Call to Action! Asteroids – Hero Ship
3DVIA’s Call to Action!
[Graphics still in-progress]
This is a new program I am starting here that attempts to bring our Community members together with our Developer Community. We have alot of artists constantly expressing their creativity on 3DVIA.com and we also have just as many developers working in Virtools and MP who are always creating fun and entertaining Scene’s.
We continue bulding on our Asteroids Call to Action, started by Krauth’s retro game on our forums. This week we will try our hand at creating the hero ship of Asteroids. It is described as a single pilot, single engine, triangle shaped space fighter, with 1 weapon mount or port. Read more about Asteroids and it’s history here.
Requirements Summary:
Maximum of 3000 triangle count
1 512 x 512 pixel texture in jpg format
No restrictions of age or number of entries
Use tag “3DVIACTA2″
Guildlines:
Duration- This Call to Action will run from Thursday January 21, 2010 to Wednesday January 27, 2010.
Task- Create an asteroid model for use in games. The models should be no larger that 3000 triangles, with one 512 x 512 pixel texture in jpg format.
Tag- You must Tag the model with “3DVIACTA2″. You should also Tag the model with “Asteroid Ship” to help anyone in finding excellent ship models.
Restrictions- There are no restrictions for this mini-Challenge. Enjoy!
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Juan I am completely lost here…..The heading says Hero Ships and Task says asteroid model…….. both are completely different. We already made asteroid in last mini challenge!!!
Can you please confirm & explain the exact requirement…….
Thanks
My appologies, Asteroids is one of the legendary staples of gaming.
Wiki article
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroids_(video_game)
There are many variations of the game, along with some intereseting and modern interpretations but the original one helped start the game industry revolution :)
Krauth is building a tribute web game based on Asteroids.
He’s right description:
This week we will try our hand at creating the hero ship of Asteroids.
Task:
Create an asteroid model for use in games. The models should be no larger that 3000 triangles, with one 512 x 512 pixel texture in jpg format.
OK. I am late but I have made something that may interest you. My asteroid ship is ready to fly.
http://www.3dvia.com/XQH_XXX/models/5750774D5F714355
Triangles:2605 (Maximum of 3000 triangle count)
Textured Asteroid ship: http://www.3dvia.com/XQH_XXX/models/ADBA8DA3B58799AB