In this link, the Red Arrows are now merged into the images but the image quality is less because I cannot take the screenshots all over again. Download whichever one(links) works for you.

http://www.gamefront.com/files/23837121/Basic+GitHub+Tutorial+for+Beginners_B.zip

This will get those who know nothing about github started in no time. If you have displaced red arrows due to your version of office. Just tell me and I will try to post a better one with the red arrows as part of the image.

http://www.gamefront.com/files/23837095/Basic+GitHub+Tutorial+for+Beginners.zip

dueal: @all...whats Gwon Gwon?

Gwon Gwon is either isi-ewu or like isi-ewu. I think they are different ways of preparing isi-ewu.
I dont know the part of the goat it is made from but I always thought it was made from the head or stomach or so.

Awesome

We can use a school plan class, admin, hostel, assembly, staff quarters etc

dueal: @jivi...certainly not cel shading

Great!

@dueal or do you mean certainly not Cel-shading?

@dueal, Then, whats the point of it being next gen

Nice one, but we are not going to use cel-shading with the new style. The lighting of the environment is gonna be realistic

@dueal
Any ideas for the level design?

jjk24: yea a culd do that buh can't post it here d image quality sucks !! Mayb sum1 good with photoshop or gimp sha I geht gimp fit try am leta!! so mission update!!-- mr goatie as escaped n he his about 2 go rescue d odas -- we have two choices here ida e goes in with full ammunition with d moutain goats or- he goes alone with only a cutlass finds a way 2 d weapons shade 2 fully equip him sef n dem he go guns blazing!!!--- - *-*

Let him just start all out with full ammunition.

Apart from modelling, we need a top view plan of the barrack in general.

dueal: so long as its 3 or 4 sided faces yes they work...but modeling packages let u do stuff dat produces faces with more sides or disproportionate tri(too long).if there's a function the checks for clean mesh in ur program then good...else use zbrush to load d mesh...if it doesnt complain and u dnt see holes in d mesh imported then fine

Okay, I'm not a modelling package expert though. I can only use AutoCAD(due to my Engineering background) and then use MeshLab for cleaning up the exported model.

dueal: tips...i quite certain we need clean models (meshs having only quad faces). these wont work

Why wont they work? They all have to be triangulated before they end up being used by the underlying API(Opengl/Direct X)

I created this model sometime back. We can use it for this game. Also, I have to explain the github thing too.

jjk24: Where everi 1 na. @jivi n co!! eni way !! We can't mak all d models we nid so I found a gud site we culd geht weapon models mehn see me see guns!! www.tf3dm.com/3d-models/weapons .

Cool. I know this site. The picture of the dirt texture stuff I posted earlier. I got the level model from that site. It has a lot of great models.
We are obviously not going to be able to model everything.
I can also get rigged animation of a soldier character with all the moves except climbing a ladder.

I have no texture mapping skill at all. so, na dueal.

ok, great. so, we can start modelling hostel-like buildings.

one or more hostel-like building duplicated in different places with uniques decay texture for each.
one administrative building
one or two cafeteria
several shades
weapon storage etc.
I will start modeling one cafeteria.

@dueal, jjk24.
do we start modelling Nigerian buildings randomly or are there buildings specific to barracks?

That brings us back to level design - barracks

Lets focus on the interactive parts for now.

jjk24: Yea yea barracks it is den!! So goatie escapes !! Goes back 2 d barracks 2 rescue odas?! E doesn't have weapons does he!?- or r we skipping the it 2 where dey alredi hav ammunition!!-

He already has weapons.

If we are going to skip, where do we skip to.
I suggest we skip to
* ammo needed [ goaty infiltrate military base for weapons and ammos ]
the goats have acquired some weapons and were about to leave when Gwon Gwon got killed and they had to retrieve Gwon Gwon's body. Immediate battle against AI opponents through a barrack level.

