SITREP - Week 025

Wow, that Deadlock screenshot with the rifle looks good.

I love the ambitious scope of this project... And the occasional teaser picture. (Still, can't wait for the rain effects)


-Leowolf-

I'm glad that things are moving in the right direction for you guys!
I like the look of misted over helmet from breathing :D

Considering all the community members from Germany and the fact that the best guns are made there, I think at least one German company. How about Steyr-Walter AG?

Holy Crap! That looks freakin' amazing! Hurry up and release DEADLOCK! I stuck playing Begone!

Actually i hadn't thought of that one GortosXtreme, though i think we should be vary of including names that hint at a style as well (it would be odd for me to see company named this, then i'd expect steyrs unique style).

I kind give you a couple of the EuroRussia names i've been kicking around.
Leonov Industries (hinting at the leonov spaceship from the 2010: the year we make contact).

Verhoeven (hinting at the infamous director of starship troopers and robocop, where IM draws some inspiration).

Atreidis, which hints both at the great faction from dune (one of my favorite books/movies of all time) and also hints at greek mythology (atreidis refers to one of the sons of Atreus...again hinting at warfare and world domination through arms basically).

Gal Koshkin (last names of two of the most famous weapon inventors, Uziel gal invented the Uzi).

Last but not least i thought up something like OrdenStaat (this refers back to the time of the prussian empire, and some templar reference - just for kicks).

Its just pure fun to think up stuff like this, i can't wait until we get to name weapons! I've reserved 'Cobra'....gotta love cheesy 80's movies right :D

Disclaimer: I'm a nitpicking bastard. Please, view this as some kind of Zero Punctuation reviews with me finding everything that strikes me as odd; please, don't take offence... The names are great!

I like the references a lot; especially the 2010 reference, it's too underrated just for not being 2001. Nitpick one: The Atreides are both sons of Atreus, Agamemmnon and Menelaos, just for future reference.
OrdenStaat is fine as well, good old Prussian military tradition. Nitpick two: Though, I think "Staat" sounds odd here. "OrderState". Maybe that's just my strange German sense of language there. How's "Ost-Orden"? That would be a clear reference to the Templars (fightin' around in the middle east) and Prussia (far east of the German Empire). Don't mind me, just trying to have something to brag about later, "you know what, guys? This comapany's name was totally my idea" :D

'Enough weapons by now to fill ten games" I like the sound of that!

Hehe you're very welcome to nitpick and critique the hell outta of everything, i made a list of 20 or so names - just wanted to get the ball running too, but always great with feedback, thanks! :D

@GortosXtreme: Ost-Orden...? In Danish Ost means cheese, lol.

I love the screenshot.

Let me see if I can think of some North America names for companies:

WeMaCom (Weapons Manufacturing Company)
SAMC (Small Arms Manufacturing Company)
AdWeM (Advanced Weapons Manufacturer)

Basically just coming up with a company name, then hacking off half the syllables and putting it together. Voila, a name worthy of a company in America! Sad, isn't it? Lol.

I was hoping for someone mentioning something like ThunderBall, not alone making an homage to a great james bond movie, but also bringing the 80's cheese company names in on the field....But good suggestions for sure (this might be worthy of a thread at some point, just too late for me to muscle up on that right now XD)

Okay, let's see what names I can come up with (especially making nerdy references, you know); btw Voyager, I've never seen a company named like that, only individual kinds of equipment...?

Barbarossa as an Italian company, maybe. Legendary Emperor plus it remains true to those Italian arms manufacturers with "B" (Benelli, Beretta).

Keller Small Arms Ltd.: Why, it's Logan Keller from Rainbow Six - Vegas!

Kampff Military International. Kampf is German for fight, plus, you know... Voight-Kampff-Test... You could of course just as well use Deckard Military International, or, for more obscure reference, Fancher MI.

Kamarov Personal Armory. You can reference other great FPSes as well, I think.

Nadosh Ltd. I'll let you figure that one yout yourself.

Fredersen AG. German again, reference to Fritz Lang's fantastic movie "Metropolis" from 1927, I'd call it the first real science fiction movie.

Prix Combat Equipment Inc., reference to Stanislav Lem's great books.

Cave Johnson, we're done here.

Awesome :D nice obscure references in there Gortos

just my 5 cents of critiqueing the hell out ! :-)

The company names for weapon developers should IMHO not be obscure references to nerdy stuff. Instead it should be something that makes the game immersive, yet another point for people to identify with.
Weapon company names should be in english, chinese, indian/hindi, chinese, spanish, russian, french arabic, and just maybe one israeli/hebrew. OFC these companies being big multinationals have english cool sounding names, which yet portray they ancestry.

Makes me think of some other post, where it was suggested that you input your height and weight and the character was generated with these data, depending on nationality you might have slight "racial" bonus with one arms manufacturer.

Anyways just my 5 cents.

