MadJeff 3 Posted December 12, 2003 Jet Thunder (working title) is a project to create a realistic flight simulator based in the air war in the South Atlantic, in 1982 - the Falklands/Malvinas conflict. It's being developed by a group of military aviation enthusiasts, mainly based in South America. As we're getting organized as a development studio, under the name Thunderworks, more info on ourselves and our goals will be available online, in an institutional website that will follow soon at this same webspace. Developing a realistic flight simulator is a very difficult job, requiring an enormous amount of expertise in different areas, from realtime 3D computing to physics knowledge and artistic skills. Of all game* genres, possibly the combat flight sims are in the top as the most complex to develop, and with really long development circles. And they're expensive to develop, too. That's why we see so few flight sim developers around, and realistic jet combat sims are even more of a rarity. But, for us, it was a nice surprise to see the huge amount of interest that our project generated, we already received a lot of emails (through the old, temporary page that was online here), and periodically, we see topics in different flight sim forums around commenting or informing other players about our project. I must thank all the flight simming community for the interest demonstrated, and we'll work hard to meet the expectatives. We'll be covering this promising new sim as it develops. For those of you that have not seen it yet, you can get more info here: http://www.thunder-works.com/ There are some nice screenshots as well, here's a few to get you interested: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Dante-JT 6 Posted December 12, 2003 (edited) Jeff, thank you very much for the initiative to create this forum! :) Community support will be essential as we're running with so low staff and resources to give the deserved attention to the community. But I'll try to keep the community constantly updated of the progress, either in our site, or through this forum! Edited December 14, 2003 by Dante-JT Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nesher 628 Posted December 13, 2003 welcome Dante this simualtor looks great :D Dante, what is your position in the game develoment ? Cheers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Dante-JT 6 Posted December 13, 2003 (edited) welcome Dantethis simualtor looks great :D Dante, what is your position in the game develoment ? Cheers Hi! About my position, I'm the one who came with the concept of a carrier-based Harrier sim in a dynamic enviroment - in other words, Falklands/Malvinas is fitting very well for this concept, and I'm also directing the code's development. Well, I do a bit of everything, I help with the 3D modelling and uvw-mapping of objects as well, and I'm the site's webmaster too. :) Edited December 14, 2003 by Dante-JT Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nesher 628 Posted December 13, 2003 ohhh, niceeee ;) I've seen the site (some of it), looks nice.... keep up the good work hope we will talk more in the future B) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zzzspace 2 Posted December 13, 2003 Looking forward to when this one comes to fruition ... will be looking forward to it! Best wishes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JayJay 0 Posted December 13, 2003 Nice to see a new sim project flourish. Just to be picky: why is the portuguese language with a Brasilian flag? ;) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MrMudd Posted December 13, 2003 Outstanding work, looking forward to seeing the completion of this enthusiest endeaver. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Dante-JT 6 Posted December 13, 2003 (edited) Nice to see a new sim project flourish.Just to be picky: why is the portuguese language with a Brasilian flag? Well spotted ;) But, it's exactly the same thing with the Argentinean flag that I've placed instead of the Spain flag for spanish language version. :) Edited December 14, 2003 by Dante-JT Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AceMan 0 Posted December 14, 2003 Cant wait!! for the sim! B) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nesher 628 Posted December 14, 2003 Dante, I forgot to ask If I want to conduct an "Interview", is it possible? I'll give ya some questions from the people in Israel and you answer it as detailed as possible 10q :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Dante-JT 6 Posted December 14, 2003 (edited) If I want to conduct an "Interview", is it possible?I'll give ya some questions from the people in Israel and you answer it as detailed as possible Roger that, Nesher! No problem, you can mail me the questions at de_patta2001@yahoo.com Edited December 14, 2003 by Dante-JT Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CatKuba 0 Posted December 20, 2003 Amazing work guys go a head! ;) ;) ;) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Falcon Six Two 0 Posted December 23, 2003 How much will it sell for? Will your fellow BioHaz friends get a discount? Please? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
~SB~ 0 Posted September 28, 2004 New meat here? Just wanting to know a few things. First day and all. Where can i get a tast of things to come? is there a demo? ect. ect. ect.? its there open beta testing?> Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vigilante 0 Posted April 12, 2005 I was very pleased to learn about this project and I'm eagerly looking forward to its release. My primary interest is in naval aviation and this conflict presents many fascinating hypothetical situations to explore. Good luck and please keep us informed of your progress! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nesher_ECV56 0 Posted April 23, 2005 Hey Dante!! It's great to see you've found a please to share your work in progress with the community. I've been away from flight sims and even the ECV56 Cóndor for more than a year, but I've come back now and I'm getting up to date with everything, including the progress of your project. I'm glad to see you've finally found a couple of programmers. I myself bouth a few books on D3D, so maybe when I feel more confident and have more time in my hands may offer a hand. And now to the other Nesher around here: it's not good you've stolen my nickname Well, ok, we may share it :) Regards, Sebastian "Nesher" Kohn, ECV56 Cóndor WebMaster Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FIghtinghawk 0 Posted April 27, 2005 I can´t wait ro play it And now to the other Nesher around here: it's not good you've stolen my nickname <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ¡Pleito! ¡pleito! No mentira Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crossfade 0 Posted December 26, 2005 can't wait for this a proper harrier sim it's to good to be true i've been on the site and it's looking great keep up the good work Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kingsnake11 0 Posted January 22, 2006 I ran accross the interview at simhq and I am totally impressed with the work done so far on this sim. The aims of the sim are outstanding and I am really looking forward to this one! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Jug 99 Posted August 22, 2006 We'll be covering this promising new sim as it develops. For those of you that have not seen it yet, you can get more info here: http://www.thunder-works.com/ There are some nice screenshots as well, here's a few to get you interested: One each attaboy! Looks great. Um grande abraco! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hubertus 0 Posted January 13, 2007 Hi people! yeah harrier is great Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nefarius 0 Posted June 19, 2007 Hello I'm new in here and tried to reach all the info I could but couldn't find anything related to the release and the requeriments (so far) of the sim, if someone could detailm them for me or just tell exactly where to find them would be nice. I'm looking foward putting my hands on this sim... thank for your initiative Nef Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
