Screenshots released

[Jimhotep]

Just not to us. We don't rate. We just hang out on the official bulletin board like fools. The guys who sit around and ignore the game get all the beef. (That's tongue-in-cheek, TM. Well, half tongue-in-cheek anyway :) )

http://www.bluesnews.com/screenshots/games/mosbysconfederacy/20081111/

[Jimhotep]

A couple of notes on things gleaned from the screenshots:

1. TM, if you're going to make a big deal about how the soldiers are individuals that the player will care about, then you need to provide individual pictures for each of them, rather than having them all look identical but with different stats. This screen (http://www.bluesnews.com/screenshots/games/mosbysconfederacy/20081111/mosby_screen_8.shtml) illustrates what I'm talking about.

2. I presume the unit count is low throughout the game. Can't you do something to spruce up the landscape a little bit then? Some actual groundcover would go a long way toward breaking up the smooth, pool table-like appearance (http://www.bluesnews.com/screenshots/games/mosbysconfederacy/20081111/mosby_screen_5.shtml) of the playing field.

3. The camera appears to be locked to an isometric view. I hope not. I also hope it's not going to be restricted to the zoom distances we're seeing in the screenshots. I hate 3D cameras that don't provide a full range of movement starting from all the way in to fairly far out.

Just my opinions. From what I can see in the screens, this looks like a cool game.

[LordFu]

Looks good! The models look very smooth.

[roboczar]

I agree with the pool table effect. Get some higher resolution textures in there, bring in a pixel shader and do bump mapping... then add in some sprites for grass and ground cover, or use a shader to do it.

Just my suggestions :)

[Reed]

What do you mean, not to us?

All of this stuff is on the official site...

[Torgen]

I think that he saw the screenshots on Blues before he saw them here.

[Czech Centurian]

Looking Good. The smaller rocks need some work. And there do seem to be different zooms and angles. I like the one where the troops are on the hill. They're bigger than the dead at the bottom.

[King Faticus]

Looking Good. The smaller rocks need some work.

I agree.. the larger rocks have a higher resolution texture than the smaller rocks
also I think the terrain textures should be a little higher resolution as well

it looks odd to see all the detail on the large rocks, stumps, trees, and other objects... then see the lower res terrain right next to it
http://www.bluesnews.com/screenshots/games/mosbysconfederacy/20081111/mosby_screen_6.jpg

/me crosses his fingers that the site allows linking o-0

[Jimhotep]

What do you mean, not to us?

All of this stuff is on the official site...

Sorry. I tend to blow through the main screen to get to the forums. Usually, devs post about stuff like this in the forums as well, so I guess that's what I was looking for.

[Czech Centurian]

Yes, those were the rocks I was refering to.