Kyle Banks

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Indie developer making Farewell North, a game about restoring color to the world. Mostly posting about Unity, Blender, and #gamedev.

Wishlist on Steam: https://farewell-north.com/steam

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Kyle BanksNov 19, 2022

Have I mentioned I *really* enjoy working on shaders? Here's some volumetric lighting implemented in URP for Farewell North.

This was done a few months back and I'm still pretty thrilled with the result!

#GameDev #ScreenshotSaturday #IndieGames

Show threadKyle BanksNov 18, 2022
@Cheeseness @Kriswb thanks! It does run well on proton and gets a good deal of testing from some discord community members, but there's no plan for official support or a native Linux build I'm afraid
Show threadKyle BanksNov 18, 2022
@PolygonAlex ah I remember seeing the original post! Very well done
Show threadKyle BanksNov 18, 2022

@anbagames I'm no expert on it either but Blend Shapes have been a really solid route for me, would recommend checking them out. The humanoid rig doesn't offer enough fidelity for performance reasons, so baking them into blend shapes and animating that way seems the way to go

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/BlendShapes.html

Unity - Manual: Working with blend shapes

Show threadKyle BanksNov 18, 2022
@anaopara @h3r2tic @OdaTilset @lydmartin hey! Nice to see you here 👋👋
Kyle BanksNov 18, 2022
Marcus Bäumer 🦦Nov 18, 2022

Big news! 🤩 Our game We Stay Behind is coming to Kickstarter for the final phase of production!

We Stay Behind is a mystery story about a comet, a small town, repressed trauma and buried secrets. ☄️🚐🌲

Please subscribe now: https://kickstarter.com/projects/westaybehind/we-stay-behind

RTs are highly appreciated! Thx! 💕

Coming soon: We Stay Behind

Third-person mystery between dreams and reality. A comet is on course to destroy a small town but its inhabitants refuse to leave.

Kickstarter
Show threadKyle BanksNov 18, 2022
@anbagames ohhh cool, can't wait to see what you do with this! I've been using Faceit (Blender plugin) which is really nice, just for me personally I found it much more intuitive for facial animation.
Show threadKyle BanksNov 17, 2022
@Xibanya a good lerp solves all woes
Show threadKyle BanksNov 17, 2022
So it's a shame I'm working on late game stuff and don't really want to show it... And at the same time, I always feel guilty taking time away from working on the game proper, even though I know it's beneficial... So in summary, there's no winning 🙌
Kyle BanksNov 17, 2022

Lately I've realised that taking time away from direct #gamedev to make a devlog has become such a routine for me, that going more than 4-6 weeks without that break leaves me lacking creativity.

It's become a key part of my process and without those few days away to edit and reflect on what I've been working on (and why), not to mention the feedback, I find myself making much less progress on the game itself.