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Game Information
A game currently in it's developement stages as a joint effort between me and another game developer; Jezbo. It takes an innovative twist to the normal side scrolling beat 'em' ups but your going to have to find that out for yourself when the game is finally completed and released. Screenshots of in-game footage can be found below and more information will be released as we progress further with the game.

Developement Progress

13/10/2006 - Demo Considerations
Ever since i graduated from university i've had a lot more free time on my hands and what better to spend that free time on than working on Call of the Dragon? We've been hard at work trying to make significant progress with the game and we have, enough so that we feel the need to put a demo in the pipeline to give you a taste of things to come, watch this space carefully! In terms of progress at this point we're working extensively on the enemy A.I. and refining the core combat gameplay, afterall it's the most important aspect of the game so we have to get it right! Check out the updated screenshots below.

13/01/2006 - Slowly Picking Up Speed
Ok, i've decided to dedicate my weekends to this game and this game alone. Even though i got university coursework to complete, a final year group project to get back on track, and a job to find before my final year runs out, i'll have to manage my time and get uni work done during the weekdays. As for COD, i've been updating the animations with the new ones supplied by Jez. Both the main protagonist and antagonists have nearly 100 animations each. I've also been working on minor things like character shadows, lifebars and sounds, you'd be amazed how much sound adds to the depth of the game.

22/11/2005 - Temporary Suspension
Game developement has been temporarily suspended for reasons beyond my control. I'm finding myself constantly caught up in way too much University work, that along with looking for a fulltime job. Production will however resume as soon as possible.

Videos
Here you can download preview videos showcasing some of the cool moves you can pull-off in the game. If you haven't got the necessary codecs to play the video files then you might need an all-format player like the VLC Media Player. Just 'right-click' the file and select 'save target as' to save to your hard-drive and run. All animations are courtesy of Jezrun Bowman.

Original Musical Score
Here you can download and listen to some samples of the game music composed exclusively for Call of the Dragon by Jezrun & Rodney Bowman.

Screenshots
All screenshots shown below display in-game footage of a work-in-progress and as such what you see is not the final product.





The Jun Tao School Demo
Take control of Shui Long and hone your skills in Martial Arts by practising in the renowned Jun Tao School. Learn to move, evade, dodge, block, attack and master a variety of weaponry including the staff and the Nunchuck. As your knowledge in the arts and confidence in your abilities grow don't let it inflate your ego. Humble yourself in the important fact that boards don't hit back!

Note that this is an early version of the game engine featuring a dated combat system, a lot of revisions have been made since then and will feature in subsequent demos found below.


Name: Call of the Dragon Beta
Author: Minds Eye Games/Hexgear Studios
Version: V1.0
Size: 17.6MB
Date uploaded: 15/01/07
Download link: Download here

Official Call of the Dragon Demo
Here it is, the official Call of the Dragon demo. Just extract the ZIP file and run the game from the MNU.exe program file. There's a user manual document in the folder that you can look into should you require any more information. You're limited to playing either the training stage or stage 1 of the game, everything else is locked for now. Thank you, and I hope you enjoy it.


Name: Call of the Dragon Beta V2.0
Author: Minds Eye Games/Hexgear Studios
Version: V2.0
Size: 48.5MB
Date uploaded: 20/05/07
Download link: Download here



updated 18.02.07