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Bridge It is based on the Independent Games Festival 2003 award winning title Bridge Construction Set (formerly Pontifex II). Bridge It takes the original game to a new dimension utilizing the power of NVIDIA's latest GeForce FX hardware and the Auran Jet 3D engine. In addition to the graphics, Auran made gameplay tweaks and added features to enhance the new player experience and keep Bridge Construction Set veterans scratching their helmets.
The major new gameplay features are the introduction of a number of puzzling new levels, an innovative scoring system and reproducible earthquakes!
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Advanced shaders - A suite of complex vertex and pixel shaders is used
to push the limits of virtual reality and provide realistic water, sun
flares and wind swept grass fields. Using shaders, Auran adds pixel level
details to improve on an already highly detailed environment.
• High resolution objects - The art in Bridge It uses hundreds of
thousands of polygons in both its environmental and game objects. This
level of detail was once reserved for still renders but is now completely
viable in real-time.
• Real-time shadows - Bridge It uses the GeForce FX's accelerated shadown generation to render complex and realistic shadows in real-time. The shadows, when coupled with the lighting and various visual effects, make a truly realistic environment.
• Physics optimizations - Using today's latest CPU instructions, Auran has inserted optimized physics pathways to allow fast and accurate physics calculations.
• Time based sound effects - Bridge It includes numerous ambient and game related sound effects to add to the gaming experience. Game related effects play in time with the simulation and ambient effects are intelligently triggered using a zone system and vary depending on the time of day.
• Options galore - There are many defineable command line options for the user to tweak. The user is provided a detailed BridgeItOptions.txt file as a start and many of the standard Auran Jet options can also be used.
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About Auran
Auran® is an innovative firm dedicated to providing high quality computer
games and 3D technology. Auran's philosophy "Don't predict it, Create
it" is reflected in our products and services and has led to Auran
becoming one of Australia's most exciting interactive entertainment companies.
Auran is best known for its acclaimed 3D game engine Auran Jet, and for
its international hit computer game Dark Reign: The Future of War.
About Auran Jet
Auran Jet® is an innovative, high performance 3D game engine designed
to facilitate high speed development across all genres. Auran Jet provides
an integrated, flexible and well structured development platform for the
fast production of high quality next generation 3D and online games.
Using Auran Jet, new developers get started quickly and cost effectively,
and experienced developers concentrate on the game rather than the underlying
technology. With Auran Jet, you Get There Quicker! For more information
visit www.auranjet.com.
About NVIDIA
NVIDIA Corporation is a market leader in visual computing technology dedicated
to creating products that enhance the interactive experience on consumer
and professional computing platforms. Its graphics and communications
processors have broad market reach and are incorporated into a wide variety
of computing platforms, including consumer digital-media PCs, enterprise
PCs, professional workstations, digital content creation systems, notebook
PCs, military navigation systems and video game consoles. NVIDIA is headquartered
in Santa Clara, California and employs more than 1,600 people worldwide.
For more information, visit the Company's Web site at www.nvidia.com.
About Chronic Logic
Located in Santa Cruz, California, Chronic Logic LLC was founded in 2001
and incorporated in 2003. Its premise is that a small development team
can make games that are original, dynamic and fun. Chronic Logic has continued
to make fun and original games such as Bridge Construction Set, Triptych,
and Word Peace. For more information, visit www.chroniclogic.com.
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