.kkrieger (from Krieger, German for warrior) is a first-person shooter computer game created by German demogroup .theprodukkt (a former subdivision of Farbrausch) which won first place in the 96k game competition at Breakpoint in April 2004. The game remains a beta version as of the start of 2010.
.kkrieger makes extensive use of procedural generation methods. Textures are stored via their creation history instead of a per-pixel basis, thus only requiring the history data and the generator code to be compiled into the executable, producing a relatively small file size. Meshes are created from basic solids such as boxes and cylinders, which are then deformed to achieve the desired shape - essentially a special way of box modeling. These two generation processes account for the extensive loading time of the game — all assets of the gameplay are reproduced during the loading phase.
The entire game uses only 97,280 bytes of disk space. In contrast, most modern first-person shooters fill one or more CDs or DVDs.[1] According to the developers, .kkrieger itself would take up around 200300 MB of space if it had been stored the conventional way.
The game music and sounds are produced by a multifunctional synthesizer called V2, which is fed a continuous stream of MIDI data. The synthesizer then produces the music in real time.
A single CD holds up to 700MB — over 7,000 times .kkrieger's size. Unreal Tournament 2004 for example, which typically comes on DVD, requires more than five gigabytes, which is more than 50,000 times the disk space in comparison. The game won two German game developer prizes at the Deutscher Entwicklerpreis in 2006, in Innovation and Advancement.
Too bad I get stuck near the end of this video. I'd have kept going and shown you the surprisingly good visuals ahead.
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@Balgorg The developper can't use good quality sound because it's frigging 97kb 3d fps shooter. They used a synthesizer that creates the sounds in real time.
plbuhler 4 months ago
PEW PEW PEW!
terminox 4 months ago
PEW PEW PEW!
terminox 4 months ago
It's incredible !
drytaffin 5 months ago
Who the fuck was that?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!
kygaaa 1 year ago
@ghostj1 You're a moron.
iexusuxei 1 year ago
That's awesome, how they made it, heavily op[timized, and really small size.
Jarek1909 1 year ago
My antivirus shows an error. Still I play this, by disabling it. Awesome!
ghostj1 1 year ago
@Balgorg Mainly, Farbrausch produces demos for competitions. Have a look at their web site at farbrausch . com.
volatilevoid 1 year ago
Very interesting game, although my pet parot could make better weapon sound effects.
Any idea what the developers went on to make next ?
Balgorg 1 year ago