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dgsag · 2009-02-19 10:18:31

The next graphical juggernaut to rival Crysis There is a new trend-setting independent game developing team on the loose these days, and by the looks of their progress in recent months, they really do mean serious business. Koru Entertainment, founded by Colin Wagner, Andre Bostrom, and Rex McNish, is a 47-person, purpose-driven independent game development group focused on pushing the envelope of PC gaming beyond even tomorrow's expectations and delivering a social impact in the process. The team encompasses a variety of skills from a Crysis-centered background, ranging from the famous framerate-boosting Custom Crysis Configuration project to The Creation mod, an alternative multilayered storyline to the original game with major engine improvement tweaks. The team's newest and most valued IP game project, known as Type 3, is a first-person shooter RPG with a psycho-mystery thriller storyline set in a hybrid open-world, open level sci-fi universe. The game will bring up and tackle sensitive issues affecting modern society and will try to take the first steps towards in making video games recognized as a form of art. The story takes place in the eyes of Keith Raven, an ex-soldier who's mental and emotional scars have led him to spend 20 years in a psychiatric hospital. Shortly after release, his brother, a high ranking official in the United Republic of Species, commits suicide. After receiving a secret postmortem message from his dead brother, Keith reveals the racism, hate, and corruption reaching to the highest tiers of the Estari government, while fighting the intense psychosis destroying his sanity and perception of reality. 'Our mission is to bring video games to be recognized as the art forms they are,' said Colin, Co-President and project lead of Type 3. 'We also want to push the envelope in all aspects of a game, be it game play or storyline. Each section of our games will have an equal amount of attention paid to them, for a gaming experience that will invoke the same emotions and thoughts as an art film.' The game is based entirely around a proprietary technology known as the Maoli Engine, created exclusively for DirectX 10 from the ground up. Even more so, the group already anticipates plans for DirectX 11 in the near future. Maoli features a clipmap level of detail system, which essentially allows for unlimited terrain. It also features Cone Step Mapping, a faster and much more efficient alternative to Parallax Occlusion Mapping as found in Crysis. In perspective, CSM is similar in result to parallax occlusion mapping, yet it's a bit different. Instead of just blindly tracing rays, the method uses pre-computed cone step texture that speeds up the tracing by quite a bit and also handles big changes in height much better. Moreover, CSM, POM and relief mapping are all very similar in result but are different algorithms. Prenumbra Shadowing is also supported, which is currently the fastest shadow system for real-time games. Additionally, the method allows shadows to also fade as they get farther from the light source as real shadows do. To further complement this technique, Atmospheric Scattering is incorporated into the Time of Day system as well as motion blur, object motion blur, and Screen Space Ambient Occlusion. One of the more noteworthy aspects of the engine is that it uses a deferred renderer. This basically allows for over 100 lights to be in a scene at any given time. In efficiency terms, it also shifts much of the rendering stress from the CPU to the GPU. Last but not least, the engine provides very accurate and very optimized PhysX support for Aegia PPUs and PhysX-enabled GPUs. Furthermore, a more comprehensive list of complete specifications can be found here. The game's lead mapper and texture artist Rex McNish quotes, 'I wanted something more, to really be able to express my creativity. During the time I was with the Custom Crysis Configs team, I was mapping for a Crysis mod called 'The Creation', where I learned how to make custom Time of Day tweaks to provide CryEngine 2 with a more natural, immersive experience.' While Koru Entertainment is still off to an early start and is still working on expanding their team with new talent, its initial background, experience, and quality of work are nonetheless very respectable. We look forward to seeing what's in store for this independent development team, and if Type 3 really is the next graphical juggernaut to rival Crysis, the Maoli Engine promises to redefine the term 'optimization' for a truly scalable game play experience.Work-in-progress screenshots:

