Mini Land work log#2_About Farm Map Work & ZEP
Added 2023-03-22 04:31:22 +0000 UTCThis time, I'm gonna talk about the farm map that I made a while ago!
For those of you who are wondering what the farm map is like, I will leave the link below that I posted earlier :3
-Go to see farm map :
Making process of the farm map
(WIPs)
I started making this in May last year? but it didn't go well for a while, but it was finished quickly within a month. I wanted to put in a concept that all the vegetables on sale at Autumn's veggie shop that I made before are grown and sold by Autumn, so I drew the vegetables which is on the store stand in the field next to it~!
(I don't really like vegetables, but... It's fun to draw...!)
I made it with a lot of attention to the elements that are animated, and I also drew many of natural objects since I made it outdoors this time. However thanks to the making a tree observation diary book before, my workload decreased a lot. In addition to the trees, I also added more small grasses, flowers, and crops.
And as I made the spaces, I think the visitors like to take pictures... So I made a picnic mat to decorate it like a photo zone. I'm going to add a lot of photo zone-like spaces to the cherry blossom viewing map but I think cherry blossoms are about to bloom already... Flowers bloom really fast this year! I don't think I can start working until April. Huhhh danggg (｡ᵕ̣̣̣̣̣̣ ꘍ ᵕ̣̣̣̣̣̣｡)
And did you ckecked out the list of patrons in the corner?!
Since I made the game center map, I've been writing down the patron's name in the corner of the map to show my gratitude to you guys :3 It'll be engraved on the map that will come out! Your support means a lot to me... I'll continue to make pretty and cute things!
About ZEP
Veggie shop and farm map (also previously made game center map) are all created using a platform called ZEP. Metaverse seems to become popular these days, but if you know about 'Gather town', you might be familiar with it~!
ZEP is a service that allows you to freely decorate your online space and communicate with people in there. When I saw ZEP promoting it, they decorated the map like a company and showed it to work there as if it were working from home. It also has a video call function, so video conferencing seems to be possible! Since I made a space that feels like a old pixel game (and I don't like video chat lol), the microphone and video chat functions are blocked in my space I made. Don't you think it's more like a game and comfortable to communicate through chatting hehe
Anyway, I made a space so that you can look around the farm map in person using ZEP. Probably you cannot noticed it, but there's a new challenge to me this time: programming!
(Studying really hard...)
In ZEP, there's a programming language called ZEP Script (based on JavaScript), and I'm learning it little by little these days! I studied C# language to make a game for a while in 2019-2020... But at that time, I quit because it was so hard, and it seems to help me learn this language! If I keep learning programming, I think I can put some elements that you can enjoy more like a game in the ZEP space I will create in the future!
ZEP also runs Discord, so I could learn by asking questions! If you ask there how to write code, everyone kindly helped you! There's a global server too, so you can access it in English.
I'm also working on something cool with ZEP for my ongoing collaboration...! It opens on April 1st! I'll let you know as soon as it opens!! XD
I talked about the process of making a farm map, and also ZEP just in case if anyone would like to make something with ZEP.
I'm thinking about filming a vlog on YouTube later like talking about this kind of work process? would you like to watch...? My YouTube channel will be reactivated...?
Whatever you say, I'm sure I'll make it soon lol, but anyway, look forward to the next work! (๑°▽°๑)
