Everquest Clone in Unity

[Kittens]

Hi all,
I love Everquest so much but it sadly it is somewhat old and a little bit stale. So, I began to rejuvenate my passion for that first original experience logging in and creating a new character in unknown lands. So, I began creating an "Everquest clone" in Unity.

I have a Bachelor's of Computer Science so my programming skills are capable, and, I know how to use Blender to model, texture and animate characters, monsters, and environments. My goal is to simulate the same look and feel of original EQ with low poly models for characters, monsters, and environments.

Conceptually, this Everquest clone would be similar in the regard that it would have numerous unique races and classes. However, there would be more exclusive features available to each class, and, custom monster abilities. Consider playing a warrior who really only had attack, bash, and kick in EQ. One feature to make melee classes like warriors more interesting is to let them delimb opponents. Imagine gnoll heads, arms, and legs flying around, making warriors just more visually entertaining.

In any case, this is just a dream project. If I ever make a small alpha build (which wouldn't take too much time actually) it would be released as a multiplayer game that supports a small number of players on a local host. Definitely no high volume servers.

Here are a few videos of something I began on this subject. It might tickle you a little bit. Thoughts?

https://streamable.com/i4jncy
https://streamable.com/izlx3u
https://streamable.com/vcqzqa
https://streamable.com/mo4pqj
https://streamable.com/7yagkk
https://streamable.com/zxtwuu
https://streamable.com/kpnyto

[Trexller]

Make a new game that is so good we will have emulator servers for it in 2040

[Bigsham]

Love EQ Wish the guy would re texture it like his kelethin video

[HalflingSpergand]

I'm down

[Swish]

Subscribed, love the concept <3

[Jibartik]

I love this!

It looks like if runescape & everquest had a baby!

you should call it everscape, or runequest.

lol its so awesome!

[Knuckle]

Might wanna reach out to Tyen/Salty see if you can tag team it!

http://www.eqemulator.org/forums/showthread.php?t=35658

[BlackBellamy]

Everyone can learn from this one https://streamable.com/zxtwuu

If your first stroke doesn't do it, reposition a little so the edge bites and that gnoll arm just comes flying clean off!

[Smyd]

+1

[Bigsham]

Might wanna reach out to Tyen/Salty see if you can tag team it!

http://www.eqemulator.org/forums/showthread.php?t=35658

Yea salty is a super cool and normal guy who plays well on a team !

[JurisDictum]

Hello: don't bother with remaking EQ until you do it for VR

[Kittens]

PROJECT UPDATE:

Here are some more models I've been working on, including a race comparison chart:

https://imgur.com/a/9eLY7UY

Current races with their current names: Gorok, Alligator, Human, Daedite, Woodland 1, Woodland 2

[Jibartik]

Don't let anyone tell you that you are not a very talented artist, if you asked someone who works at blizzard or disney to come up with something super simple and yet still appealing they would probably struggle and fail.

You got it, this is art. Love it!

[Kittens]

Thanks Jibartik. It actually took numerous years of hobby practice in Blender to be able to make those models quickly. I can now produce in 3 hours what it took two weeks when I just started. Additionally, those models aren't even textured or animated yet, just using fill colors.

You can see the Daedite (skinny half undead dude who appears to be "starving") is wearing a shawl on his face and sort of a shawl skirt wrap. Those two items would be given to every new daedite player. So it's fun coming up with clothing for all these different races. And time consuming.

It's also hard to come up with a good lineup of fantasy races. These are alpha mock-ups and those that don't become a playable race become an NPC race or a monster.

[Jibartik]

I love that deadite :) He reminds me of no ro. The knee's are hilarious (in a good way!).

[Kittens]

The Daedites are an offshoot of humans who came to occupy the "dead wastes". The dark magic evolved them into their current form. They became dependent on some aspect of the dark magic which is why their nose and mouth look undead. They're racial abilities are related to necromancy and they're geared toward magic. I mean. The Lore is still being written.

