4D Rulers Software, established in 1996 is looking for a publisher or investor to create an adventure horror game for the PC. The player will be trapped by a psychopath and have to use his or her wits and the environment to escape the death trap and make it out alive before getting sawed to bits is the basic premise of the game. Imagine Texas Chainsaw Massacre meets the movie Saw and the player is the victim. The title will take approximately one year to develop. The proposed budget is 100-150k. I’d be willing to work with a few 30k and up investors. Based on previous titles we’ve done I would speculate a 300% return for this game minimum. For more information email joel@4drulers.com

Here is an early work in progress screenshot of the game.

downloads.4drulers.com/screenshots/horror_game01.jpg

We've made quite a few improvements since our last news post, Gore SE is up to version 1.56.21. The latest patch has the following changes:

Gore SE Build 1.56.21 Code: - Made some changes to fix recoil feature. This may fix the infamous "rocket bug". - Changed observer rules in tactical so you can only observe your team. Interface: - Added render priority to the pickups so they don't overlay the scoreboard. - Added Anistropic Filtering and Anti Aliasing configuration settings to the video settings menu. - Various fixes Game Play: -Removed zoom from all weapons except sniper rifle. -Added recoil to most of the weapons. This provides a visual "kick" and makes machineguns harder to hit with and requires some aim correction rather than having perfect accuracy with no mouse movement. - Added better punch to UMC Heavy Class. - Removed grendades from Jack in tactical mode. - Increased spread on small shotgun so it's not so lethal at great distances. Levels: -Rebuilt single player AI for brooklyn. -Fixed parse errors in gothic and gothic_ctf. -Fixed ladders and added tags to illegal. -Added high res textures to coalmine. -Fixed some bugs in plant, mansion and warehouse. -Removed underground tunnel in station. -Added high res textures to tucson.

Also this is probably the last patch before we go gold. Barring any problems we'll be gold in a few weeks with a brand new installer to match the latest version as well as auto cd key installation for the free version of the game, which means no more registration and cd key requests are needed to play the game, just install it and play, the cd key installation will occur behind the scenes.

We're also looking for some gaming sites to help us host the installer. Email me joel@4drulers.com if you can host our installer and get the game out there to as many players as possible.

We've updated Gore Special Edition to 1.56.15

Code:
- Fixed the compass marker bug that did not hide markers of other players when you changed teams.

Gameplay:
- Fixed Ingram's secondary zoom spread.

Interface: New compass graphics and markers.

Levels:
- New textures for Brooklyn, replaced brush built boxy looking ladders with rounded modeled ladders, along with the air duct vents as well.

Also we've updated the Gore SE site: www.4drulers.com/gore showing some comparison screenshots between Gore SE and Gore Ultimate Soldier here: www.4drulers.com/gore/images/screenshots/compare/0.php

Yep, we're at it again, working hard to deliver the best possible Gore experience ever. We're up to version 1.56.14 now and here are the changes:

Gore SE Build 1.56.14

Code:
- Fixed bug that left compass markers for disconnected players.

Gameplay:
- Fixed zoom to work on Ingrams and some consistency issues.

Levels:
- Mansion & Border have been updated with high resolution textures.

Interface:
-Added icons for Friendlies on radar.
-Added Gorge icon
-Added "Special Edition" to Gore logo

Models:
-New assassin and scout hologram models. They are fully armored now and should no longer cause load game crashes.

Art: Added many new high resolution textures.

Gore Special Edition has a new patch available, which is delivered by 4D Rulers 4D Automated Update software, an auto patching software utility built into the game. Here are the release notes for version 1.56.12:

Gore SE build 1.56.12

Code:
- Gore is prevented from running a second instance of Gore when another instance is currently updating.
- GoreUpdate can now delete files that are no longer needed.
- Added support for displaying team stats in target ID.
- Added targetid, targetid_stats, and compass commands for enabling/disabling HUD elements.

Gameplay:
- Re-added a short range fov zoom to most shootable weapons. It slows player movement 60% and tightens accuracty 25%.
- Increased radius on healing gas to allow healers to self heal faster.
- Increased effectiveness of secondary healing needles.
- Increased start ammo in tactical modes.
- G4 Hologram decoys. Assassins and UMC Scouts now spawn with G4 Hologram decoys. This new weapon creates a fake holographic image of the user, which can be used as a decoy to trick opponents into firing at them for setting up ambushes or confusing opponents to make an escape.
- Fixed some inconsistencies between Heavy classes.

Art:
- Portable stereo object in Brooklyn is now textured. Added some new high res tech textures.
- Fixed light helmet on umc female player armor so it fits her head better.
- Finished unwrapping healer weapon and updated temp skin.

Levels:
- Added new texture to Anthem and fixed some misalignment issues.
- Replaced all low res textures in Illegal and added some detail and tags. Opened up all doors in tactical.

Interface:
- Loading of config files from the menu should work now.
- Removed non working\redudant "close" button from console.
- Added missing Gorge map icon and description.
- Scroll arrows better match the interface color.
- Server browser IP address field is now large enough to contain long addresses.
- Screen resolution list now fits within scroll window.
- Many small interface errors fixed.
- Compass on screen display now. Future builds will have icon support for mission objective locations like a radar.

Documentation:
Updated html documentation, fixed some broken links, and other various corrections.

We've released a new screenshot of the upcoming free version of Gore. The re-release includes new levels, hoards of new high resoltion textures and high detail models, new sounds, and a rebalance of game play and many other new features and new effects, and of course much more Gore than the original. The new Gore is to be an ongoing effort and overhaul of the original game which will come in automatic updates periodically.

4D Rulers announces initial advertising opportunities in the upcoming free version of Gore Ultimate Soldier. Read the full press release here: http://4drulers.com/advertise/