{"id":344,"date":"2010-08-18T00:27:41","date_gmt":"2010-08-18T07:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shadowdawngenesis.com\/devblog\/?p=344"},"modified":"2010-08-18T00:41:18","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T07:41:18","slug":"fire-bamboo-and-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shadowdawngenesis.com\/devblog\/?p=344","title":{"rendered":"Fire, Bamboo, and Flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Arashi's campsite is starting to look like a campsite<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u00a0The last few days working on Shadowdawn Genesis <\/em>have been a tremendous morale boost for me, having spent so long just working on animation I never thought this game would ever be done.\u00a0 But I know that’s not the case now; even though I still have to do animation, when I’m working on the rest of the game things go by much more quickly and productively.\u00a0 In the last 4 days I’ve fixed countless bugs and hastily written code, added new engine\u00a0features, created and polished a ton of new graphics, and finally got around to designing the entire character training system.<\/p>\n

Here you’ll see the latest addition to the graphics engine: fire.\u00a0 I kept putting this one off even though it was on my very first checklist of things to do, and now that I know how to make the effect I feel incredibly silly.\u00a0 But here it is, proof of life in Arashi’s little home away from home.\u00a0 Of course the next step is adding a new usecode script that links objects together – the shadows and radiating light are seperate from the fire itself.\u00a0 Why am I concerned about this?\u00a0 Because one of the first interactions I want to encourage is using the infamous bucket (from earlier demonstrations), filling it with water, and putting the campfire (and thus the light\/shadows) out.\u00a0 I’m still undecided if I want to do a simple interaction to accomplish this, or if I want to go one step further and have a “water” projectile from the bucket that, if aimed properly, puts the fire out.\u00a0 It might be a bit overkill; but then it might be useful for other things as well.<\/p>\n

Another colorful screenshot that I had posted to my personal facebook page to finish off the blog update, this is the 50th since I started this development blog (the campfire one is 51).\u00a0 Hope these screens are starting to show the final look I’m trying to accomplish, honestly I thought the map graphics would take longer than the animations… shows what I know.<\/p>\n

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Arashi stomping on flowers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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