circa: 2002
genre: action-adventure (fantasy)

engine: Dragonstone proprietary

• atmospheric/environmental effects
  • water: drops
  • weather:
  • other: impact dust (enchanted bookcases), embers (fireballs), explosions, fire, smoke (), sparks (sword impact), sparkles (magic, mana cell), steam (cauldron, grate); see particle effects
• collision detection: jump-landing Dirk's body breaks barrels
• lighting: dynamic, colored; coronas
• particle effects: fire, Dirk's charred body, dust, magic, smoke, sparks, sparkles, steam, water drops
• physics
  • gravity: PC/NPCs
  • friction, inertia, momentum
  • bounce: barrel shards, sparks
• shadows: horizontal angle adjustment?, ovalular masks; PC/NPCs
• skeletal animation: yes
• texture: 16-/32-bit depth
  • filtering: bilinear
  • mapping: mip
  • decals: ?
• transparency: tracers (arrows?, sword swing), cobwebs, fire, light beams, smoke, water
• other: anti-aliasing, cel shading (PC/NPCs, pickups, ropes), motion blur, shaking (fireball impact)

player character

• name/description: Dirk
• darkens in shadows
• facial expressions
• footsteps: metal, stone, wood
• idle actions
• moves: block, climb, crouch, drop/pickup object, jump (+: attack, grab ledge, pull-up), roll (forward, left/right), run, shoot/swing weapon, strafe, walk
• view: 3rd-/1st-person (- move character)
  • pan: keyboard/mouse
  • other: character bodies fade when camera near

level/world design

• # levels: 1 castle, 43 areas, 250+ rooms
• location: mostly indoors
• cutscenes: yes
• level editor: no
• environmental interaction
  • break: barrels, wood beam
  • climb: chains (+ turn left/right, jump), ladders
  • drop/pickup: see inventory
  • open/close (automatic): doors, gates
  • ride: swinging ropes
  • other: hit switches, swing on ropes
• puzzles: find keys, hit switches
• traps/hazards: breakaway floors, drowning, electrocution, gravity (falling), falling (bookcases, boulders, tables), fire (+ balls), shooting (books, flaming wood poles)

weapons: crossbow, sword

NPCs: bats, books (flying), chairs, hopping creatures, knights, serpent (hydra?)

• AI: some dazeable

inventory: amulet, treasure (crowns, diamonds, goblets, gold coin bags), keys, potions (health, mana), weapons/ammo

other

• sound: stereo (+ surround), A3D, DS3D, EAX, Miles