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[RealScaniX]

I'm torn between "Sometimes the heart is in your way" and "I like juicy sounds" as the title for this video. ^^
This marks the finishing line for the second of the two doors in the new tutorial. 
(Lazily copied from my tweet, as usual ^^)
 



 
Now I will start with the actual environment for the tutorial. I have a few ideas, but do not know if they will work out.
The player will need to reach two other places by jumping and "climbing" where the two heart door key parts are waiting for him.
 

[JobLeonard]

 

Ok, I love it as a puzzl, but I'm wondering if it doesn't clash with the narrative buildup of the game. Doesn't the game kinda start like a "harmless" spooky mansion and get weirder/creepier the further you progress into it?

[Thaumaturge]

The interaction inside of the inventory is always a bit tricky to do, but I think it is worth it.

Not knowing the costs, I can't speak to whether it's worth it, I feel, but I do think that it adds a fair bit. ^_^

I'm torn between "Sometimes the heart is in your way" and "I like juicy sounds" as the title for this video. ^^
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Impressive work, and nicely disturbing, I do think! ^_^

[RealScaniX]

Ok, I love it as a puzzl, but I'm wondering if it doesn't clash with the narrative buildup of the game. Doesn't the game kinda start like a "harmless" spooky mansion and get weirder/creepier the further you progress into it?

Thank you!
The tutorial is a nightmare and you wake up to your bedroom, before setting off towards the mansion.
I am also trying to include some other game elements that will be important later on here.
 

Not knowing the costs, I can't speak to whether it's worth it, I feel, but I do think that it adds a fair bit. ^_^

Thank you, that is reassuring. I like the results, too. I just hope that there won't be that many item combinations inside of the inventory. ^^
 

Impressive work, and nicely disturbing, I do think! ^_^

Thank you very much!

[JobLeonard]

The tutorial is a nightmare and you wake up to your bedroom, before setting off towards the mansion.

Clever! That also gives you the freedom to completely ignore the "real-world" narrative for the sake of educating the player!

[RealScaniX]

The tutorial is a nightmare and you wake up to your bedroom, before setting off towards the mansion.

Clever! That also gives you the freedom to completely ignore the "real-world" narrative for the sake of educating the player!

Thanks. ^^
Indeed most of the elements focus on teaching the player the controls here. I plan on adding hints to the story here, but cannot say yet how good it will work out.

[oahda]

Nice to see you posting again! Looking good.

[RealScaniX]

Nice to see you posting again! Looking good.

Thanks a lot! I still have to catch up on all the awesome stuff you (not so lazy) people did in the meantime.

[JobLeonard]

Luckily for you I'm here for over a decade as a game devlog enthusiast without actually making any kind of game myself, so you can always compare yourself to me 

[RealScaniX]

Luckily for you I'm here for over a decade as a game devlog enthusiast without actually making any kind of game myself, so you can always compare yourself to me 

Hehe, good to know. I'm already feeling better, thanks! :D

[Alain]

The heart door surprised me and I'm looking forward to see it within the context of the full tutorial!

[RealScaniX]

The heart door surprised me and I'm looking forward to see it within the context of the full tutorial!

Hi! I'm always ready to disappoint! :D
 
The tutorial is a wild mix of styles at the moment. I have to see if this will work out or not.
 
I have completed the basic parkour, but have yet to add the ending to it. Today I have found out that learning physics in school was a total waste of time. I googled for almost an hour to find and understand the formula to get the time the player needs to fall a certain distance. The fact that unity changes the velocity with that "drag" value is probably not very helpful either.
I needed this to calculate the horizontal compensation vector, so a player falling off the parkour will end up landing at the desired position. This... will probably get clearer once I have the video ready.

[Thaumaturge]

The tutorial is a wild mix of styles at the moment. I have to see if this will work out or not.

