Greetings and salutations!
This week's screenshot shows some creatures previously-made, but now with prototype-art:
The week just past was primarily one of working towards that potential new demo that I have in mind...
Monday, October 30. 2023
Polygonal Creatures
Summary: In which a demo's layout is worked on; portals are made; creatures are integrated into a demo; tweaks and bug-fixes are implemented; uncertainties are aired; prototype-art is made; and a small update is applied to the design-doc.
Greetings and salutations!
This week's screenshot shows some creatures previously-made, but now with prototype-art:
The week just past was primarily one of working towards that potential new demo that I have in mind...
Greetings and salutations!
This week's screenshot shows some creatures previously-made, but now with prototype-art:
The week just past was primarily one of working towards that potential new demo that I have in mind...
As mentioned above, work continued on the new demo that I mentioned in last week's blog-post, I believe.
For one thing, I continued to design its layout. And indeed, changed that layout. And what's more, changed even the intended means by which the player traverses said layout!
Specifically, clusters of rooms are now connected by portals--a limited version of a feature that I intend for the full game.
Furthermore, I continued to work on the inclusion of various enemies into the demo.
And once again, in doing so I uncovered various bugs and things that called for tweaking--and so addressed those matters.
(Not to mention two bugs outside of the creatures--one in my lighting tool, and one in the "World" class--which I likewise discovered and (I hope!) fixed.)
But I will confess that I had--and indeed have--uncertainties in mind regarding this demo.
Is it wise at all? If so, how far should it go, both in the set of enemies covered and in quality of presentation?
During the week I requested a consultation with an expert, in which to ask these questions--but there were complications, and I have not yet heard back.
With these uncertainties in effect, and with some extraneous matters leaving me low on energy, in the last few days of the week just past I settled on having some fun by the making of "prototype art" for the creatures of the demo. Specifically, this variously took the form of either low-poly models or simple grey-scale textures.
And it some of this "prototype art" that you should see in the first screenshot above! Here below then, let me post a collage of further such art:
And along the way I also made a small update to the design-doc.
That then is all for this week--stay well, and thank you for reading! ^_^
For one thing, I continued to design its layout. And indeed, changed that layout. And what's more, changed even the intended means by which the player traverses said layout!
Specifically, clusters of rooms are now connected by portals--a limited version of a feature that I intend for the full game.
Furthermore, I continued to work on the inclusion of various enemies into the demo.
And once again, in doing so I uncovered various bugs and things that called for tweaking--and so addressed those matters.
(Not to mention two bugs outside of the creatures--one in my lighting tool, and one in the "World" class--which I likewise discovered and (I hope!) fixed.)
But I will confess that I had--and indeed have--uncertainties in mind regarding this demo.
Is it wise at all? If so, how far should it go, both in the set of enemies covered and in quality of presentation?
During the week I requested a consultation with an expert, in which to ask these questions--but there were complications, and I have not yet heard back.
With these uncertainties in effect, and with some extraneous matters leaving me low on energy, in the last few days of the week just past I settled on having some fun by the making of "prototype art" for the creatures of the demo. Specifically, this variously took the form of either low-poly models or simple grey-scale textures.
And it some of this "prototype art" that you should see in the first screenshot above! Here below then, let me post a collage of further such art:
And along the way I also made a small update to the design-doc.
That then is all for this week--stay well, and thank you for reading! ^_^
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