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Free 3D MUGEN-ish fighting engine available, similar to Virtua Fighter and Tekken in play style - Project EF-12

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Posted by Jonathan 'Catalyst' Grey • September 24, 2013 at 2:29 p.m. PDT
Free 3D MUGEN-ish fighting engine available, similar to Virtua Fighter and Tekken in play style - Project EF-12 Project EF-12 is a free game engine, which somewhat resembles 3D fighters like Virtua Fighter and Tekken, but there's a twist on this one that's unlike many others, outside of MUGEN.

This particular product is a totally customizable 3D fighting game engine, which can be altered through modifying a series of spreadsheets.

As such, users can change many aspects of the title, from its characters, their abilities, appearances, stages and even stuff like the game's user interface.

In the version that was demoed at the Tokyo Game Show, there was even a character who played like a 2D fighter, despite the being in a 3D game.

If you so choose, you can implement new character models from scratch, and using someone else's modded fighters would be as simple as downloading and extracting some spreadsheet along with the files into a directory.

Right now the game is only translated into Japanese, but an English translation is expected before the end of the year on Playism's website.

If you'd like to see this title in action, hit the jump.

Here's the trailer for the game, in Japanese.

Source: Joystiq, tip from MasterDragoonJ and Teags.

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ProfessorLester said on September 24, 2013 at 2:33 p.m.

Ok this is bad ass

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Legacy_of_K said on September 24, 2013 at 2:34 p.m.

BEST NEWS EVER
Let's make some Hajime no Ippo right here !

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ProfessorLester said on September 24, 2013 at 2:35 p.m.

maybe saltybets one day

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Wardog said on September 24, 2013 at 2:39 p.m.

Somebody love that Friday song, in the first video.lol

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Daedae22 said on September 24, 2013 at 2:41 p.m.

This is really cool. Can't wait to see what people do with this!

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CrimsonMoonMist said on September 24, 2013 at 2:43 p.m.

Looks really promising.

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sarif2soon said on September 24, 2013 at 2:43 p.m.

gonna get this. and i'm going to make the most balanced game there is! to the notebook!

#7
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xAlmighty77x said on September 24, 2013 at 2:51 p.m.

here goes to saltybets upgrading and now getting 20,000 viewers daily

#8
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Zero888 said on September 24, 2013 at 2:53 p.m.

Someone better make a 3D version of Rare Akuma or I'm gonna get salty, :P

#9
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slayereyez said on September 24, 2013 at 2:54 p.m.

Nice someone much more talented that I will make a new EX+ SF game which will be a dope mod for sure. I def want to get my hands on this and see what possibilities they are.

#10
CalledForJuriDuty said on September 24, 2013 at 2:55 p.m.

Looks cool.

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Raiden365 said on September 24, 2013 at 2:59 p.m.

It starts...

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hazelnut1112 said on September 24, 2013 at 3 p.m.

This looks awesome. Maybe Harada can use this as his base for Tekken x Street Fighter.

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Sanox said on September 24, 2013 at 3:02 p.m.

impressive

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Schwoi said on September 24, 2013 at 3:07 p.m.

°o° HOLY CRAP!!!!!

#15
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JesseRobles said on September 24, 2013 at 3:12 p.m.

THE FUTURE! Taking out every fighting game franchise one at a time.

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synce said on September 24, 2013 at 3:14 p.m.

Never cared for Mugen but if this lets you create characters, intros, etc. I'm definitely in.

#17
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BlackMasamune said on September 24, 2013 at 3:14 p.m.

You had me at 3D Mugen.

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ShiroiKaze said on September 24, 2013 at 3:14 p.m.

considering you can already rip fully rigged models from Soul Calibur, Tekken, SF4, etc... this will definitely be the next gen Mugen.

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HooliganComboFTW said on September 24, 2013 at 3:17 p.m.

OP Ryu Hayabusa incoming

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ShiroiKaze said on September 24, 2013 at 3:22 p.m.

although keep in mind it is possible to pull rigged models and textures out of games currently... the animation files are another story and will likely pose the biggest problem in trying to import characters into this engine

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Dimensional said on September 24, 2013 at 3:23 p.m.

This looks really awesome actually especially on a casual level although maybe people will make full standalone free games with it.

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Skye said on September 24, 2013 at 3:26 p.m.

I'd love too start a project with this, it sounds perfect.

#23
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star123us said on September 24, 2013 at 3:40 p.m.

Now.... are we move on to 3D SaltyBet??

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Rahavic said on September 24, 2013 at 3:49 p.m.

@13 Yeah....no. You think Harada would use an engine that looks as stiff as this? He's making TxSF on next gen lmao

Hope people make some funny stuff on here, could def see this being a 3D MUGEN equivalent in about 5-10 years from now.

