Among the things that stick in many people’s minds from Jagged Alliance 2 is the particular brand of humor in the series. So right at the outset this item topped the list of features we wanted to achieve adequately in … Weiterlesen →

Having spoken at great length in the previous diaries about the technical basics of the game and in particular the level design, we’ll now turn our attention to the slightly less dry aspects of the game: the gameplay. We’ll talk … Weiterlesen →

You may remember that in the last entry we talked about the individual light sources that the Level Designer must place in the game to create an authentic game environment. We then looked at the overall lighting in a level, … Weiterlesen →

In this diary entry we’ll be looking more closely at light sources and lighting in the level design, so first we’ll give you an overview of how a level is lit in general before we describe the addition and placing … Weiterlesen →

As previously mentioned, in this diary entry we want to look more closely into the how the effects are created. In the last part we discussed the stunning effects that make the gun battles in Jagged Alliance so thrilling and … Weiterlesen →

In the previous part of the developer diary we talked about the graphic design of the game world and the characters, and today we’ll look at one of the most important visual elements of modern games: the effects. Effects contribute … Weiterlesen →

In the first part of the diary you learned a little about the game environment. This time we want to focus on the actors in this environment. A vast array of characters roamed around in Jagged Alliance 2: all kinds … Weiterlesen →

In Jagged Alliance 2 you have to free the fictitious island state of Arulco from the vile dictator, Deidranna. When converting Jagged Alliance 2: Reloaded, it was important for us to recreate Arulco to be as true to the original … Weiterlesen →