Game News The Omega Project press release

[DarkUnderlord]

Tags: The Omega Project

A new RPG is in the works made by a group of guys calling themselves DarkEdge Studios. Called <a href="http://www.omega-project-rpg.com/">The Omega Project</a> (and not to be confused with <a href="http://www.rpgcodex.com/gamedetails.php?id=219">Omega Syndrome</a>), it's an isometric perspective real-time game. They've <a href="http://www.duckandcover.cx/forums/viewtopic.php?t=13867">made a press release</a> and also released 5 images. 3 are concept pieces and 2 are screenshots from a hangar bay area, all of which you'll find below. Anyway, here's a bit about it:
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<blockquote>You play the role of Rick Cypher and you begin the game in Eden city, currently serving under the Eden City Police Force. In this future, being in the police is much like being in the army of this day and age. You have to sign a form so you have to stay for the duration of your work period. Rick wakes up to find an urgent call from the police HQ. Upon arriving you are filled in that the President's daughter has been kidnapped and it's your job to go undercover and help find out who’s behind it and why they kidnapped her. Like any good role playing game there are many twists and turns for you to follow.
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Locations in the game world take on the form of ‘layers’, which have been built by humanity as huge plates that support the ever growing population of Earth. Each of these layers holds a drastically different mood and feel to the game. Here are the layers in a bit more detail, starting from the top layer and working down to the surface of the earth:
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<ul><li><strong>Eden City:</strong> This is where the game begins. Eden is very technologically advanced and Mostly High Class and wealthy people live here. Large open areas support luxury gardens and parks, giving the whole city a very tranquil look to it. This is the only layer that receives sun light as we see it in our world.</li>
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<li><strong>Filtermetropolis:</strong> Imagine the bustling streets of Tokyo, now add flying cars and a variation of crude looking robots and less clean air. Next you throw in sex, drugs, rock and roll and mix it all together… introducing one of the most scum filled layers of the planet with a cyberpunk twist.</li>
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<li><strong>Taxscoom:</strong> More of a wasteland then a city as such, due to the previous war Taxscoom has been absolutely leveled to the ground. When the huge buildings fell it created a permanent dust that never settled. Gang wars rage on day and night as each one seeks to reclaim parts of the wasteland for there own… only the fittest will survive down here.</li>
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<li><strong>The Cell:</strong> This is a huge prison compound for criminals. Police mostly dump criminals here to rot. Special forces are stationed here to make sure no undesirable activity breaks loose. Convicts are bar coded upon arrival. This means that if they pass over the ‘no go’ area line, the inmates will be electrocuted. There’s only one problem with this place, it's overcrowded!</li>
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<li><strong>Surface Of The Earth:</strong> Whatever you know about the surface of the earth, forget it now...</li></ul></blockquote><p align="center"><a href="http://www.duckandcover.cx/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-1051" target="_self"><img width="115" height="100" border="0" align="top" src="http://duckandcover.cx/gallery/albums/userpics/10128/thumb_Eden%20City%20View.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.duckandcover.cx/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-1048" target="_self"><img width="86" height="99" border="0" src="http://www.duckandcover.cx/gallery/albums/userpics/10128/thumb_GraveDigger.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.duckandcover.cx/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-1047" target="_self"><img width="133" height="100" border="0" src="http://www.duckandcover.cx/gallery/albums/userpics/10128/thumb_close%20up.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.duckandcover.cx/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-1050" target="_self"><img width="121" height="100" border="0" src="http://www.duckandcover.cx/gallery/albums/userpics/10128/thumb_Screenshot%20HangerBay.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.duckandcover.cx/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-1049" target="_self"><img width="72" height="100" border="0" src="http://www.duckandcover.cx/gallery/albums/userpics/10128/thumb_Strike%20Unit.jpg" /></a></p>
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If you want to read the rest of the press release, <a href="http://www.duckandcover.cx/forums/viewtopic.php?t=13867">you'll find it here</a> at <a href="http://www.duckandcover.cx">Duck and Cover</a> (I couldn't find it on <a href="http://www.omega-project-rpg.com/">The Omega Project website</a>).
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[Naked_Lunch]

A Classic RPG in the Making, eh? We'll see about THAT!

 

[vazquez595654]

Well the concept sounds interesting if not cliched. Of course that means absolutely nothing if they can't form a game out of it.

What is up with all the post apocalyptic RPG's lately?

