Tomb Raider

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	{{game		{{game
	|year=1996		|year=1996
-	|genre=Action-Adventure	+	|genre=action-adventure
	|publisher=Eidos Interactive		|publisher=Eidos Interactive
	|developer=Core Design		|developer=Core Design
-	|engine=Proprietary	+	|engine=proprietary
		+	|engine type polygon=yes
		+	|effect water splash=yes
	|character=Lara Croft		|character=Lara Croft
		+	|actions=climb, dive, grab, jump, pick up, pull, push, roll, run, shimmy, shoot, sidestep, swim, vault, walk
		+	|pick up=ammo, artifacts, keys, weapons
		+	|pull=blocks, crates, levers, switches
	}}		}}
-	[[Category:Games]]	+	==[[:cat:engine|Engine]]==
		+	* [[collision detection]]: mostly 2D, Lara slides down vertically angled slopes
		+	* [[lighting]]: static, white
		+	* [[physics]]: Lara, [[NPCs]], [[Thor's hammer]], [[sand]]
		+	* [[shadows]]: [[polygon]]al, ovalular, horizontal, flat (2D)
		+	** size: width/length adjustment
		+	*** Lara: dynamic
		+	*** NPCs/darts: static
		+	* [[texture]]
		+	** [[texture filtering|filtering]]: [[bilinear]]
		+	** [[texture palette|palette]]: 8-bit
		+	** [[texture resolution|tile resolution]]: 64x64
		+	* [[transparency]]: full (masks)
		+	** [[sprites]]: [[blood squirts]], [[fire]], [[water splashes]]
		+	* [[camera]]: [[underwater distortion]]
		+
		+	===Atmospheric/environmental [[effects]]===
		+	* [[dust]]: [[shooting darts]]
		+	* [[shooting lava]]
		+	* [[particle effects]]: shooting lava
		+
		+	==[[Character]]==
		+	* [[footsteps]]: [[land]], [[water]]
		+	* # polygons: 380
		+	* textures/skin: normal, grey tanktop
		+	* [[view]]: [[3rd-person]]
		+	** [[view pan|pan]]: static (locked behind character) & dynamic (keyboard-controlled)
		+	** [[zoom]]: slightly when panning
		+	* [[water tinting]]
		+
		+	===[[Non-player characters]]===
		+	* [[alligators]]/[[crocodiles]], [[bats]], [[bears]], [[cats]] ([[cougars]], [[lions]], [[panthers]]), [[centaurs]], [[demons]], [[dinosaurs]] ([[Tyrannosaurus Rexes]], [[Velocoraptors]]), [[gorillas]], [[humans]], [[mummies]], [[rats]], [[wolves]]
		+	* [[AI]]: [[attack immediately]]
		+
		+	==[[Environment]]==
		+	===design===
		+	* # [[:cat:levels|levels]]: 15
		+	* [[cutscenes]]: 4
		+	* [[FMVs]]: 10
		+	* [[level editor]]: ''[[Room Editor]]''
		+	* [[linear level progression]]
		+	* [[locations]]: [[Atlantis]], [[Egypt]], [[Greece]] (St. Francis' Folly), [[Peru]] (Qualopec)
		+	* outdoor [[terrain]]/landscaping: gridlike
		+
		+	===[[damage]]===
		+	* [[arrows (shooting)]], [[blades]] (floor, rolling, vertically swinging), [[boulders (rolling)]], [[darts]] (shooting), [[doors (split-shutting)]], [[falling]], [[fire]], floors ([[crumbling floors|crumbling]], [[falling floors|falling-anchored]]), [[lava]], [[lightning]] bolts, Midas' golden hand ([[crushing]]), [[swords (falling)]], [[spikes]] (ceiling, floor, wall), [[Thor's hammer]]
		+
		+	===[[puzzles]]===
		+	* find [[keys]]/[[items]], [[gears]], ordered [[levers]]/[[switches]], [[pressure-sensitive floors]], [[timed doors]]/levers
		+
		+	===[[interaction]]===
		+	* [[collapsable scenery]]
		+	* [[pick up]]: [[ammo]], [[artifacts]], [[keys]], [[weapons]]
		+	* [[pull]]: [[levers]], [[switches]], stone/wood [[blocks]]/[[crates]]
		+	* [[push]]: [[buttons]], pullable objects
		+
		+	==[[inventory]]==
		+	* design: [[passport]], rings
		+	** [[store and use]]
		+	* [[objects]]: [[artifacts]], bars ([[gold bar|gold]], [[lead bar|lead]]), [[cogs]], [[compass]], [[flares]], [[keys]], weapons/[[ammo]]
		+	* [[pickups]]: [[sprites]]
		+
		+	===[[weapons]]===
		+	* [[guns]]: [[Colt pistols]], [[Magnums]], [[shotgun]], [[Uzis]]
		+
		+	==other==
		+	* [[sound]]: [[stereo sound|stereo]]
		+
		+	[[cat:Tomb Raider]]

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Current revision

Engine

• collision detection: mostly 2D, Lara slides down vertically angled slopes
• lighting: static, white
• physics: Lara, NPCs, Thor's hammer, sand
• shadows: polygonal, ovalular, horizontal, flat (2D)
  • size: width/length adjustment
    • Lara: dynamic
    • NPCs/darts: static
• texture
  • filtering: bilinear
  • palette: 8-bit
  • tile resolution: 64x64
• transparency: full (masks)
  • sprites: blood squirts, fire, water splashes
• camera: underwater distortion

Atmospheric/environmental effects

• dust: shooting darts
• shooting lava
• particle effects: shooting lava

Character

• footsteps: land, water
• # polygons: 380
• textures/skin: normal, grey tanktop
• view: 3rd-person
  • pan: static (locked behind character) & dynamic (keyboard-controlled)
  • zoom: slightly when panning
• water tinting

Non-player characters

• alligators/crocodiles, bats, bears, cats (cougars, lions, panthers), centaurs, demons, dinosaurs (Tyrannosaurus Rexes, Velocoraptors), gorillas, humans, mummies, rats, wolves
• AI: attack immediately

Environment

design

• # levels: 15
• cutscenes: 4
• FMVs: 10
• level editor: Room Editor
• linear level progression
• locations: Atlantis, Egypt, Greece (St. Francis' Folly), Peru (Qualopec)
• outdoor terrain/landscaping: gridlike

damage

• arrows (shooting), blades (floor, rolling, vertically swinging), boulders (rolling), darts (shooting), doors (split-shutting), falling, fire, floors (crumbling, falling-anchored), lava, lightning bolts, Midas' golden hand (crushing), swords (falling), spikes (ceiling, floor, wall), Thor's hammer

puzzles

• find keys/items, gears, ordered levers/switches, pressure-sensitive floors, timed doors/levers

interaction

• collapsable scenery
• pick up: ammo, artifacts, keys, weapons
• pull: levers, switches, stone/wood blocks/crates
• push: buttons, pullable objects

inventory

• design: passport, rings
  • store and use
• objects: artifacts, bars (gold, lead), cogs, compass, flares, keys, weapons/ammo
• pickups: sprites

weapons

• guns: Colt pistols, Magnums, shotgun, Uzis

other

• sound: stereo