Shrek (Xbox)

Shrek kicks off the Xbox's launch with a 3D platformer. Notably, it was the first ever game to use deferred shading in its graphics. It was later ported to the GameCube as Shrek: Extra Large by a different team, including cutscenes, more voice acting, and a few extra levels.

Featuring a very fast, silent Shrek that pummels enemies that never die, levels and characters not seen in the movie at all (all designed by Todd McFarlane), and a lack of characters from the movie aside from Fiona and the Magic Mirror.

Prerelease Info

Unused Graphics#

common.lmp#

test.dds#

A test texture pattern.

font.dds#

A sheet of fonts from Quake III Arena.

chicken.dds#

An image of a chicken.

Logos#

Static logos for Dreamworks, TDK and a Shrek-styled DICE logo are present. The game uses FMV sequences instead, rendering these unused.

motherg.lmp#

trans_RH_Alpha_leafs_test03A.dds#

An unused bush texture.

sewers.lmp#

Blueprints#

The sewer level has two layout blueprints for the level itself.

swamp.lmp#

AM_BG.dds#

The top half of a still from the movie, where Shrek tells Donkey that he should "go celebrate his freedom with his own friends", seemingly cropped to focus on the trees. As implied by the BG part of the file name, this was probably used as a placeholder texture for natural-looking level boundaries or a backdrop in the swamp level.

JJ_shrek_house_door.dds#

Unused	Used

an unused texture named JJ_shrek_house_door.dds reveals a completely different design stage. Instead of just a door, it contains a full illustration depicting a section of Shrek's house—complete with the wooden walls, a glowing yellow window, and the door itself. Given its explicit filename, this full-scenery texture was originally intended to represent the door area (or possibly a flat backdrop version of it) before developers ultimately replaced its role with the simpler BS_door.dds asset, leaving the illustrated version completely unused.

map.lmp#

worldelements.dds#

A texture with basic gradients and a strange brown pattern.

comp_AM_DICE.dds#

A mirror texture (for the Magic Mirror?) with DICE's logo and a copyright date on it.

dragonfest.lmp#

flag.dds#

The texture file, contains the patterns used for the medieval banners and flags throughout the stage, features an unexpected addition. On the far-left black stripe of the texture sheet, two crude, glowing yellow smiley faces are clearly visible. Because of how the texture mapping is applied to the flag models in-game, only the heraldic symbols—such as the sun, the castle tower, and the checkered patterns—are utilized. The black section containing these handwritten doodles is completely cut off, making them entirely invisible during normal gameplay.

Unused Models#

fiona.mgx#

To do: Either find a way to view the model or load it in-game.

In eviltower.lmp are textures and a model of Princess Fiona. She does not appear in-game, though a render with her in it appears before the credits. The model was eventually used in the GameCube port during the final boss sequence.

She also has an extensive list of animations implying that she was going to be playable possibly for a scrapped two-player mode.

fiona_dazed.anim
fiona_falling.anim
fiona_fart_choke.anim
fiona_fly.anim
fiona_getup.anim
fiona_held.anim
fiona_held_moving.anim
fiona_idle.anim
fiona_idle_action_1.anim
fiona_idle_action_2.anim
fiona_idle_action_3.anim
fiona_jump.anim
fiona_junk_01.anim
fiona_land.anim
fiona_look_circle.anim
fiona_look_straight.anim
fiona_melee_1.anim
fiona_melee_2.anim
fiona_melee_3.anim
fiona_range_1.anim
fiona_range_2.anim
fiona_range_3.anim
fiona_run_forward.anim
fiona_sidestep_left.anim
fiona_sidestep_right.anim
fiona_splat.anim
fiona_throw.anim
fiona_walk_backward.anim
fiona_walk_forward.anim

Unused Sounds#

swamp.lmp#

Some placeholder audio files with a female voice are present.

eviltower.lmp#

merlin_death.wav#

While used, the game cuts to credits before he can say "Ooohh, Didn't see that coming." This line was heard in full... twice in Extra Large.

Out Of Bounds Dungeon#

If the player manages to fall out of the level's geometry and fall out of bounds(This can only be legitimately possible in the Mother Goose Land stage in both versions), Shrek will freefall for about 7 seconds before a loading screen appears and sends you to this dungeon with 5 yellow orbs attached to springs and chickens otherwise not seen in the game. There is no way out; the pause button and cheats are disabled, forcing the player to reset the game to continue. Interestingly, this dungeon was replaced with the inside of a GameCube in the Extra Large port, implying that Shrek went so far out of bounds that he's now trapped inside your game console.

References#