Preboy: outline of stages
* escape of goaty [ goaty escapes, releases other animal and starts the war]
* ammo needed [ goaty infiltrate military base for weapons and ammos ]
* mountain revolt [ goaty conquers the mountain region and makes it the head quarter
.... he also conquers other regions lyk water, ice etc. these are also levels
* muu's mission [ goaty is captured, muu has to rescue him which he does and gets killed during the process ]
* goaty's escape [ goaty escapes base * temple run in military base* which muu gets killed ]
* goaty's revenge [ goaty infiltrate base and rescues muu's body ]
* sad news [ goaty heard that his wife was captured and he goes to military base and kills soldiers only to find out dat general musa has her at HQ ]
* final showdown [ goaty and friends attack HQ which is well fortified and waiting for them. goaty kills general musa and rescues his wife which also ends the war...,
feel free to delete or add a level

Peterjosh: @jjk24,I really don't want the first phase to be love another run game in the making. Some little wisdom on the part of Mr Goatie in his run can make the game more special and quite different

We already know that goatie has to escape. The question now is. How is he going to escape. Is he going to be running or fighting or both? A better Idea is always welcome.
Worst case scenario, we skip all these phases as cutscenes as @dueal suggested earlier if I am not mistaking and go straight into the gun battle and establish a no-nonsense character for goatie as against a running away - ish character.
However, I still think we are on the right path by starting with the escape. We can still improve on it to make it very different from another running game like you said @Peterjosh

jjk24: yea dahs wah I also tot@ d 4 legs part!!- and d oda question abot dere bein oda goats!! D game is basically based arnd goats!- or u mean in d 1st mission dey might be hanging arnd buh I dnt tink dey will take part in enifin in dis 1st mission!!- mehn aa love d cassava water tin u said and d hidding stuff - I tink stealth will play a big role in dis game -- buh don't u tink dis will slw dwn d pace in dis 1st mission?!

We should add the cassava stuff as health package for the entire game. Also, we could put it around in the first mission to reboost goatie's health after some stoning damage along the escape path

Try Weka in Java here: http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/ml/weka/

jjk24: Lolz so dis is ma level design(sucks I knw) buh I tink we shuld all geht it - so goatie is in turbo mode dahs him yea d 1 dah luks lyk a roach !! So here is d escape plan he kips running avoiding the stones and the pursuers (we culd let him use is horns to injure pursuers near by then see does tins I named crates?! And that slow motion stuff I talked about wen d player gehts cls 2 d crates den sumfin matrix style apens everitin slws down mr goatie jumps 2 d 1st crate second and Over daht fence yea gbam mr goatie is gone 1st level done#cheers!?( The jumping stuff culd be qte though(quick time events!)

Nice. Should he be on 4 legs or 2 legs when running away?

I will come up with a basic explanation on using github and post it here by tomorrow for everyone who do not know how to use it. However, just create your accounts and send them for now.

We would create the models and have it textured by someone else
In other words, the modelling of a building will be a separate activity from its texturing except the modeler
has the skill set to do that too.

Bulldog: blender and it's go the .blend format

I believe we are going to export to a common format(.obj or .3ds) as jjk24 suggested earlier.
Also, We need to manage/share source codes and assets. So, I will create a github project and get everyone to join in.

So, please create a github account here -> https://github.com/ if you dont have one yet and send me your username
at jivibounty@yahoo.com or post it here.

Bulldog: bungalow model. Nothing inside the house though

nice one.

jjk24: If u can't watch the video the pictures sais it all. U sai drake runnin towards d camera and behind him a truck chasing him then he start shooting @ d car buh nt lukin forward the camera is in front of the player !! Dahs ma "personal" vision for the 1st mission goatie is drake!- running frm humans nt a truck goatie doesn't have a destination jst escape the humans is in is mind so I tink we shudnt giv player the free dom to go eni where here jst direct dem to a certain point along the wa dey avoi stones thrown by the humans jst by moving left and rhyt since goatie is lukin backwards and d camera Is facing the enemies # !! Just watch the vid and tell me wach u tink jivi and co!

not a bad idea. That means the mission would be short.
@dueal, jjk24
going with jjk24's idea, Can we get a draft of how the level design would be so that we can start making 3d models of buildings etc for the escape lane? I searched online for African-like buildings and only ancient huts kept coming out. So, I dont think we can download for this.