Boarderless virtual worlds.
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 03:41 pm
Taken from new scientist:
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepe ... orlds.html
UPDATE:
turns out you can download an alpha demo, this one is only vehicles though.
http://www.crypticsea.com/anewzero/
For the full article and the video, check the link.A 3D video game that creates a virtual world on-the-fly could change how blockbuster shoot-'em-up titles are built.
Most video games today build a gaming environment for players by accessing a library of graphical objects and textures. Instead, A New Zero draws all its scenes and objects itself in real time, as well as simulating real-world physics. This means players are not limited by game design and can, as developer Alex Austin puts it, "jump through any window they want".
Austin says that the game started off as a less ambitious side project: a flight simulator. "I figured that since I didn't have an artist, I may as well try to do everything with code," he says.
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepe ... orlds.html
UPDATE:
turns out you can download an alpha demo, this one is only vehicles though.
http://www.crypticsea.com/anewzero/