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Extended progress report

Added 2024-06-09 21:46:52 +0000 UTC

This post features some additional information about the topics from the latest progress report on Discord.

EmberGen

I got a new gas simulation software called EmberGen with some of the recent Patreon funds that I used to make a new, customizable fire effect. I had a trial for it a few weeks ago but I ran out of time before I had finished the effect I was working on. The new fire can be customized in several ways, including colour, fire intensity and amount of smoke. I plan to make at least the colour a customizable feature for the player, and perhaps the other aspects too.

Dragon customization

The ground work for the dragon customization has begun with planning around the technical aspects and a new dragon base model being made right now! This won't be finished anytime soon though, but it's in the works. The idea right now is to have several swappable pieces (head, wings, top side, underside, etc) that get merged to produce the overall shape and texture of the dragon, along with adjustable geometry for at least the head (similar to how faces can sometimes be morphed in character creators). Of course colours will also be adjustable, and maybe even with free-form painting.

Logo

I have made a logo for the game (check the latest Discord announcement to see it)! I originally wanted to hire a freelancer for it but couldn't find anyone I liked at a reasonable price, so I spent some time learning logo design and made my own. The logo was first made in vector format in Adobe Illustrator, and then exported to a full 3D model with chiselled edges that was cleaned up in Blender and then textured in Substance Painter.