I love tribal designs! The staff looks really nice I wonder if theirs a better oceanic animal to replace the Sea Snake? The cow head on the pelvis reminds me of land, which I think hurts the design slightly.(Maybe a more aquatic animal bone?) I really like the lion fish fins and other than my suggestions I love it.
I wouldn't consider Irvine the middle of no where. Especially when you consider Disneyland is there and such. Middle of nowhere is basically any state that doesn't touch the Pacific or Atlantic Ocean. And even some of those states are pretty middle of nowhere. Then again, being born in SoCal its hard to imagine anyone ever…
Just a quick update since I kinda disappeared after one post, but I've been busy with relocation in Singapore over the past few months. My computer is still on a boat somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, slowly sailing west towards me, but it'll probably take another month for it to arrive. I've not given up on this project,…
grass!!!! I added some ocean grass and also tweaked the textures to even out the brightness level so that wasn't too much contrast in the unlit textures before the light was baked to avoid it looking blown out or too dark once I applied the post process to the scene. Not sure if I should make the grass 3d, I kind of like…
Some previews of the ward. What I still need to do is fine tuning the masks as well as do animations! Anyone want to help me? Branch - I didn't see any masks, so i think you're safe. Paskie - that looks awesome. When you test colors can you do something along the lines of ocean blue manta with red paint?
Some previews of the ward. What I still need to do is fine tuning the masks as well as do animations! Anyone want to help me? Branch - I didn't see any masks, so i think you're safe. Paskie - that looks awesome. When you test colors can you do something along the lines of ocean blue manta with red paint?
The ocean is really far too placid; at the least add some ripples in the normal map and reduce the reflection and the opacity. At the moment it feels more like a lake than a lagoon. Also, consider having different water colors to show changing depth, and light & dark portions to the sand to show wet/dry spots. Adding a few…
Make the beach the less steep possible if you're gonna see the effect from the ground, and aim for 45 degrees if it's seen from top. That's the same effect I used for this video, depthbiasblend is used to create foam and also give the fake waves a direction over existing uvs. [ame="…
Thanks for the responses & feedback everyone. We got some useful thoughts out of GDC and made some changes accordingly; primarily, the world is now floating island-lakes instead of ocean. More process work to come - I know folks have been eager to take a look behind the scenes, and there should be more upcoming video; but…
Actually, my favorite non-violent game is Endless Ocean. It's also beautiful, especially for a Wii title. They added some kind of hokey "calming ray gun" stuff in the second one; I kind of liked the purity of the entirely peaceful, exploration-focused first game more (still loved both). I REALLY hope they bring out a third…