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ryuhayabusa13 said on September 24, 2013 at 3:57 p.m.

Cool 3d mugen sounds good to me and if we can make cut scenes, even better. The possibilities..

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HASJ said on September 24, 2013 at 4 p.m.

New footage of the engine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dwfMk...

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rie_dude said on September 24, 2013 at 4 p.m.

Anyone wanting to work on a title like this for Steam, drop me a message.

Thx

#28
irc_mocpac said on September 24, 2013 at 4 p.m.

Yes! I've been waiting for something like this years and it's finally here! Well, sort of.

Apparently, you can use Blender and Maya to import your models and animations to this 3D engine. Over at DeviantArt, they're ripping 3D models from games like Virtua Fighter, Tekken, Dead or Alive etc. and releasing them to the public. I'm sure this thing is going to get real popular when this thing is released in english.

#29
al2k said on September 24, 2013 at 4:01 p.m.

Oh my god. This is beautiful. Hopefully you can play people online somehow.

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ReddChief said on September 24, 2013 at 4:14 p.m.

This is pretty cool and i don't even like 3D fighters a free 3D Mugen program that's awesome

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AAKZ said on September 24, 2013 at 4:25 p.m.

FRIDAY FRIDAY GOTTA GET DOWN ON FRIDAY!

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sarif2soon said on September 24, 2013 at 4:30 p.m.

gotta learn how to make 3d models ahead of time. gotta stay ahead of the game.

#33
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RunnersKnee said on September 24, 2013 at 4:50 p.m.

Free? Something this good? Can't wait to see what happens in months to come!

#34
YourEveryDayJackAss said on September 24, 2013 at 5:07 p.m.

3D Saltybet!? I don't even.....

#35
ghostbody said on September 24, 2013 at 5:26 p.m.

I am so looking forward to this.

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BunnyBoy said on September 24, 2013 at 5:32 p.m.

Here comes the waifu army. =P

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H3XxMAjiN said on September 24, 2013 at 5:50 p.m.

can wait for mexi-3d attacks:)

#38
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Raidaikin said on September 24, 2013 at 5:51 p.m.

thank you finally and its free!!

#39
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BoscaBat said on September 24, 2013 at 5:57 p.m.

I think it would be pretty cool if someone used this to bring Fighting Vipers characters back life with upgraded graphics.

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chipndip said on September 24, 2013 at 6:12 p.m.

SALTY BET 2: 3D Dream!

SALTY BET 3: 4 Man Mayhem!

SALTY BET 4: 5 on 5 Fight!

SALTY BET 5: Six Sex-A-Palooza Pron Game!

I can see it now...

#41
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Wa1rior said on September 24, 2013 at 6:29 p.m.

kool

#42
Smorgasboard said on September 24, 2013 at 6:34 p.m.

Make your own top tier character. Still complain.

#43
Yarott said on September 24, 2013 at 6:41 p.m.

So, who's gonna do a Spiritual Successor of Killer Instinct with this engine? And I wonder if someone will actually add the Salmon from Tekken. All I know is that, inevitably in most future resource websites for this engine, there will be an oversaturation of Shotoclones, Kancho Men, "Chuck Norrises", and 1-move-wonder characters. Somebody should start doing some rules and reglations for handling quality control in those sites.

Say, if thi becomes the biggest thing in the FGC, should there be a section for it in this site?

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EXCh33ky said on September 24, 2013 at 6:50 p.m.

MUGEN was my stuff

#45
LarsMasters said on September 24, 2013 at 6:55 p.m.

I'm gonna enjoy this :fireup:

#46
Yarott said on September 24, 2013 at 7:08 p.m.

I just checked a few sites about EF-12. Among them, Joystiq. And in an interview with the creator about the engine, he and his team are apparently working on localizing it to Steam! I mean, if I heard the interview corectly. It will still be free, of course!

#47
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Lemres said on September 24, 2013 at 7:09 p.m.

I've also searched and searched my hardest for 3D-like character for my mugen, but this news makes me very happy. This could be a mugen killer right here. Can't wait for it to get translated so I can download it and see how it works.

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SkllXMnky said on September 24, 2013 at 7:13 p.m.

I wonder what will happen first, over abdundance of Vocaloids, 151 different versions of Ryu, Ken, and Gouki; all cheaper than the previous,or nude models of girl fighters for ryona or making them have sex with each other.

#49
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Devdan said on September 24, 2013 at 7:42 p.m.

Looks kinda neat, but way more like Tekken than VF. Guess it doesn't really matter either way.

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StriderSpinel said on September 24, 2013 at 8:21 p.m.

