Project AXSX is a Sonic X-treme re-creation project started in 2006. What is Sonic X-treme ? Sonic X-treme was a cancelled platform video game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. Early versions were considered for several systems until ending up as being developed by Sega for the Sega Saturn, with the intended release being around Christmas of 1996. We are not re-making X-treme as a carbon copy of what once was, but of how it could have possibly been like if it were finished.
The process for recreating the 718 demo, was very Tedious and boreing....
I'll Explan.....
Using an emulator we ran the official leaked demo in wireframe mode.
Had to do Sonic's spin dash than jump to a certain height within the emulator and pause it just right, so that each screen grab was exactly the same camera height and angle.
Wondering how we got the correct height each screen shot?
Luckily while in wire frame mode we had a line across the screen caused by the background image.
This line would scroll up and down as sonic jumped.
( see below screen shot the line is near the top and is blue)
The key was getting the reference screen shot at the right moment.
A lot of screens were taken at the wrong moment, >__< 20 or more were required in some cases per level section.
After all the reference pictures were completely gathered..
I than moved onto 3D studio,
At this point I had a flat plane divided into the same amount of tiles as the original 718 demo.
Than the fun began,,,
Had to match the camera height and angle, that of to the pre-captured wire-frame reference pictures and the plane mesh.
from there,,,I just modified the vertex heights for each section.
And, so,,,,, there u have it, a very nearly identical model to the original 718.
Pictured here...Camera matching the 3D studios model to the emulator screen grab.
(early screen of in process modeling)