Yo Frankie!: A Furry Vendetta

Yo Frankie! the main name or the new name of Open Game Apricot, and “A Furry Vendetta” as the name of this episode.....

After Orange and Peach, Blender Institute continues with a new open project: Apricot. This time it isn’t a movie but a 3D game! Starting february 1st 2008, a small team of again the best 3D artist and developers will develop a game jointly with the on-line community. The main characters in the game are based on the short 3D animation open movie Peach. At the end of July 2008 the game will be launched. The team members will get a great studio facility and housing in Amsterdam, all travel costs reimbursed, and a fee sufficient to cover all expenses during the period.

The team will work on a cross platform game (at least Linux, Windows, OS X), using Blender for modeling and animation, Crystal Space as 3D engine and delivery platform, and Python for some magic scripting to glue things together. It is not only the purpose to make a compelling 3D game experience, but especially to improve and validate the open source 3D game creation pipeline, with industry-standard conditions.

Targets :

1. Validation: create full functional game prototype, industry quality
2. Crystal Space development: HDR lighting, game logic, character animation
3. Blender development: animation prototyping, pipeline improvements
4. Realize in Open Source (GPL/LGPL), deliver in Open Content (Creative Commons)
5. Education: Training/workshops, presentations, documentation, DVD

Few Development Screeshots :-

Home Page : Apricot
Pre-Order DVD's : Blender e-shop