Smiling Gator Productions Chooses Source
SMILING GATOR PRODUCTIONS CHOOSES SOURCE(TM)
Source Engine Licensed for Massive Multiplayer Roleplaying Game
September 21, 2004 - Valve®, developer of innovative technologies and
award-winning games, today announced a Source engine licensing partnership with
Smiling Gator Productions. Already in development, Twilight War: After the Fall
is a Source-based Massive Multiplayer Roleplaying Game (MMRPG) for the PC.
The Valve Source engine technology, the same used to create Half-Life 2, gives
developers the ability to create expressive digital actors and physically
simulated worlds. It also offers advanced rendering capabilities and the
industry's most convincing artificial intelligence.
"The Source engine is one of the gaming world's premier technologies, we are
thrilled about the features it will bring to Twilight War: After the Fall," says
Kingsley Montgomery, Vice President of Development at Smiling Gator Productions.
"Its combat system, physics, and advanced AI are exactly what we were looking
for to enable the exciting features we are developing for our game. We evaluated
several game engines and concluded that Valve's was the only choice for us. In
addition to being a top-notch product, their support has been excellent."
Smiling Gator Productions joins Troika Games and Arkane Studios as announced
Source licensees. Source is designed for the creation of games from all genres,
and contains a host of proprietary tools for level editing, character direction
and more.
"We are eager to see the Source engine used for an MMRPG by Smiling Gator
Productions," said Gabe Newell, Valve's C.E.O. "The ability to render realistic
environments and create compelling characters with true-to-life emotional
expressions will be a great innovation for one of the industry's most promising
genres."
For more information on Smiling Gator's Source-based game, please visit
www.twilightwar.com.
For more information on Source, please visit
www.valvesoftware.com/sourcelicense/.
About Valve
Founded in 1996, Valve creates entertainment software titles, including
Half-Life®, Counter-StrikeTM, and Team Fortress®. Valve's portfolio accounts for
over 12 million retail units sold worldwide, and over 88% of the online action
market. More information about Valve is available through the company's Web site
at www.valvesoftware.com.
About Smiling Gator Productions, Inc.,
A Florida Corporation, 100% owned by its management and employees, uses state of
the art technologies to create massive, persistent virtual worlds with
compelling content and challenging gameplay. SGP is currently staffed with a
dozen in-house designers, artists, and software developers, all devoted to the
challenge of the gaming industry. Started in the waning months of 2003, SGP has
but one goal - creating worlds you want to be a part of. For more information,
visit www.smilinggator.com.
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