Drakan: Order of the Flame

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Engine

• particle effects: broken barrels/bodies, ice crystal sphere, falling ice sword crystals, fire. other falling things, smoke, steam, whirlwinds (mini-tornadoes)
• reflection: environment mapping
• skeletal animation
• transparency: dirt/dust (falling), fading (corpses, broken barrels/crates), fire, glass (cups, light panels), glow, grimstone, hair bangs, ice, plant leaves, shimmering/sparkles, smoke, soul shadow, steam, water, wings
• other: bloodstains

atmospheric/environmental effects

• shaking
• smoke: fire
• steam
• water: current, drops, ripples, splash (+ waves and underwater bubbles)
• weather: fog, lightning, rain, snow
• other: fire; see particle effects

lighting

• dynamic, colored, vertex
• dark lights, lens flare
• fire: dragon breath, flaming sword
• lightning

physics

• collision detection: 2D
• gravity: characters
  • objects: body guts, broken barrels, ice crystals, rocks/snowballs (+ rolling, break)
• friction, inertia, momentum

shadows

• masked textures
• dynamic, real-time (all characters)
• multiple light source position adjustment
• vertical angle adjustment

texture

• bit depth: 8/16/24/32
• filtering: bilinear
• mapping: environment
• decals/detail/procedural: blood
• multipass

Character

player character

• customizable (multiplayer)
• outfits: armorless (normal), armored
• skin (single)
• footsteps: land: dirt, grass, metal, rock, snow, wood; water; armor
• moves: block, climb ladder, crouch (+ 4-direction roll & "walk"), die, jump, pick up object, push, run, sneak, strafe, swim, swing weapon
• view: 1st-/3rd-person
  • pan: dynamic, keyboard/mouse
  • zoom: aiming bow in 1st-person

NPCs

• dragons, dragonflies, giants, goblins, humans, orcs, scavengers, spiders, succubi, trolls, wartoks
• creature polygon count: 200-1000+
• AI
  • dragon companion
  • state-dependent defensive maneuvers
  • line-of-sight
  • sound-reactive

Environment

• # levels: 4 "worlds", 14 levels
• location: Drakan (fantasy-medieval world)
• cutscenes: 13+
• level editor
• linear level progression
• puzzles: find keys/items, pressure-sensitive floors/walls
• traps/hazards
  • blades (track-spinning), darts (shooting), fire, floors (crumbling), lava, poison gas, rocks/rubble (falling)
  • spikes: door, horizontally-triggered, swinging balls, vertically-falling
  • stone blocks (ceiling-/wall-crushing)

environmental interaction

• break: bodies, dishes (glass cups, jugs, plates), rocks/snowballs, some walls, wood (barrels, some bridges, crates)
• burn: trees, wood (darkens after burnt)
• drop: anything pickupable
• open: chests, doors
• pickup: ammo/weapons, see inventory
• pull: levers
• push: barrels (broken pieces), body parts, rocks (boulders)/snowballs, some crates, some stone columns, some wall stones
• ride: anything falling, Arohk (dragon), lifts

Inventory

• store and use
• map: 2D, automatically updates objectives, precise position
• pickups: 3D
• ammo/weapons
• armor: leather, mail (banded, chain, plate)
• book (Atimar), crystals (Rift)
• potions: health, invisibility, invulnerability, life
• keys, runes

weapons

• axes: battle, flame, lightning
• bows: energy, heavy, long, speed
• arrows: explosive, ice, fire, magic, normal, poison
• cleaver, clubs
• crystals: fire, ice, lightning
• hammers, maces
• swords: flame, ice, scimitars, short, long

Other

• manual targeting
• arrows stick in NPCs & dirt/grass/wood; retrievable (some may be broken)