Project Zaphod

[jacob_bald6225]

So I was playing around the Z axis filters and got this sort of thing working...

Anyone want to contribute ideas: Was thinking like a large sky fortress on an overworld. With clouds and stuff.

Right now I only quickly threw together a small gmap of levels from classic and angel clan in the sky.

Note: Sometimes my tiles seams pull apart in the video, it's a side effect of how this is accomplished.

[Tricxta]

Originally Posted by jacob_bald6225

So I was playing around the Z axis filters and got this sort of thing working...

Anyone want to contribute ideas: Was thinking like a large sky fortress on an overworld. With clouds and stuff.

Right now I only quickly threw together a small gmap of levels from classic and angel clan in the sky.

Note: Sometimes my tiles seams pull apart in the video, it's a side effect of how this is accomplished.

Wait a minute... that looks suspiciously similar to flying technology, what are all these stories I heard of such things never existing?
Regardless! I like the idea, and I'm really suprised someone hasn't already capitalised on it. Awesome job

[Gos_pira]

How was this achieved?

[smirt362]

Really cool

[Galdor]

O-M-G, first I was like "yeah I guess thats kinda cool", then *BAM! layer 2 appears* and I'm like

[DeCeaseD]

Seriously.. How the heck did you do this? o_O

[DustyPorViva]

I'm thinking maybe this was done using a similar method to how I was rendering gmaps with my Mode7(assuming this is actually being done in Graal)? Basically you prerender each level in the gmap(or in this case the surrounding 3 levels) on a DrawingPanel, then save the renders as images. From there you can stitch them together as individual levels.

[IzariusRyudo]

So it it two actual levels? When I'm up in the sky looking down, will I see players running around, or just the simple image of a gmap?

[Tim_Rocks]

Please let me see this in action for myself, looks awesome.

[papajchris]

photoshopped

[jacob_bald6225]

Originally Posted by papajchris

photoshopped

All done in paint.

[scriptless]

Originally Posted by IzariusRyudo

So it it two actual levels? When I'm up in the sky looking down, will I see players running around, or just the simple image of a gmap?

technically, that would be possible. and pretty cool. not sure if it would lag tho.

[DeCeaseD]

I get the feeling this is just stitched together screenshots.. ?

[Kamaeru]

I've been thinking about attempting to make a virtual boy game. This concept would rule.

[Tim_Rocks]

Originally Posted by DeCeaseD

I get the feeling this is just stitched together screenshots.. ?

Nah, do you remember how on some servers (n-pulse?) you can drive around remote control cars/planes and there's a screen limitation to how far you can be from your character. It looks like that in the video.. If that makes sense.