I've started this project 18th of April, this year(2004). As the title says, I'm busy with a Darkride Designer. I'll explain what it exactly is
Darkride Designer is a program, which ables you to build your own darkrides in 3D. But what is a darkride? Almost everyone has ever been in a darkride. A haunted house for example. In a darkride you have to sit down in a single car, a train or a boat. Then you enter a building with many theming. You see animatronics moving, talking. Everywhere is music. A darkride is directed on one theme. In a haunted mansion it's Ghosts, Skeletons etc. Every darkride is different, and with Darkride Designer you can build them yourselves, and simulate them in 3D! o you can design a track, select the type of darkride, color settings, speeds etc. Ofcourse a darkride is no darkride without theming, so you'll be able to place theming wherever you want. And animation theming too. You can place sensors on the track, which let a theming object move. Or the sensor could make a sound play, open a door etc. So you can create your own darkride, or you can recreate a real one.
These are some pictures of models we've made so far:
Doombuggies
Suspended darkride
Classic Ghost train
Boats
Challenge of the Tutankhamon
Underwater darkride
Gremlins Invasion
Small boats(Tunnel of Love)
Logs
Rapid River boats
El Paso Special
These 2 are too large to post here, so I've made an URL of it
http://www.bobbejaanonline.be/interactive/dd/img/ED01.jpg
http://www.bobbejaanonline.be/interactive/dd/img/ED02.jpg
2 Screens of the editor, showing the engine(loading a model)
http://www.bobbejaanonline.be/interactive/dd/mov/DV01.avi
http://www.bobbejaanonline.be/interactive/dd/mov/DV02.avi
2 Movies of an animated scene(Suspended darkride)
On the site are many more pics, including pics of how we made the models(step by step), some movies, and things about the engine we use
(http://www.darkridedesigner.cjb.net
That's it, what do you think of this game? Questions? Tips? Post it!