There is a news article posted concerning video games and religious content written by Michael Thompson. He mentions my Torque built game Tribulation Knights, which has been in production forever. One of the main reasons I have changed the game design and content so many times is because of what's mentioned in this news article.

Author John E. Nelson Date 12/28/2009 (2:34 am) Comment 11 comments

I decided to try out Evolver.com and build a custom character model to be used in a new Torque 3D game. My goal is to base all my characters on real people so they do not have that generic look to them. So I used my female voice talent as a model, shot texture shots of her. I had tried using her texture on another model but it did not look like her, so I decided to use Evolver.com since they can customize the facial mesh to match your photos.

Author John E. Nelson Date 12/14/2009 (6:01 am) Comment 22 comments

Do you ever get that burnt out feeling when you are looking at the same game project for a very long time?

Author John E. Nelson Date 12/07/2009 (3:49 am) Comment 12 comments

I had been waiting for T3D to get out of beta before I started porting my assets, and my game code. Now with 1.0.1 out I have been diving into it. The results have been fantastic! Most of the work involved with porting has been changing little things, but there are many of these. The bigger pieces are coming along slower.

Author John E. Nelson Date 10/28/2009 (9:25 am) Comment 9 comments

Added hundreds of props, dozens of NPC's, and added new lighting. Hours and hours of work this month has paid off. I feel renewed by the results and very excited about finishing the game. Since last month I have been slowly converting all my prop models to the Torque DTS format.

Author John E. Nelson Date 02/24/2009 (3:52 am) Comment 7 comments

The game is in development still, and running on TGEA 1.7.1. As advancements are being made on it I thought I would show a little bit of video...

Author John E. Nelson Date 01/18/2009 (12:03 am) Comment 2 comments

As the game development progresses for Tribulation Knights I have received a few questions concerning what technology I am using. TGEA The engine is TGEA 1.7.1, and I have to say that it is...

Author John E. Nelson Date 11/03/2008 (9:10 pm) Comment 5 comments

I purchased the Green-Ear SDK product, and the 10 slots, which with the promotion is now 20 slots. The 20 slots can serve an online community of more than 700+ players according to the developers [i...

Author John E. Nelson Date 10/31/2008 (4:33 am) Comment 3 comments

The work on the interiors for Tribulation Knights are moving forward. The goal is to have a look that is very much in the traditon of Deus Ex. With that said, here are a few test shots. [image]...

Author John E. Nelson Date 04/22/2008 (7:14 pm) Comment 3 comments

The Tribulation Knights game has moved to the newest release of the TGEA engine. The previous 1.0.3 engine was giving us low frame rates on older cards, but that has since changed with the ...

Author John E. Nelson Date 04/14/2008 (6:29 pm) Comment 5 comments

Well here is a video of the engine testing we are doing right now with our game levels from Tribulation Knights. The new engine is much faster, and the game is running visibly better. See for yourse...

Author John E. Nelson Date 03/20/2008 (11:42 pm) Comment 12 comments

As mentioned before in a previous blog, we are taking advantage of the capabilities of TGEA to make the game look even better. Enormous advancements are being made daily. Here is the evil Enforcer ...

Author John E. Nelson Date 03/01/2008 (3:54 am) Comment 1 comments

We have been taking advantage of the capabilities of TGEA to make the game look even better. The goal today was to use an emissive texture on the main characters visor. It was successful...

Author John E. Nelson Date 02/23/2008 (6:13 am) Comment 7 comments

Well the word slipped out about which game I was porting to TGEA, so here is the information about it. I will start posting additional screen shots very soon. [image]http://gallery.atomicdesignlab....

Author John E. Nelson Date 02/19/2008 (6:39 pm) Comment 5 comments

Well I decided to use TGEA for a new prototype game, along with Faust Logic: AFX:CoreTech for TGEA. The combination of these products make my art assets sing. I am an experienced producer, and 3D Arti...

Author John E. Nelson Date 01/15/2008 (6:35 pm) Comment 1 comments