Honestly, I like this! It sounds like it could make for an interesting experience! ^_^

I have completed the basic parkour, but have yet to add the ending to it. Today I have found out that learning physics in school was a total waste of time. I googled for almost an hour to find and understand the formula to get the time the player needs to fall a certain distance. The fact that unity changes the velocity with that "drag" value is probably not very helpful either.
I needed this to calculate the horizontal compensation vector, so a player falling off the parkour will end up landing at the desired position. This... will probably get clearer once I have the video ready.

Oof, that sounds tricky indeed!

I remember doing a wind-drag simulation--which I'm guessing has an effect similar to the "drag" value that you describe--in university. It's not the simplest thing in the world!

(It's tempting to suggest faking the physics for this purpose, and just giving the player a calculated parabolic arc.)

[RealScaniX]

Chasing the ball... 
 



 
This is part of the ending of the new tutorial. You will leave the parkour to descend a stairway into the cellar.
I want to tell a bit more about the fading of the stairway and the eye background in another post.
Today I have "only" done the jump and flee behaviour of the ball. It will wait for the player until he gets closer than a certain distance and it will increase speed when the player gets to close, so you cannot reach it by running.
I intend to make it look as if someone is holding the ball and make it bounce. To achieve this, I have used animation curves for the jump and rotation of the ball.
 
The next (and final) part of the tutorial will be an animation, but I might be able to use a keyframe animation instead of a coded one which will speed up the progress a bit.
 
Fun fact: Today I have looked for an atmospheric background track to use in the scene. After finding one and preparing it in audacity (making it loop), I found out that I already had one and only turned down the music volume to 0 in the game. :D
 

[JobLeonard]

Invisible ghost playing with ball is definitely a nope nope nope for me

[RealScaniX]

Invisible ghost playing with ball is definitely a nope nope nope for me

Yeah, but visible ghosts are so much more work.

[JobLeonard]

Hah! Clever use of a limited animation budget for spooky effects then! 

[Thaumaturge]

Ooh, that bouncing ball is remarkably convincing, especially with the associated sound effects--very good work, I do think! ^_^

And the fading staircase and watchful background are quite intriguing! ^_^

Invisible ghost playing with ball is definitely a nope nope nope for me

The weird thing is that, for me, it's more cute (and cool) than scary. It reads as "ordinary, cute little child, who just happens to be dead" rather than "eldritch aethereal nightmare".

Fun fact: Today I have looked for an atmospheric background track to use in the scene. After finding one and preparing it in audacity (making it loop), I found out that I already had one and only turned down the music volume to 0 in the game. :D

Oh no! XD

That does sound a little frustrating! ^^;

[JobLeonard]

Yeah, sure, and then you follow it around the corner and the elevator opens to a blood tsunami. No thanks

[RealScaniX]

Ooh, that bouncing ball is remarkably convincing, especially with the associated sound effects--very good work, I do think! ^_^

And the fading staircase and watchful background are quite intriguing! ^_^

Thank you! I have spent quite a bit of time here, good to know that it wasn't in vain.
 

Invisible ghost playing with ball is definitely a nope nope nope for me

The weird thing is that, for me, it's more cute (and cool) than scary. It reads as "ordinary, cute little child, who just happens to be dead" rather than "eldritch aethereal nightmare".

Ghosts are just dead people with some unfinished business.
 

Fun fact: Today I have looked for an atmospheric background track to use in the scene. After finding one and preparing it in audacity (making it loop), I found out that I already had one and only turned down the music volume to 0 in the game. :D

Oh no! XD

That does sound a little frustrating! ^^;

I found it rather funny. I didn't waste too much time here and I think I will be able to use that track somewhere.
 

Yeah, sure, and then you follow it around the corner and the elevator opens to a blood tsunami. No thanks

I think that I have seen that somewhere before... 
 
Blood is a good keyword for the next thing I am working on. I think I will try a bit of a larger "article" post this time. It will contain the progress to the "final" scene including a failed attempt.