next »

[SolarLune]

@crazyheckman - Thanks. Yeah, I saw that game - I loved the way it looked.

So development is on pause while I work on a separate project - Misshoni. I'm trying to get it at least near completion in a month. Check out the devlog here.

[SolarLune]

Yo, so I'm back to working on this!



So far I'm just finetuning a few things and fixing some bugs. Playing it now, it seems like the player moves too fast, but I'm not 100% sure. Maybe I'll try lowering his move speed. I changed the camera bounds to be more accurate. My method for establishing the bounds where the camera should move to focus on the player is to actually get the dimensions of the map object and its offset from its center, and use those values to lock the camera's range. It's not exact, but it works alright.



^ That's also a map that's currently in production. I want to start spreading the maps out more and it's good that I can start trying different methods to stop the player (i.e. the gap in the street forcing you to use the jump boots). I need to just make more maps basically - I'm going too slowly on this part, I think.

Anywho, that's basically it. I'm also coloring the outlines on objects a bit. I should probably work on the bosses some.

[Elrinth]

Damn this game is looking amazing!
The screen transitions are neat, and the graphics in general are really impressive.
You've already got a very nice moody setting. Definatly following the progress of this.

[aftslash]

Glad to see you're back on this project :]

[poe]

Looking good as always.

[Maud'Dib Atreides]

misshoni is nice but please, please  work on soldier of :D

[SolarLune]

Thanks, guys. I'm focusing on building maps now and fixing bugs. I'll (hopefully) have a new demo out soon for testing, maybe even an alpha release.

I'm building up that map from before in particular.

[SolarLune]

Today I did some stuff and squashed some bugs.

- I added grenade-throwing sensitivity, so that the longer you hold the key, the further the grenade flies. Useful for setting down bombs. Tap the key and you'll drop the grenade, basically. Grenades take 50 HP, so be really careful with them.

- Worked on the map system. It shows everything now - exits, enemies, containers, and crates. I think I might want to tag certain items or areas as hidden, though, as it currently shows you everything on the map. I now recall that I was going to make an item out of that, so I guess I need to implement it.

- Squashed bugs.

I think I want to add some sort of method to keep the player on platforms unless he actively tries to step off. Just something to keep the player from accidentally falling off, since I changed his movement to be more smooth and slippery. I'm not sure if I'll actively pursue it.

[SolarLune]

Haven't worked on this since ^ then, but I uploaded a new video, mainly to show smooth footage with MSI Afterburner. I hope it's alright if I use it, since I'm not using an MSI card.

Here's the video.

Also, anyone can try my site that I've been working on. It doesn't have anything about Soldier Of on it yet, though.

> <

[Maud'Dib Atreides]

youre gonna be big for this game and im gonna tell people that i know you >=D

[poe]

youre gonna be big for this game and im gonna tell people that i know you >=D

[caffeine]

I will tell people I created this game.

(I'm kidding cool game)

[Aquanoctis]

Ooooh man, that was incredible.

[eigenbom]

looking deadly mate

[SolarLune]

Working on crates and barrels. I also worked on another map today (that will have crates and barrels on it), but haven't finished it yet. Kind of keep thinking about working on another project - random generation always seems so cool. Anyway, I'm going to try to do something more impressive tomorrow.



EDIT: Thanks, guys, I appreciate your comments and suggestions. The game wouldn't look or play nearly as cool as it does if it wasn't for everyone's feedback.

[Ashkin]

Those are some sexy-looking containers.

[solidboko]

Hi ! A friend of mine told me about your game. It interested me because you're using a render that I love and used a lot for about 5 years. I'm using OpenGL in Ruby, never tried Blender engine.

You're doing really great here ! I'm surprised (and in a very good way) with the "new" graphical orientation : your new models are really great and the game will look a lot better if you go on that way. Keep up the good work !

Regards
SolidBoko

[Swaggermuffin]

What #Sharp said.

I got a question: does Blender take a lot out of your computer, with the models you work with? I've wanted to try working with it, but I'm afraid it'll melt my laptop.

[clockwrk_routine]

surprisingly not it's always run without hogging much resources on the shittiest of pc's for me

[SolarLune]

Thanks again, everyone.

@solidboko - Thanks. Yeah, I like low-poly 3D pixel art-ish models, though I still want some 2D elements in there. Maybe I'll just have the player and other characters be 2D.

@Swaggermuffin - Like Minnow said, nah, it's pretty easy on the CPU. It can crash from time to time, but as long as you don't try to split a 1000 faces into 4x as many faces 8 times in a row (like I did yesterday ), it won't freeze on you (even then, I could've waited it out... Maybe).

Just improved the block to be the same style as the other objects (lit from the top, shaded on the sides).



I tweaked around with the ground movement for the player. I implemented snapping to fractions of a cell a little while ago, and it works alright (ensures that you don't accidentally fall off stage, for example), but it doesn't work as well as I'd like with moving platforms. I think I'm going to tweak that part of the player's movement a bit.

Still working on that map, though it is coming along. It's going to segue into a dilapidated mall, I think. I'd also like to look into adding flashlights to guards for darker areas. I think it'd be a good idea to see where they're looking. I think it'd also be a good idea to have some kind of targeting laser that they shine so that you can see just how close you are to being shot at.