GUN

3D Game Comparison - Game vs. game. No hype; just facts.™

Engine

• modified Tony Hawk's Pro Skater?
• lighting: dynamic, colored, vertex & lightmap; coronas, flickering; fire (arrows), gunshots?
• particle effects: blood, debris, dust, leaves, mist, shards, smoke, sparks, steam
• physics
  • gravity: characters; 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
• texture: 16-/32-bit depth
  • filtering: bi-/trilinear
  • mapping: bump, mip
  • decals: blood, bullet holes
• transparency: fire, glass, light beams, smoke, steam, water
• lens flare

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

Character

Player 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: ?

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

Environment

• location: Wild West, USA, 1880s: Montana; Dodge City, Kansas; Empire, New Mexico?
• cutscenes: yes
• level editor: no
• puzzles: find/kill/protect people, protect stagecoach
• traps/hazards: arrows, fire

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), hat rack, hats, lights (ceiling-hung), tumbleweeds, wood beams
• pick up: ammo/weapons, barrels (gunpowder only?), health (bottles)
• ride: barge, canoe?, horses, stagecoach, tram
• other: herd cattle, mine gold, play poker?

Inventory

• ammo/weapons, health, pickax

Weapons

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

Other

• sound: stereo