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QB Express Issue #1
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Counter Strike 2D Clone by badlogic
On August 20th, V1ctor and Blitz of badlogic posted the first amazing screenshots of a Counter Strike 2D Clone that they are making. (Counter Strike 2D is a PC game available for free at http://www.cs2d.com.) badlogic is "trying to get it the closest possible to the original - that needs a 3D card to work, btw :P". Currently, the game "loads maps, tiles, etc. from CS2D, and clearly supports several soldiers at once as well as large amounts of bullets.
The graphics are all presented in snazzy SVGA, and are enhanced with uGL's new 2DFX Module. 2DFX "has many blending modes that can only be found in big APIs such as Direct3D and OpenGL." Its most significant feature is its ability to create anti-aliased sprites and realistic shadows. According to Blitz, "Those wall shadows in the screenshots are all done in realtime without any special sprites. The 2DFX module just creates a shadow from the original tile and blends it with the rest."
As for the game itself, Counter Strike 2D Clone promises to have TCP/IP multiplayer, so you can play it on a network or over the Internet -- "which you most probably will." Blitz says that "it's quite a fun game." Judging by the screenshots, I'm inclined to believe him.
From what little I've seen of this game, I am very impressed. I can barely even judge this game in the same category as most other QB games -- it has SVGA, amazing 2D graphical effects, and network play. Since when has QB been that powerful? The 2DFX Module for uGL sounds like it's going to bring QB graphics to a whole new level, and I'm looking forward to seeing how the Internet play on this works out. According to V1ctor, he hopes to release the full game "soon", so I would suggest dropping by Bad Logic's Forum (http://forum.bad-logic.com/viewtopic.php?t=138) for the latest on this revolutionary game.
