Posted June 06, 2025 by gadarts
Update #3 of 0.10 - I started working on improving the looks of the ground. Since it is currently a simple grid of tiles, I decided it should be improved by adding multiple layers of such grid. This way you can have a more varied variations of ground textures (roads on grass, dirt on roads, etc..). So I started to modify the very bad temp editor I made in JS at first place for the game. After a few edits, I understood I'm wasting my time as that editor is badly written and looks bad. So I came to the conclusion it is time to start crafting the map editor for game that will also be used eventually for creating all maps - and also be released for players to create their own. I added a screen of a very very first version of the editor. I'll add more basic functionality to the editor in the following week and then I'll return to the improvement of the ground.
I'm also going to add a bit of "noise" to the ground mesh so it won't look completely flat. If I'll more time, I'll improve also the water animation.
Stay tuned!
Meanwhile, 0.9 is available for PC and Android - Visit the game's itch.io page for downloads https://gadarts.itch.io/openfire While it is for free, I'd appreciate any support and feedback for improvement :) Come join the game's Discord server: https://discord.gg/zCj8MZPUup