Valve's swarm tech demo

[Jordash]

An ex-employee accidentally leaked this, it looks quite interesting, possibly ep3 related.

More info here: http://www.valvetime.net/threads/gray-h ... ge.186397/

[srredfire]

Ah cool, a much shorter version of this was posted in the random thread, cool to see the full version.

The environment looks pretty spiffy. I'd be surprised if this was actually Episode 3 related though, beyond maybe a technology demo and/or a personal project. If I recall correctly this was part of someone's demo reel, and I would think putting something unreleased in a demo reel to the public would be a big NDA breach.

But at this point 4 years down the line, what do I know?

[stoopdapoop]

Too bad nobody's been able to make a game where flocking units is a game mechanic.

not a big deal on a technical side, but from a gameplay standpoint I guess they're just not that interesting.

[BubbleQ]

How it is realated to ep3 or the half-life universe I can only think of is if one of the flying creatures seen in this level:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7AECa66FI0 (Around 1:42)

Like if they all flee to somewhere else, back to xen?
Otherwise the did look quiet spectacular!

[Chrille]

The interesting thing is that the original video was uploaded in January, and was first taken down when people started mistakenly thinking it was Episode Three. I don't think it has anything to do with it.

[Jangalomph]

Its interesting because I saw a manhack at :32

[Kosire]

"accidentally leaked it" - Uhm, I seriously doubt that. This is his show reel for his portfolio..

[Mr. Happy]

Sad that this man left Valve, seems he was responsible for much of the cinematic physics.

Too bad nobody's been able to make a game where flocking units is a game mechanic.

not a big deal on a technical side, but from a gameplay standpoint I guess they're just not that interesting.

Oh I dunno about that. Not done yet (really has it not been?) isn't the same thing as not doable! Take the set of people with the idea, then the subset with the capability to implement, then the subset with the capability to polish to make it fun, and thats a tiny set of people..the same size as those that innovate anywhere.

But then you'd have seen the issues involved, remember the sawmill? Eeek!

[ScarT]

This is engine test of the Swarm engine, nothing else.

[nub]

Reminds me of Pitch Black.

[Dr. Delta]

Too bad nobody's been able to make a game where flocking units is a game mechanic.

not a big deal on a technical side, but from a gameplay standpoint I guess they're just not that interesting.

Flocking, by Colin Northway. It's unreleased though. Showed at GDC 2012.

[amckern]

Its not that hard to do, the worst part of it is LOD and collision - i added swarming to EP1 SDK code - hell even Turtle Rock have swarms in l4d with the boomer (Infected swam to the painted target)

The only thing that is stopping the swam in my code is killing the controlling ai (presented to the player as a 'drago') or using an one of a handful of EMP devices that break the communications between the drago, and the swarm.

However its nice to see Valve have added it to what looks like a half-life universe title.

[Jangalomph]

What in the hell is that thing?

[srredfire]

http://www.moddb.com/games/codename-prime/images/drago

[Mr. Happy]

Is Prime still in development?

SOB's style is awesome, reminds me of early HL2 concept art..