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This is a screenshot from literally three months into development (February 2007). It had a multiplayer realm where you could shoot projectiles at zombies. We didn't have any 3d modellers at this stage so we just textured cubes with concept art. Lead Developer. Follow us on: Twitter \| YouTube \| Facebook \| Contact Support if you need help! Last bumped on Dec 23, 2014, 7:49:48 AM	Posted by Chris on Mar 31, 2011, 4:23:38 AM Grinding Gear Games Quote this Post
Fuck yeah! looks better than dragon age 2. Cheaper than free... Speedtree	Posted by Rustychops on Mar 31, 2011, 4:28:03 AM Alpha Member Quote this Post
Haha, the cube phase is the best phase in 3d modelling. You should've sold the game and called in Minecraft, you would've been rich by now :P Also, totally off topic, I like the way you do item descriptions now, way better than when you started the item linking dev diary :)	Posted by Vandro on Mar 31, 2011, 4:30:26 AM Alpha Member Quote this Post
Haha, you have to start somewhere. I wonder, did the game turn out looking how you had envisioned it? Do you ever wish you could go back in time to the time of that screenshot and tweak some fundamental thing that would be too much work to change now?	Posted by Malice on Mar 31, 2011, 5:29:07 AM Alpha Member Quote this Post
" Malice wrote: Haha, you have to start somewhere. I wonder, did the game turn out looking how you had envisioned it? Do you ever wish you could go back in time to the time of that screenshot and tweak some fundamental thing that would be too much work to change now? I had a strong personal vision related to the balance, itemisation and design of the game. I'm not a graphics programmer or an artist, so I am constantly surprised by how the graphics keep improving. Jonathan (lead programmer and engine developer) and Erik (lead artist) both have clear goals for how they want things to look, and they lead their respective teams to make sure those results are delivered. There are dozens of things we could fix in the past to save money, but that's completely normal in any product development cycle. There's nothing that's too much work too change though - we're happy to make major changes that improve the game. For example, this year we decided to rewrite a major part of the server architecture to be able to support far more players upon release. Lead Developer. Follow us on: Twitter \| YouTube \| Facebook \| Contact Support if you need help!	Posted by Chris on Mar 31, 2011, 5:37:53 AM Grinding Gear Games Quote this Post
nice to see the earlyyy development.	Posted by innoruuk on Mar 31, 2011, 6:16:18 AM Alpha Member Quote this Post
Great :D It looks like a map editor for an RTS. I would call it Age of Empires 3D map editor :) He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster.	Posted by permaximum on Mar 31, 2011, 6:40:56 AM Alpha Member Quote this Post
Great picture!!! I love it :) https://www.artstation.com/pstaszkiewicz	Posted by PeterKane on Mar 31, 2011, 7:11:26 AM Alpha Member Quote this Post
" Chris wrote: " Malice wrote: Haha, you have to start somewhere. I wonder, did the game turn out looking how you had envisioned it? Do you ever wish you could go back in time to the time of that screenshot and tweak some fundamental thing that would be too much work to change now? I had a strong personal vision related to the balance, itemisation and design of the game. I'm not a graphics programmer or an artist, so I am constantly surprised by how the graphics keep improving. Jonathan (lead programmer and engine developer) and Erik (lead artist) both have clear goals for how they want things to look, and they lead their respective teams to make sure those results are delivered. There are dozens of things we could fix in the past to save money, but that's completely normal in any product development cycle. There's nothing that's too much work too change though - we're happy to make major changes that improve the game. For example, this year we decided to rewrite a major part of the server architecture to be able to support far more players upon release. As they say: we learn from our mistakes. Maybe knowing what you could of done better way will help you in future. The picture looks like "warcraft 3 " world editor :D Repent! That's what i'm talking about!	Posted by obscenerainbow on Mar 31, 2011, 7:27:53 AM Quote this Post
Oh yeah, really nice to see something like that! Always sweet to get an impression how game development works :)	Posted by Rhesos on Mar 31, 2011, 7:29:31 AM Quote this Post