 

[Seven]

ARE YOU BAD ENOUGH DUDES TO RESCUE THE PRESIDENT's daughter.

 

[Section8]

Fucking balls, I was just about to say exactly that. Instead... A tangent!

Hollywood leads me to believe that the president's daughter is almost certainly quite attractive,* (Fig. 1, Fig. 2) has featured in Dawson's Creek, and has questionable mental faculties.

* Mileage may vary.

 

[LlamaGod]

Fucking balls, I was just about to say exactly that. Instead... A tangent!

Hollywood leads me to believe that the president's daughter is almost certainly quite attractive,* (Fig. 1, Fig. 2) has featured in Dawson's Creek, and has questionable mental faculties.

* Mileage may vary.

this is probably the worst post i've seen on here

 

[Section8]

Excellent.

 

[kris]

Bah, they always have a "overpopulated planet" when most studies say that population growth will stagnate in about 40-50 years from now. After that we will most likely see a stagnating population. If the game is not based in India or China I don't think we will see this in any form... heh not even there.

Natalie Portman was also a presidents daughter... whoopsie, now I showed off my star wars geekdom and general liking of petite brunettes.

 

[RGE]

This game sounds a lot like Escape from LA. Dark future, president's daughter, prison-important-enough-to-the-story-to-mention. "The more things change, the more they stay the same." I'm a little disappointed that the main character is a cop. Cops can be bad and dirty and evil, but they're never quite adventurers. I mean, they take orders. Well, at least they're supposed to.

 

[bryce777]

Bah, they always have a "overpopulated planet" when most studies say that population growth will stagnate in about 40-50 years from now. After that we will most likely see a stagnating population. If the game is not based in India or China I don't think we will see this in any form... heh not even there.

Natalie Portman was also a presidents daughter... whoopsie, now I showed off my star wars geekdom and general liking of petite brunettes.

It will only stagnate due to lack of food and other resources, hence it being overpopulated. Our planet is overpopulated already, hence all the starving people and shitty living conditions.

 

[vazquez595654]

It will only stagnate due to lack of food and other resources, hence it being overpopulated. Our planet is overpopulated already, hence all the starving people and shitty living conditions.

Wow. That can't be further from the truth. Our planet is far from overpopulated. We currently produce enough food to feed every single person more calories then what is recommended. Why people are actually starving and have shitty living conditions involves way to many factors to list.

But mind you I am pro death.

 

[bryce777]

It will only stagnate due to lack of food and other resources, hence it being overpopulated. Our planet is overpopulated already, hence all the starving people and shitty living conditions.

Wow. That can't be further from the truth. Our planet is far from overpopulated. We currently produce enough food to feed every single person more calories then what is recommended. Why people are actually starving and have shitty living conditions involves way to many factors to list.

But mind you I am pro death.

Don't be an idiot. There is a difference between "We could possibly support 20 billion people" and it being crazy and reckless to try. Places such as africa and the middle east were once paradise, but due to reckless destruction, now they can barely support a minuscule population without outside help. Hence, eys, they are overpopulated, and the environment is being destroyed fairly rapidly as it stands already.

Moreover, the fewer people you have, the better lifestyle those people enjoy, to a point. So therefore, yes, we are overcrowded by any reasonable definition, which includes people not starving, not being poor, etc.

 

[vazquez595654]

It will only stagnate due to lack of food and other resources, hence it being overpopulated. Our planet is overpopulated already, hence all the starving people and shitty living conditions.

You said because people are starving it means we are overpopulated. That is not true. The fact is WE DO have enough food and resources to feed everyone, although I would agree that it is unlikely that we will choose to feed them.

Therefore you are wrong to conclude that we are overpopulated. You are right in saying we are not supporting the population we currently have. Two completely different issues. Like I said before, the reasons for not supporting the current populations include too many factors and the issue is quite complex.

 

[LlamaGod]

pro-death, hardkore

chicks must dig you

 

[DarkUnderlord]

Places such as africa and the middle east were once paradise, but due to reckless destruction, now they can barely support a minuscule population without outside help. Hence, they are overpopulated, and the environment is being destroyed fairly rapidly as it stands already.

