Well everybody, time for a quick little diddy explaining what the heck we've been doing for the past few weeks, and to toss out a few development screenies of stuff we're currently working on.

First, some production notes:

• Work continues on thorough documentation. Boring stuff for the unwashed masses, yes, but vitally important for any kind of software development. Our technical design document is pushing about 75 pages now, and this doesn't include our Art Bible, Development Plan, and a Master Task list that summates every single niggling detail for every project and every task that needs to be completed for Closed Beta, Open Beta, and Retail Release (an 8 meg excel file!). Arduous work, but such is the life of game development.

Personally, I can't wait to actually get back to making the dang game. ; )

• We in the higher echelons are about to start evaluation of a few new technologies that will help us bring BoB to fruition. More on this as it develops...


• And of course, work continues on our technology demo. But you've been hearing about that for a while now, so I won't bore you with more of the same.


• Work continues on the the new website. The data model is pretty much finalized, the default stylesheet is around 80% done, and work continues on the midtier apps.

Anyway, on to the fun stuff:

WIP: Koester Forge FA-112 View Model
Here we have some orthographic and perspective shots of the FA112 assault rifle, the primary infantry weapon of the EU/GPA members of the Martian Expeditionary Force.

WIP: GPA Soldier w/ Diffuse, Normal, and Specular Maps
Here we have Carnavore's marvelous EU/GPA soldier model, completely textured.

WIP: Autotek IFV28 "Lancer" Adaptable Infantry Fighting Vehicle
And here we have the WIP Lancer, being put together by bnaude.

Concept Art: R331 "Virago" Multirole Light Armored Vehicle
More concept art from our beloved Nick. :) This time we have some roughs for the R331 "Virago", the GPA's direct counterpart to the IFV28.