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[assemblerbot]

=== Update 12 - Ambient lighting ===

Hello everyone,
I've started to work on decorations, lighting and everything that makes the game visually a bit more attractive.

A lighting system was the first item on my list. For Unity developers among you - I finally switched from built-in render pipeline to Universal render pipeline. That alone improved rendering speed significantly (now the main rendering runs in single pass instead of pass per light). The only drawback is limited number of active lights in the scene. I wanted to limit them anyway, so I've implemented dynamic ambient lighting system similar to the one the Minecraft has.

I'm happy with the result. Now it doesn't matter how many lights are on the scene, performance is almost the same. There are 1200 torches on the video 

[JobLeonard]

Nice!

It feels a bit odd that a huge burning barrel gives off less light than a big torch though

[assemblerbot]

Thank you for feedback. You are right! I've already fixed that

[vdapps]

Very nice! Darker area and local lights give it much deeper look.

Also very nice work with those fire particles. How you get formulae for particle movements to make such nice fire feeling? Invented by yourself or took it from some book or paper?

[assemblerbot]

Hi, I've used just the Unity's built-in particle systems. They may be not the best but good enough to avoid the reinvention.

Fire is created from standard spherical emitter and movement of particles is influenced by inversed gravity vector and 3D noise texture that is shifted in time. It's simple but efficient way to emulate the effect of twirling sparks.

[vdapps]

Cool, thx for sharing!

[assemblerbot]

=== Update 13 - Decorations, books, console and more ===

Hi everyone,
I'm slowly approaching the point where I need to create an actual content for the game. These are my latest additions to the technology:
- adjustable decorations can be placed to the levels (parts can be turned on/off to make some visual variability)
- wall alternatives are also supported
- I have readable books! .. that also means I should start to learn how to write proper English
- I've realized that if someone in the future stumbles across a game-breaking bug, there is no way to fix it. So I've used the same LUA functionality I've already had to create a very powerful console (it's a full-featured LUA interpreter).
- inventory has a major of life improvement: shift+click to equip/unequip/insert to best container
- editor got some love too in form of new toolbar and many fixes

Everything is in the video:




See you next time!

[Alain]

These are some great steps forward and I'm especially impressed by your editor, it looks really elaborate already. Keep up the great work!

[vdapps]

Very nice, jaw-dropping! Very good look and feel, and with all that Minecraft-mania, the art style seems to me like guarantee to success.