Posts by will2k

Spring [update] is here

Haven't had any updates in over a month, but here I am with a massive Spring update.

More production time is being now allocated to detailing to make sure the map/campaign plays and feels like a natural continuation of the stock game.

A big and fresh batch of screenshots

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Started with The Talos Principle: Road to Gehenna DLC

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and Metro Last Light

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Quote from [HP]

16 hours ago, [HP] said: http://# Reveal hidden contents 10 bucks says that hopkins will come back, eventually.

Spoiler So, your theory is along these lines I guess:

an AI replica of Hopkins was shot in season 1 finale while the actual human is hiding in the new areas that he has been secretly terraforming without park management approval?

End game? waiting for the current park humans/hosts total destruction to rebuild his own "pure" vision from scratch without hindrance from the "suits"? blurring the lines between hosts and humans for the "ultimate" experience?

I personally lean towards that he was actually dead, but you never know

Quote from [HP]

16 hours ago, [HP] said: Westworld S2E1 is out, and it's as good as I expected.

Not gonna spoil it for everyone, but I like how it feels like a continuation, yet the tone is different, it feels different, the story develops differently in your mind while they're telling it now.

Feels a bit different without Anthony Hopkins, and that lead actress is not very convincing in her delivery (the blonde rancher's daughter). But overall, the story is nice and captivating, and the show fills a void in the market of good sci-fi shows.

Anyone wanna go camping this weekend?

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Campaign is progressing very smoothly now that I'm really comfortable with the dev tools.

2nd part of the campaign is almost done; scripted NPCs, boss fights and fight sequences in general, as well as exploration areas are mostly set.

2 side quests are also under planning to be soon implemented

Random fact: At the time I initially posted this WIP thread on January 26, 2018, I had around 150 hrs on the dev tools; now it's 475 hrs

Having a really good time with terrain forming and sculpting in the tools, creating natural-looking mountains and hills.

I'm creating my greyscale heightmaps in "Terragen" or "World Machine", then importing them into the tools as brushes then follow up with manual sculpting and tuning.

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Raining all day today, then suddenly @ 6:30 PM, it stopped for 5 min and a patch of clouds moved away...grab the camera, run into a nearby field through the mud

Now it's raining again with loud thunder

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Quote from blackdog

On 3/25/2018 at 11:39 AM, blackdog said: Indoor lighting seems a bit weird, as too bright. Dunno if is just your pc settings or the engine(?)

Lighting is still WIP

"Little House on the Prairie"

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View from the kitchen

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Bonus pic

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1 hour ago, Radu said: Would be cool if you could make it a side quest given by some kid in the camp: to gather materials for a proper fence around it. Could be one of those small details that gives the place some humanity.

Excellent idea

I'll see what I can do about it

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On 3/13/2018 at 7:19 PM, Radu said: Now that's what I call extreme sports. Though, it's a bit weird to have that football field right next a secured camp. You'd think they would add some similar fencing just in case.

but...but, this field is for zombies to play football, not humans.

you don't want zombies to play football? to have fun outside? to exercise and stay healthy? you inconsiderate zombiephobe; I can't even right now..

All joking aside :D, the field as the story goes, was made before the virus outbreak/quarantine, for the kids in this rural town to play. It's not used much nowadays but still kept more or less tidy, just in case the zombies challenge humans to a game of football

But as you said, I'll probably throw in some barricades here and there around the field. Thanks

What about occluders inside those displacements (if the number of props justifies this addition that is)?

I don't have the game so I can't test the map.

Catch me up on steam and we'll figure out something

The 2018 Zombie Football World Cup is almost here

Get your tickets now and treat yourself to a front row seat display of biting ...nail-biting action

(PS: ball is fully functional :D)

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Coming along really nice, good job.

Any trouble on the African fps front?

Welcome to the Sanctuary

Work is progressing fast despite the fact that most of the assets/meshes are modular, requiring a considerable amount of time to build and assemble (i.e. the rural house in the below screenshots)

The sanctuary will be the main survivors' hub used to advance the main story as well as get side quests.

As you can notice, the different NPCs are all scripted, going about their daily activities. The player can interact with them, and on top of the custom dialog, I also created and implemented custom audio to go along with the dialog.

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From the upcoming new Judas Priest album

Congrats on the 3-day release spree

The work on the 2nd part of the campaign is well underway, and I've also added custom audio to match the custom dialog implemented earlier.

The part that I found the most difficult when I started this project, scripting and quest creation, is turning out to be my new favorite aspect of this project. The quest as I planned initially is now doubled and may even triple in scope as I'm getting more and more comfortable with the scripting and programming side. I'm basically having a field day with the scripts to spice up the gameplay and story.

Fresh batch of screenshots

the military checkpoint serving as a chokepoint between the first and second map

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Construction/storage site

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The 3rd and last short gameplay video, this time showcasing some night gameplay.

For those who have not played Dying Light, the game almost shifts 180° when night falls. During the day, you're the hunter, but at night you become more or less the hunted.

Extremely dangerous nocturnal infected come out to "play" at night called "volatiles", which are basically a cross between the reapers from the movie "Blade 2" and the darkseekers from the movie "I Am Legend".

They pounced at me and pinned me momentarily to the ground in the video (they didn't kill me because I was testing with developer mode on )

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39 minutes ago, FMPONE said: Released a trailer with release date (3/3/2018)

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That awesome metal riff at 1:02 (who's the band? sounds like Megadeth? or Killswitch Engage)

Small typo at 2:03 (preformance) but that's nitpicking.

Really nice trailer; best of luck for the release