engine: proprietary (modified Tony Hawk Pro Skater?)

• atmospheric/environmental effects
  • dust: footsteps (player, NPCs, animals, etc), gold pickaxing, wheels (stagecoach), wind (roads)
  • shaking: explosions?
  • shards: gold mining
  • smoke: chimney
  • sparks: shot arrows
  • steam: hot springs
  • water: ripples, splash (-jump), waterfall mist
  • weather
    • clouds (moving)
    • wind: dust, trees, tumbleweeds
  • other: blood spurts, body gibs, explosions, fire, gold sparkles; see particle effects
• collision detection:
• lighting: dynamic, colored, vertex & lightmap; coronas, flickering; fire (arrows), gunshots?
• particle effects: blood, debris, dust, leaves, mist, shards, smoke, sparks, steam
• physics
  • gravity: player, NPCs; see movable objects
  • friction, inertia, momentum
• reflection: see environmental texture mapping
• shadows: vertical angle adjustment, polygonal; player, NPCs, animals (-pigs only?), buildings, fences, cliffs/rocks, etc
  • player/NPCs?/animals?: darken underneath
• skeletal animation: yes
• texture: 16-/32-bit depth
  • filtering: bi-/trilinear
  • mapping: bump, mip
  • decals: blood, bullet holes
• transparency: fire, glass, light beams, smoke, steam, water
• other: lens flare

player model

• character: facial animation
• footsteps: dirt, water
• moves: crouch, grab (+ kill, scalp, subdue), jump, lean (left/right), run, shoot, sprint, strafe, walk
• view: 1st-person (guns only?), 3rd-person
  • pan: keyboard/mouse
  • zoom: ?

level/world design

• # levels:
• location: Wild West, USA, 1880s: Montana; Dodge City, Kansas; Empire, New Mexico?
• cutscenes: yes
• level editor: no
• environmental interaction
  • break: barrels, glass (bottles, window panes)
  • explode: gunpowder barrels (solo, on stagecoaches)
  • move: ax (wood cutting), barrels (flour, gunpowder), bottles (large milk only?), chairs, crates (some), hatrack, hats, lights (ceiling-hung), tumbleweeds, wood beams
  • open: ?
  • pickup: ammo/weapons, barrels (gunpoweder only?), health (bottles)
  • ride: barge, canoe?, horses, stage coach, tram
  • other: herd cattle, mine gold, play poker?
• puzzles: find/kill/protect people, protect stagecoach
• traps/hazards: arrows, fire

weapons: bow, explosives (dynamite, gunpowder barrels), guns (Gatling, pistols, rifles, shotguns), knives (hatchet, standard, tomahawk)

NPCs

• animals (birds, cattle, buffalo, dogs, pigs, wolves), humans
• AI: run away from horse
  • cattle: herd
  • dogs: approach player
  • humans: attack each other, civilians run away from player when targeted

inventory: ammo/weapons, health, pickax

other

• sound: stereo