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[quantumpotato]

Got a question: Is the "60% state" still actual ?

Thanks - Kombiice 

It's probably close to 70%, but it's hard for me to know for sure as it's my first game and I haven't been through this process before.

Ambitious first game . So you're 20% away from the second 90%.

[William Chyr]

Ambitious first game . So you're 20% away from the second 90%.

Heh. Getting there!

[William Chyr]

Devlog Update #301 - 05/23/2016

New Programmer! Introducing - Tom Huffman

Super stoked to share that a new programmer is joining the team!

Everyone say Hello to Tom Huffman!

I've asked Tom to write up a bit introducing himself:

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Hi, I’m Tom Huffman and here is a little about me.

I first taught myself to program by making small games and attending game jams. Before going into games I went to school for photography. I later went to DePaul for game development. At DePaul I worked on the VR game Dumpy: Going Elephants. Dumpy was made for an Oculus Rift game jam. It won a spot in the Indiecade West Oculus Rift booth and was latter shown at Bit Bash.

I recently worked for M1 Interactive making interactive advertising for trade shows and museums. At M1 I worked with Unity and Arduino to create one off experiences. The projects ranged from projection mapping and touch screens to augmented reality and vertical reality.

I continue to work with DePaul on their game capstone and art game classes. I work directly with capstone teams as a programming and design mentor. I have been doing this from around the time I graduated in 2013.

I try to go to any local Chicago game events like Indie City Games, Chicago Unity Meetup, or Bit Bash. I have also gotten way more into biking this last year and have switched my primary mode of transport to my bike.

I’m super excited to start working on Manifold Garden.

Cheers,

Tom Huffman

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Welcome to the Garden, Tom! Great to have you on board.

[quantumpotato]

Welcome Tom!
Curious if you're doing a revenue split or charging by the hour( or both)?

[William Chyr]

Devlog Update #302 - 05/25/2016

Development Update Video #01

I've decided to start doing weekly video updates on Manifold Garden's development.

Here is the first one:



Let me know what you think!

[Kombiice]

I like that idea, nice video!

Got a question related to the game itself: How long would it take to finish the game right now and what's the "finishing time goal" for release ?


Thanks 

[Cranktrain]

Very much enjoyed the development video, they take a surprising amount of effort to produce! But there's few better ways to show changes.

[William Chyr]

I like that idea, nice video!

Got a question related to the game itself: How long would it take to finish the game right now and what's the "finishing time goal" for release ?


Thanks 

Right now, if you play through the game from the beginning to until the game breaks, there's about 2 -3 hours of content. There is more, but the levels just haven't been connected, so you need to use the level select menu to jump around.

I'm planning for the final game to have a finishing time for a first time player to be around 6 -8 hours, and for completionist to be closer to 20 hours.

Very much enjoyed the development video, they take a surprising amount of effort to produce! But there's few better ways to show changes.

I think once I get into good rhythm with these and sort out the pipeline challenges, I'll be able to make them relatively quickly.

[Connor]

will you be at megacon, florida,  by any chance?

[William Chyr]

will you be at megacon, florida,  by any chance?

No MegaCon. Looks like it just happened? Never heard of it until you posted it, actually.

[Grhyll]

Interesting video! Small issue with the volume, it seems to get lower at some point.
First time posting on this devlog, but I've seen your project on so many places already, it's looking good!

[io3 creations]

Did you think about something similar to Portal's gels yet? Would be a nice puzzle addition. Would especially be interesting because of gravity fields! 

I don't think I can do the liquid effect - doesn't seem like it will work well with the Manifold Garden's art style.

The water in MG is very stylized, and does behave sort of like the light bridges in Portal 2.

I think, it would still be possible to use voxel-like effect ~ somewhat similar to Minecraft.  For the moving water splashes, not all sides of the voxel would have to the the same length or a very thin, almost 2d shape might be a suitable style.   Similarly, once the water lands on a surface, it would still maintain a voxel-(or rather large pixel)-like pattern that is formed by straight lines at the edges.

[Kombiice]

Did you think about something similar to Portal's gels yet? Would be a nice puzzle addition. Would especially be interesting because of gravity fields! 

I don't think I can do the liquid effect - doesn't seem like it will work well with the Manifold Garden's art style.

The water in MG is very stylized, and does behave sort of like the light bridges in Portal 2.

I think, it would still be possible to use voxel-like effect ~ somewhat similar to Minecraft.  For the moving water splashes, not all sides of the voxel would have to the the same length or a very thin, almost 2d shape might be a suitable style.   Similarly, once the water lands on a surface, it would still maintain a voxel-(or rather large pixel)-like pattern that is formed by straight lines at the edges.

Would be nice to have some kind of example picture for that! 

[William Chyr]

Interesting video! Small issue with the volume, it seems to get lower at some point.
First time posting on this devlog, but I've seen your project on so many places already, it's looking good!

Yes, the volume definitely needs some tweaking. I just got a pop filter, so audio quality should be improved from now on.

And thanks for posting! Welcome to the devlog

I think, it would still be possible to use voxel-like effect ~ somewhat similar to Minecraft.  For the moving water splashes, not all sides of the voxel would have to the the same length or a very thin, almost 2d shape might be a suitable style.   Similarly, once the water lands on a surface, it would still maintain a voxel-(or rather large pixel)-like pattern that is formed by straight lines at the edges.

I do have water streams - was mostly concerned with bodies of water.

Like Kombiice said, do you have a picture reference for what you're talking about?

[William Chyr]

Devlog Update #303 - 05/31/2016

Dev Video & Beta Testing!

The second development update video is now up!





And I'm now starting up the first round of beta testing!

Sign up here: http://goo.gl/forms/38Vt4ifbnHTZmvZf2

[Kombiice]

Good video!

Also signed the form for the beta test! 

[io3 creations]

I think, it would still be possible to use voxel-like effect ~ somewhat similar to Minecraft.  For the moving water splashes, not all sides of the voxel would have to the the same length or a very thin, almost 2d shape might be a suitable style.   Similarly, once the water lands on a surface, it would still maintain a voxel-(or rather large pixel)-like pattern that is formed by straight lines at the edges.

I do have water streams - was mostly concerned with bodies of water.

Like Kombiice said, do you have a picture reference for what you're talking about?

So far it's only in my imagination.

[sam_suite]

Hey, cool! Loving these video updates. It's always fascinating to me how often real-world architectural movements inspire you -- and also how often they actually work with the level design.

I also went ahead and signed up for the beta!

[Zorg]

I signed up but i guess that your game will not run smoothly on my old machine.

[quantumpotato]

The best URL I've seen yet

Signed up for beta. I'm on OSX, will that work? I have access to a comparable Windows 10 machine and a Windows 7 machine so please don't exclude me from builds =)