Destructo Bots Suggestions

One thing I have reservations about, given that it's primarily destined be a realtime multiplayer iOS/mobile app, is that everyone will be using Wifi or 3G connections when playing the game. Wouldn't latencies (lag) will be considerably higher than games usually designated for desktop PCs that are hooked up to routers via physical, wired LAN connections, like we're used to? RR lag on the PC can often be frustrating as it is.

True... but at least this does not use a wall and fence connection.  

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Game can be improved more later, that's right, but what you guys think about starting the advertise campaign? Let's say everyone makes 1 post in some other gaming forums or puts DB advertise on 1 free ad website each day...
Ad could include some images, link to these forums and destructobotschat.com
Whoever has good looking screenshots please share them for me, I've also seen some videos made so we can use them as well  

Advertise text I've made so far:
Are you into robotics? Can't afford or don't have knowledge to build one in real life?
Then these games are made for you! Multiplayer 3D action is just a download away! If you love shooters and robots, then why not combine both - GUNS & ROBOTS is what you should definetly try out.
Maybe you are more of a old Robot wars show fan, then DESTRUCTO BOTS is the one and only game made for you.
Build your war machine and prove yourself vs other online players, fight for glory and earn some credits to get new parts for your robot.

Distroyer2 wrote:

Game can be improved more later, that's right, but what you guys think about starting the advertise campaign? Let's say everyone makes 1 post in some other gaming forums or puts DB advertise on 1 free ad website each day...
Ad could include some images, link to these forums and destructobotschat.com
Whoever has good looking screenshots please share them for me, I've also seen some videos made so we can use them as well  

Advertise text I've made so far:
Are you into robotics? Can't afford or don't have knowledge to build one in real life?
Then these games are made for you! Multiplayer 3D action is just a download away! If you love shooters and robots, then why not combine both - GUNS & ROBOTS is what you should definetly try out.
Maybe you are more of a old Robot wars show fan, then DESTRUCTO BOTS is the one and only game made for you.
Build your war machine and prove yourself vs other online players, fight for glory and earn some credits to get new parts for your robot.

What you could do is make a small text to advertise robot games in general and then specify all the games underneath, mentioning the key features and providing a link. Makes it easier and more accessible.

example:

SLOGAN / SALES PITCH / GENERAL ROBOT STORY

GUNS & ROBOTS
Features
Link

DESTRUCTO BOTS
features
Link

MINICLIP ROBOT RAGE
Features
link (maybe you could make a cool: PLAY NOW button or link

TANKI ONLINE
Features
Link

FORUM
features
link

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DO YOU LIKE ROBOTICS ??

Look no further .. ! We are those die hard fans from day 1 and have gathered links to those little known and gruesome fun multiplayer robot games. Maybe you like fast paced action, battle machines built from scrap or custom paintjobs, it's all there .. So pick your pony and do battle in live action against people all over the world !

Okay, 2D4 I see your point, good advertise is gonna take some time to make, but I've made one fast flash file, haven't used the tool for a while, well in two words it wasn't that fast to make lol.... Text has moved to side at a point, but eh I don't wanna redo... also shut down button ain't working as it should, but that is funny  

Good idea Disty, but I'm not sure if all forums support flash files? I'll try to think up some good advertisement gimmicks in mah freezer time.

Well some forums might not support flash, and that's why we need to gather some cool screenshots, images that would attract people...My flash creation is just an example of what I thought our advertise should look like, you can get same effect by posting images and text, just lacking the animation part that way.

Another way to add my flash file is via iframe:

Code:

<iframe width="100%" height="250px" frameborder="0" src="http://rrfilestorage.webs.com/DB/db.htm"></iframe>

Nice Distroyer I think it looks good, and the peculiar english makes it look very authentic The first text is there a little too short to read and destructo bots still needs text ? Good work

iN GOD I TRUST,
I'd be happy for you to redesign the bot itself and an arena if your up to the challenge.
Just remember to try and keep the polys fairly low and that the bot should be paintable.
I also had an idea of perhaps having chassis+tower combos where they come as a unit?

I'd love to. Any chance I could get the raw file for the bot currently used (any one would do; small, medium, or large chassis) just to get an idea for what I'm working with?

Just for fun, from a while ago, using Max.



Not exactly low poly though!

OMG, that looks so BEAST!
But too many curves, if u wanted to paint that :p

thats awesome! maybe you should make the models instead  

spektral wrote:

Just for fun, from a while ago, using Max.



Not exactly low poly though!

Ha, that's a pretty crazy bot you got there  
Anyone can come up with stuff and if I feel it will match the game and improve it, I'll definitely use it.

Cool, I'll definitely work on something if I find the free time.

iN GOD I TRUST™ wrote:

thats awesome! maybe you should make the models instead  

Could always work together IGIT. Would be good to bounce various ideas off.

However, I think the bots you have in your sig already look ideal. They're low poly, modular (for adding towers etc.), sleek design, with funky modern colours. An evolution of the old bots we once knew.

