Fan Remake of TIE Fighter
Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 4:01 pm
High folks. I'm a web developer that has some serious love for the X Wing series. I have waited over a decade for another space sim from LA but they simply have not delivered. I am looking to get some help in starting a fan based remake of TIE Fighter and figured perhaps talking to some folks here (especially the people that have done the total conversion for XWA) would be the best place to get help.
I've started the first baby steps with the Unity based project. Unfortunately despite having the advantage of knowing javascript/actionscript, my experience is all with 2d environments making this an uphill battle. I am however still hopeful that with a small and organized group, progress can be made and the project can be realized.
Unity has some big advantages to it.
The basic indie developer version of the Unity IDE is free.
Unity supports joysticks and any other gaming peripherals.
Unity supports online multiplayer scenarios.
Unity (free edition) can deploy to Mac,Windows as well as to the Unity web player.
I think a fan remake is entirely within reason and the resources are there. It is simply too much work for me to do alone and would take forever to complete on my own. If anybody is interested in helping with this, please post in this thread.
I've started the first baby steps with the Unity based project. Unfortunately despite having the advantage of knowing javascript/actionscript, my experience is all with 2d environments making this an uphill battle. I am however still hopeful that with a small and organized group, progress can be made and the project can be realized.
Unity has some big advantages to it.
The basic indie developer version of the Unity IDE is free.
Unity supports joysticks and any other gaming peripherals.
Unity supports online multiplayer scenarios.
Unity (free edition) can deploy to Mac,Windows as well as to the Unity web player.
I think a fan remake is entirely within reason and the resources are there. It is simply too much work for me to do alone and would take forever to complete on my own. If anybody is interested in helping with this, please post in this thread.