Freespace3: The Game
The Game
Freespace3 is a free-flight type space fighter sim. The point of the
game is to set up space skirmishes and destroy all your enemies.
Technical accomplishments:
- Using the Ogre3d open source graphics engine
- Using the OpenAL open source audio library
- Using Blender3D for modeling
- Using Photoshop for Texturing
The People
Fredrik Lidstrom:
- Graphical User Interface
- Skybox
- State Management
Louis Marti:
- Game Idea
- Projectiles
- Collision Detection and Response
Will Rall:
Chris Williamson:
- Integration with Ogre3D - Basic framework
- Modeling
- State Management framework
- Explosions!
Screenshots:
User Interface
Particle System Engine Trail
Enemy Shields being Hit
The Dogfights
EXPLOSION!
Controls:
- Mouse Movement: Looking Direction
- Left Mouse Button: Fire Laser Bolts
- Right Mouse Button: Fire Missles
- W: Move Forward
- A: Strafe Left
- S: Move Backward
- D: Strafe Right
- Q: Move Down
- E: Move Up
- F1: Toggle FPS Display
Video
Demo Video
Note added by Dave Mount:
If you have difficulty viewing the file using Windows Media Player you
might try downloading the X-vid codec.
Alternatively, the video may be displayed using the
VideoLAN's VLC Media Player,
an open-source the cross-platform media player.
Game Download (Source/EXE)
Complete EXE
Source (Requires Ogre3d & OpenAL and Visual Studio 2005)