Man, I've been radio silent here for a while, because the last year I've been working on #Besiege The Broken Beyond, our new expansion taking off into space. It's been a crazy intense journey. Now I know we can do it here is the teaser: youtu.be/Re3TKkQGBPY #IndieGame #GameDev
I haven't been posting recently here, not for the lack of wanting to post. Working hard on something and when I can share I will post some cool vids and gifs.
In the meantime our friend Dagriefaa helped us push out this QoL update.
Been following a while, and see that you enjoy rabbit holes.
Another dev and I started 3 years ago working on water physics and rendering. Today we cannot look at the ocean without considering how that specific look could be achieved in game code.
Let that be a cautionary tale, we are scarred.
Classic answer is what I want to play the most.
BUT a good filter is the one I can explain to other people. If I can't explain it, it's usually half baked and I got stuck on a cool feature more than a good game.
Here's the #Besiege: The Splintered Sea trailer I made with @corfiz.com
Maybe it's just my process, but I don't think we as devs talk about how time consuming and hard well-made trailers can be to make. I worked on this trailer across an entire month, after James already had done so much. #GameDev
I don't know what is scarier, how many hours I've accumulated during #GameDev, or how actual players have matched my play time.
While testing the physics of our water buoyancy system in #Besiege I built this 'nope'. Had to make sure swimming mechanics worked. #GameDev
Last update of the year done, but hard at work on the 10 year anniversary update for #Besiege. #GameDev
#Besiege has been out for a while. This means the engine is pretty outdated - like 2016 outdated. This update I finally figured out a performant way to display the stress/load of the physics on complex mechanisms.
Something that was more involved due to lacking engine features. #GameDev #IndieDev
The biggest asset about it is how any resolution and aspect ratio is easily picked, and then if you need to restructure for aspect ratios then you have the full 3d models ofc.
But yes it means that your art is colour corrected and fairly accurate to the actual experience.
Additional notes include:
- Rendering the explosion as Opaque when we look into the water (before the water rendering).
- Rendering the explosion as Transparent (After the water rendering) when the camera is in water with the explosion.
- The surface deformation is a whole nother can of worms.
Here's a rudimentary breakdown of how I did the underwater explosions in #Besiege: The Splintered Sea. We reused our regular volumetric explosion and I changed the unheated pixels to clip into brighter steam. #GameDev
Thank gawd for the Slow Mo Guys for providing a good reference.
Have to post this here, our 3D artist Alex made this awesome render for #Besiege: The Splintered Sea a couple of months ago. I just like an unorganized worktable. #GameDev
We very much lean into that same aesthetic, and the original #besiege trailer actually used the same music
I used to too, but I fiddle with my knobs way too much, especially with cab sim and such. They went on the desk one day for brief convenience for how I use stuff now and they never left the desk. And just the bare minimum to create sweet sweet noise.
Definitely. I've many times animated stuff for other projects in game engines too, because I just know that paradigm better >_>
One of the game art capsules we use on #Besiege I made by just throwing a couple posed characters into the game itself and capturing with the in-game camera.
So here's a free cam move around the scene. #GameDev
Uh, I can do a short run down.
#Besiege dev in center.
Left side is hobby electronics station, right side is guitar effects for recording and playing.
Of course there is a big ol stack of consoles in back.
Often when I wait for builds and such I can then quickly do a (rudimentary) waiting jam.
Probably a bit late but here is my #DevDesk. #GameDev
As somebody who grew up on physical game releases, it feels really cool seeing our own game #Besiege coming in physical copies in December, even if it's only in Japan. #GameDev
