Vapourware Codexian Game Development Thread

[Krraloth]

love the crt effect

 

[Alchemist]

Tonight I've been messing around with the Godot Engine. So far it seems very nice, though a bit lacking in documentation. Starting with something simple - I figured out the tile system and got a guy walking around.

 

[r3jonwah85]

Finally the weather is shitty again and the vacation days are over so one can get some work done without being told to do something outside (when you live at home it is your parents, later in life it is the girlfriend...). Anyway, implemented locked zones which needs a key in my level generator (each colored line is the main branch of a locked zone) and branches from the main path to add more exploration (and this is where the keys are placed so that the player has to go looking). Fixed bugs and more features, learned more real c++ (Unreal API is kind of forgiving) to deal with some stuff that Unreal did not like etc, all in all a pretty good week. Sorry for the long video and crappy/repetitive "art", I only do place holders to focus on the programming part for now (tiles are made to be able to implement features), I really want to get a artist in the future though...

 

[28.8bps Modem]

I amused myself by running my isometric engine in development against the Fallout engine techdemo easter egg on the original CD:

My how things change in 20 years. :D

My 2 minute grass tile is way better though, suck it Tim Cain.

 

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

SO

I rewrote the movement code from scratch, since original code was bloated and had too many issues (tweaking was tedious, some logic was off, etc etc). Now I can build crappy levels using cubes and jerk off to the results of muh hard work.
Also, some other changes/additions no one (probably) cares about.



Next step: add reactivity to environment and smooth the "beating against the wall" animation a little bit.

 

[CryptRat]

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Paper Sorcerer vibe, I like this.

 

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

Paper Sorcerer vibe, I like this.

That's only because of the test texture. Paper Sorcerer art style can get really hard on the eyes after a while.

I plan to stick to something like this:

 

[CryptRat]

Not bad, but the hypnotic test texture is better.

 

[JamesDixon]

I'm turning this....

Into this in Unity3D 5.1.of.3....

 

[Sitra Achara]

I hate to say it, but you need some... soil erosion.

 

[Ninjerk]

Looks like a block out.

 

[JamesDixon]

I hate to say it, but you need some... soil erosion.

That will be coming in the next step. Right now I just want to transfer all the heights over from the 2d map to the 3d one.

 

[r3jonwah85]

That will be coming in the next step. Right now I just want to transfer all the heights over from the 2d map to the 3d one.

Found your main thread about the game, looks cool! But are you transfering the 2D maps by hand or do you import them and use them as height maps (after some conversion of course)? If you are not doing the latter I would really recommend this since it would not be that much of an effort and the content creation would be so much faster.

 

[JamesDixon]

Found your main thread about the game, looks cool! But are you transfering the 2D maps by hand or do you import them and use them as height maps (after some conversion of course)? If you are not doing the latter I would really recommend this since it would not be that much of an effort and the content creation would be so much faster.

I imported it as a height map, but have to do a lot of hand work to make it look good.

 

[Freelance Henchman]

Just playing around with basic fractals. Fascinating stuff but not really sure where this would become useful. Still nice to look at.

 

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

Psst. Guys, guys.
I'm making progress.

 

[Kaucukovnik]

I imported it as a height map, but have to do a lot of hand work to make it look good.

Did you try to blur the heigth map first? Even manually smudging it in 2D seems much easier and cleaner than adjusting the blocky 3D mesh. Never used unity though.

 

[r3jonwah85]

I imported it as a height map, but have to do a lot of hand work to make it look good.

Did you try to blur the heigth map first? Even manually smudging it in 2D seems much easier and cleaner than adjusting the blocky 3D mesh. Never used unity though.

That was kind of my thought, using some kind of smoothing algorithm would probably be faster if you do not need hand touches everywhere, just use this library or something similar: http://www.aforgenet.com/framework/features/smoothing_filters.html

But since I do not know what end result you are after I am not sure if that approach is useful, but just in case.

 

[JamesDixon]

Thank you both for the advice. I decided that the prior workflow was too time consuming, so I decided to use L3DT to make the design map then create a height map from it. It's going a lot faster than doing it in Unity3D.

 

[Pope Amole II]

Man, maybe I'm doing something wrong, but making trailers is so exhausting. Well, whatever, I've made a new one for the X Caeli, with new player/enemy sprites & stuff. We've also cannibalized the backgrounds from Cyberkast (it's pointless to make that game in the sci-fi setting, tbh) so we look even prettier. In motion, at the very least.

Spoiler

 

[DavidBVal]

This is what I am doing (android/iOS):

More:

Spoiler

 

[28.8bps Modem]

This is what I am doing (android/iOS):

Hey, I recognise those art assets. Is this a dodgy FlareRPG port?

 

[DavidBVal]

Nope, not a port. The code and the writing is 100% mine. I used a lot of open assets in my game, and bought many others, as I am no artist.

Flare stuff is CC-By SA 3.0 licensed, and credited here in my website. And also in a credits section which was the first thing I put in the Alpha main menu...

 

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

Man, maybe I'm doing something wrong, but making trailers is so exhausting. Well, whatever, I've made a new one for the X Caeli, with new player/enemy sprites & stuff. We've also cannibalized the backgrounds from Cyberkast (it's pointless to make that game in the sci-fi setting, tbh) so we look even prettier. In motion, at the very least.

Spoiler

Eeeeeh.
The text looks like arial stuffies.

I'd spend a few minutes looking for the right font.

 

[Merlkir]

The font is terribad, but I'm getting a nice Arcanum vibe from the visuals.