Tomb Raider

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	|engine=Proprietary		|engine=Proprietary
	|engine type polygon=yes		|engine type polygon=yes
-	|engine optimization portal rendering=yes	+	|effect water splash=yes
-	|character=Lara Croft	+
	|actions=climb, dive, grab edge, jump, pick up, pull, push, roll, run, shimmy, shoot, sidestep, swim, vault, walk		|actions=climb, dive, grab edge, jump, pick up, pull, push, roll, run, shimmy, shoot, sidestep, swim, vault, walk
	|pickup=ammo, artifacts, keys, weapons		|pickup=ammo, artifacts, keys, weapons
	|pull=blocks, crates, levers, switches		|pull=blocks, crates, levers, switches
-	|push pullupable=yes
	}}		}}
		+
		+	==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
		+
		+	==[[level/world design]]==
		+	...
		+
		+	==[[weapons]]==
		+	...
		+
		+	==[[inventory]]==
		+	...

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Revision as of 03:22, 5 September 2007

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

level/world design

...

weapons

...

inventory

...