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[bridegur]

I'm doing a project for school about lighting in video games, but I need to get some screenshots to show examples of day/night cycles in games. I'd like to find examples from these games and series:

GTA
Zelda
Star Fox Adventures

Where should I look?

 

[Jonnyram]

http://images.google.com

 

[bridegur]

I've tried that and found nothing.

 

[Jonnyram]

I've tried that and found nothing.

Surely you found this:
http://www.gta.ru/gta3/gallery/

 

[demi]

whatcha need, perhaps someone can snap screens off a TV card...


i would, because i love you guys.


demi is all about love

 

[M3wThr33]

Don't forget Jak II.

 

[Mallrat83]

You could check out Animal Crossing. It's an actual 24 hour day/night cycle, but nevertheless.

 

[bridegur]

Yeah I found that GTA thing, it's exactly what I was looking for. Now I just need something similar for the other games (and Animal Crossing and Jak would be good too...).

 

[Jonnyram]

You can take some of my FFXI images if you want. There's tons of day/night shots here and they should be easy enough to spot from the thumbnails.
http://jonnyram.com/img/ffxi/

 

[M3wThr33]

There's that one video of S.T.A.L.K.E.R., too.

 

[Mallrat83]

Maybe even Madden 2005? Quarter by quarter shows a noticeable change from day to night.

 

[Myoclonic Jerk]

what was the first game to introduce this day/night thing ?

OoT ?

 

[golem]

check out swg and watch as teh shadows move with the sun... pretty cool effect. think there was a video that showed this but dunno where to get it

 

[Ristamar]

Oh, how forgetful we are...

Castlevania II. Respect the classics.

Yeah, I know, not a good example of lighting in games, but it's the first day/night cycle game I can recall.

 

[golem]

nintendo invented everything!

 

[demi]

konami!

 

[duckroll]

Dragon Quest VIII has -awesome- lighting and a dawn/day/midday/evening/dusk/night cycle too.

 

[Raytow]

Quest for Glory 1(or Hero's Quest) and King Quest 4, altough this one wasn't realtime, it was a triggered event iirc.

 

[midnightguy]

Soul Edge

Ocarina Of Time

Shenmue

 

[3phemeral]

what was the first game to introduce this day/night thing ?

OoT ?

Breath of Fire also had a day/night cycle as well.

 

[Myoclonic Jerk]

nintendo invented everything!

I know, just wanted to make sure

 

[Gek54]

Metropolis Street Racer (MSR) had real time day and night. Le Mans had accellerated day shift.

 

[midnightguy]

Namco's Soul Edge which had AWESOME looking day/night cycles, came out in 1995 in arcades and 1996 on Playstation, years before Zelda OOT was released in 1998.

^^^^

 

[Dyne]

This topic reminds me of Pokemon Silver/Gold.

The night/day thing was pulled off semi-well in that. However, I'm REALLY glad those were the only games to use it. Ruby/Sapphire were a lot more playable.

 

[golem]

the best is when it affects gameplay like Ultima 7 with full npc scheduling and day/night events..

 

[Deku]

I'm doing a project for school about lighting in video games, but I need to get some screenshots to show examples of day/night cycles in games. I'd like to find examples from these games and series:

GTA
Zelda
Star Fox Adventures

Where should I look?

Another franchise worth considering, even if its just a brief mention or a graphic insert between your PPT slides is Sim City 4. It has a magnificent day/night system.

 

[Ristamar]

Namco's Soul Edge which had AWESOME looking day/night cycles, came out in 1995 in arcades and 1996 on Playstation, years before Zelda OOT was released in 1998.

^^^^

It's been a long time since I played Soul Edge, and even when I did, it wasn't very often. Did it have timed cycles (which would be really weird for a fighting game), or did it just have alternate day/night stages (which aren't really the same thing)?

 

[Spider_Jerusalem]

I suggest looking at Fable too, it has a very nice night/day cycle management.

 

[Pellham]

the old ultima games had day/night cycles

 

[MightyHedgehog]

Faery Tale Adventure I

 

[Volt]

I suggest looking at Fable too, it has a very nice night/day cycle management.

