Various Attempts to Recreate System Shock 1

Anything gaming related that is not red and gooey goes in here.

Moderator: General Discussion Moderators

Post Reply
User avatar
BEAST
Zealot
Posts: 167
Joined: Tue Jun 16, 2009 05:59 am

Various Attempts to Recreate System Shock 1

Post by BEAST »

For awhile, I've been searching for an ideal engine to design a game in the vein of System Shock 1. I've tried getting the help of TTLG Forums and Strange Bedfellows, but those guys vary between helpful to hostile. I did come across some interesting links that might be interest to you guys.

First, there is the System Shock Hack Project, an unfinished reverse-engineering of System Shock's engine.

http://tsshp.sourceforge.net

They've been working on it since 2001, and I think the last update was 2008. It's very counterintuitive to work with, and I still don't know how to decipher it. I'm impressed with what was done so far (based upon screenshots), but I don't know how to get this working right. Especially when the latest release doesn't have a readme or the files on what to do.

Secondly, there's Revert3D.

http://revert3d.blogspot.com

This is incomplete, too. However, it's got a nice little tech demo to go along with it, and plays very nicely. Especially when you grab boxes and stack them to get to a difficult to reach area (a la Deus Ex). I don't know how to work around this engine either, especially when I was trying the editor. I'd like to see what this engine could do, but it seems like it's been halted due to whatever's going on in the creator's life.

And finally, there is this:

http://www.indiedb.com/games/citadel

This guy's managed to make enormous progress for a remake of System Shock on Unity, and it's open source.

I'm looking really forward to this project getting finished, and it might be what I'm looking for. Interestingly, the creator originally was doing this for Dark Places, but switched engines out of the need for more flexibility (and for more volunteers). It's showing more progress than the Citadel Conversion Project on TTLG Forums, which hasn't had an update for three years.

http://www.ttlg.com/FORUMS/showthread.php?t=127552

Anyway, I just thought these links would be of interest to my creative brethren.
Post Reply