So, you wanna fly an Xwing or Tie?

Cockpit view

Chase View

Well, this isn’t finished off, but it’s meant to be a demo of the latest vesion of Papervision3D’s engine and a bit of what’s to come with PaperWorld game engine.

I’ve been flying around for a few nights now chasing ties and Xwings and it’s just such a rush to see this happening in Flash like this.

And yeah yeah, I know I KNOW – I wanna shoot stuff too – all in good time ;)

Controls:

Mouse: Steer
Semi-colon (;): Toggle cockpit/chase view
Arrows up/down: Speed
Arrows left/right: Roll

Click on other ships to fly them around

NOTE: KEYSTROKES ARE DISABLED IN FULLSCREEN MODE

Tip: GO FULLSCREEN, THEN BACK – you’ll get a performance boost

Click here and have fun!

Get the source here


16 Responses to “So, you wanna fly an Xwing or Tie?”

  1. Daniel Tome Says:

    Rock on John! \m/
    After seeing Carlos’ car demo, and now this… Man this is so awesome!

  2. Mark Carolin Says:

    Well, It’s awesome, but I’m still waiting for the E-Woks.

  3. randy Says:

    Fantastic! Thanks for the source.

  4. Scottae Says:

    Holy crap this is amazing. I can’t wait to see the version where you can shoot and destroy stuff. Then make it multi-player where you can play with other people online. How exciting. Yeah, E-woks would be cool too. And some Star Destroyers.

  5. kelly Says:

    John -

    Between this and Xray, you are a certifiable beast.

    “…glittering prizes and endless compromises, shatters the illusion of integrity. yeah.”

  6. John Grden Says:

    man, there’s a special place on RockonFlash for rush fans!

    WELCOME! \m/

  7. WiiFlash! at bling bling nivas.hr blog - white and nerdy edition Says:

    [...] update 6.2.2007 – John Grden has made an amazing XWing demo in PV3d, and Adam Robertsom from FWiidom.org added some Wii love to it. Check it out! Share and Enjoy:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

  8. Flash 9 full screen mode speed boost at bling bling nivas.hr blog - white and nerdy edition Says:

    [...] update: John and Carlos gave me the proof that I didn’t go loco – check it out (and cry, John really ruled this one). Share and Enjoy:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

  9. Jason Jensen Says:

    Too cool John!
    Are you gonna post the game link to the Red5 list?
    I’ve been following following both lists and I’m eff’in excited!!

  10. John Grden Says:

    haha not yet ;) we’re working on a UDP connection for the game and I’ll likely post it then ;)

  11. Jason Jensen Says:

    The Papervision3D list has really picked-up! I can barely keep up with the posts lately! There has been some really interesting threads this month. The thread on interpolation blew my mind man!!

    My buddy does the BEST Wookie laugh so let me know when you add the M. Falcon and I’ll send you an MP3 ;-)

    Thanks again!

  12. Keehun Says:

    AWESOME
    For me being a flash developer excites me more!!!

  13. John Grden Says:

    hehe, you like that, then check out what we’re doing at Paperworld ( http://www.paperworld3d.com ) – we’re creating a spaced based game where you can create your own star system, ships, engines, weapons and trade/sell with other players.

    The idea is to enable flashers the ability to participate at any level of development. Maybe you only do graphics, maybe you do modeling, maybe you can code and create weapons – the idea is that you can get involved in the world and have fun ;)

  14. PaperVision 3D looks amazing - Flashmagazine « Flash Enabled - Get Ready With Flash… Says:

    [...] Some months ago, John Grden published a couple nice demos that really proved that real 3D in Flash was not a dream and what difference AS3 and the new AVM makes. For Grant Skinners recent presentation at FlashForward MacWorld, John put together a demo showing a 3D space battle with X-wings and Tie Fighters flying around in realtime. (He recently updated it so that you can control the X-wing yourself). [...]

  15. BIG SPACESHIP LABS / » Improving Performance with BitmapData Says:

    [...] So there you have it. Blend modes, vectors, PNGs, videos…all of the components you need to create one horribly slow web site, right? To give her an even better chance of breaking this down, I wrote everything with the Flash 8 player in mind, as its pretty clear that FP9 can handle itself. [...]

  16. vanrijkom.org » Blog Archive » Flash Archive Preview Says:

    [...] I’ve used John Grden’s StarWars ASE meshes for testing – and the size dropped from 333 kb to 54 kb after compression. FAR is still under development, and this is only a preview, so please shout if you have ideas, remarks or bugs to report. [...]


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