Well, we can have both - I have already made my nerdy references in German, English, Italian and Russian. Scribble's are in Russian, Nederlands, Greek, Hebrew and German. If they're nerdy references, those who got them will smirk (but not be thrown out of immersion, those names exist outside the movies as well) and those who didn't will think "Oh, it's a German manufacturer, nice" and play on.

As for the weapon / equipment manufacturer brands, I suggest Gruber, Yamashiro, Matsui co., Sylvain Industries.

It's great to see the team going so well, the screenshot looks fantastic :-)

Hey i was wondering?
what kind of variation of weapons will
there be in the game?will the weapons be a lot alike
like in games such as call of duty and battlefield,or will they be
very different like in games such as quake?

There will be nine classes of weapons: Pistols, machine pistoles, submachine guns, assault rifles, sniper rifles, shotguns, grenade launchers and rocket launchers. Each class contains three different guns. I trust that the developers will include notable differences.

"we've got enough weapons by now to fill 10 games"

different weapons, or classes or ... and for "me" this is the most important thing ... customizable sets ?!?

The shot of the screen looks great!
I hope for the chance to combine rifle sights (red dot or "eotech" with scope or scope with nightvision or red dot or "eotech" with mounted night vision sight behind it ... hm ... THAT would be nice)

Keep up the great work.

Well, I've acctually been working on some concept modeling for you Scribblehead, it's not much, but if you're interested I can send it to you.

And here's my list: (Moslty North American company names)

Kimeon Industries
Wayford Arms
Wolfe Armaments
CURFA
ITO WRDC (Weapons Research and Development Center)
Tarlac Inc.
KineTek (get it?)
With & Messon (lol)
WarDak Corp.
Berilla
Lockload Munitions
Dirgyev
Mamasat Munitions
GDU (Global Defence United)
Paparat
Kesano Customs Firearms
RaDCo Ltd.
Tullfield Armory
Logul Arms
Xpensive Ltd.
HYNN
Gelrok
Stekri Femasa

And if you want those cheesy 80's weapons:

Annihilator
Typhoon
Archon
Bullwhip

Noisy Cricket xD
Decimator
Hegemon
Zealot
Dragoon
Raider
t
he list goes on

It's always nice to hear that progress has been made. Keep at it guys!

I like Xpensive Ltd. Maybe make it GortosXpensive Ltd and have it produce the worst weapons in the game! :D

Btw, wanted to make them the "s**tiest" weapons in the game, but that word is censored :D

Good names overall, will have a look with Kim on monday - it'll be sometime before we can make and decide on a final list.
The reason we're doing it this way is to tie in different styled weapons with their respective companies like i mentioned in the sit rep, so no two SMGS will look the same if they're from different companies.
ITO is planned to have their own style of weapons, not necessarily more powerful - but we're thinking of ways to make them stand out from the crowd weapons (for example an ITO shotgun could be less powerful than a stock company shotgun, but offer more variety in attachments and reload speed.)

@martincabunj

They will be noticeably different, weapons from the same company will share the same traits, but that can be usage of materials, grip style or the shape of the overall weapon.

@Split_Second

I don't have a ZPS account yet, so you can send your stuff to Kim if you want to.

@benus

This is totally unverified, but imho night vision should be upgrades to the suit/helmet.

Hey Jesper since you're the concept artist, I might as well just ask you this question. Pertaining to the development on your "prototypic" weapons that you plan to move further with, will there be DIFFERENT TYPES of weapons or just the same weapons with different attachments, materials, grip style, etc. I know you already answered this question but just wanted some direct clarification. Because in my opinion, if you guys just create the same weapons with different attachments only, i don't think there will be..umm..enough diversity, so to speak, with this. I personally would perfer creating DIFFERENT TYPES of weapons instead of just having 5 of the same weapons and adding different types of attachments and calling it a DIFFERENT TYPE of weapon. So that's just my predilection and absolutly not an insult. HAhehhhe...Oh and one other thing will there be night vision to the helmets or anything like that?

We should have a vote on some of our favorite names. That would be a way the community could influence the game. We could collectively decide on what names we think are the best.

And reward them with support medals :D

I agree with Voyager and Gortos. Let's hold a vote on weapon manufacturer names to come up with the final list. It seems like a great way to get the community involved with the production of the game.

@Pradeepred10

Yes well i'll try and answer as concise as i can, it's still not my decision to make but i've talked to the team about different options on how to differentiate weapons, so not all SMG's for example look alike. Kim is quite keen on the concept of establishing a 'super-car' like system, where the styles of the weapons are all different, and on equal terms although their stats will be in a rock-paper-scissors sort of system. Super-car A beats car B, but C beats A.
All i can say though right now is if you've got an SMG from company A, something like the reload system could be radically different on an SMG from company B etc.
Its a bit too early to say anything more precise, but i hope it answers some of your questions. Trust me though, we'll do all that we can to have them both feel, act and look different :).