Lowering the population of the Middle East and Africa won't solve any of those problems though. Those problems are because of corruption, mis-guided foreign intervention (the old colonial powers fighting each other through various African states) as well as bad local Government (think Robert Mugabe). Africa has plenty of fertile "paradise" land to grow more than enough food to feed itself. Some countries however choose to grow cash crops at the expense of "eating food" because it gives them more money and allows them to import the food they need (or in some cases they're misguided attempts to make money in order to do that).

Moreover, the fewer people you have, the better lifestyle those people enjoy, to a point. So therefore, yes, we are overcrowded by any reasonable definition, which includes people not starving, not being poor, etc.

With that argument, a total world population greater than 1 could be seen as over-population. There will always be poor people regardless of population size and there will always be starving people regardless of population size. Simply lowering the number of people doesn't magically solve any of those problems.

 

[bryce777]

With logic from the other side, overpopulation is impossible.

 

[TheGreatGodPan]

In many places with massive starvation, population density is very low. In extremely wealthy places like Hong Kong, population density is very high. Overpopulation is not a problem, under-production is. If the ratio of food-producers to population stays constant, as does each producer's production, you shouldn't have a problem. The ratio lowers over time, because productivity keeps increasing.

 

[bryce777]

To make more food, you would have to make less of something else. It comes down to what lifestyle is acceptable.

If you blindly give tons of food away, then you will only make the problem worse.

For china to eat beef like the US does, they would have to have cattle consume more than the entire US grain harvest.

Most of the world is fairly hungry on a regular basis; it's only the western world and parts of asia that is never hungry.

If we all ate rice and other grains then ok, we could feed more people.

We are already taking more fish fromt he seas than is really supportable in the long run, for instance.

If you expect everyone to eat like in the USA, then we are already way, way, WAY past the limits of global population. Water and arable land don't grow out of nowhere, you realize.

If you don't mind having a bunch of people just subsisting and doing nothing else, the sky is the limit.

 

[DarkUnderlord]

Bah, they always have a "overpopulated planet" when most studies say that population growth will stagnate in about 40-50 years from now.

It will only stagnate due to lack of food and other resources, hence it being overpopulated. Our planet is overpopulated already, hence all the starving people and shitty living conditions.

Actually the birth rate is stagnating because rich, well-fed people don't have as many babies as poor, starving people. It's got sweet fuck all to do with lack of food. Starving people and shitty living conditions exist in the United States in some places today. The US produces more food than it eats. Hence food production has dick all to do with these problems as you initially stated.

To make more food, you would have to make less of something else. It comes down to what lifestyle is acceptable.

We don't need to make more food.

The world produces enough food to feed everyone. World agriculture produces 17 percent more calories per person today than it did 30 years ago, despite a 70 percent population increase. This is enough to provide everyone in the world with at least 2,720 kilocalories (kcal) per person per day (Food and Agriculture Organization 2002, FAO 1998). The principal problem is that many people in the world do not have sufficient land to grow, or income to purchase, enough food.

For china to eat beef like the US does, they would have to have cattle consume more than the entire US grain harvest.

For the US to eat rice like China does, they'd use more water flooding rice fields than is currently available to US land owners. Better yet, if China had the same number of cars per person as the United States, we would've run out of oil 10 years ago.

Way to change the argument though. It was a nice attempt at least.

Most of the world is fairly hungry on a regular basis; it's only the western world and parts of asia that is never hungry.

Again, this has nothing to do with food production. The world already produces enough food for these people to have well balanced meals. Starving people in Africa is all about the political conditions there which have led to them not producing enough food to feed themselves as well as the lack of economic conditions which allow them to get jobs and have money to buy food. There is plenty of land and resources available to feed those people adequately right now. We already are. It's just a matter of breaking through those political conditions to do that.

As a case in point. Zimbabwe used to produce ample food to feed itself and export it to another nations. Now it doesn't. Why? Politics. Get an education and read all about it.

If you don't mind having a bunch of people just subsisting and doing nothing else, the sky is the limit.

Total bullshit.

 

[bryce777]

Bah, they always have a "overpopulated planet" when most studies say that population growth will stagnate in about 40-50 years from now.

It will only stagnate due to lack of food and other resources, hence it being overpopulated. Our planet is overpopulated already, hence all the starving people and shitty living conditions.

Actually the birth rate is stagnating because rich, well-fed people don't have as many babies as poor, starving people. It's got sweet fuck all to do with lack of food. Starving people and shitty living conditions exist in the United States in some places today. The US produces more food than it eats. Hence food production has dick all to do with these problems as you initially stated.

