Assault Knights: Development Blog.

Hey every one..
We would like to invite any one and every one from all mecha and gameing communities to participate in the Assault Knights:Reign of Steel Demo: Alpha and Beta test..

Assault Knights is very soon going public.. If you have been stuck under a rock.. And never heard of the game.. We welcome you to come to our forums.. In this thread..

http://assaultknights.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=17

and ask to sign up for the Assault Knights Demo Alpha and Beta test..

We are looking for people who love mech warrior and other mecha games to join us and give us open and honest opionions about the game..

What you would like to see in the game.. And generally what you think of the game..

The Alpha and Beta tests will be going on for a month and a Half..

We need testers to help us find bugs.. Point out problems.. And just give us a Idea if there is any room in the Mecha communities for this sort of game..

If you still are unsure what the game is.. You may look in our Gallary at 1000s of pictures and about 97 videos.. All new and old..

http://assaultknights.net/gallery/

Also you may browse the main website..

http://www.assaultknights.net/home/

We are looking for people to just come and enjoy the game.. Learn about it.. And help make it the best game it can be..

The game is being developed to be ALOT like Mech Warrior btw.. Except you can drive many different vehicles.. Not only mechs.. But Wheeled vehicles.. Tanks, Helicopters, Jets and soldiers..

Thanks..

PS: Here are some screenshots of the beta to check out..

http://assaultknights.net/gallery/albums/Newpics/Game_2009-09-19_19-42-22-51.jpg

http://assaultknights.net/gallery/albums/Newpics/Game_2009-09-19_19-42-42-65.jpg

http://assaultknights.net/gallery/albums/Newpics/Game_2009-09-19_19-44-31-14.jpg

http://assaultknights.net/gallery/albums/Newpics/Game_2009-09-19_19-45-51-80.jpg

http://assaultknights.net/gallery/albums/Newpics/Game_2009-09-19_19-50-23-02.jpg

http://assaultknights.net/gallery/albums/Newpics/Game_2009-09-19_19-52-37-56.jpg

http://assaultknights.net/gallery/albums/Newpics/Game_2009-09-19_19-38-59-65.jpg

Thanks.

I have added all the old screenshots of AK into the gallary.. These are mainly the very first screenshots of the game when we first begun working on the game.. These screenshots show off everything about what AK was.. And how far we have come sense the begining.. Feel free to view them in the gallary any time.. Along with 1000s of other in game screenshots.. And videos!

http://assaultknights.net/gallery/index.php

I have created 80 all new AK demo screenshots.. To show off every one what the demo will be like.. The demo will have Alien terrain.. And the fighting will take place on one of many Alien worlds.. This is just the first of many new worlds that will be relesed in the full AK game..

Check them out here..

http://assaultknights.net/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=13

Feel free to leave comments here or there if you like them.. Also come to our forums and ask questions about the AK demo..

The forums is the main place to ask us questions about the game demo.. Here is the link..

http://assaultknights.net/forums

The game demo as we have talked about in the past is going great..
Currently the main thing we are doing is fixing some small bugs upon the demo.. And adding the rest of the stuff
we want.. Currently what we will have in the demo is 4 mechs.. 2 Wheeled vehicles, 2 Tanks, 2 helicopters and 3 jets..

The game demo will come with one multiplayer map.. Called mars.. I am still not sure if I am going to keep that name yet..
The map is basically a giant Casum.. Where we will hopefully be able to support up to 8 players.. Maybe even more..

We are going to setup the site where you can log in with a Username and password for the game itself.. And setup the mySQL database for the game on our own server.. This will allow the game to show different hosts..

The main part of the game is going to be combined arms combat.. The players must capture and hold flag areas.. And fight off the other team to gain control.. Kind of like Battlefield..

We think.. (It is not completely determoned yet..) We will have the Techlab done for the game demo by the time it is relesed..

We plan on holding Alpha and beta tests for the demo soon.. After we fix a mass majority of bugs.. And Impliment new features into the game..

Currently what we plan on doing can be seen here..

#1 Fix jump jeting where the mech wont go in different directions.. Or walk in air.. I would like it where
when they are in air.. The animation stops at 1.. Where one leg is lifted up in the air.. That way it looks like
it is dangleing.. The animation needs to stay at 1 until the mech touches the ground.. Also it needs to not be allowed to fall over
in the air.. Stay straight up and down..

#2 Add helen voice.. The mechs needs a computer voice..