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#101 0bas0

Member since 2009 • 25 Posts

Continueing to spread the lies Bas; Can't blame you for being brainwashed by your childish leaders.
CryMod thread went to hell because Rex insulted Crytek, CryEngine 2 to Crymod which houses fanboys of the engine, game and company.
Wrong place to post ignorant bashing. And on top of it, pretending Koru is somehow superior, and will outdue.. and not JUST outdue, he claims it won't be hard.
Arrogance. What does Rex or Colin actually do besides boss a team around? Apparently not even the story-writing?
CryMod.com's thread is in the gutter cause your PR sucks. And InCrysis is in the gutter because when a member brought up CryMod.com, Rex blamed me.
Naturally when I am blamed for something I did not do, I will defend myself. Thus, InCrysis I defended myself after first being slandered.
And in the event I defended myself, and also shared my knowledge of the events that lead to Koru, the forum members decided themselves you guys were wrong.
And when Rex decided to censor that thread twice, he screwed his reputation at InCrysis.
Crysis-Online, all I did was give my criticisms of the project, didn't go into the political issues. Nate forced me to bring up the internal politics when he decided to post chat logs of me and him. He gave me the excuse to share my side of the story politics wise. So Crysis-Online thread went to hell because of you guys as well. Although I had alot less reason to be there sharing my opinion, doesn't mean I'm not allowed to.
And the Koru team did not respond professionally.
1. The Koru team argued. How professional
2. Anytime someone had criticism, and not to do with me at all.. Rex got offended, and called it harrassment.
3. I believe on Crysis-Online, the side that wouldn't shut their mouths after the thread was locked, was Koru (Colin and Rex).
Nothing about Koru has been professional. Koru acts like a modding team, and develops like one too.
That isn't because the team members suck, that is because the leadership sucks. You can't make a great project with bad leaders.
I never had a problem with you BAS. My issue was with Colin and Andre, and expanded to include Rex.
You decide to involve yourself, that is fine. Remind Rex that no one, including me hates the whole team. I don't hate nor dislike the team. There are some good people there, and I feel sorry for them too. I dislike Andre, Colin and Rex.
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Ur just crying cause ur cant lead any team, destroy evry team that u lead. and then find a excuse and drops ur team. then searching evry thread that is about our wonderfull game and trie to ruin our reputation. that and evry1 can confirm that is childish. On crysis online u only had 2 or 3 guys with u wich where always against tao, u would u if u where even a bit active on the forums. also our pr would suck, why are we then already on fudzilla gamespot gametrailers and dozen other sites??

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#104 banbanbanban

Member since 2009 • 31 Posts

"Look at these super-realistic floors!" PC game developers are becoming far too shallow if you ask me. Ninja-Hippo

The pc dev's are following in console dev's footsteps.

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#105 DevotusMustelus

Member since 2009 • 25 Posts

Ur just crying cause ur cant lead any team, destroy evry team that u lead. and then find a excuse and drops ur team. then searching evry thread that is about our wonderfull game and trie to ruin our reputation. that and evry1 can confirm that is childish. On crysis online u only had 2 or 3 guys with u wich where always against tao, u would u if u where even a bit active on the forums. also our pr would suck, why are we then already on fudzilla gamespot gametrailers and dozen other sites??
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0bas0

I got insulted by someone with poor grammar. I feel hurt now.

Baseless claims. You are spoonfed by Colin and Rex. Think for yourself.

Oh and for the record, I can and have lead a team. Infact everything that is now is because Miriscus was formed.

I wonder what the chances are that you guys would have Maoli had I decided not to do Miriscus. I bet you'd still be modding The Creation.

I bet the insult had to do with why I am not developing anything anymore. I really hope you got your facts from the horses mouth and not Rex.

I had a chance at doing a new custom engine without Nate, but decided not to be involved with any developing because 2 years so far have been wasted since I began modding by myself back in 2006-2007. Miriscus is still here, and I'm still leading the group, paying for the site. I just can't be arsed with developing another mod or indie game after what happened. It was a turn off.

I never had major problems developing. It wasn't until Andre/Colin pair came into the picture, that **** storm began.

I'm focused on paying my bills right now and attending to school, and not investing in pipe dreams.

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#106 LofaraofAustra

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Chris, and we all know who you are, just get over the fact that Koru has moved on. Colin and Rex are fine leaders, why? Because they don't walk around like tyrants, and scream and kick thier members when things don't go their way. They listen to criticism, talk with their team, and respect their team. "I had a chance at doing a new custom engine without Nate, but decided not to be involved with any developing because 2 years so far have been wasted since I began modding by myself back in 2006-2007. Miriscus is still here, and I'm still leading the group, paying for the site. I just can't be arsed with developing another mod or indie game after what happened. It was a turn off." - Chris Lot has changed since you left, Progress has been great. Chris you know nothing about the team your trying to break down, you accuse my fellow colleagues of lieing, and even go after them on foolish grounds. Chris, or DevotusMustelus, Knows aboslutely nothing about the project. Excuses, You can't lead a team for reasons discussed, all you do is complain, scream kick and cry, threaten with empty then kick and scream some more. He will spread his lies, Good fair minded people, Rebuke when you see him, ignore his words. Take the stumbling blocks he has placed at our feet and strike it against his. We have much better things to look forward to.

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