To make more food, you would have to make less of something else. It comes down to what lifestyle is acceptable.

We don't need to make more food.

The world produces enough food to feed everyone. World agriculture produces 17 percent more calories per person today than it did 30 years ago, despite a 70 percent population increase. This is enough to provide everyone in the world with at least 2,720 kilocalories (kcal) per person per day (Food and Agriculture Organization 2002, FAO 1998). The principal problem is that many people in the world do not have sufficient land to grow, or income to purchase, enough food.

For china to eat beef like the US does, they would have to have cattle consume more than the entire US grain harvest.

For the US to eat rice like China does, they'd use more water flooding rice fields than is currently available to US land owners. Better yet, if China had the same number of cars per person as the United States, we would've run out of oil 10 years ago.

Way to change the argument though. It was a nice attempt at least.

Most of the world is fairly hungry on a regular basis; it's only the western world and parts of asia that is never hungry.

Again, this has nothing to do with food production. The world already produces enough food for these people to have well balanced meals. Starving people in Africa is all about the political conditions there which have led to them not producing enough food to feed themselves as well as the lack of economic conditions which allow them to get jobs and have money to buy food. There is plenty of land and resources available to feed those people adequately right now. We already are. It's just a matter of breaking through those political conditions to do that.

As a case in point. Zimbabwe used to produce ample food to feed itself and export it to another nations. Now it doesn't. Why? Politics. Get an education and read all about it.

If you don't mind having a bunch of people just subsisting and doing nothing else, the sky is the limit.

Total bullshit.

Sorry, but you are full of shit. It is true about the rice most likely, but I am using that as an example.

As someone who has gone hungry, it is easy to tell that in fact you never have.

I did not bother to read all your elaborate blathering, so forgive me for not countering each 'point'. What I said stands for itself and is quite obvious. if you subscribe to a little thing called logic, and another called reality. And reading, of course. I don't expect all that from you, though. I did not expect anyone to be stupid enough to argue that the earth's resources are not being strained, but then corporate 'science' and fud are the norm so I should not be surprised so many are.

 

[DarkUnderlord]

As someone who has gone hungry...

Yeah Communism is a bitch, ain't it?

 

[vazquez595654]

pro-death, hardkore

chicks must dig you

"I am pro death penalty, pro choice, pro suicide, pro assisted suicide...I am for whatever gets the freeway moving faster...were not rebuilding after the floods."

-anonymous

When it comes to women and business I am a chamelion. I say whatever they want to hear (within reason and as long as it's not illegal). Besides women would hate you if you tell them the complete truth (as will most people). And no one would hire you if you were completely honest. I remember taking a test for employment at Best Buy. Basically you sat in front of a computer and it asked ethical questions. I took the test and answered honestly. Without getting into my personal upbringing, I would say I was brought up pretty conservatively and religiously. Put it this way I don't drink or use illegal and most legal drugs. Anyways I didin't get the job. I asked my brother (who works there) and he said that you weren't smart enough to lie on the questions. In other words the test wasn't to test my ethics but to test whether I was smart enough to lie about my ethics. I can't remember any of the questions specifically, but trust me some of them were completely over the top. The type of question where you know no one would actually do the answer they wanted you to say, but you know they want you to pick that answer.

 

[Higher Game]

Rich people don't have children. They're intelligent enough to get rich, and they're smart enough to avoid children. They enjoy nature, Classical music, RPGs, caviar, and other sublime things the masses don't understand. Over time, these kinds of people die out because they don't have children.

Poor people overbreed. They're stupid, they don't know how to make or save money, and they are easily satisfied with everything else (except sex!). They're happy with WWII first person shooters, Ashlee Simpson, subdivisions, and think fine food is a lunch at Olive Garden. Oh yeah, they vote, too.

In the end, stupidity explains all of this. People are getting stupider because technology allows some would-be Darwin award winners to survive and breed. The solution is a post-apocalyptic period to weed out the stupids, then rebuild from an offshore oil rig. :twisted:

Lots of fun essays on this can be found at anus.com, the internet's most offensive site.

 

[vazquez595654]

They're intelligent enough to get rich, and they're smart enough to avoid children.

Are those two related?

Why is avoiding children smart?

 

[RGE]

Because children eat. They eat your time, your resources, your entire life. They even nibble on your flesh while you're asleep. Those sharp and pointy teeth, those glowing red eyes. Pure evil.