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Dualnames · Tue 28/06/2011 21:55:45

Indeed, Bwana looks amazing.

Calin Leafshade · Tue 28/06/2011 22:02:03

Your blog notes that you have made AGS 720p compatible.

Doesnt the license under which AGS was released require you to release those source changes to the public?

Dualnames · Tue 28/06/2011 22:28:35

Quote from: Calin Leafshade on Tue 28/06/2011 22:02:03
Your blog notes that you have made AGS 720p compatible.

Doesnt the license under which AGS was released require you to release those source changes to the public?

It doesn't say when. So he can release the game as a showcase and then release the Modified AGS Engine.

theo · Sun 03/07/2011 09:32:32

Armageddon: Hey thanks for the detailed feedback, it's appreciated! The model however is basically set in stone by now though. But we have done some hair-tweaks and worked on his pose to make it more curved etc. Don't worry about the jaggedness of his hair now, it's smoother once we do the real render. Also the lighting is still kind of lame.

mode7 and Dualnames: Thank you! We're very glad to have landed in a style so close to that which we had on the 2d characters. It's basically the same look, but with higher res and wayyyyyyyyyyyyy better animation

Calin: We certainly intend to release any line of code that may be of interest to other AGS developers. I need to warn you though, we are building everything very JDHD specific. As I hinted about earlier - we are not interested in any form of backward compatibility whatsoever. The only thing our new version of the AGS editor is built for, is loading and running JDHD, and the only purpose of our acwin.exe is to run JDHD at our desired resolution, with our desired settings.

Also, when I say 720p compatible, all I mean so far is that the editor works with a 720p game canvas and that we can initialize the game in 720p. This looks gorgeous on a widescreen monitor and works great, but since we still haven't had the time to implement any form of letterboxing, it's still all bonkers stretched on a 4:3 screen. But this will come in due time

So again, we will share all "tech" we develop for JDHD but I need to stress that it may be tricky for other developers to simply "one click" apply it to their own projects.

A peek into our awesome version of the AGS editor.

Igor Hardy · Sun 03/07/2011 11:18:49

Hey, great news about the 720p and Bwana's 3D model looks stunning and very close to the original.

I bet your biggest challenge will be using the 3D characters in the major cutscenes with all those close-ups and exaggerated facial expressions.

Daniel Thomas · Sun 03/07/2011 13:48:49

You guys are doing some amazing works!
The model looks great!

Darkdan · Sun 03/07/2011 19:12:08

Bwana looks great.

I was afraid of a loss of life by switching to 3D but the pose of that still image is very natural. :o

theo · Mon 11/07/2011 08:04:25

Ascovel: Yes, that will no doubts be a challenge! Thanks for cheering us on

zyndikate and Darkdan: Thank you! I'm glad I'm not the only one thinking that we are keeping this in style!

Btw, the custom resolution tech we've integrated in AGS can now be poked at by anyone who's interested, read more about that here.

theo · Sat 16/07/2011 19:54:28

Here's a fresh look at what Kito, our chunky sidekick looks like in 3D!

Hope you like how he came out. Also, check out the devblog to read up on some of the roots of the artwork in TJD!
I'm hoping to make a little series of posts about the artistic origins, and the one I posted yesterday, is the first of what will hopefully be a collection of such posts.

Note to moderators: I realize I should create a GIP thread for this instead. Will do so as soon as we have a couple of solid screens to decorate it with.

Armageddon · Sat 16/07/2011 20:32:55

Wow that looks better than Bwana! The skin could use a few more tones. And hit shirt doesn't look the same.

Kooky123 · Sun 17/07/2011 04:08:44

Long time lurker here! This game looks amazing!! :o

I really hope you can release the 720p for the community too, and that someone else here can re-integrate that to AGS so its available to everyone in a generic sense (and not just JDHD specific!).

Congrats, following WITH GREAT interest!! :o

Sughly · Sun 17/07/2011 08:16:49

As always Theo loving all the updates. Really can't wait to see how these new models look walking around in pretty 720p with all their funky new animations.

theo · Sun 17/07/2011 10:10:51

Armageddon: Yeah, I know he's a bit flat here. This is just a viewport look at Kito, and not a render. Once we put him in our render scene he'll get a wider range of lighting, I promise

Glad you like the look of him anyhow!

Kooky123: Thanks for the kind words! If you're a bit of a hacker, you can download the "custom resolution" version of AGS from: https://gitorious.org/skygoblinags/. Whether this stuff will ever become an official part of AGS though, is anybody's guess.

Sughly: I can promise you that it's looking great

I don't know if we'll be able to keep them all, but right now Bwana has over 10 different talk animations to act out his dialog with. It's awesome seeing him ooze of emotion that way! Only heavy part is actually implementing them all. There are SO MANY lines of dialog I feel faint just thinking about it, heh.