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Old 01-19-2008, 12:38 AM
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Default Preview: Off-Road Velociraptor Safari

We just capped a trailer for our next 3D web game, Off-Road Velociraptor Safari, in which you hunt raptors in an off-road jeep. We're at 8 weeks of development and sneaking it out the door sometime next week. Enjoy!

Embedded flash video at http://www.raptorsafari.com/
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Old 01-19-2008, 01:22 AM
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but that's crual.... honestly it hurt to look at the poor animals being hit buy the car and hook.

Having saying that, cool engine.

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Old 01-19-2008, 02:08 AM
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Cool looking game. Can't wait to try it.
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Old 01-19-2008, 04:45 AM
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Deliciously quirky.

You know, if it proves to be a big hit, you could do a whole series of Velociraptor-themed games across different genres. How about a defensive building game?
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Old 01-19-2008, 05:24 AM
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Very nice animations!
The jeep seems to need a little more work but the raptors are very impressive.

BTW, If you see an small dino with a white t-shirt do not hit him
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Old 01-19-2008, 06:21 AM
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Nice Physics and animation response to physics.
You may have some objections from "cat people"
Unless those are terminator velociraptors from
the future bent on destroying Sarah Conors son.
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Old 01-19-2008, 09:32 AM
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Well, at least it's a vicious extinct predator, right?

I think it's awesome. Hilariously weird idea.
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Old 01-19-2008, 09:50 AM
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The game is actually balanced between stunt scoring (jumps, two-wheel, etc) and hunting the raptors. We never tell the player to kill anything, except for the obvious point bonuses when you do. So the onus is kind of on them. Plus, look who's driving; maybe the raptors aren't so innocent after all:



The engine is Unity, btw.
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Old 01-19-2008, 11:48 AM
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LOL
I bet he eats cats with salsa
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Old 01-19-2008, 12:50 PM
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The Unity engine looks really nice. How is it to work with?
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Old 01-19-2008, 01:03 PM
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what now velociraptors have feathers... Steven will have to redo the jurrasic park I think.. and put big chicken instead of T-rex..

by the way, maybe it would feel way cooler to me if I was hunting velocieas but big t-rexes would be chasing me from time to time.. so that it get's some balance in fair department...
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Old 01-19-2008, 03:59 PM
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Is he.... is he wearing a monocle?

Oh, man, the TIGsource crowd are going to go wild.
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Old 01-19-2008, 04:17 PM
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Looks fun, nice job (8 weeks? yikes... I am so inefficient).
BTW, have you perhaps had a bad safari experience at some point?
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Old 01-20-2008, 01:52 AM
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Neat theme and idea, however it looked like it needs more feedback when you hit that dinosaur or do some kind of stunt. Small text and points in the top right of the screen is not enough. If you decided to go with violent theme why don't you add blood and gore? Or at least some flashes and splashes when you hit em.

Oh and I hated music BTW.
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Old 01-20-2008, 03:03 AM
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You're one of the most productive Unity devs I've ever seen! I've bought it last summer but didn't manage to create anything yet
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Old 01-21-2008, 06:40 AM
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Killer, LMAO.

I guess it's ok that it's hot raptor on raptor action!
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Old 01-24-2008, 12:53 AM
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The game looks cool
I added a news item on our site about it, here:
http://www.gamemints.com/Off-Road%20...w/news-29.html
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Old 01-24-2008, 02:38 AM
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Looking good. It's nice to see something this original and creative coming from a fellow Phoenician.
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Old 01-24-2008, 06:48 AM
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hey, that's awesome. did you guys write your own engine? the movie looks a lot like TGE.
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