Posts by zaphod

Quote from Thrik

Another pro-PC article. http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=160866

awesome article, I agree with it 100%

*edit* This part especially is something I have been talking about for the last few years as an area that PC games must embrace, and something that most cross platform "traditional" games are failing to do on the PC.

Quote

At its heart, he explains, is a shift from viewing games as a physical product, to viewing them as a service - something that is also happening in other entertainment media. Digital distribution is part of that; more fluid and varied forms of game development, with games that change and engage their communities of players over time, are another; as is, naturally, the persistence and subscription (or otherwise) revenues of MMO games. None of this is reflected in the sales charts analysts, executives - and gamers - obsess over.

Most all of the games I play were developed with a considerably smaller budget. I would wager that 75% of all the money they spend on those type of games go to developing bits I really don't care about.

Thanks for the confidence Furyo This has turned into the most personally important creative thing I have ever started, and I am going to use every bone in my body to make sure it gets finished the way we envision it.

here are some starfish on a sand dollar wheels for the pirate ship (or any kart)

[Blocked Image: http://myzerogear.com/starfish.png]

This morning I woke up and realized we had no 4th of July themed hat, so I took care of that

[Blocked Image: http://myzerogear.com/july.png]

Also, a very enthusiastic Zero Gear fan (ok, my wonderful girlfriend) decided to make an entirely physical version of our sock monkey character, complete with a Zero Gear butt-label! Awesome!!!

[Blocked Image: http://myzerogear.com/monkey1.jpg]

[Blocked Image: http://myzerogear.com/monkey2.jpg]

Have a happy and safe 4th of July everyone!

this thing was a royal pain to texture

[Blocked Image: http://myzerogear.com/shiptextured.jpg]

MAXIMUM UV SPACE

[Blocked Image: http://myzerogear.com/shipflat.jpg]

I wowed bic!!!!

:megamon: :megamon: :megamon:

I started this pirate ship kart last night, been unwrapping it all day.

[Blocked Image: http://myzerogear.com/pirateship.png]

I documented my workflow for making game items for the polycount guys, I figure people here might find it interesting too:

http://myzerogear.com/workflow/

here is the polycount thread where some people have already started making stuff (towards the end of the thread)

http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=50426

in that thread is also some downloads for reference models to make your own stuff. Here is something someone just made:

[Blocked Image: http://www.funkybunnies3d.com/Work/ZG_fishHat.jpg]

HYPNO-WHEELS!

[Blocked Image: http://myzerogear.com/hypnowheels.png]

yea, a pirate ship would be ace. I am not sure how the sail would work, you can't have it obscuring the view of the player. I find a lot of awesome ideas by looking up vinyl toys on flickr. Wouldn't it be awesome to have some Zero Gear vinyl toys! I wonder how much it would cost to have some made . . .

*edit*

SHOEWHEEL

[Blocked Image: http://myzerogear.com/shoewheel.png]

rollin' on dubs!

[Blocked Image: http://myzerogear.com/dubs.png]

lol, inspector gadget power-up?

those are cool plane models, I am not sure where I could use them at the moment.

need to do some wheels..

[Blocked Image: http://myzerogear.com/bottlecaps.png]

penny:

[Blocked Image: http://myzerogear.com/penny.png]

got some DJ cans goin

[Blocked Image: http://myzerogear.com/djcans.png]

engy helmet!

[Blocked Image: http://myzerogear.com/hardhat.png]

General Cap

[Blocked Image: http://myzerogear.com/generalcap.png]

yup, your face shows up inside

for some bizarre reason I have created a NimbleBit myspace page. Add us if you are the myspace type!

http://www.myspace.com/nimblebit

Also, a reminder that we also have a Zero Gear steam group - join up if you haven't already!

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/zerogear

finally figured out that the issues of that 3dWorld magazine come out an entire month behind the UK, so we won't get it here until next month.

anyway, lots of things done while mapcore has been down.

[Blocked Image: http://myzerogear.com/gumshoe.jpg]

[Blocked Image: http://myzerogear.com/acc006.png]

[Blocked Image: http://myzerogear.com/acc007.png]

[Blocked Image: http://myzerogear.com/acc008.png]

[Blocked Image: http://myzerogear.com/steamgoggles.png]

[Blocked Image: http://myzerogear.com/mohawk.png]

[Blocked Image: http://myzerogear.com/ballcap.png]

[Blocked Image: http://myzerogear.com/tvset.png]

Pior Oberson is the first person to make some custom content for Zero Gear! He has modeled a new character and hat for the game which I got into the engine today, check it out!

[Blocked Image: http://myzerogear.com/spacebunny.jpg]

[Blocked Image: http://myzerogear.com/spacebunny.png][Blocked Image: http://myzerogear.com/spacebunnyhelm.png]

here is a video of it in action -> http://vimeo.com/1220911

people on polycount are already making cool stuff for zero gear, check out this thread if you are interested:

http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=50426

awesome!! Is that the only mention or is there more to the article?

Quote from Bic-B@ll

the horizontal stripes are too perfect, they need to conform to the knitting better

the texture scaling on the tail looks weird

the mouth line should look more stitched in

sorry, cool though

yea, those are the same issues I have with it too. I will see how much I can fiddle with it when I prep it for the game, otherwise it will have to remain imperfect for time's sake.

whipped this guy up this morning:

[Blocked Image: http://myzerogear.com/sockmonkey.png]