Alien Swarm
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Unknown - More info on ProtonDB Alien Swarm is a free top-down shoot-em-up for up to four co-op players, created by Black Cat Games after the company was bought up by Valve. Its complete source code is provided in the Source SDK as a sample project for Source modders, much like Team Fortress Classic was for GoldSrc.
The game thrusts players into an epic bug hunt featuring a unique blend of co-op play and squad-level tactics. With your friends, form a squad of four distinct IAF Marine classes. Plan your attack using an unlockable arsenal of weapons with countless loadout configurations against a wide variety of aliens. Blaze your way through an overrun, off-world colony, eradicating the alien infestation in environments ranging from the icy planet's surface, to a subterranean lava-flooded mining facility.
Features
- Tile-based mapping tool
- A new quick-build mapping tool is included, which provides a set of tiles that can be combined in different ways. It is probably the descendant of the embryonic in-game map editor seen in Portal, which was also tile-based.
- Global dynamic lighting
- Alien Swarm will debut Source 2009's improved shadow mapping technology, which can be sanely used to illuminate an entire scene.
- Depth of field
- A real-time depth of field shader blurs backdrop scenery.
- Steamworks integration
- Unclear how useful this will be, as currently Steamworks distribution is required to implement persistence, Steam Cloud, achievements, etc.
Source code
The source code for Alien Swarm will be released on Monday, July 19th, at the same time as the game. It appears that it will not include Mac code.
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