Arx Fatalis

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Wikipedia:Arx Fatalis
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year  2001
genre(s)  fantasy action-adventure-RPG
developer(s) Arkane Studios
engine Proprietary



circa: 2001 (Europe)/2002 (USA)

engine

atmospheric/environmental effects

  • collision detection: break cobwebs, spin hanging body
  • lighting: dynamic, colored, vertex; coronas, flickering; crystals, fire, forcefields, lanterns, rock, spells, teleporters, torches
  • particle effects: blood spray, fire, lava spurts, liquid spray, poison spray, smoke, sparks

physics

  • transparency: cobwebs, cold air, fire, forcefields, magic item glow, smoke, snakewomen "camera" viewer sphere, teleporter portal effects, tracers (arrows, magic, menu mouse cursor), water
  • other: camera shaking (earthquakes, paralyze spell), usable objects highlight


player character

  • name/description: nameless ("Am Shigar") male prisoner
  • body rendered in 1st-person view
  • breathing moves camera slightly
  • different armor changes look, facial animation, skill points
  • drinking too much wine causes screen to fade maroon in/out for a while
  • footsteps: dirt, metal, mud/wet/slosh, stone, water, wood
  • moves: drop/pickup/throw object, hit, jump, lean left/right, magic, run, shoot/swing weapon, sneak ("stealth mode"), strafe
  • needs to eat or will lose health
  • view: 1st-person (character, flying eye, snakewomen "cameras")
    • pan: mouse


level/world design

environmental interaction

  • break: cobwebs, grate, walls (some)
  • drop/pickup/throw: benches, blacksmith's files & pliers, body limbs, bones (pelvis, skull), chairs, chest (1, small), cushions, forks, goblin game board, hoe, jars, "kitchen utensils" (bowls, containers, holder, pots), mugs, pack of cards, plates (clean, dirty), shields (broken), stone blocks, stools, sword blades, tokens, troll art; see inventory
  • open/close: chests, cupboards?, curtains ("changings"), doors (normal, gear-- - close)
  • ride: lift
  • search: barrels, bodies, chests (floor, table), corpses, flour sacks
  • other
    • cook food over fire: bread dough, chicken drumsticks, fish, pies, ribs
    • eat: see inventory
    • dig up buried chest
    • drink from, and fill up bottles with water from, wash basins & watering holes
    • fix levers: broken levers + wood pieces
    • make: enchanted ammo/weapons, fishing rod (fishing pole + rope), keyrings (keyring + keys), pies (dough + rolling pin; apple: + apple), potions (powder + empty bottle + still), powder (pestle-and-mortar + bone/plant)
    • mine: gems/gemstone/gold (pickaxe + object)
    • light (via spell): fires (campfires, candles, torches, etc)
    • lock/unlock door
    • look through telescope
    • pick: locks (chests, doors), pockets
    • poison ammo/weapons & food/drinks?
    • pull switches
    • pump bellows
    • read: books, letters, notes
    • repair: armor/weapons (anvil + armor/weapon), lift gears (rope)
    • shoot stalagtite
    • spin hanging body (+ bump)
    • turn spitroast handle

weapons

NPCs

AI

  • dodge; idle chit chat
  • run away and call for backup/help
  • can hear and smell(?) player
  • different races fight each other
  • guards relight torches (some)
  • limited line-of-sight vision
  • look at player while in range (+ turn)
  • react when stepping on fire (goblins only?)
  • react to theft
  • stop following after certain distance and return to origin
  • frogs leap away when approached
  • dog follows player after "petted" or fed

inventory

other

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