just a short update - i'm busy making characters
and as you might know itch.io got a lot busy lately
due to unfortunate events 🤔
it's kind of nice to see some activity around here but
I wish it had happened in some other way 🤔
but I digress, once again I updated the demo (build 2072)
https://mutantleg.itch.io/zortch-2-test
this has fixes for the map that make the zoom better
and various small bugfixes
once again I'd like to thank everyone who reported them 👍
and here is the latest devlog stuff:
my new lightmap fixes are giving me a lot of trouble when it comes to making ambient lights
on the other hand it did wonders for the lowpoly model
this previously made train model now looks decent thanks for the lighting
the fixes for the normal calculation brings out it's shape much better
I made new textures for box cars and also made a new model for the wheels
they are also now placed in the correct position at the sides of the box
here is an attempt at a passenger car - strangely enough real railroad cars are twice as long as these
but at that size they feel too long - it's hard to get scale in a game to feel right - realistic measurements often don't feel realistic 🤔
irl a passenger car this size was only found in britain in the early days of trains and was considered the smallest 🤔
overall I have much more luck with characters - I decided to split the baseball player into two creatures
and the design of this propeller headed gal was finalized too - coding her will be a bit more difficult though 🤔
and finally a sum up of all the characters so far
there is also one for Zortch1: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3540307407
turns out I've been a lot busier than I thought 🤔
if only I had the same luck making levels 😓
oh well..
see you next time! 👋