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[DifferentName]

Wow, this game looks amazing. The animations really raise the bar!

[nickgravelyn]

A BREAK FROM THE GRIND - MOVEMENT STUDY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPmGi1Zimbo&feature=youtu.be

So I've been hammering the writing and level block out side for the last week and a half (and Bloodborne), soon to inform the schedule I'm putting together with the help of the misses for an October milestone.  All of that stuff is a bit boring visually so I've reserved posting anything about that.  Now reaching a super exciting point in the game that I've used as a nice break from grey blocks and walls of text to just have a little animation play for a few hours.

This is ETNA.  She badass.  Make JOHN look like puny human.  We'll be seeing a lot of her, both in and out of her suit over the course of the game.

Oh man, that is slick. The shadow cast from the blast of the weapon just puts it over the top. Super cool.

[Jasmine]

[speechless]

I'll just go ahead and...

*clicks notify*

[Miziziziz]

DAAMN
this just keeps looking cooler and cooler

[deroesi]

very cool indeed.... your animation quality is top-notch, impressive stuff

[Olsen]

Thanks guys, happy you dig.  Can't wait to show how all these pieces link together to make the whole.

These animations are absolutely gorgeous - but it makes me wonder if you are going to have a fair time of it making npcs which move that smoothly? I assume you are going to need a lot of blend spaces etc.

Well this animation is a canned anim for a character introduction via trigger event. So it just plays out.  Most NPC interaction outside of the enemies will be tightly scripted.  But yes, regarding the player controlled character and enemies - I'm going somewhat insane with anim blends right now. 

[TinyAngryCrab]

Well this animation is a canned anim for a character introduction via trigger event. So it just plays out.  Most NPC interaction outside of the enemies will be tightly scripted.  But yes, regarding the player controlled character and enemies - I'm going somewhat insane with anim blends right now. 

Nice. I would love to see this level of smoothness in a gameplay sequence!

[Christian]

Thanks guys, happy you dig.  Can't wait to show how all these pieces link together to make the whole.

These animations are absolutely gorgeous - but it makes me wonder if you are going to have a fair time of it making npcs which move that smoothly? I assume you are going to need a lot of blend spaces etc.

Well this animation is a canned anim for a character introduction via trigger event. So it just plays out.  Most NPC interaction outside of the enemies will be tightly scripted.  But yes, regarding the player controlled character and enemies - I'm going somewhat insane with anim blends right now. 

Gameplay will be as well animated as that? Damn, that's crazy. Cant wait to see

[Mittens]

I'm just posting to subscribe

[Olsen]

Hey guys, long time no update, apologies for that.  Had life stuff "visiting inlaws" over these last 2 weeks then scheduling and treatment finalising.  Then last weekend I took part in my first game jam with Ludum Dare.  Was a great learning experience and I only just managed to push something through.

Can play it here if you like...

http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=51053

word of warning, needs checkpointing system I bloody ran out of time to implement.

Playthrough here if you can't be arsed. 





So, returning to Somerville.  Pushing hard to get the prologue playable from start to finish in a rough Probuilder form, still working on level design, will post a mockup this weekend of what I intend.  Outside of that I've been dialing in player control in my platforming arena and annotating the shit out of everything so it's nice and tidy.

More interestingly I got a nice little demo from my good friend Lee.  He's been working on the audio here and there.  I sent him a nursery rhyme-esque jingle a while back and he just riffed (spelling?) for a good 6 mins.  I really love it and can't wait to see where it goes when he pushes a few electronic or orchestral influences toward the more exciting set pieces.  He insists it's just a demo and was quite hesitant letting me post anything but I don't give a shit after 20 replays. Check it below.





Thanks guys, again, apologies for the lack of updates.  Doing all this part time makes things hard to stay consistent but now life and ludum dare is out the way expect to see daily updates.

Cheers

Chris

[marcgfx]

nice ludum dare game! the checkpoint system would have been my first complaint
it took me ages getting past stage 3, as I never noticed there was a gap and a way to go under the nasty. I jumped from the top to get past

[Olsen]

nice ludum dare game! the checkpoint system would have been my first complaint
it took me ages getting past stage 3, as I never noticed there was a gap and a way to go under the nasty. I jumped from the top to get past

Haha cheers, you went the speed run method!

I'll do a quick update this weekend to make it more user friendly and upload it somewhere.  Also add an ending worth a damn.  Was a fun experience to make it though.

[Olsen]

FOREST MOCKUP

Just a little break from grey level blockouts to work up a little wooded area.  Sorry if it's too dark, poor visibility be key to survival and gifcam crushes all things close to black.

Also designing levels around a intermittent light source or focused beam as a mechanic is proving hella challenging.

[ｂ∀ ｋｋｕｓａ]

This is the 21th century another world

[TopherPirkl]

Wow, what a fantastic looking game! I'm really forward to seeing  (and hearing!) how it develops!

[Olsen]

@TopherPirkl + @bakkusa Thanks guys!

JUNGLE GYMING

Currently focusing on my combat/platforming test lab where I can run all the mechanics through their paces and build a nice prefab library of environment triggers that I can drop into my level blockouts.  Implemented slidey things tonight.

[Christian]

Oh wow, those animations are wonderful.

[purplemonkey]

This is a project I will be sure to follow, great work so far!

[2ndStudio]

Really cool style ! And animations as well. 

[Fenrir]

Wow I really like the sliding!