New Duck Hunt

New Duck Hunt is a 2.5D remake of the original Nintendo classic Duck Hunt.  It does indeed have Wiimote functionality through the cWiimote Library.  Other technical features include: actual 3D models, programmed shader lighting, and bloom post-processing.  Most importantly, the dog laughs and behaves just like the NES original.  Despite repeated fan requests to add in a "dog shooting mode", I decided to stick with the original formula.

This game generated a fair amount of interest since a lot of people weren't sure if it was a real Wii title or not.  I worked with one of my teammates to create a fake video showing us playing the game on a Wii, suggesting that it was an unannounced Wii title.  We uploaded the video to Youtube, and that was that. I didn't expect much response.

Not long after, one of my friends sent me links to Joystiq, Destructoid, Gametrailers, Kotaku, and many other gaming sites featuring our video.  Some sites were certain that this would definitely be coming to the Wii via Wiiware.  Other sites doubted it.  Since then, a lot of the attention has died down.  I've included several of these links below.

I served as project lead and lead programmer. Nelson Dou was the 3D artist, Eugene Wen was the Wiimote programmer, and Sherry Chai was the GUI programmer.

News Links

• Original YouTube Video
• GameTrailers User Blog
• Destructoid
• WiiWare World
• Code Name Revolution
• Joystiq
• Kotaku
• Product Reviews

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