DigiPen Igneous Beta

New Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNWJKZUHFak&feature=channel_page

This is a video of a student game current in development called Igneous, which is a junior level game from DigiPen Institute of Technology

This build is completely different from our Alpha build. The game used to be focused on combat, with the player manipulating a bunch rocks that floated around him to destroy lava enemies. While the combat stuff was fun for what it was, we didn't think it would be good enough for our ambitions, so we scraped it. You can find a video of that build in my channel.

The direction we're taking it now is more run-for-your-life while lava and stuff tries to kills you (think Dino Run but in 3D with full-blown graphics and physics), but the overall concept remains the same, to escape from the volcano.

Anyway, we have a month left of work to do for the "Gold" release, which is the end of our current class, but we'll be working throughout the summer, up until November for a much more polished version to submit to IGF.

So let me know what you think!

BTW: This is just one successful run through. It normally takes quite a while for someone to actually make it to the end, this video just makes it look really easy =D.

More levels to come!

Team:
Ben Gable: Producer
Cameron Jacobson: Physics Programmer
Chris Howard: Graphics Programmer
Will Graham: Gameplay Programmer

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[dzeligman]

any chance the code would be open sourced?

[scspud]

sorry no

[Necrominator]

Oh great just another of those games .... imo pretty boring.

[scspud]

sorry... what type of games would "those" games be?

[Necrominator]

Rolling with some marble like object along some track - chased or not - looks pretty much the same - Marble Madness, Balance et cetera

[scspud]

fair enough, but I'd hope that our emphasis on physics would help us stand out a bit.

[gmrpg2]

Beautiful and fast paced. Very nice job. 

[JDoucette]

Seen this at GDC 2010... looks great. Good job guys!

[Lythenna]

Wow- I'm impressed! And I gotta say, I was getting concerned for that little ball of light! LOL Great job!

[ampsauce]

Awesome, this looks pretty cool! Good luck with the game can't wait to play it:D

[sasasasa34]

Yeah, really name one game like this!