''.kkrieger'' (from ''Krieger'',

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for warrior) is a

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created by

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.theprodukkt (a former subdivision of Farbrausch), which won first place in the 96k game competition at

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in April 2004. The game has never been fully released, remaining instead in the beta stage of development , which renders it a

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Development history

.theprodukkt have developed ''.kkrieger'' since mid-2002, using their tool .werkkzeug (from ''Werkzeug'', German for tool). They used an unreleased version of .werkkzeug called .werkkzeug3. The

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of both the ''.werkkzeug3'' engine and the game itself was released by the group in 2012, either under the 2-clause BSD license or as

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Procedural content

''.kkrieger'' makes extensive use of

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methods. Textures are stored via their creation history instead of a per-pixel basis, thus only requiring the history data and the generator code to be compiled into the executable, producing a relatively small file size. Meshes are created from basic solids such as boxes and cylinders, which are then deformed to achieve the desired shape—essentially a special way of

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. These two-generation processes account for the extensive loading time of the game; all assets of the gameplay are reproduced during the loading phase. The entire game uses only 97,280

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s of disk space. In contrast, most contemporaneous first-person shooters filled one or more CDs or

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s. According to the developers, ''.kkrieger'' itself would take up around 200–300 MB of space if it had been stored the conventional way. The game music and sounds are produced by a multifunctional synthesizer called V2, which is fed a continuous stream of

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data. The synthesizer then produces the music in real time.

Reception

The game won two German game developer prizes at the Deutscher Entwicklerpreis in 2006, in Innovation and Advancement. Gaming website Acid-Play gave the game 2/5 stars and a mixed review, mainly praising the game's file size, calling it "not a featureless game, but one whose limitations break barriers in terms of what can be done" and ultimately stating that "you'll never find a game which has this much and comes in such a small package."

References

External links

Official ''.kkrieger'' website
(via

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''.kkrieger''
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''.kkrieger'' source code
on

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''Documentation about .kkrieger''
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Development history

Procedural content

Reception

See also

References

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