Okay got first building in the game. I have some more detail trims to put on it but for now I am going to skip past those final touches and try to get the main chunks of each major building ready. I have a feeling workflow will get a lot more streamlined so I'll save those more time consuming parts for once I get the…
Here's some play testing first level after blocking it out in unreal The basic synopsis is: you are an amazon warrior, it is early bronze age on your way to athens, something terrible has happened, the city is sacked, the soldiers are like zombies, and monsters are doing monster stuff fight through the streets, at shrine…
Okay, this post will talk about next big iteration for the level design. The previous design was probably fine, however I have plenty of time before my first deadline and I think there are some major improvements that can be made both artistically and for gameplay. Level blockout update In previous post I mentioned that I…
Still grinding out the blockout. Working on second to last area. Workflow Very glad I chose to do this in maya because I've made a few major overhauls and it has been painless to do so. Level is starting to come together nicely - it plays decently and each area has a distinct look. I am sure it will evolve considerably but…
A few updates: Was getting creative burnout from so much level blockout and trying to start with characters just wasn't happening. I did get together plenty of concepts and grabbed a few models that might be used for base meshes. Shifted gears to some more techy stuff. Working on a tool to export objects by name from maya…
Okay last time I posted my next plan on the agenda was to start refining the level geometry. However, I realized that I didn't feel confident enough about some of the gameplay to be ready to commit to making art. The ranged vs ranged combat I felt was pretty solid, but fighting pure melee enemies left a bit to be desired.…
To be honest @Fabi_G , I haven't really given that a proper consideration. The inspiration for the game started probably waaay back when I first played Morrowind. I always played archer builds (same in subsequent elder scrolls games) but I wasn't completely happy with how it worked in those games. Later there was Demon…
@zetheros I've done that already - the planning. What you've described is kind of where I am right now - developing the assembly line by conducting research and doing experiments. Along with that I am also iterating on game design, starting from the master plan and trying to verify that all of it makes sense in practice.…