Apophis is an upcoming open source sci-fi first-person shooter computer game<ref name="Apophis_announced"> Apophis announced. Cube Engine Games. Retrieved on June 28, 2007.</ref> that currently in its infant stages of development. Developed primarily for Microsoft Windows (XP and Vista), but it can also run on Linux, FreeBSD and Mac OS X. The game is built on the Cube 2 engine, due to its simple engine framework design and its in-game editing feature<ref name="Apophis_announced" />. Though its title referred only to the Egyptian mythological demon of darkness and chaos, it refers to the Greek name of Apep<ref name="Apophis_announced" />.

Plot

Little is currently known about the game's storyline, although the basic plot was revealed<ref name="Apophis_announced" /> as follows.

Set in 2029, you play as Rick Madsen, a United States Delta Force operator, who, along with his team, are sent in to investigate a mysterious UFO incident in Malaysia.

Over the course of the game, you are faced with 4 very different environments or &quot;acts&quot;<ref name="Apophis_announced" /> as these are also referred to as:

Env/Act 0 (Prelude):

: The UFOs crash into one of the buildings in Kuala Lumpur, causing the Malaysians to investigate. As a Delta Force soldier, you HALO jump onto Peninsular Malaysia to see what you can help for the Malaysians, as well as finding out for the U.S. Government. During this phase of the game, you'll play in a tropical environment complete with beaches, jungles, tropical villages, towns, and cities, talking with civilians along your way.

Env/Act 1:

: The crashed UFOs send a distress signal undetectable by conventional human technology. But since there is no alien threat, both parties continue to cooperate each other in their ongoing investigations. The player's main goal is now to defend Malaysia and its people from what could be a possible alien invasion. Shortly after, both the Malaysian and U.S. governments realizes that these UFOs that crashed into Malaysia are actually alien ships, and therefore decide to work together to fend off the invasion. This phase consists of defending the crowded places as well as on your own battleships and aircraft carriers which are located off the coast. The aliens, who are not yet revealed in the story, launch their assault against the Malaysian and U.S. military, who forms their invasion fleet to battle the aliens. The aliens cause the global weather system to go off-balance, resulting all kinds of natural disasters including high winds, severe thunderstorms and snowstorms.

Env/Act 2:

: Earth's invasion fleet is formed and is preparing to launch a full-scale assault on the alien bases on the Moon. This phase consists of fighting on the Moon, as well as in orbit around it. During the latter, you find yourself weightless, as fighting in space proves difficult due to the lack of gravity. The recoil of your weapons combined with the zero-gravity environment propel you backwards while leaving your shell casings floating beside you. The player will only be suspended in zero-G for about 1 hour during the game.

Env/Act 3:

: As you and your squad arrive the planet from which the aliens originated, you'll will not only find yourself in total darkness where fires start to rain down everywhere, but fighting against the actual aliens. The aliens themselves will not be revealed until this part of the game, because it gives them a certain degree of suspense.

The entire single-player campaign/story will last between 48 and 52 hours<ref name="Apophis_announced" />. It is said to be fully replayable<ref name="Apophis_announced" /> to provide players the tools necessary to be creative with the way they choose to play.

Gameplay

Not much is known about the gameplay in Apophis, but it will be an open-ended game with many ways to achieve objectives<ref name="Apophis_announced" />.

Multiplayer

Nothing much is known about Apophis<nowiki>'</nowiki> multiplayer, other than the fact it will be consisted of 3 different modes:

Free For All

Team Deathmatch

Capture The Flag

Level Editor

Apophis will contain its own in-built level editor, much like Sauerbraten, in which you can build and edit new levels. Newly created levels will have full support in all game modes.

References

See also

Sauerbraten

External links

Cube Engine Games