naps are handy for game design

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

look at this perfect (work-in-progress) shoe :D #screenshotsaturday

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

long time listeners will recognize this as a continuation of this project https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@aeva/113303633154607005 but without reinventing 3d modeling from scratch this time

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

i just found out that at some point got "auto" as a normal interpolation option in addition to the classic "flat" and "smooth" options.

i also just found out that enabling the cavity shader, auto smoothing, and the normal map matcap is a great way to spot problems in the mesh

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

i got the hatchback window looking pretty nice though imo

[aks@scalie.zone]

@aeva beep beep

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@aks honk

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

whew ok that's a bit better

[snoopj@hachyderm.io]

@aeva I love seeing this project bubbling up again :D

[ataylor@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@aeva FTR "auto" is "smooth and edge split modifier", so it's not really a new thing just a new UX for setting it up.

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@ataylor it's new to me

[bug@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@aeva car car car car car car normal car car car car car car

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@SnoopJ <3

[avi@cosocial.ca]

@aeva not gonna lie I was really into the reinventing modeling with spline distance fields thing

[bug@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@aeva For whatever information is hidden from me about what other people have decided about me, or who they think I am, in all these systems of gluttony, thievery, and the murder of kind, loving, innocent beings, I cannot seem to ever know nor be told. I do not know why I am violently kept in a space of stasis and silence in a world of hatred and prejudice. I simply seek stability. Please, someone help me.

[jon_valdes@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@aeva some folks from Volkswagen presented a Blender extension to validate car geometry here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_80MwJXli2k

Might be interesting for this

[chengdulittlea@mastodon.art]

@aeva this looks lovely actually, what are you gonna use it for eventually?

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@chengdulittlea the concept has drifted a bit, but the idea is to make a game about driving the magic 97 honda civic cx i had back in the day, with a moderately realistic simulation of the manual transmission, and real speed and distance (a rarity for racing games for a variety of exciting reasons). current vision for it is a time trial game in a variety of interesting environments, and an escalation of absurd power ups

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@chengdulittlea and here's an old prototype showing off what I mean by "real speed and real distance" https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@aeva/113021784811735408

i'm not planning on continuing with the splat renderer, but I am intending on retaining the coordinate system that allowed this to work

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@jon_valdes what does it do?

[jon_valdes@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@aeva it seems to show a reflective environment around the car that makes it easier to see which lines "look nice". Seems similar to what Freya did in her splines video: https://youtu.be/jvPPXbo87ds?t=1695