Article: Making of Ignite, a racing game, using Blender

[endi]

I have made an article about our game "Ignite". Ignite is a commercial racing game that our team developed (pc platform).

You can find informations about the developing and the contents of the game.
You can find screenshots and some interesting images.

So the link: http://etyekfilm.hu/makingofignite/

[seanser]

You seem to have achieved a great deal considering the time frame and the number of people working on the project. All of the 3d elements look very professional and the graphics overall look very good. I liked the intro video, was it rendered in BI?

It was also interesting to read the break down of all of the assets created. My only concern would be the competition from the large game companies with those established racing game franchises that we all know. Out of curiosity what will your game offer that is different to others in the genre, will it be less expensive, is there going to be online racing options etc? I suppose the ability to target the large blender market in some way would be one advantage that you have.

In terms of blender usage in professional development this does look like its on track to be the most successful so far.

[popski]

Congratulations Endi! Looks great!

Hmm, I can see that you just can't stop to talk about 3DS MAX...

[modelar]

Looking great. A gameplay video would be nice!

[mikahl]

Interesting article. Good looking stuff, too.

[nowherebrain]

very good work.

[RobCozzens]

It looks fantastic! I'm surprised you were able to make it with Blender's bad bad interface ;-).

[aermartin]

Cool work ! really awesome artwork, ... and it was done with blender ! ;D
your game engine looks nice to, can't your programmers have a look at the BGE code ? ;D and contribute ?? ^^

[jcode]

Very impressive project. I really liked that spark plug vid, had to go up and read everything on the page to make sure it was really blender.
JF

[The Verb]

Great work endi, the game looks excellent.
EDIT: And there's car damage as well, Awesome!

[endi]

Originally Posted by The Verb Great work endi, the game looks excellent. EDIT: And there's car damage as well, Awesome!

Car damage is tricky. We use only a "damage normalmap" texture on the cars. At the collide point we blend this normal map to the car material (per vertex).
The damage normalmap was rendered from a sculpted model, that I sculpt in Blender of course.

[Minifig]

Wow!
Looking amazing!
Sweet video as well

[JESUSFRK14]

Wow, this looks awesome! Let us know when it's released!

[matos]

so, how did u apply the normalmaps in MAX?

[endi]

Originally Posted by seanser I liked the intro video, was it rendered in BI?

Yes, I made it in 10 hours. With render.

[endi]

Originally Posted by seanser Out of curiosity what will your game offer that is different to others in the genre, will it be less expensive, is there going to be online racing options etc?

I dont have experience with racing games, so I dont know. I only make the graphics.

[Bliz]

I too like the look of the intro movie.
Endi, can you say how the grey, gritty floor was made? Is it displacement, dupliverts, or both?

[effstops]

Looks very cool! Love the intro. Endi, what render engine did you use?

[andycircus]

I still say durian should have a game also.
I've been putting off learning how to link things properly,
but that looks like the way to go, because of the logic bricks...
Even though you're not using blenders engine, you sold me on getting used to linking

[endi]

Originally Posted by Bliz I too like the look of the intro movie. Endi, can you say how the grey, gritty floor was made? Is it displacement, dupliverts, or both?

Simple displacement.