My render was just me messing around with an earlier design, getting my head around 3D Max rather than fitting the design brief - the model isn't CPU friendly (it is high poly, metallic reflections, multiple light sources, normal/bump maps, etc.) and the style of the robot itself doesn't fit RR. I'm thinking you need a rough, industrial bot with attitude, or retro.

Draken, let us know what style you're aiming for.

Would be interesting to develop a console-quality game at some point, though, where you can throw everything at it - high poly meshes, quality textures/graphics, more complex interaction, etc.. Unity is capable of it, as is UDK. You don't necessarily need to stick to the graphical limitations that Adobe Shockwave imposed 10 years ago. I think people's expectations of graphics have increased massively since the original RR was released way back in 2004. Consoles aside, even smartphones have better specs than desktop PCs of that era.

spektral wrote:

iN GOD I TRUST™ wrote:

thats awesome! maybe you should make the models instead  

Could always work together IGIT. Would be good to bounce various ideas off.

However, I think the bots you have in your sig already look ideal. They're low poly, modular (for adding towers etc.), sleek design, with funky modern colours. An evolution of the old bots we once knew.

Would be interesting to develop a console-quality game at some point, though, where you can throw everything at it - high poly meshes, quality textures/graphics, more complex interaction, etc.. Unity is capable of it, as is UDK. You don't necessarily need to stick to the graphical limitations that Adobe Shockwave imposed 10 years ago. I think people's expectations of graphics have increased massively since the original RR was released way back in 2004. Consoles aside, even smartphones have better specs than desktop PCs of that era.

Sounds great and thanks for the complement! I'd love to see RR look as epic as it felt to play and it would be awesome to be a part of that.

I do agree that the devices have better capabilities than what I originally designed for. My initial thoughts when conceptualizing Destructo Bots was to have a completed unshaded world but I soon liked the idea of have shadows and lighting. I think going towards a game with sweet shadows, lighting and even reflections will make the game look awesome.
For anyone that wants to design the bots, here are my current models.
Blender files:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/s8seel4w17pga9o/body1.blend
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9neskdbixhwqdq4/body2.blend
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ld6hx9nx21jtxmk/body3.blend
FBX files:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yfy56vf12ryvehf/body1.fbx
https://www.dropbox.com/s/f31qne6bcfqf6x2/body2.fbx
https://www.dropbox.com/s/158kdkl9rx85pe2/body3.fbx
The wheel:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8i8dqs4p4n2gwgo/Wheel.fbx
The wheel skin (PSD):
https://www.dropbox.com/s/lzihk8fhvog7fdu/wheel.psd
The rooftop:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/b7qo2adpjv7zmfb/rooftop.blend
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8yhosegwu46k85c/rooftop.fbx

These files should give you an idea of scale/ratio to design to.
Also, here is a image with the rooftops layout:

can you make it browser based?

Browser based usually means more lag, but with game this small it might not be noticeable...
I don't think there's a way to host such content for free, and profit is not a 100% possibility...

Then also bandwidth limit comes in play...

he already got the server running.. so cant he host the client anywhere? it uses unity so works on browser with unity web player like the current robotrage

I don't know if any of you took my advertise campaign suggestion seriously, I am not sure how much I have achieved so far, got banned at least from 1 forums, and my posts got 30-over 100 views on others I checked...

Code:

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I've done some posts on gaming forums, well due to lack of time and incomplete advertise I've done less than 1 post a day...Indeed many forums block flash or even html completly, so as alternative we can go with 2D4's text and some print screens, here are ones I've made quickly:

Code:

http://i55.servimg.com/u/f55/14/10/26/20/inside10.jpg
http://i55.servimg.com/u/f55/14/10/26/20/guns_a10.jpg
http://i55.servimg.com/u/f55/14/10/26/20/gar_tr10.jpg
http://i55.servimg.com/u/f55/14/10/26/20/gar_ic10.png

http://i55.servimg.com/u/f55/14/10/26/20/destru10.jpg
http://i55.servimg.com/u/f55/14/10/26/20/destru11.jpg
http://i55.servimg.com/u/f55/14/10/26/20/db_ico10.png

2D4 wrote:

DO YOU LIKE ROBOTICS ??

Look no further .. ! We are those die hard fans from day 1 and have gathered links to those little known and gruesome fun multiplayer robot games. Maybe you like fast paced action, battle machines built from scrap or custom paintjobs, it's all there .. So pick your pony and do battle in live action against people all over the world !

I've invested in a new MacBook Pro in order to make my development faster. Devepment was painfully slow on my old MacBook.
My friend the graphic artist is extremely hard to get focused. He has only done some minor things to the concept since my last post, which I haven't even seen myself. I'll see if paying him hard cash (rather than a share) might make him go faster..

DrakenDevelopment wrote:

I've invested in a new MacBook Pro in order to make my development faster. Devepment was painfully slow on my old MacBook.
My friend the graphic artist is extremely hard to get focused. He has only done some minor things to the concept since my last post, which I haven't even seen myself. I'll see if paying him hard cash (rather than a share) might make him go faster..

gl with it all!