The amazing Reborn Show #12

After a bit of downtime James "2GD" Harding is back with another episode of the amazing reborn show.

Topics in this episode:

New concept art for basic props like teleporters and jumppads which they will start creating models for soon.
A concept for armor pickups which look more like shields instead of the usual body armor found in other games since James thinks it wouldn't make much sense for robots to wear traditional body armor.
A new super block that allows for easier creation of detailed map structures where each block can have special decorations that automatically fit to the blocks next to them.
The lightning gun model has been added to the game.
James quickly put together a test hud just to see what it could look like.
Some first announcer tests done by Elijah Lucian which can be heard around the 24 minute mark in the VOD.

On top of these James also talked about trying to get the duel mode ready so he can start testing the gameplay with fox and fazz as soon as possible.

The current test version of Diabotical can be downloaded from here: Build 06072015

Links: Episode #12 VOD, Trello,

@follow2GD, Official Diabotical Forums

neeple

The LG looks great, the armour pickup concepts are really cool and I really liked the announcer voiceover too. Gonna try out the new air control tonight but in theory it sounds like a good idea to reduce it slightly

Latest build is here

posted 9 years ago

noctis

Thanks, forgot about the download link. :)

xou

The amazing reborn Diabotical show #12

He is still calling the show "the amazing reborn show". He also kept "reborn" in the subtitle "Diabotical, FPS reborn" or something like that. ;)

xero

Air control looks nice B>

rehepapp

The weapons look meh from first person view imo: there is nothing really going on with them visually. For example Warsow's RL design uses empty space much better and this makes the shape much more interesting, it's not just some mass of polygons without distinct features. UT4 also has weapons that look nice form first person view.

And the voice over sounds like cheesy version of QL main one without treble and with corny lines :/

The LG looks like a lightning claw. So sexy.

I really liked the RL when it was first included but compared to the LG it might need a little reworking. It needs to look meatier and more dangerous.

The Reflex RL suffers from this too. Its pretty much just a red tube.

As much as everyone hated the art style from UT3, I think the structure of the weapons in that game were hot shit, but maybe they are too realistic for DBs art style

filo

nice shit! ... i like the annoucer tho, feels contemporary.

Anhedonic

Please don't talk about announcers, it makes people feisty

ye. ... it will make gINSTRUCTOR quit a game he hasnt even played :D

gouken

Awesome it's still moving forward but seriously, Diabolical is such a bad name for different reasons. First of all it takes ages to pronounce. In my opinion the game should have an easy name to remember with few syllables. Second of all it kind of sound like something a teenager would come up with, trying his hardest to think of a â€œcoolâ€ name, giving it a kind of childish feel, but thatâ€™s not the main problem. The real problem is that it doesnâ€™t suit the style of the game at all! From the concept art weâ€™ve been shown so far, the style looks kind of cartoonish or â€œneutralâ€ at least. With a name like Diabolical you would expect a hellish atmosphere, like some of the original Quake 3 maps. It just doesnâ€™t fit. Reborn was so much better. Easier to pronounce, feels more true to the concept and doesnâ€™t feel â€œtryhardâ€ cool. Thatâ€™s just my two cents.

It's "Diabotical" not diabolical. :)

Ah yeah you're right but still it plays on the name, so my point is still somewhat valid, I think. The name doesn't match the style. At least not for me =).

i also liked reborn, diabotical could play well in the theme of bot arena, but it maybe is a little diabetical. :)

Yeah, tha name would fit if it was robots running around in hell, but it is not :D.

But hey, I will probably play it no matter what. I just want as many players playing it as possible =).

Memento_Mori

I think the way you marked the name changes the perception heavily. At the moment there's very little of that, with just some concepts of the robots etc. I can imagine that already a proper logo, and some more characterization from the egg bots, could give the name much more meaning.

I don't know. No matter what, the name is a play on diabolical and I'm probably not even the only one missing the "bot" part of the name (the logo make this easier to spot tho), considering how we humans read (scanning the words).

dash

100% this! I also had the same feeling with the new name, not like I was total satisfied with Reborn, but felt way better than this. People prefer short names, we shorten longer game names anyway (LoL, CS), even Starcraft is called SC sometimes. U can't even shorten Diabotical, and it sounds like a Diablo expansion set (for me). Let's call the game League of Robots!;D J/K, but srsly! Altern it dude!

Yeah exactly. I hope they change the name before kickstarter.

Lup1n

looks cool