ShiroiKaze is right... i love mugen, but most of the comunity in in the emulation side of the engine, ripping models and trying to be as acurate to the source game as possible, and there's not much original content, but when there is, it's awesome. for a while a taught that a 3d mugen wouldn't work for the hard, almost impossible work to get 3d models, but lately, it's been increasingly easy. this could be AWESOME!.

#51
MarthFE said on September 24, 2013 at 8:51 p.m.

this is the umvc3 update... OUR OWN !!>=D

but in 3d...

#52
SpellcraftQuill said on September 24, 2013 at 9 p.m.

Not that I will be able to use it as a Mac user but it would be nice to rig Soulcalibur V Custom Characters for this and maybe give them different movesets. Ring outs and fatalities would be okay too but that's asking for too much.

#53
courte said on September 24, 2013 at 9:33 p.m.

on one hand this would go xxx sour faster than anyone would imagine

on another hand, TIME FOR THE UNLISCENSED DREAM MATCH Street Fighter One vs Street Fighter EX

#54
thetrin said on September 24, 2013 at 9:59 p.m.

Hi guys,

Nayan from Playism (publisher of EF-12) here! Hopefully I can clear up a few things.

SpellcraftQuill: Ringouts are already in the game, and can be changed when you create your own stage. If you look in the video, you'll notice a red ring on the ground around the characters. That is the ringout border.

Yarott: We at Playism are doing the localization, and would love to put it on Steam. It's not happening just yet, though (we're working on it!). In the meantime, though, the game will release on Playism (playism-games.com) with English manuals.

Hope that clears things up.

#55
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Echo01 said on September 24, 2013 at 11:17 p.m.

Oh lord, imagine the waifus...

#56
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lordkinnikuman said on September 25, 2013 at 1:52 a.m.

where can i download this cuz i can't find it on playism??

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lordkinnikuman said on September 25, 2013 at 1:55 a.m.

found the link for anyone who is interested
http://www.playism.jp/games/ef12/

#58
CrabNdumplin said on September 25, 2013 at 4:44 a.m.

This is amazing!!!

#59
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MugenLord said on September 25, 2013 at 4:55 a.m.

I most definitely have to make a discussion video about this on my Mugen Channel.

#60
mogar44 said on September 25, 2013 at 5:06 a.m.

Think anyone will remake sfxt.....and make it good?

#61
Mistermind said on September 25, 2013 at 6:31 a.m.

Coincidentally I'm also working on a fighting game engine similar to mugen, but mine is a lot more "2.5D":
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/2022...

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Doopliss said on September 25, 2013 at 1:37 p.m.

If it's easy to use, I might make some characters (moveset only though).

#63
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TheDeadTexan said on September 25, 2013 at 2:47 p.m.

I made an Oreimo fighting game with this at TGS. Kirino is OP.

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YTPHaruko said on September 25, 2013 at 3:03 p.m.

Do the characters have their own voices because I didn't hear any sounds from them other than the hit effects.

#65
Ohgun93142 said on September 25, 2013 at 5:01 p.m.

Sounds like someone's going to create another MK Project using the EF-12 engine...

#66
PowerStunna said on September 25, 2013 at 6:39 p.m.

Finally I can make my dream roster! :D

#67
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AriesWarlock said on September 25, 2013 at 8:07 p.m.

Maybe someone can make a Evil Zone remake!

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Schwoi said on September 26, 2013 at 4:54 a.m.

@Mistermind
wow this also looks pretty awesome!
I'll buy it when you release it

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SpellcraftQuill said on September 27, 2013 at 11:53 a.m.

@YTPHaruko

I looked in the files and some of the default characters do have voices but only for attacks and damage. I'm thinking that win or opening voices may be available. Hopefully custom SCV characters can be rigged and given their own moves.

#70
heyhey said on September 28, 2013 at 11:23 p.m.

ive been messing around with this over the weekend and have ran into a rather large roadblock...

the first thing i was testing was how easy it would be to constrain movement on the Z axis (since i enjoy 2d fighters more than 3d). Maybe someone can explain to me how i can modify a preexisting .fmot files (the motion files). I really hope the only way to create/mod these files is NOT by creating existing .xsi files, uploading them to c.ef-12.com/entry then gettin the .fmot file sent back to me in an email, there may be something i am missing since i do not speak japanese. Thank you in advance

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V27reaper said on November 4, 2013 at 4:28 a.m.

I can't wait!

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sarif2soon said on November 13, 2013 at 1:37 p.m.

Then you'll have to can't wait longer.

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sarif2soon said on November 13, 2013 at 1:38 p.m.

Why are you so retarded?

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