Warm Gun is progressing well, we are making great strides. We recently posted an announcement for testers on our website and have filled the first batch of positions. Our initial testing will begin at the end of this month, once we have a good rhythm going, we plan on inviting more to join. If any of you would like help please feel free to apply here…

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We saw a tremendous amount of change in our roster over the past few months, things had really been turned upside down. We lost three members to full time industry jobs and a number of members quit the team after the make something unreal contest ended. Its a case of indie madness… its like a plague, I swear I could write a book on all the things that can get in the way of an independent game getting made… hahah but thats another story for another day.

The good news for us, is that we stuck to our guns and stayed with UT3… we had some offers to switch engines and port the game to something more viable, but with the announcement of UDK we have been pulled from the ashes.

Where We Stand Right Now

We have been working steady over past month and were happy to say that the UDK port has been relatively smooth. We have reorganized all of our assets and gotten a solid working version running.
Below are test shots of our assets in UDK, we are really stoked on the lighting and the overall feel.

Future Direction

Our goal for the next year is simple… we plan to bring an independent title to the marketplace. With the power of UDK and the freedom it offers, we are well on the way to making this a reality. We have spent the better part of three years making a huge library of assets and elements that make up a first person shooter. The games weapons, characters and major level assets are all completed, we are focusing on the gameplay and the overall package now, bringing it all together to form a cohesive product.

During the months of February and March we aim to complete work on a death match demo. As it stands now we are aiming for an April demo release, we plan on showcasing three characters and two levels. If you take a look through the images we have posted here on Mod DB you will see some UI shots like the one below. (Death Match Character Select)

As always we have been keeping up the work flow and adding new content on a weekly basis. Below you will see a few concepts as well as screen shots from a current level thats in development.

Warm Gun and You

We’ve been lucky to have such devoted followers here on Mod DB, some members have been following us since 2007 and that type of dedication is something we love. So to thank the devoted members and people who support us while we make Warm Gun we have come up with a few things to show the love.

One new direction we plan on following is community interaction, we are trying to actively become apart of the modding community by supporting contests and hosting events. If you would like to check out our first sponsored contest please visit Lightwyrm.com
We are offering copies of Warm Gun to the winners as well as original concept art from Warm Gun.
So if your an indie fan and like collecting game art hit up Lightwyrm, The theme is ‘Experiment gone wrong.’ Lots of prizes and a good way to get some industry exposure.
So check it out

We are also going to become more active with our social networking… we want to take a page out of the Overgrowth book and really make the community apart of our development. After all, were making this game for you guys.

So if you want to keep up on the latest info, check out the icons below.
And as always, stay tuned… we are here for the long haul.

JC

The competition was stiff in this round – there are a number of honorable mentions in this category that would easily have been finalists in previous phases.

Best FPS Mod Phase 4 Finalists:

• The Ball
• Crucible
• Defend Unreal Territories
• Prometheus
• Angels Fall First: Planetstorm
• Sanctum
• Unreal Space
• TRE Last Life
• The Witching Hour
• Warm Gun
• UT3 Jailbreak

Best FPS Mod Phase 4 Honorable Mentions:

• Domination Games and Maps
• Kilter Bombing Run
• DM_Spectrum
• XS Vehicles
• Hostile TakeOver 2050
• Black Sierra Alpha v21
• Reapers Curse
• Holocaust
• Deadman’s Tales
• VCTF-Boilerplate
• End of the Beginning
• RamPaGe Mod

Best non-FPS Mod Phase 4 Finalists:

• Coda
• The Haunted
• Steam Racers
• Unreal Tactics 2
• Airborn
• Archasis II
• Hazard: The Journey of Life
• Renegade X
• UnWheel 2
• Bailter Ray
• Killing Time UT2D (eligible for grand finals, but not for Phase 4 prize since not updated from Phase 3)

Best non-FPS Mod Phase 4 Honorable Mentions:

• Voider
• Takeshi Gladiators
• Millagun UT2D
• Robo Coop
• AZ66 Mod
• Macchinisto
• Steel Halo: Imperial League
• The Year 2000! Gameshow
• ToonDoom
• Cartel
• Cubes of Serenity
• Project Swing
• CarBall 3
• Ancient Tales Mod
• SCUM
• Adrenaline Rush
• Doll Carnage

Our commitment to you and to UT3 engine:

Even if the contest does not pan out and we do not get the invite to phase 5 we still plan on releasing a proper build for the public to download and play. We are not jumping ship and leaving the engine, we are not folding the team, we are not going to quit… We started out down this road and we plan on committing to it and making this game a reality.

We are going to go harder than ever before and over the next few months we plan on making this game come to life. The Warm Gunners are here to stay and we will bring you a proper Alpha when its ready.

So lets move on and get to the goods…

Characters

Our character team has been rocking away and making huge strides, Patrick Paquin, Dane Brennand and Omar Amador are raising the bar, we hope you like the new models and as always please drop us some feedback, we are trying to get them as solid and pro as possible.

Levels

The Levels are getting polished, both Red River Canyon and Heart of Darkness are now at the Alpha stage. We are planning on adding three more levels in the next couple months, so stay tuned for some major updates in this department. We will be posting some wip screens soon.

Weapons

Here is a sample of some new weapon models… we are finalizing the last few weapons now, all models are completed and there are just a few left to texture.

Effects / Shaders

Our Art Director Paul Stratton has been putting the final touches on our character skin shader…
Here are some examples of it in a colored light environment:

Before I sign off for this update I’d like to add a few things…
We are looking for concept artists and a web site artist, so if you have some 2D skills and want to join a dedicated crew thats making some headway… drop me a line.

Thanks for your patience and feedback as we keep trucking along… Warm Gun is coming to life and things are getting interesting…

JC

Props – Our 3D team has really started to shine and we are getting a steady stream of assets coming in. The new levels we are making are more urban and we are really going to expand after the phase 4 deadline. Right now we are just pounding out the existing levels to make them as polished as possible.

Characters & Weapons - We are proud to say we have all six of our characters set up and rockin… Only we are still on the fence with a few of them, some might not make the cut for the first release. As for weapons, well they are sort of dictating who makes it in… haah so some of you long time watchers might know what weapons fit what character

Videos – We have really had to scale back a bunch of things because of the lack of animators, and thankfully Ryan Barrett has stepped in. Ryan is working his butt off right now making our game come to life, and I cant thank him enough.

We also have our new website up and running with forums. We are hoping that when we release the mod we will have a few people signed up to post us feedback and find bugs. We will also be looking for testers and a good beta team to help us make this game tight as possible.
So please feel free to sign up… and bare with us while it gets polished.

Thanks again for checking us out and keeping our drive alive, Keep it Locked N’ Loaded.
JC