UDK - 6DOF/6-axis gameplay concept WIP

Ever since discovering UDK I've wanted to do this sort of game, and after gaining some experience I felt like taking it on again. I think I have gotten the basics working as I like so far.

Controlling was a bit difficult during recording because of the 30fps fraps limit, but otherwise it seems very fluid and easy to control. Which is surprising for this kind of game, at least from my experience (I remember playing Descent on just the keyboard... ouch!).

I spent 95% of the time on this tweaking the control and movement system, so that they're responsive, yet still like you're piloting a ship. It's a lot of fun swooping around, in all directions :p I'm using keyboard/mouse here, but I have also mapped the Xbox 360 controller and that's just as fun.

Everything asset-wise is 100% UDK stuff, I just made a quick debug HUD and added some UDK sounds. Please let me know what you think!

-Simon

[Drdrat]

I love the movement! I tried to work on movement like this and couldn't quiet get it. Good Job.

man, god bless you !! it's awesome !! gooood work ! !

[goldrunner]

This is incredibly awesome! Really. Awesome work.

[karxerx]

OMG, it would be so cool if you'd be able to pull this off. One thing: Add that slight up and down ("wiggling") of the ship, and if possible (and not already present), add joystick support.

[ArmageddonAsh]

Forsaken, what a classic game that was :)

This is amazing!

[robertos]

Nice work mate! would be nice to see this kind of game similar to star wars or star trek with space-like story and gameplay. It would be awesome to battle alien species like zergs, protoss, and other races from Star Trek and Star Wars or presumably real alien races like Reptilians, Greys, Zeta Rreticuli, etc. Try researching about Reptilians especially...there are a lot of conspiracies that could make an awesome storyline! Keep up the good work!

[irbobo]

made me nauseous but is definitely cool

[GreatEmerald]

That's exactly like the space fighters in UT2004, though looks more fluid here. Could make for really nice space battles.

[wangmauler]

are you still working on this project? is there a project page? don't leave us hanging man! :)

[ziuber]

crazy. I feel dizzy whatching it. Great for deathmatch

[Ennuified]

Incredible movement. I have gotten 6DOF to work with quaternions but the movement is not nearly so satisfying-feeling as yours. I would kill to get a glimpse at your unrealscript. Don't hesitate to PM me!!

[Gigagamer]

Realy cool. In Descent 3 there was a realy cool therd person view mod witch turne on with code byebyemonkey. In 3D this tipe of view isvery usefull. Espetualy wen camera if not fixed on a craft and got some latence.

[TheJavaServer]

Holy shit dude, I'd love to see a 6dof multiplayer arena shooter. I love Forsaken, it still plays really well even now. The controls look really close here.

[CoreyWeiner]

Hey 5hfifty I was wondering how you went about implementing the camera? I am currently working on a game in UDK that needs a 6DOF camera and was wondering how you did it.

[DVDUAUTOPLAY]

You guys might also have a look @ SOL Contingency: The Lunar Incident! :D

[mzavros]

What's the hard deck on this? How far up and into the environment?

[thegibsonfromhell]

DM-Deck 16 looks strangely different.. What did you do to it?

[polerin]

Interested in development, have UDK setup here, and basic modeling/art skills that might be useful. Drop me a line if you take this further, I've been missing descent for ever.

oh, I've also done D1/D2 level design. ;p

[CirkuitBreaker]

uh.... yes you can. /watch?v=OxOxiOQ4sXU