#3 This is a idea I have to make the mechs look better when they are on un even terrain.. If it cant be done no worries but
I noticed when your on uneven terrain the mechs weapons try to stay straight.. They lean with the terrain.. Could we make the Torso do the same thing? If not no worries but I thing it would be kewl.. Same with all upper torso items.. Includeing the cockpit..

#4 Techlab.. Ablity to change out weapons for the mechs.. Would be great to have this in the demo..

#5 Another jump jet problem.. When a map is over 200m tall.. The jump jets completely stop working.. Is there a way to make it where the jump jets check from the heightmap terrain itself?From uneven ground..Basically they check from the ground
height itself.. Because as of now.. There is places in some of the terrain where jump jets cant be used at all..

#6. completing the score system based on Factions (headshots, kills, friend aid… team kill…..)
#7. implementing a Score for Each faction to decrease while more than half of maps flags are captured
#8. importing the new jet from my version
#9. re aligning the GUI for wide screens
#10. inter grading stand alone MySql server for our AKMainServer
#11. finishing planetary systems
#12. debugging Map Heat
#13. debugging the wheel rotation and position bandwidth on multilayer mode

This is our todo list.. Once we get all these done.. We will be releseing the demo to the public..

We will be holding Alpha and Beta test signups for the demo in a month’s time.. After we fix alot of the problems that Arises
We will relese the full blown demo..

Well I have posted many new products for the game engine.. Many of which is source code and Neo Axis addons for the game engine..
These addons allow you to do many new and exciting things.. Mainly it has to deal with New vehicles..

But I would also like to tell you guys about a new Model package we have put up.. It is a very large rock collection.. That comes in Varous sizes and shapes.. This collection is great for out door scenery.. And large open levels..

You can see the product here..

http://www.assaultknights.net/home/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=28&category_id=8&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=8

Also you can see alot more pictures with the rocks here..

http://assaultknights.net/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=9

We will be makeing alot more products in the near future.. So please bare with us as we continue to create great upcomeing products for the neo axis engine..

It has taken us a bit to set it up.. But we now have products for sale in the Assault Knights Online Shopping store!
This site will be our main area for new products.. As we develop and make them..
We plan on Expanding the site and adding all kinds of products to the list for Neo Axis.. And Games alike..

Also! If you want to sell products on our site.. We will gladly host them for you.. For a Presentage of Royalties..
You can sell stuff on this site as well..

We plan on houseing Not only source code addons for Neo Axis.. But also Many different 3D model Packs, Assault Knights Packs, The game itself.. And All kinds of awesome things in general..
This site will soon be you one stop shop for all your gameing asset needs for not only Neo Axis.. But other game engines as well..

Anyway.. The site store address is..

http://www.assaultknights.net/home/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=8

I will also list it in the link section of this blog..

Thank you.

I got all the videos up in the Gallary section of the site.. You can now go and watch them.. I am currently resizeing all the
videos as we speak.. 800 x 600 video size..

Please see our Gallary for them..

http://assaultknights.net/gallery/index.php

Please be pasent wile I go in and resize all of them.. It will be a wile.. There is around 80 some odd videos..

I would just like to tell every one I am currently uploading 87 videos of AK.. Some you may have seen before on Youtube some you may have seen from old links on other sites.. But alot of these videos has never been seen before until now..

Alot of these are Extreamly old dev videos.. Of the game in action.. I thought they would be good for a laugh..

Anyway I will have these videos up soon.. (Hopefully by monday..) It is 1.3GB worth of videos.. So it is going to take me a wile to upload.. Anyway hope yall enjoy them as much as I did makeing them.. Laterz.

I would like to take a moment to remember all the people who died on this tragic day..
It is a day that will never be forgotten in the hearts of all Americans, nationwide..

Please remember the families and loved ones lost on this day..
And pray for the ones still liveing..
You will never be forgotten..
Thank you..

I would like to announce as of right now..
We are currently working on a New Demo for the game that will be downloadable free of charge for members to try out the game here..

This demo we are planning will come with 2 mechs, 2 vehicles, 2 aircraft.. And 1 helicopter.. It will also come with one demo map where the players can play against one another.. We plan to make this demo multiplayer.. With a couple soldiers.. (AK and Omni)

We hope to have the game demo out in about a month or so.. Maybe sooner..

It will be a free download for all to enjoy..

Until then please see the new game screenshots and check out our forums for more Info..

Thank you..

Night Hawk