Never Give Up (Boss SHMUP, Game Engine WIP)

Never Give Up looks like a great 3D SHMUP by Fabien Sanglard but it's still in the development stage for now and is more a game engine than a game.

A quote from his website

Quote :

I've always been a huge fan of Ikaruga. Recently I was wondering if I would be able to code such an engine. This WIP is my (probably never ending) attempt for an answer.

For distribution reason, I used Java and LWJGL for the openGL part. I'm currently porting it to C++. Should be available soon.

From what he's made so far it looks very promising but fear it will never eventuate soon. Check out the screenshots from his site and there's also a small video on light shading. Source code is available.

Website
http://fabiensanglard.net/neverGiveUp/index.php

Light scattering with openGL (high res screenshots)
http://fabiensanglard.net/lightScattering/index.php

When you going to make your own game creation One Mad Gamer? You have played enough games you should design one.

It takes time and patience to learn how to make a game, two things I don't have. There are many game making programs out there for beginners to advanced people and some are even free.

Bet you could make some cool cash making a game. You should try it sometime. Would be a great accompliment.