The Sentinel - Garry's Mod - Facepunch Forum

[release][release]Game Title: The Sentinel[Not the movie] Release date: 1986 Genre: First Person Strategy[/release] [release] Team: [PWD]Bekka(Me) Copy112(Portalcake) [/release] [release] Game overview: [release] In The Sentinel, the player takes the role of a Synthoid, a telepathic robot who has to take control of a number of surreal, checkered landscapes of hills and valleys, by climbing from the lowest spot, where the hunt begins, to the highest platform, over which the Sentinel is.[/release] [release] The Synthoid itself cannot move across the level, instead it can look around, accumulate energy by absorbing the objects that are scattered across the landscape, create stacks of boulders, generate inert Synthoid shells and transfer its "soul" from one of these clones to another.[/release][/release] [release] The Objects: [release] The Tree: The Tree's are scattered across the land in which for you to asborb so you can obtain more energy to gain to higher points in the game.[/release] [release] The Box: The Box is used to gain higher level's in the game as you place a box down you can place a Synthoid and transfer your soul to it to move up to higher points.[/release] [release] The Synthoid: The Synthoid is your view, as you are in first person you can only look from the view of the Synthoid which you are in control of, as the Synthoid you must gain to the top of the level by placing boxes and clones ontop to gain to higher points of the game, the objective of the Synthoid is to destory the Sentinel or Sentinels in the level.[/release] [release] The Sentinel: The Sentinel or Sentinels are at the highest point of the level, these objects will move slowly around detecting anything that comes within it's trace, if you are caught within it's trace it will start to asborb your energy so you must quickly move away![/release] [release] The Sentry: The Sentry is a smaller version of the Sentinel but can appear at any point of the map, it too can asborb your power so watch out for these.[/release][/release] [release]How much units of energy gained: [release]Tree (1 unit of energy) [/release] [release]Box (2 units of energy) [/release] [release]Synthoid (3 units of energy) [/release] [release]Sentry (3 units of energy) [/release] [release]Sentinel (4 units of energy) [/release] [/release] [release] Orginal game Pictures:: [IMG]http://i.d.com.com/i/dl/media/dlimage/71/71/8/71718_large.jpeg[/IMG] [IMG]http://xna-uk.net/blogs/xnagoodies/sentinel.jpg[/IMG][/release] [release] How much we've done: Total: 60% Models: [img]http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/3073/241jf2v.jpg[/img] [/release] [/release]

I can only say one word after seeing this: TRIPPY! :buddy: [editline]09:05PM[/editline] Also, needs less [noparse][release][/release][/noparse] tags :v:

I love trippy stuff.

yeah i thought i used to much release tags xD dosn't really look to bad though would be nice if there was a option to change the colours [editline]09:24PM[/editline] Quick Test map done. [IMG]http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/8407/thesentinelmaptest0000a.jpg[/IMG]

The game will consist of different gametype if we have enough time after the singleplayer, as for the other gametypes they will be kept secret till the release

[QUOTE=bekka2712;18117393] [IMG]http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/8407/thesentinelmaptest0000a.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] I can't even tell where it goes up and down :psypop:

[QUOTE=Dlaor;18121362]I can't even tell where it goes up and down :psypop:[/QUOTE] Thats part of the puzzle =p

bekka ftw. single player puzzle games are what gmod needs.

yeah there are a lack of puzzle gamemodes and i thought this would be right for a retro theme.

[QUOTE=Anonymous 057;18124591]bekka ftw. single player puzzle games are what gmod needs.[/QUOTE] This. The only puzzle gamemode I know in Gmod is that Puzzle Gamemode where you had to finish a map with checkpoints and stuff.

climb? anyway heres a video of what's done so far: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymhmiyoZybs[/url]

That is an awesome menu!

Indeed it is.

Hehe I see PortalCake is in on this one too :P This will be an interesting contest, good luck guys!

that's already impressive :P

That is really cool.

Can't wait to play it. Also, multiplayer [i]please.[/i]

Few models: [IMG]http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/3073/241jf2v.jpg[/IMG]

[QUOTE=Phyxius;18178590]Can't wait to play it. Also, multiplayer [i]please.[/i][/QUOTE] AGREED i like puzzles ! With other people...

[QUOTE=bekka2712;18114593]checkered landscapes of hills and valleys [/QUOTE] *Missing material* Other than that this gamemode is origanal and as said trippy, I would play this in my free time