tools
The whole game is written on c++ on windows -however it is meant to be multi-platform.
The physics engine is coded using ODE for physics and a library of my own for the geometrical calculations.
The graphics are written with raw OpenGl and SDL.
The sound functions are written using OpenAl.
The input functions are based on SDL.
Next steps and what I need
-Optimize and organize the code and keep it gathered and clean. The project needs some kind of "project leader" which should do that. It should be somebody with experience on C/C++. (more than me, but that's easy! I know a couple of things abouth maths, physics and motorcycles, but could know more about coding...)
-Improving graphics. The project needs somebody expert in graphics, which helps us to port it to OGRE or a similar engine. The same can be said about sounds.
-Improving physics: I will do that. Some help would be welcome in this but It's not needed.
-Creating the IA's system. I will do that. Some help would be welcome in this but It's not needed.
-Creating the online system. The project needs somebody with experience on this field.
-Lots of other little (and not so little) things.
As you can see, I don't need betatesters, nor content creators. The GP500 comunity will do that,
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Where is the code?
It is not still released. As I said at the beginning, I am considering it. If I find people interested and I see it can be done, it will become an open source project. If I don't see it clear, then the project will stay kept in the closed for now.
So please, if you are interested, ask anything you need to know and tell me everything you think I have to know about you in order to decide.
Thank you for your attention, and sorry for my bad english!
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