ENG Manager | Expert SW Engineer @ Activision | Homesteader | Woodworker
I do indie game development in my free time.
Golang and Python by day, bandsaw and handplane by night. Opinions are my own and I'm not a point of contact for my org.
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I may or may not have cofounded an #indie game studio with some old and new friends.
Our first project together isn't finished, but it's close enough to let you know it exists!
#indiestudio #gamedev #indiegamedevs
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3498310/1_Bit_Hero/?beta=0
I've been doing extensive testing in Godot with lighting in relation to light leaks because they drive me nuts.
I simply cannot seem to produce geometry that does not leak light really badly. Godot devs will quickly tell people to make thicker geometry or do this and that and it just doesn't work. It feels impossible to build light-sealed rooms no matter your topology.
This feels so wild coming back from Unreal where it Just Works ™️
@scarlett Like check around on here
https://itch.io/game-assets/free/tag-3d
See if you can find something interesting to you that comes already skeletonized and even animated so you can get right into tinkering in the engine and getting some experience there so you know what you would want out of a 3D model you made yourself.
Use free assets to work out your core idea into something playable that you can build off of and start planning art direction etc.
Don't start with assets, start with gameplay :)
Find game assets tagged 3D like KayKit - Dungeon Pack Remastered, KayKit - Character Pack : Adventurers, Stylized Nature MegaKit, KayKit - Medieval Hexagon Pack, KayKit - Character Pack : Skeletons on itch.io, the indie game hosting marketplace. Featuring games with three-dimensional graphics, environments, and gameplay mechanics. Depth and perspective create imme
@scarlett I see what you're going for. Your key points of interest will be axis-locking movement, figuring out your perspective and scale, and then starting to tinker with some assets.
The 3D asset workflow is garbage everywhere unless you're a pro. Blender->Godot is pretty good as things go, but it's still a PITA and buggy as hell. Texturing/materials is a nightmare as well.
If you really want to dig in and not have to spend the next 2 weeks learning how to model and rig, get some itch assets
