After much playtesting I've developed an optimized way of playing the game. Now in this overhaul of character controller I am trying to make it so that it is as intuitive to play that way as possible. Previously I had an extra button for combat stance, which ducks and crawl / ducked run. And then another button for dive.…
Okay finished this one and it took longer than all the others combined. had to come up with a new workflow and style. for this one i wanted to hand paint a lot with the gorgon character - e.g. not relying on just overpainting some photobashed stuff as much. But then it becoems a problem if I cannot paint to same quality as…
::astonished: Correct true to life, maybe a horse really far away and hardly visible can be free in the bg. lmao. Not something i thought I'd ever read but i am amused by the free old-p.c. convo. (ah the memories) so many cats. Back to game, mmm that is one decent use of these a.i. action scripts at least, smarter a.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…
Tested out maya live link with unreal and it's pretty good to be able to preview animations in real time. But feedback is a bit choppy so its really only good for blocking in. Little details don't read at all. Not sure if it really speeds things up or not, but definitely nice to get some immediate feedback. Character…
thanks sacboi! I feel like I've been making progress very slowly with the level design but things are starting to get moving. i didn't expect it to be as big a deal as it is - so far it has been the most challenging aspect of the development. But it is also area I have less experience. Had done a bit of enviro art and…
@iam717 I appreciate the insights. The glitchy side to side movement is a bug, or rather a fault of the the AI code that I'll clean up a bit later. Basically they are deciding where to go every 1/4 second and if they are already locked to a decision they will then override this - it's order of operations needs tuned but…
Past few days been animating like crazy but it's not stuff I will show because spoilers, just a snippet. I have been working on cut scenes that happen before and after boss battle. The only reason I do this now is because the student doing music (for his final project) needs to have something to show along with the tracks…
Did a little more with level blockout. Wasn't happy leaving the end area quite so unfinished. Added a bit more detail to a few buildings in the Agora that are very blocky. Also increased height of the acropolis so it's more of an epic climb to get to the boss fight. It can now be seen from almost anywhere in the level…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lpx770Nnh58 Okay, here is mostly complete blockout of the level. Some portions are still pretty sparse, but I am content with each engagement, general difficulty and pacing, and overall flow of the level. The last section (the wooded path from agora to acropolis) is no combat and I might…