GORILLA 2000

What is Gorilla 2000?

Gorilla 2000 is the first announced partial conversion for Id Software's Quake III: Arena. It is a tenth aniversary celebration of the father of ballistic deathmatch and gorilla warfare, Microsoft's original Gorilla for Qbasic. Target completion date for this project is January 1, 2000. This is not a joke!

Planned* Features

Updated graphics

• richly detailed cityscape maps, with varied buildings, building textutes, and skies (including smiling sun)
• new models: fully animated gorillas and bananas
• diurnal (day/night) variability in the levels
• VBanana support (similar to Vwep)
• Banana detonations with slow growing sphere of damage, destoryable brushes

Improved Mulitplayer

• multiplayer on one PC
• ultra low bandwidth/lag tolerant internet play featuring smooth play on even a modest server configuration.
• Rocket Arena style team and tournament play with player voting.
• new scoring model

Gameplay enhancements

• Aim with the mouse, keyboard, or numerically with the numpad.
• real banana physics
• random map generation through server side perl script
• server side configurable environmental variables: gravity, timescale, wind, time of day, city generation parameters
• pixel exact bounding boxes

Exaggerated Cinematics and Special Effects

• god's eye view
• first person perspective
• slow motion
• extreme zoom scope
• low angle victory/taunt cam
• dance cam
• tracking ballistic banana cam
• extreme eye candy explosions
• night play
• BFB 10000 - Wait until you see this baby!

• Though the graphics will be pushed through a multi-million transistor 3D card the sound will still pump (?) through the old PC speaker.

How can I help?

If there's absolutely any way you think you can help out on this partial conversion (e.g. code) please drop me a line.

Status

Planned

• get some c++ good software and a compiler
• learn ANSI C
• get Quake III: Arena dll source
• code partial conversion
• get some good modeling software
• become expert modeler
• make gorilla, banana, and sun models (and animate)
• get some good mapping software
• become expert mapper
• make base city maps
• get a good text editor
• learn perl
• code random map generator
• get some good graphics somftware
• become master of style and design
• make building textures, model skins, and skies
• put it all together
• port to Linux
• debug
• debug
• debug
• debug
• debug
• enjoy the accolades of the community for a job well done
• debug
• graciously accept job offer from id Software

Completed

• 1999-09-01 - kicked that old web page's ass and posted a new one
• 1998-10-13 - made kick ass webpage

*all features subject to change