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Pop this on product hunt, you'll get your first few thousand users in no time. > Zdog is directly inspired by Dogz, a virtual pet game by P.F. Magic released i
by tomglynch 7y ago
Pop this on product hunt, you'll get your first few thousand users in no time.
> Zdog is directly inspired by Dogz, a virtual pet game by P.F. Magic released in 1995. It used flat 2D circle sprites to render the Dogz’ models, but in a 3D scene. See Dogz playthrough video here. Dogz were fully animated in real time, running, flopping, scratching (on Windows 3.1!). It was remarkable.
The new repeating the old. Love when someone looks historically, finds a great idea and re-implements it for a new usecase!
- oplav 7y agoI hadn't thought about Dogz in ages. This video brought back some nostalgic memories. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lKSn_cHw5k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lKSn_cHw5k
- manfredo 7y agoI remember playing its successor Petz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw2tJj5IX5k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw2tJj5IX5k Definitely have memories from 90s childhood gaming.
- Impossible 7y agoIt reminded me of Ecstatica (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecstatica https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecstatica), an early 90s game that rendered character with sorted ellipsoids. It also reminds me of Ballz 3D, which also used sorted circles for rendering. Some Pico-8 demos also use sorted circles for a 3D effect (https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=4050 https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=4050) and (http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=66974 http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=66974)
- echeese 7y agoWhen I was looking at this and seeing the z-sorting pop I was instantly reminded of Catz, a similar product. Cool to see that was the inspiration