@voyager33mw

Yep, can't promise anything, but i hope the team will put up polls soon.
More community involvement is great for sure!

hello je ne parle pas anglais je veux juste savoir quand sort le jeu INTERSTELLARMARINES tank you

well you guys i have a huge suggesstion that is upgrade the website after deadlock its completly a smart idea! make an online community of clans and what not expand people!
could we also possibly see classes in deadlock like medic assult infiltrartor and engineer
. make some cool skins and what not..... HEY finaly if you can make a ballpark guesse on when
IM first contact might come out?

@joe4eyes

Bonjour, bien qu'il soit difficile de dire quand le jeu sortira, une partie multijoueur appelée 'Deadlock' sortira très bientôt (accessible à ceux qui ont précommandé le jeu sans doute), je dirais avant la fin de l'année.
Il s'agit de la troisième partie après Bullseye et Running Man, qui correspondent aux phases d'entrainement et de sélection des marines dans l'histoire. Nous aurons donc un FPS multijoueur à peu près complet, dans des environnement d'entraînement (un sitrep précédent montre l'une des cartes en démo, reproduisant un extérieur dans une immense cave) et sans doute avec des armes visiblement d'entrainement.

Sinon, je te suggèrerais d'utiliser un logiciel de traduction automatique, ils permettent de comprendre assez bien les textes en anglais.
Le mieux reste quand-même d'apprendre l'anglais. D'expérience, une fois que tu as appris comment fonctionne la langue elle-même (les temps, les constructions de phrases...), tu peux apprendre naturellement en allant sur des sites qui t'intéressent avec wordreference.com ouvert dans un autre onglet pour le vocabulaire. D'expérience, ca marche très bien. (J'ai appris l'anglais comme ça en quelques mois en lisant des mangas en ligne^^)


For a French or Belgian name, I would suggest Ardan Manufacture d'Armes ou Ardan Fabrique d'Armes.
'Ardan' is the name of one of the heroes in From the Earth to the Moon, one of the first SF novels dealing with space travel. And it mostly involves arms builders. (You can change the name as you want, through).

Je peux utiliser Google translate

@ marine565: Afaik there will be no classes, you will be able to build your own class by acquiring different abilities - you'll be able to be a sniper medic, a rocket launcher wielding stealth based soldier or a sniping specialist with a shotgun and lts of grenades, if you wish. Player freedom.

@ Bozo, I like Ardan. The should have the best armour piercing stat, to remain true to the reference.

just took a look at this list : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_modern_armame
nt_manufacturers

"Gortos Xtreme Design Bureau" is my vote for the russian gunmaker.
for another bigass gunmaker, india, on the list I linked to is Hindustan Aeronautics Limited.
maybe something like Hindustan Armament Industries, I like that, a billion indians would probably also like the reference :)

Manufacture d'Armes de Dijon, that spells MAD! :P
OK, I know there's no weapon manufacturer in Dijon, but still... MAD!

I don't want your lemons! GET MAD!

how about a military based manufacturing group...say.....ArmaComm (Armaments Command), i thought of a halo reference as well....MAC (Marathon Armaments Corperation)

or hell, i have a list too

RiteFire

Struuger

Euston (amalgamation of Eugene Stoner, creator of the ar15/ m16

Bramley

Blaize Armory

Kasatka Advancements

Harbinger Systems (Mass Effect 2 reference)

MacTavish Industries (Soap from mw)

I would avoid referencing too recent things, as you will always find people who didn't like them, catch the reference and don't like it. And some may also call them cheap. For more 'classical' works, there is far less risk, as people who didn't like them either still recognise them as classics or won't catch them.
Just nitpicking...

If you ever make flamethrowers or equivalents, or even fire extinguishers, make them from Montag Industries.
In Farenheit 451, the hero is called Guy Montag, fireman. But more literally.

Oooh I like the Manufacture d'Armes de Dijon

oh....lol my bad.....i only threw halo in...well....because its haloversary

OOOH......Sulaco Combat Systems

well you guys i have a huge suggesstion that is upgrade the website after deadlock its completly a smart idea! make an online community of clans and what not expand people!. make some cool skins and what not..... HEY finaly if you can make a ballpark guesse on when
IM first contact might come out?
some company ideas

stahl arms for EXample STA assult rifle

ISD miltary arms for example ISDMA carbine

kaznan arms

ghra"t ochev indistiuse


ITO miltary co


Russain nationilist military arms co

finaly what type of multi is this co op or versus if versus is there a spetnaz team!???!!!

Yay, potential for more community involvement! :D

You guys inspire me! :)

What an amazing read. Loving the progress guys!

Been through most suggestions for Production Companies you guys listed.

May have missed it ...
But at first glance I didn't find one of the more obvious names tho:

Asimov Inc.
or even - Asimov Armament Corp.

In tribute to Isaac Asimov the American author and professor of biochemistry.

Just my personal footnote.

look's great, cant wait for my own pre-ordered addition when it comes out :)

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