December 31, 2009

COOP or DIE 2: 2009 prototype

The last 6 months have been devoted to the coopordie2 prototype. The news for this period is directly available on the 2009 prototype sub-site. The development was sliced into "sprints" inspired by the Scrum methodology. Each sprint is a session of 2 or 3 weeks focused on a sub set of features.

• 2009-07-30 - (Sprint #2) - Fight the mutants
• 2009-09-02 - (Sprint #3) - Moving the acid sea
• 2009-09-29 - (Sprint #4) - Mine shaft and mutant basic AI
• 2009-10-21 - (Sprint #5) - Mutant basic AI
• 2009-11-24 - (Sprint #6) - Re-organization + main character enhancement
• 2010-01-13 - (Sprint #7 updated) - Main character animation + camera management

Some videos were recorded during the development. They show the progression from a walk around a mine shaft to a fight against the mutants. The last touch was related to the character animation and the camera management. After the end of this first prototype, the development will be suspended. I will take a break and come back to COOP or DIE for Quake2. The development of a second prototype will start in a few months. The main feature will be related to multi-player aspects.

Comments or questions can be posted on the coopordie2 forum.