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Perhaps the biggest blow to Oni's reception was that there was no multiplayer option. Combined with complaints about the AI, players wanted to be able to play against other humans, but this option, although developed internally at Bungie West, was not included in the release due to the constraints of Internet gameplay latency at the time. The public viewed this as another sign of the game's incompletion, comparing Oni to FPS titles with multiplayer such as Unreal and Quake, and failing to recognize that melee combat over the Internet was nearly impossible at that time (and still is; [http://wolfire.com/overgrowth Overgrowth] a.k.a. Lugaru 2 promises LAN support only; a notable exception seems to be [[State of Emergency]], a melee-oriented game that apparently had reasonably fluid online multiplayer). | Perhaps the biggest blow to Oni's reception was that there was no multiplayer option. Combined with complaints about the AI, players wanted to be able to play against other humans, but this option, although developed internally at Bungie West, was not included in the release due to the constraints of Internet gameplay latency at the time. The public viewed this as another sign of the game's incompletion, comparing Oni to FPS titles with multiplayer such as Unreal and Quake, and failing to recognize that melee combat over the Internet was nearly impossible at that time (and still is; [http://wolfire.com/overgrowth Overgrowth] a.k.a. Lugaru 2 promises LAN support only; a notable exception seems to be [[State of Emergency]], a melee-oriented game that apparently had reasonably fluid online multiplayer). | ||
It is not clear why Bungie did not at least include LAN play functionality, since it was being used in their office for netgames and can be seen in use about 30 minutes into [http://hl.udogs.net/files/Gaming/Bungie%20Related%20Movies/MWSF%202000/Bungie%20TV/MWSF%202000/bTV_day2_big.mov | It is not clear why Bungie did not at least include LAN play functionality, since it was being used in their office for netgames and can be seen in use about 30 minutes into this [http://hl.udogs.net/files/Gaming/Bungie%20Related%20Movies/MWSF%202000/Bungie%20TV/MWSF%202000/bTV_day2_big.mov Bungie video] shown at MacWorld in January of 2000 (you can see the 2-minute sequence on its own [http://iritscen.oni2.net/movies/Steve%20demoes%20netplay.mov HERE]; notably, these 2 minutes are the only in-game Oni footage in all of the Bungie TV broadcasts). Visitors to Bungie's booth at the New York City [[wikipedia:Macworld_Conference_%26_Expo|MacWorld Expos]] of July 1999 and the San Francisco MacWorld Expo of 2000 were even able to play Oni LAN games (pictured at right). However, it is possible that multiplayer suffered from more than latency, and that, without more time to develop this mode of gameplay, the developers decided to cut it rather than frustrate players with an incomplete netplay feature. | ||
Some words from the Oni staff on multiplayer (back when it was in development) can be found in the interviews with [http://oni.bungie.org/special/part1/kevin.html Kevin Armstrong] (networking programmer) and [http://oni.bungie.org/special/part2/steve.html Steve Abeyta] (3D animator, mentions "Oni Soccer" and kickable furniture). | Some words from the Oni staff on multiplayer (back when it was in development) can be found in the interviews with [http://oni.bungie.org/special/part1/kevin.html Kevin Armstrong] (networking programmer) and [http://oni.bungie.org/special/part2/steve.html Steve Abeyta] (3D animator, mentions "Oni Soccer" and kickable furniture). | ||
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Oni Team Arena. Developed by [[User:geyser|geyser]], after an "Unreal Tournament" attempt by [http://script10k.oni2.net/ Script10000], with help from [[User:Your_Mom|Your_Mom]] and [[User:EdT|EdT]]. Emulates multiplayer-like gameplay with respawning bots, meant to experiment with advanced modding, multiplayer-oriented or not (e.g., AI or collision upgrades). Project page [[AE:OTA|HERE]]. Currently more or less maintained by [[User:Gumby|Gumby]], but don't hold your breath (ADD, scope creep, whatever). In fall 2008, the Mac engine was brought on par with the PC engine, with [[BSL]] functions such as [[chr_focus]] and [[chr_location]], which opened the way for a platform-independent and fully featured version of OTA. | Oni Team Arena. Developed by [[User:geyser|geyser]], after an "Unreal Tournament" attempt by [http://script10k.oni2.net/ Script10000], with help from [[User:Your_Mom|Your_Mom]] and [[User:EdT|EdT]]. Emulates multiplayer-like gameplay with respawning bots, meant to experiment with advanced modding, multiplayer-oriented or not (e.g., AI or collision upgrades). Project page [[AE:OTA|HERE]]. Currently more or less maintained by [[User:Gumby|Gumby]], but don't hold your breath (ADD, scope creep, whatever). In fall 2008, the Mac engine was brought on par with the PC engine, with [[BSL]] functions such as [[chr_focus]] and [[chr_location]], which opened the way for a platform-independent and fully featured version of OTA. | ||
Apart from gameplay videos such as [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV1j0q63KFg THIS] one, a remarkable scene (''heartwarming and disturbing at the same time... --[[User:Geyser|geyser]]'') is that of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5SgCZpY-wo Russian kids playing Oni Team Arena and enjoying themselves tremendously | Apart from gameplay videos such as [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV1j0q63KFg THIS] one, a remarkable scene (''heartwarming and disturbing at the same time... --[[User:Geyser|geyser]]'') is that of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5SgCZpY-wo Russian kids playing Oni Team Arena] and enjoying themselves tremendously. | ||
==Fan-made multiplayer== | ==Fan-made multiplayer== | ||