T3D Showcase / 'Best of' ?

[Prometheus]

Is there a list anywhere showing off the best looking T3D games, or showing off some of the more advanced / impressive looking scenes?

Thanks.

[Jason Campbell]

It would be nice to have the best of the Show-off threads from GG and here,compiled somewhere so that users could reference them. Maybe I'll start doing that if I find some time.

[Duion]

I made a relatively complete list of all Torque3D games: https://duion.com/links/games/torque3d

The visually best games are BeamNG, LifeIsFeudal and of course Uebergame.

Of course there are several prototype showcases of unfinished games, but the only recent example is this: https://forums.torque3d.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1654

The list on this website is already pretty good: http://torque3d.org/engine/ but many of those are also just demo scenes.

Basically that already is almost all there is, I did a lot of research on that.

[XIXWYRMEXIX]

It is also difficult to break that concept down, what is "best of" depends on what you consider "important" as far as defining that definition. Marble Blast Ultra is made with Torque3d, and while not a "visually stunning" game, is a great game, fun to play and executed well. I even bought it because I love marble madness type games and this one was challenging, fun and worth playing, it has simple graphics however. Even some of the older demos look good in my opinion, and some of the free mission maps look good even if not complete games. Nils Deadly Matter project (RIP), and his new project look good and those are on DX9 and older now.

When you say "best of" are you talking about just straight eye candy and comparisons to x,y engine features? Or the gameplay itself? Or do you mean overall game experience? In my opinion as I have said before I believe the gameplay and its execution itself is the most important thing to consider when looking at games. I think that trumps fancy graphics any day. Others might focus on the artwork, graphics, and what the engine can accomplish in that arena. It is an interesting subject. There are other games DUION did not mention that have been made with the torque engine over the years.

Discussion about what defines "best of" aside, it would be nice to see a list that is easily seen.

[Duion]

It is pretty easy to tell which game is visually stunning, I mean you just look at it and see how you feel, of course this is diminished by the amount of confirmation bias you have, but if you are not biased, this works just fine. I think I looked at almost all games that exist made with Torque3D.

@XIXWYRMEXIX

If you know games I did not include in my link list, then tell me, but I think my list is pretty complete, of course I did not include nonexistent games meaning that they are not available either due to being unfinished or abandoned and some controversial games where you may get trouble for publicly associating with.

[Prometheus]

Thank you for the list. I am primarily looking at games or even just demos that showcase impressive environments, particle effects, even good looking UI's.

[Duion]

The best demos are probably still the ones released by Garagegames even though they are really old now, but they are professionally produced.

They have been open sourced now, you can get them here: http://wiki.torque3d.org/main:downloads

[Jason Campbell]

Here's some of my favorites from the old ShowOff thread from GarageGames.

Early stuff from the BeamNG guys.

 

[Jason Campbell]

This was I believe made by a guy from Bedum, Netherlands. He said it was going to be a 1928 racer set in his home town. I really liked the look and the lighting feels like a hot summer day.

[LukasPJ]

I think this list of games is nice:

http://torque3d.org/engine/

[Prometheus]

I made a relatively complete list of all Torque3D games: https://duion.com/links/games/torque3d

The visually best games are BeamNG, LifeIsFeudal and of course Uebergame.

Of course there are several prototype showcases of unfinished games, but the only recent example is this: https://forums.torque3d.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1654

The list on this website is already pretty good: http://torque3d.org/engine/ but many of those are also just demo scenes.

Basically that already is almost all there is, I did a lot of research on that.

 

Worth noting that Legions isn't on T3D. It's on Juggernaut, which was an internal build of TGEA and what would become T3D. Sort of an unfinished mish-mash of the two.

Thank you for the games. If anyone has anymore, feel free to post.

[Duion]

Worth noting that Legions isn't on T3D. It's on Juggernaut, which was an internal build of TGEA and what would become T3D. Sort of an unfinished mish-mash of the two.

Thank you for the games. If anyone has anymore, feel free to post.

That is kind of irrelevant for me, since Torque3D means made with Torque and in 3D, I don't want to separate the list into every different version of Torque, so it is not a mistake, but all intentional.