Ladies and gentlemen, let me proudly present to you; project DesertSand (code name). The game project DesertSand started at the beginning of the summer 2010 as a school project of 4 students in two Swedish gymnasium schools (its equal the oldest grade in an American high school).
Now, project DesertSand has evolved to a status of progress at 40%. And we feel that it’s time to reveal the project for critics. Let me present the concept;
Project DesertSand is a game project of FPS-type and takes the player on journey along with Swedish elite soldiers and their tasks in middle-east.
“Its presidential election and the time have come for voting. Military intelligence gets notified that voting stations in the city are under attack by ultranationalists and have killed numerous of civilians. Swedish special forces are put into action…”
The game project is thought to be commercial if we think the quality of the game is good enough. If so, the game will be sold at a very low cost.
Right now we are sitting on a very good template for the player and all interactions. We have designed an AI system that we think is good and we are right know finishing making all the levels and the music album for the game.
This project was planned to be beta ready at New Years Eve but due to delays we will need to push the demo day. The game is planned to be released the 21 February 2011 if no deadlines are broken.
The pictures below are at alpha-status and are not yet playable. In January/February 2011 we are planning to release an exclusive demo at this forum. People who register on our website (which we will announce later) will be part in election of beta-testers.
For you guys who wonder about performance; the game runs very good and of course at 60 FPS. The system we use for optimization tests has the following specs:
Intel Pentium D 2,8 GHz
Corsair 4GB 800Mhz
Nvidia Geforce 250 GTS (which is the same as the 9800 GTX)
Last and not least, you guys are all artist with good imagination. We are always looking for Easter egg ideas. If you got a little idea or a model that you think would fit into this project as an Easter egg and you are willing to give it away freely, please post the model or idea. It would be fun to have you guys being able to affect the outcome of the game.
If you want to participate in this project, feel free to email us at [email protected]. We are always looking for help that can contribute to a better game and happy players. We can only offer you a free example of the game as compensation.
This post will be updated weekly with more news.
Happy Blending!
/Alex
Project Leader
The Cube Team
