The New Empire Part 3

This would have been the final and best part of The New Empire series, and would have featured a new character, Emigra Da'kal, but I cancelled it when it was about 30% complete. This level would have had three parts, one set on a sinking ship and another two set in a fully-explorable Deus-Ex-style city. The city would have contained over a hundred buildings, full character interaction and controllable vehicles, but I wasn't making enough progress due to other commitments, so I decided to cancel the project.

When I started development of TNESE I decided to alter the story and include only the sinking ship for the final levels and cancel the city as it was just too ambitious. Now that I'm probably not developing TNESE past Part 1, I've put unfinished versions of the sinking ship and city up for download so you can see what might have been.

Some features of the city and sinking ship live on and are included in TNESE, as well as the new character.

Screenshots

A cargo room on the sinking ship.

Another shot of the same room showing the glowing wall lights.

And another...

A shot showing water leaking into the captain's quarters.

The city spaceport building and Emigra Da'kal about to enter the controllable troop transport.

Driving the troop transport and a view of the whole spaceport building.

The troop transport begins to smoke and the engine fails if you frequently crash, until...

Ouch! I hope my insurance covers this!

Video Clips

This is a short Quicktime movie of a new visual effect from TNE3. As water leaks into the sinking ship it drops and collects in puddles below...

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