Interview: Sneak Peek at Aero Empire!

Ninjadave from Moddb recently posted a sneak peek at Aero Empire, with screenshots, concept art, and several quotes about the project. Feel free to check it out here: Sneak Peek at Aero Empire.

Progress Update 2

Two major changes have been made to the rendering engine since the last progress update. The mountains, which were looking a little bare and low poly, now have more detail, normal maps and textures. The point lights (as opposed to the sun, which already had atmospheric scattering) that are placed in all lanterns now have their own light scattering added to them.

Progress Update 1

Since Aero Empire takes place almost entirely in the air and has some similarities to flight simulators, realistic flight physics were added to the game. This includes the four forces of flight: Lift, Weight, Thrust and Drag. For lift, two forces were added - airfoil force, which is the upward force provided by a wing, and buoyancy force, which is the force caused by displacement (and allows lighter objects, like balloons, to float).

Follow Us On Twitter!

For those wanting to know more about AE as small things become available, and are tired of waiting in between major news updates, we now have a Twitter feed, located at http://twitter.com/aeroempire. On it, we’ll hopefully post incremental updates of our progress in smaller form: updates on story, concept art, programming, and everything else. I (John, Lead Writer) will probably be making the majority of the posts, as I use Twitter more than anyone of the others on the team, but I’ll make sure you stay informed about everyone else’s progress as well. And of course, we always love hearing from fans, and we’ll answer all the questions we can. So, if you use Twitter, we’d love to see you there!

(Also, the forums on this site are slowly becoming the official development forums, so if you make an account, there’s a good chance you’ll start seeing many more of us on them. Drop us a line there too–we’d love to hear from you.)

Website Under Construction

The website is currently under construction, and we are adding content and modifying the layout, and hope to complete the website within a week or so.

There is still quite a bit of work to be done, however, the website is operational and a lot of content has already been added, so feel free to browse the website and learn more about Aero Empire.

I’ll be posting another news entry when the website is completely up and running - until then, feel free to contact me if you have any questions or comments.

- David.