JKA MOD: Shadows of the Empire Mod wants YOU!!!

From the Shadows of the Empire Mod for Jedi Academy:

Ultimate victory lies within the grasp of the dreaded Galactic Emperor Palpatine as the tattered remnants of the Rebel fleet desperately seek sanctuary and time to muster new allies.

A grim Luke Skywalker, reeling from Darth Vader?s revelation on the cloud city of Bespin ponders his own destiny and that of the Rebel Alliance. Meanwhile, the search ensues for Han Solo, captive of the notorious bounty hunter, Boba Fett.

To deal a final blow to the Rebellion, Palpatine has hatched a new plan of which even Lord Vader is unaware. To aid him, the Emperor had enlisted the services of the vast criminal underworld that lurks within the Shadows of the Empire?

This mod is a retelling of the Star Wars Expanded Universe story, Shadows of the Empire. SOTE takes place between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. SOTE was originally told in 3 media forms: the novel, the comic books, and the video game. This mod is combining all three accounts into one storyline.

SOTE MOD is going to have all of the levels from the original SOTE game (made for Nintendo 64, and later ported to PC). In addition, we're adding more levels by incorporating elements from the SOTE comics and novel. This makes for one sizable mod. Overall there are going to be 19 levels. Players will control Dash Rendar as he helps the Rebels track down the captured Han Solo, guide Luke Skywalker on his path to Jedi Knighthood, hunt for survival as Boba Fett, and battle the inner demons as Darth Vader. You'll man the guns of the Millennium Falcon. If you can prove you have what it takes, you'll take control of Dash Rendar's modified YT-2400 freighter, The Outrider, and save the Rebels from the Shadows of the Empire.

I am the admin of the mod project, and I'm looking for some more people who might want to join. We've been at it for over a year now, and we have a great group of people working on it already. However, we're still in need of more members. Primarily we're looking for mappers and modelers.

Goals: Every project needs to have a goal. The SOTE MOD project is no different. Our goals can be broken down into three tiers.
1. Release a trailer. We want to soon release screenshots and a short video detailing the many aspects of our mod, and the things we've accomplished. We have a lot of content already, but we're in need of much more.

2. A playable demo. Every good mod needs a demo. We're still up in the air as to whether we're going to release a 1, 2, or 3 level demo. We'd prefer to go with the 3 level demo, but there are many contributing factors that need to come into play first. Primarily it's about having maps ready for such a relase. Before releasing the demo, we'll first need to run beta testing. Once that's all done, then a major release will follow.

3. The released mod. Once all beta testing has been done, and all finishing touches are applied, the final mod will be released to the Jedi Academy public

Mappers: In the original SOTE game, there were 10 levels.

Battle of Hoth
Escape From Echo Base
The Asteroid Field
Ord Mantell Junk Yard
Gall Spaceport
Mos Eisley and Beggar's Canyon
Imperial Freighter Suprosa
The Sewers of Imperial City
Xizor's Palace
The Skyhook Battle

In this mod, we're adding 9 more levels. We're only planning on making single player levels for now, but if we can get enough support, we might be able to add multiplayer maps.

Modelers: Along with the numerous mapping projects, we have need for many new models:

Prince Xizor (The main antagonist of SOTE)
Guri (Prince Xizor's personal assistant)
Leebo (Captain Dash Rendar's droid sidekick)
Jabba the Hutt
Big Gizz (Leader of Jabba's swoop gang)
Jix (Darth Vader's hired mercenary)
Zuckuss (Insectoid Bounty Hunter from Empire Strikes Back)
IG-88 (Droid Bounty Hunter from Empire Strikes Back)
Barabels (Reptilian species of bounty hunter)
Bothans (Species with advanced spy net & all

 

Does this count as advertising? If so, OH SNAP!

 

Nah this is cool, it helps both the forum and their modeling project. Plus it'd be cool to eventually get a SOTE mod for JO.

I'd help if I had the tech skills but alas I dont'. Sounds like a spiffy project and may the Lords grant you great success in the days to come!

 

YES!

I LOVE YOU.

SOTE is my favourite game of all time, and JA is simply superb!

For levels etc, you might want to consider visiting

www.jk2files.com and searching for S J Cull.

He' great!

And for player Models, look for Mars Marshall.



If that all fails, contact me on ant_the_scouser@hotmail.co.uk and I'll send you some cool stuff.