Monday, May 21. 2018

A Distant Light

Summary: In which a distant light suggests direction in the level; the level gains a ceiling; the level continues to be otherwise built; movement on ladders and ropes is a little more responsive; and falls produce pain only from a greater height than before.

Greetings and salutations!

In this week's screenshot, a distant light gives some direction in the darkness of level two:




The week just past was rather slow, I'm afraid: a number of things compounded to either pre-empt work, or (I think) slow me down when I was working, I believe. (Not all of these things were untoward, however!)

Still, some work did get done:

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Monday, May 14. 2018

In the Grid

Summary: In which a grid provides culling; said grid may support simplified "distant geometry"; level two's traversal is nearly laid out; and work has been done on a distantly-seen light in level two.

Greetings and salutations!

For this week's screenshot, an overview of level two as it currently stands (once again work-in-progress, with stand-in textures, and seen under the sun-light for the sake of broader visibility).



The week just past was perhaps a little bit slow, but also perhaps less so than the one before:

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Monday, May 7. 2018

Ladder Carriage

Summary: In which ladders may be carried; carriable objects are (hopefully) a little more intuitive; level two continues to see work; and the level's culling problems may have a solution.

Greetings and salutations!

For this week's screenshot, a look at the newly-placeable ladders:




The week just past was another slow one, I feel, but once again some things did get done:

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Monday, April 30. 2018

Slowly, The Level Grows

Summary: In which level two continues to grow; window- and door- frames are added; placeable planks and ladders are considered; movement speed is increased; and ladders see some tweaks.

Greetings and salutations!

For this week's screenshots, an overview of level two as it currently stands--still incomplete, and work-in-progress, but slowly building up, I feel:




The week just past was a little slow, I feel. Still, a few things did get done:

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Monday, April 23. 2018

Construction Work

Summary: In which prefabs see changes and fixes; level-building is started in earnest; a new window may aid workflow; window- and door- frames are being added; and ladder-generation code is tweaked.

Greetings and salutations!

For this week's screenshots, some work towards level two, in both prefabs and level-building:






The week just past was a bit of a slow one, perhaps, but nevertheless not without its progress, I feel:

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Monday, April 16. 2018

Adventures in Blender

Summary: In which prefabs are done; prefabs aren't as easy as I'd hoped; Blender-scripts prove very useful; ladders may be placed in Blender; blob-light purviews are improved; stepping off of ledges is addressed; and the resolution drop-down is better populated.

Greetings and salutations!

For this week's screenshot, support for adding ladders in Blender--on the left, a view in Blender; on the right, a view of the same in the game:



The week just past was primarily dedicated to work on the second level, or work related to level-building, with a few excursions into other matters. Let me elaborate:

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Monday, April 9. 2018

Architectural Work

Summary: In which I try to figure out how to design and build level two; level -prefabs and -props are made; the sky sees some updates; and a feature from one shader is copied into another.

Greetings and salutations!

This week, I have two things to show by screenshot or gif. First, some changes to the sky-shader; and second, various prefabs and props that I've been working on for use in building level two:






The main work of the week just past was focussed on level two--but a few other things saw progress, too.

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Monday, April 2. 2018

Level-Building Uncertainties

Summary: In which the demo makes incremental progress; work on building level two is begun; there are uncertainties as to how to go about this; a shader is experimented with; and climbing bugs are fixed.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshots show some early steps in building level two:




The week just past was a moderate one, I feel, with a number of things being done:

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Monday, March 26. 2018

Step Less Quietly

Summary: In which performance gains are made; file-paths are a nuisance; climbing is slightly improved; and crouched footsteps are played.

Greetings and salutations!

Once again, this week has no screenshot, I'm afraid--while a number of things were done, they generally didn't produce changes that would be well-served by a screenshot, I feel.

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Monday, March 19. 2018

First Steps Into a New Level

Summary: In which demo-work advances; UI support for language-selection is added; and work on the second level has begun.

Greetings and salutations!

For this week's screenshot, an addition to the options menu that provides UI support for language-selection:




(As I believe that I've mentioned before, I don't know that A Door to the Mists will be translated. However, I want the functionality to be available should translation become feasible.)

The week just past was rather more productive than the one before, I do think!

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