.kkrieger (from Krieger, the German word for "warrior") is a first-person shooter video game created by the German demogroup .theprodukkt (formerly part of Farbrausch). The game won first place in the 96k game competition at Breakpoint in April 2004 and is in the beta stage.
| .kkrieger | |
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| Developer(s) | Farbrausch |
| Publisher(s) | Farbrausch  |
| Engine | .werkkzeug |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
| Release | 2004 |
| Genre(s) | First-person shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
Development
changeThe game has been in development since mid-2002 using .werkkzeug3, an unreleased version of .werkkzeug (from Werkzeug, the German word for "tool"). The source code of .werkkzeug3 was released in 2014. It can be used under the BSD license or placed in the public domain.[1]
Generation
changeTextures in the game are very small and are generated using creation history instead of storing single pixels. Basic shapes such as boxes and cylinders are modeled into more complex shapes. Loading these generated elements at the same time can take a long time.
At the time, most popular first-person shooter games required one or more CDs or DVDs, but .kkrieger uses only 97,280 bytes. This is over 7,000 times smaller than a CD (700 MB) and about 55,000 times smaller than an Unreal Tournament 2004 installation (5.5 GB). That game normally shipped on a DVD. The developers of .kkrieger estimate that storing the game in a normal format would require about 200–300 MB.[2]
The V2 synthesizer streams the game’s music and sound effects using MIDI.
Reception
changeReferences
change- ↑ werkkzeug3 on GitHub
- ↑ Nostalgia Nerd (23 April 2021), kkrieger: Making an Impossible FPS, retrieved 2021-04-24
- ↑ "Deutscher Entwicklerpreis 2006: Hall of Fame" (in German). G.A.M.E. Bundesverband der Entwickler von Computerspielen e.V. 2006-12-13. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
Innovationspreis der Jury → The Produkkt - prozedurales 96kb Spiel .kkrieger
- ↑ "Free .kkrieger download". Acid-Play.com. Retrieved 2014-08-28.