Fallout-inspired gameplay trailer

Post by **King of Creation** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:47 am

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A story of two guys, a computer, and Fallout things:
<blockquote>
Dear Duck And Cover,

We are two guys who are making a Fallout-inspired game in our spare time.

We have uploaded the 9-minute intro+gameplay trailer to this location last night:
<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=LMAYQMuKUF0" target="_blank">http://youtube.com/watch?v=LMAYQMuKUF0</a>

Currently the project uses assets from Fallout: Tactics. Should that
not change before release, it will come with an installer upon release
that will require you to specify a location for FO:T data files.

In essense, that makes it akin to a really complex FO:T mod, implemented through a separate executable.

Thank you,

Aleksey.
</blockquote>UPDATE: <blockquote>
Hi guys,

Sorry we didn't supply the URL with the submission. It was in the video
info but not visible unless you click "More". Now corrected.

The game is called Shelter.

<a target="_blank" href="http://www.secondvarietygames.com/">htt ... es.com/</a>

We just have an FAQ at the moment, which we will keep updating as things go.

This project is written from scratch in Visual C and Direct3D 8, and uses Fallout Tactics assets.

Thank you,

Aleksey.
</blockquote>

popscythe · Post by **popscythe** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:58 am

Interesting.

Watching it kinda reminded me of why tactics sucks... But then again, these guys seem to have realized that and done their best to hook it up proper.

VasikkA · Post by **VasikkA** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 12:09 pm

Where did this come from? Apart from the lack of textures, this project looks better than anything Haris ever released.

PiP · Post by **PiP** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:49 pm

will keep an eye on this one

Dreadnought · Post by **Dreadnought** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:51 pm

What they said.

Thor Kaufman · Post by **Thor Kaufman** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:29 pm

I like the ambient music, very gut.
Also, the encounter note looks like a swastika ehue

shihonage · Post by **shihonage** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:51 pm

Oh man. I blame the compression artifacts

Youtube requires a crappy 320x240 WMV for best quality, to which we encoded the 720x480 source, and then it degrades that quality further by a factor of about 1.4 . Red colors always smear the most in video compression.

Redeye · Post by **Redeye** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 12:12 am

I wonder how they did the dialogue trees.

frissy · Post by **frissy** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 12:22 am

Intro...Aliens, aliens, aliens...tsk tsk...

As for style...never ever...ever fade to black without TEXT!!! HORROR!!!

As for the gameplay....not a bad idea. I like it. Of course the music you chose in the vid...it's not ARCANUM!!! M'KAY!! HORROR!!

POOPERSCOOPER · Post by **POOPERSCOOPER** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:19 am

Definitely looks better than I thought it would be but doesn't even touch the quality of wasteland mercs.

shihonage · Post by **shihonage** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 7:03 am

POOPERSCOOPER wrote:Definitely looks better than I thought it would be but doesn't even touch the quality of wasteland mercs.

Wasteland Mercs is a mod built on top of existing Fallout 2 engine's gameplay. Not quite the same.

Wolfman Walt · Post by **Wolfman Walt** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 7:07 am

You misunderstand. We just hate Haris and his shitty work. I think Pooper just mistyped.

POOPERSCOOPER · Post by **POOPERSCOOPER** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:29 pm

Ya, I'm just making fun of haris.

TelemachusSneezed · Post by **TelemachusSneezed** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:47 pm

I dig it, but there isn't enough different about this to make it more than a really hopped-up mod. There's lots of noticeable differences, but they're mostly superficial, not fundamental. I recommend replacing a lot of the sprites and textures with original artwork rather than reusing those from Fallout... then we'll talk.

ApTyp · Post by **ApTyp** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 7:56 pm

Frater Perdurabo · Post by **Frater Perdurabo** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 8:21 pm

TelemachusSneezed wrote:I dig it, but there isn't enough different about this to make it more than a really hopped-up mod. There's lots of noticeable differences, but they're mostly superficial, not fundamental. I recommend replacing a lot of the sprites and textures with original artwork rather than reusing those from Fallout... then we'll talk.

Who gives a fuck? The dialogues looked interesting enough, so I'd even play it even if it didn't have "OMG TAKE ALL BUTTON!!1!".

shihonage · Post by **shihonage** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:03 pm

I think you guys overestimate how close to release this game is. We haven't even started

FO1 inventory was clunky and we don't even know if we'll keep that screen. We'll certainly enhance its functionality, because navigating large amount of items has been a problem in FO.

Also the "this could as well be a mod" question is the first one in the FAQ.

entertainer · Post by **entertainer** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:07 pm

Do they treat you good at nma?

frissy · Post by **frissy** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 9:12 am

What! NMA would treat someone? I thought it was a tyranny of the few...

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 2:21 am

When is FMF coming out?