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A couple of new screens added – DOF effect

In: TAOC Newsby LM • April 6, 2011

DOF testing 3A few new screenshots now added to the gallery – showing the new camera depth of field effects – needs some work, but not too shabby at this early stage.

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Alpha 01 Released!

In: TAOC Newsby LM • April 1, 2011

This is it people! The day we've been waiting for since the past 5-6 years.

Its funny how things can change dramatically in life. Just 3 months ago, TAOC was considered dead and gone but we've overcome the odds, got our acts together and started working on this alpha. Ever since we made a "comeback", the development has been in Top Gear.

The last month in particular has been amazing. We've pushed our limitations, sacrificed our personal lives only for TAOC and the love for cricket!

Since our motto has always been "Gameplay over graphics", the gfx levels as expected are below average whilst the gameplay and physics have been given the most focus.

So here's presenting you, TAOC Alpha 0.1

 

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Download : Official Download

Mirror 1 – Planetcricket.net

Mirror 2 – Abhas Web (courtesy of Abhas – thanks mate!)

**** Also don't forget to choose you best resolution and graphics quality level

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The Controls for this release are:-

Bowling – All

- hit 'c' to toggle over or around the wicket
- hit 'q' to toggle pace or spin bowling

Bowling – Pace

- hold space to build up the bowler's pace, then let go to start bowling
- as bowler is running in, move the bowling cursor with arrow keys to place where you want the ball to land
- use keypad 7 to do an outswinger, keypad 9 to do inswinger
- use keypad 4 to do a leg cutter and keypad 6 to do an off cutter -  the speed of the rotation at the moment of release is decides the AMOUNT of cut

Bowling – Spin

- hold space to choose the flight of the ball (low on the powerbar is fully flighted, high is flat) then let go to start bowling
- as bowler is running in, move the bowling cursor with arrow keys to place where you want the ball to land
- use keypad 4 to do a leg break, keypad 6 to do an off break -  the speed of the rotation at the moment of release is decides the AMOUNT of cut
- use keypad 8 to do a top spinner and keypad 2 to do a flipper -  the speed of the rotation at the moment of release is decides the AMOUNT of cut
* try some combos – flighted leg break or flat flipper

Batting

- Batting arrow appears during bowler's runup – be ready for it!
- Mouse movement to control direction of batting arrow indicator – 360 degrees (though only front 180 shots possible in this release)
- Left mouse to do a defensive shot (blocks)
- Right mouse to do a ground stroke (drives)
* Front foot / back foot mode disabled in this release
* Lofted shots disabled in this release

Other

- When bowler is waiting to bowl:
    – push '0' to enable free cam mode – then use mouse left button to zoom in and right to zoom out
    – push '1' to return to default cam then 'r' to reset
    – 'l' will toggle all your strokes on or off (3D spider) but not the trajectories, just start to end point (use in conjunction with free cam to see them all)

*** hit 'r' to always reset play back to default state of bowler waiting to bowl.
*** ESC key exits the game

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Yes, we are back…Finally!

In: TAOC Newsby LM • April 1, 2011

The TAOC team have returned to dev with a new look and new vigor.  We're here to stay this time.

The website has also had a massive facelift (which was LONG overdue) and is going to be updated more frequently over the months to come.

Ah, feels good to be back

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3 New ‘Teaser’ Videos Released

In: TAOC Newsby LM • March 1, 2010

Some short videos for people to watch prior to the big video and alpha release.  These are of a practice scene in an open stadium – no nets involved.  The alpha is still under construction so any bugs you see here will most likely be fixed for the alpha release.

NB: you will need the Xvid codec to watch these.

- The first one is a smash back over the bowler's head

- The second one is a missed cover drive against a fast swinging ball

- The third is a charge to an off spinning ball that ends up being a really nice straight drive

Video1 (9.8MB)

Video2 (7.7MB)

Video3 (13MB)

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‘Alpha’ Release Imminent

In: TAOC Newsby LM • March 1, 2010

That’s right, folks.  We at Vengeance Gaming are proud to announce the IMMINENT release of the so-called ‘alpha’ – a playable demo of TAOC which will be like a practice nets session without the nets.

It will feature full bowling and batting options with no fielders so you will be able to smack the ball around unhindered.

The full physics engine will be on show and you will be able to play all strokes and bowl all deliveries.

We will be releasing a teaser video prior to the alpha release which will hopefully keep people happy until we can deliver the main thing.

Thanks again for your continued support and patience despite our lagging deadlines.

Cheers everyone,

LM

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An Interview Conducted By Cricketgaming.net

In: TAOC Newsby jkartik • February 7, 2010

hey folks, an upcoming cricketing website www.cricketgaming.net conducted an interview with me.

you can read it http://www.cricketgaming.net/forums/the-art-of-cricket/an-exclusive-interview-with-kartik-j-7758.html#post14445

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