And don't forget Morrowind !
Cycle between night/day was also a theme in Mario Party 6, but I'm not sure it would fit in with the other games mentioned

 

[warhead]

Tony Hawk's Underground 2. Yes it has a day/night cycle.

 

[Ristamar]

Drakkhen on the SNES had a very visible day/night cycle. I assume the PC version had it, as well, though I never played that one.

 

[Finaika]

Dark Cloud 2 & Steep Slope Sliders.

 

[Dr Zhivago]

Terror-Daktil 4D

1983

 

[Shompola]

the day/night cycle in CastleVania II is very subtle hehe.

 

[bobbyconover]

This looks like yet another good opportunity to mention Nintendogs. I just took my Drinky for a nighttime stroll around town, in fact!

Oh wait, the topic is Day/Night Cycles in Games. My bad! LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

 

[demi]

 

[AniHawk]

 

[john tv]

Dragon Quest III had day/night cycles, didn't it? If not, IV definitely did.

 

[Hooker]

Some SNK fighting games as well, Fatal Fury comes to mind

 

[Companion Cube]

Namco's Soul Edge which had AWESOME looking day/night cycles, came out in 1995 in arcades and 1996 on Playstation, years before Zelda OOT was released in 1998.

^^^^

Aw, I forgot how lighthearted and carefree Cervantes looked before the whole... ya know Soul Edge thing.

This topic reminds me of Pokemon Silver/Gold.

The night/day thing was pulled off semi-well in that. However, I'm REALLY glad those were the only games to use it. Ruby/Sapphire were a lot more playable.

YES! It was pretty cool having that night/day thing, but I'm glad it's gone from recent versions cause sometimes I only have time to play at a certain time of day. The realtime clock works for some games like Animal Crossing and I guess MMORPGs, but others, it feel's like I'm being forced or limited by the time. It stops being cool and becomes an inconvenience.

 

[djtiesto]

Dragon Quest III had day/night cycles, didn't it? If not, IV definitely did.

Yeah, 3-5 did... not sure if 6 did, I don't really remember. But I remember in 3 and 5, it affecting the gameplay (certain items you can only get at night, certain dungeons you can only enter at night).

 

[Myoclonic Jerk]

goddamnit.. this game is so fucking sexy...

I wish they've done WW 2, but that won't help Nintendo


they should lend the engine to Ratchet and Clank makers and let them develop a game for the Cube as a new "collaboration" :lol

 

[Parallax Scroll]

It's been a long time since I played Soul Edge, and even when I did, it wasn't very often. Did it have timed cycles (which would be really weird for a fighting game), or did it just have alternate day/night stages (which aren't really the same thing)?

It had complete time cycles; you could watch the sun move across the sky. The sun moved FAST too, as you could get a complete day and night in over the course of a 3-round battle. IIRC character shadows were affected in real time by the sun's position.

This is all based on the arcade version, as I didn't play it on PSX much.

 

[Alex Anderson]

I must play Rad Racer now.

 

[rs7k]

There's Shenmue.

 

[silenttwn]

the best is when it affects gameplay like Ultima 7 with full npc scheduling and day/night events..

In Majora's Mask the NPC's were like that too where they actual seemed to be living a life in that 3 day cycle... one of my favorite parts of the game.

 

[Rlan]

You could techincally say Sonic 1 did.

Green Hill Zone - Morning
Marble Zone - Afternoon
Spring Yard Zone - Late Afternoon
Labyrinth Zone - Evening?
Star Light Zone - Night
Scrap Brain - Early Morning.

 

[midnightguy]

goddamnit.. this game is so fucking sexy...

I wish they've done WW 2, but that won't help Nintendo


they should lend the engine to Ratchet and Clank makers and let them develop a game for the Cube as a new "collaboration" :lol

I hated Wind Waker, and I dread the day that Wind Waker 2 (or another Zelda with the same rendering style and awful artwork) is announced.


long live the 'normal' style of OOT and Zelda 2005