While they each have their charm, Duke Nukem 3D feels like it has the most personality of the three. The interactivity of the world and and finding little hidden jokes makes it feel alive in a way the other two just don’t quite capture.

The humor in Duke is just more timeless. t’s cheesy, sure, but it never feels forced as it’s part of the character.

I was having a discussion with some friends and a question came up: what truly separates a boomer shooter from say…a modern shooter.

At first, this was easy. No regenerating health, no ADS, etc. Then they asked me this question: what about halo CE? Or F.E.A.R? What about games like CULTIC?

If I made a boomer shooter where all the guns had ADS but they also had alt fires, would that count? What about upgrades? What truly defines boomer shooters as a genre?

Do they have to follow old school design philosophies? Or can it take from newer genres (looter shooters, extraction shooters, etc).

Sup doods

I’ve been revisiting some of these old fps games that I either loved or never played before… I’m playing thru medal of honor allied assault right now after that I will do painkiller series but after that I’m not sure…

Can you guys give me some names of great and must play games, maybe I will see something I never heard before 🙂 or something I forgot about…

Thank you sir!

Over and out!

I’m considering playing the Outlaws remaster, but I’m concerned about its level design. I’m not a fan of wandering all over the place for hours looking for a nook or a switch I need to find to progress, which I spent a lot of time doing in Dark Forces. Is the level design in Outlaws similar to DF?

So I just really miss the Soldier of Fortune series so much lately because the games challenged the player to think strategically before jumping in.

Like for starters, saving was very limited because players could only save their game a few times during each level as the first two games were quite difficult as a result, so I was looking for a spiritual successor of sorts.

There’s Four Types: Wolflike, Doomlike, Quakelike, and Buildlike, but what about seriouslike?

Considering that this computer is pretty low-end I want to know, if I can get to run Ion Fury. Searching for the requirements I came across that: the minimum RAM is 1GB while the recommended is 2. That’s ok, this PC can handle it. However I want to know if this is 4 real… only 100MB are necessary?

Really? 4 this 2019 game you only need that amount? This shockes me because IIRC a game such as Half-Life is like a bit more of 500MB. If this is true, then that is a win for me. Oh, here’s the last thing…

The laptop’s CPU is an Intel Celeron N3450. I understand is not precisely one of the bests on the market. Will I still be able to run Ion Fury with it?

I’ve been pretty working on my computer science degree, so I’ve not had much time to work on the game. That aside, I have gotten some stuff done-

I re-wrote most of how bullets work, so now they can turn in the air and ricochet. There are some bugs to work out with how ricochet works along surfaces like curved arches, but other than that I’m quite happy with it. The shotgun now fires bullets that curve chaotically in the air like scraps of paper or coins, and are very likely to ricochet. Firing lots of bullets lags the game, I’ve gotta fix that.

I revised the dithering shader, as the old one only worked right when the game was 1920 pixels wide.

I also did some level design and designed several props. I’m getting the hang of certain engine features and an add-on, that together will let me design levels much faster than in Lunamarine 1, at the cost of arranging architecture and props on one or more grids, and not having overhanging terrain.

And lastly I designed and implemented a scripting language for handing dialogue. It’s pretty jank, but it’s better than what Toby Fox did, although it only has it’s most basic functions implemented currently. I expect the system to be pretty prominent in the game, as I want some RPG mechanics, like in Ashes Afterglow- and I want to show off the outfits I’ve been designing.

since there is some gzdoom/uzdoom mods and games that has some build engine vibes, so can gzdoom/uzdoom handle build engine’s features?