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    Map Test - Possible Start Area

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    This was done partly to serve the BB task for 'Starting Dungeon' (https://bitbucket.org/alexandru_afrasinei/forth/issues/22/graphics-starting-dungeon) and partly to test the Brush Based Building Pack.  It  isn't really trying to be a dungeon but rather just a fairly generic environment, possibly underground (no windows!). At the start there is a loose hint of the meteor cube and a crypt object near each other as a crash site.  The exit ramp at then end then could lead on to the island. 

    I haven't yet uploaded the brush pack nor the map.  Might need to tidy up a bit but it probably could be put up any time.  Wouldn't recommend people rely on the brush pack at this early stage or re-work may be required. probably best I iron out any problems of use first but feedback would be welcome.

    NOTE: Video contains spoilers :)

     

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    Modular Building Pack

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    Have started on the CSG based (at least at first) modular building pack.

    The idea was to help people construct rooms quickly and hopefully with some degree of uniformity. For example common door heights, wall thickness, level heights - this could be nailed down through docs instead though so there are other options to get some common specs in place..

    Currently I'm not sure how useful this brush pack is for others.  I will probably use it myself as I quite like working with the limitations of brushes for prototypes so will probably take it forward a little more for myself at least.

    I suspect that most people are already comfortable with their own way of doing things (which is fine) and that this may well not be that useful.  Still I'll probably do a test version and see if anyone thinks it will help.

    building_brush_pack.thumb.png.9113ffa9de98a0d71858dcb8a1964e01.png

    The prefab section allow rooms to be constructed rapidly around a central grid and also has some whole rooms and corridors like below.  However, so far these are quite boring and generic looking (partly on purpose to get a simple room actually in place).  Not sure if I will pursue whole room prefabs too much. Have yet to decide fully. 

    The room below has been dropped in place of a single drag and drop action.  Unfortunately it's not a very exciting room! :( 

     

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    'Meteor' Test

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    Test scene for a meteor strike.  I think this is going to take some time to get to a final state (audio queues, volume fades, impact effects, corrected particle effects, explosions etc.) and now probably isn't the time to do this.  This is more a a cinematic test than anything else to see if something like this would be what we want before we finalise something like it..

     

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    Added low poly palette

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    In general if you want something to have a colour you need to select those faces in a 3d program and shrink them right down so they fit in the tiny square.  Shouldn't really matter how you've unwrapped it as long as it's located in the small square of the colour you want.

    Theme/Mechanics Inspiration

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    How about starting with something like a meteor shower or something. This may help introduce a strange energy source into the game which may help bridge the sci-fi and fantasy realms a bit.   One or more of the meteors crashes into a temple/pyramid/tomb/mysterious structure you wake up but maybe it's not clear if you come from a casket/tomb/crypt/pod/experiment or if you fell with the meteor.  Maybe there also the shell of the meteor with equipment in it or it's a pod shaped crystalline vessel or something.

    After that you need to get out of the crash structure. Maybe some of the other inhabitants are energised and alive from the mysterious energy of the crash so some simple enemies, could be humanoid, creature or mechanical. Could be guardian creatures/robots of the structure.  Maybe it's not just a standard crypt but something more complex...I suppose a lot like the cauldrons from Horizon Zero dawn.  Could be traps or simple climb mechanics, collapsed or collapsing walls or floors.   

    Could lead into a cave like section that someone wanted to do.

    Initially the interior and/or cave sections should be super short for a concept, maybe 2 or 3 brush based rooms connected with short corridors and some ramps or simple stair cases.  And few more section for the cave bit before getting out onto the surface of an island (or land if the islands split later).

    I have tried before to put together brush based constructions sets before so I might put this together maybe in an early form if people think we may have some brush based sections.  Some people are probably quite quick at putting together levels just in a 3D program but I think brushes will allow more people to have a try at putting levels together along with some more useful colours in the simple library.  Might put together a library folder for colours pulled from the low poly palette so these can be dropped on brushes.

     

     

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    Added Cube Bot

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    Might try to figure out an lower poly variant but this was shows the initial intended design. As with some others this is quite sci-fi and perhaps less future fantasy. Could be changed as we finalise a clearer concept of what the shapes of our future fantasy are.  (Cubic, spherical etc).

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    Theme/Mechanics Inspiration

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    The guardian is us right?  Destroying yourself.....that's a biggie.  I think if you go there there'd probably have to be something personal to attach to (loved one, kid etc.) as the world is kinda hard to attach to.  Maybe, just thinking about movies really, though they stick maybe to close to standard story lines too.

     

    Added low poly palette

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    In Blender have a UV/Image window on one side (left) and a 3D window (on the right). Do the following:

    1. select the object
    2. Tab into edit mode
    3. CTRL-A to select all or select the faces, or click select  the faces you want to assign a colour to.
    4. Press U to unwrap and select Unwrap
    5. Scale down the unwrapped faces which will appear in the UV/Image window a few times so they are really small and fit within the coloured square of the colour you want the faces to have.

    You also need to make sure you have the 3D view in material view and you need to create a material with an image map of the UV image texture.  This bit can be confusing if you are not familiar with materials but if you mess around in the texture tab and material tab you should figure out how to do it.  The image in the UV image window you load from the low poly one in Material/Simple .   When you export your model you will probably need to set the material in Leadwerks again on the model as I think it will not have selected the shared one in Material/Simple  but instead expects to see it in the same folder as the export.

    That confusion might be a bit confusing.  If so I can probably catch you on Discord, though I may be at work. Not sure on your timezone.

     

     

    Added low poly palette

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    Added a palette material we could share across objects to get a uniform colour scheme (which could be changed in an instance) and would reduce draw calls, reduce memory usage and increase render speed (I believe).  Also updated the tree slightly and now using this palette.

     

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    Release 0.1disscusion

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    I will do some props I think. I guess we are still going low poly.  Some of my models were low poly but not 'low poly' style so I think I'll try head back more into low poly style.

    I have put a palette texture that could be used for low poly models in the simple material folder.  If we all used this where possible then we could switch the entire palette of all related objects very quickly and easily and also I think it would reduce draw calls and texture memory usage. 

    I still had some ideas for island creation and texturing I might try out. If you GameCreator are trying to make a playable island then I will not try to worry if it is playable but more focus on if we can generate quickly and mostly automatically with minimal hand-crafting.  

    Here's the low poly palette in use in Blender.

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