[Izmael]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjjVUMQtrVg

wtf lol

[Kittens]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjjVUMQtrVg

wtf lol

Hahah thats awesome.

[Jibartik]

I love those zombie gnomes so much.

Here's one of mine lol https://imgur.com/cfxjU22

We need a norrath purge :p

Edit: uh... wait monthly purge events would be amazing in eq lol

[Bigsham]

can we name the lizard amelinda

[Bigsham]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjjVUMQtrVg

wtf lol

jesus fucking christ how do people make stuff like this my mind is blown !

[Kittens]

I love those zombie gnomes so much.

Here's one of mine lol https://imgur.com/cfxjU22

We need a norrath purge :p

Edit: uh... wait monthly purge events would be amazing in eq lol

You made this?? It's awesome.

[Jibartik]

Haha thanks! I figured out how to extract the geometry so now I'm trying to figure out how to use Unreal and Unity myself. It goes like this mostly:

https://i.imgur.com/2uuwmdl.jpeg

[Kittens]

Nice. So you must be using an animation software. That's chill. The running is on point.

[Jibartik]

Ty! I really am just working on that primarily hehe thank you for noticing.

[Kittens]

Put me in the mood to put in a quick walk animation. I'll post content in a greater volume later. Best

https://streamable.com/jpwgze

[Jibartik]

I love him.

[Kittens]

Daedite Walking
Daedite Running
Daedite 1hs

https://streamable.com/t3y6ji
https://streamable.com/in9mzl
https://streamable.com/tnv2y6

Pretty smooth

[friendlinzh]

i love the everquest game,hope you will make a better than everquest

[Kittens]

Added the base models for a MALAKIN and a RAT.

The malakin is a small humanoid (not a playable race) that wields daggers as if they were short swords. They are intelligent enough to know that wearing armor is circumstantially beneficial and most certainly the leaders of the various malakin tribes signify their position with the finest of the garments and armor the tribe has been able to seize. Malakins are predominantly scavengers and depend on the leather working and blacksmithing of more skilled races for most of their supplies. That being said, they do make crude attempts to duplicate their scavengings including cultural offerings of cloth and leather armors. If they don't have access to a sharpened metal then they rely on their numbers, agility, claws and fangs to do as much damage as possible to their rivals. Of all things that malakins consider luxury, sweet thickened milk is nearly as valuable as gold. It is known that captured malakins can turn loyalties, be taught commands, and even be freed from their shackles if treated well with sweet thickened milk over a number of months. These turned malakins (treated with the sweet milk) resist the temptation to rejoin their tribe even if they have the opportunity to do so. Some have postulated that a malakin's response to thickened sweet milk is on account of the unusually sour breast milk of birthing malakin females which causes them to seek other sources of nutrition quickly forming more of their attachment to the tribe than their family.

https://imgur.com/a/5T34vtO

https://i.imgur.com/GKqKmJo.png

https://i.imgur.com/BiVP3hI.png

https://i.imgur.com/XhRzd0g.png

[Christina.]

Seems cool but those models are so hard to look at hehe. If focused on and a real team of people that could help..might be fun to play :-)

[Kittens]

Seems cool but those models are so hard to look at hehe. If focused on and a real team of people that could help..might be fun to play :-)

They haven't been textured yet, if that's what you mean. They are low poly to imitate EQ. The current goal is to put out a single noobie zone in Unity featuring one or two playable races and quick versions of movement, targeting, combat, inventory and vendor systems, just a taste of the dream. A full MMORPG would be impossible without funding.

I'll actually texture up that human for you today so it is more palatable. Have you seen all the models posted so far throughout the entire discussion?

[Kittens]

Here is my updated human male with a little bit of texturing and clothing choices.

https://imgur.com/GeeBqEV
https://imgur.com/KhKLKmV

[Jibartik]

I like the models! they are so unique! I say continue to push your art style, look at runescape, its still popular like eq

and anyone who knows how to draw pukes when I show them eq anyway!

:)