Hi Jorrit, I have posted the text of that post in the video game section of my post:
http://blog.olivierlanglois.net/index.php?cat=41 I have few friends at Ubisoft and at THQ visiting it from time to time. Who knows, maybe someone at these companies will be interested to encourage your efforts. Hope this helps! Greetings, Olivier Langlois http://www.olivierlanglois.net http://blog.olivierlanglois.net > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:crystal-main- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jorrit Tyberghein > Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 7:43 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; crystal- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; CS developers and users list; cel- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [CsMain] Apricot Project: We Need Your Support! > > For those who don't know yet. Apricot is another Open Project > starting. this time it's a game, the Blender and Crystal Space > communities joining forces to realize an awesome and industry standard > 3D game experience! The plan is to have 6 people for 6 months in > Amsterdam working full time on a game. The complete game sources and > binaries (for GNU/Linux, Windows, and MacOS/X), artwork, tutorials, > documentaries will be made available as a download and as a DVD (more > on that below). Everything will be published under the Creative > Commons license so you will be able to use the art work and code in > your own game. > > This project has several goals: > > * Test and enhance the game pipeline using Blender and Crystal Space. > * Extend Blender and Crystal Space to make this possible. > * Provide tutorials and documentation for people who want to make > their own games. > * Have a nice and playable game that will look as if it came out of a > commercial game company. > > > Some of the enhancements in Crystal Space that we are planning for Apricot > are: > > * New advanced character animation system with support for > animation blending and more. > * New renderer system with support for advanced features that require > render to texture and better lighting techniques (dynamic shadows). > * Improved physics plugin (using Bullet). > * Imposters and tree generator. > > > To make all of this possible we need your support! We need money to > pay those six developers for six months. They need a regular supply of > pizza's and coffee and they need to sleep somewhere. Please pre-order > the DVD at this link: > http://www.blender3d.org/e-shop/product_info.php?products_id=102. > > In doing so you ensure that we can really keep this project alive for > the full six months. Why is this important for you? If you are already > a Crystal Space user then this project will make sure Crystal Space > gets better and you'll get more documentation and tutorials. If you > are not yet a Crystal Space user but you are interested in making a > game (Open Source or not) then Apricot will prepare the road for you. > It will enable the creation of tools and enhance Blender and Crystal > Space so that you will have an easier time creating such a game. And > of course, we will try to make the game as fun as possible. > > You can get more information about Apricot at this url: > http://apricot.blender.org. > > -- > Project Manager of Crystal Space (http://www.crystalspace3d.org) > and CEL (http://cel.crystalspace3d.org) > Support Crystal Space. Donate at > https://sourceforge.net/donate/index.php?group_id=649 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services > for just about anything Open Source. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketpla > ce > _______________________________________________ > Crystal-main mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/crystal-main > Unsubscribe: mailto:crystal-main- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Crystal-main mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/crystal-main Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
