Devlog #20 - Tech Demo #3 (12-15-2024)

Big update this month - we have a new snapshot to upload. I’m calling it a Tech Demo now: we’ve passed all the major tests, we have a viable engine, but it’s not a proper game. Soon we’ll have 2 or 3 actual games with content, and we’ll just keep this demo around for tests.

I also resumed dev streams this month instead of next (only on Rumble for now) because I got a break from my day job. I was busy grinding to prepare for Christmas season and that work finally paid off, i.e. I “worked myself out of a job” as corporate wagies would say, or the way I look at it, I’ve done my part to save some pretty decent non-corporate jobs and next year we’ll all be working less hours for more pay, fingers crossed.

Change Log

• One engine with realtime & turnbased modes
• PBR rendering
• Basic collisions (terrain, NPCs, melee hits)
• Random terrain for now
• More UIs adapted from older Synthnostate demos
• Save/Load (bare minimum for now)
• Red color scheme for the vampire sim
• Better text fonts

Next

With the new PBR render pipeline in place, now it’s time to get back to artwork…

• Bring in existing gravestones, skeletons, etc
• New art for 1742 winter setting
• Cover cover/thumbnail art (got sidetracked by this engine project)
• Water shader
• Sky shader
• Cover art that screams VAMPIRE!!!

Engine tasks:

• Level loading
• In-game editing
• Database functions
• Character screen UI
• AI and pathfinding
• Scripting
• Animation FSM and blend/override
• Turnbased system for the tactics demo