Otter Demo

[marchingcubes]

Yeah the multiple footstep sounds is definitely something that would make the experience better, and the current 'lame beaver' footsteps sound is not exactly good anyways.

[marchingcubes]

Been busy working on filling out the terrain and making zones for the levels

 

[lxFirebal69xl]

Been busy working on filling out the terrain and making zones for the levels

 

Coming along nicely

[AnthonyPython]

Been busy working on filling out the terrain and making zones for the levels

 

 

Indeed is it looking good

[marchingcubes]

Heres another progress video:

 

http://marchingcubes.com/beaver12.mp4

 

This one shows the 3 'levels' - exploration, crows/pinecones, bear/lake.

[Thirsty Panther]

Nice work cubes.

What's causing the mountain to turn to water? Glitch?

Good to see the fish back. They look great. You could just release that as one of those virtual fish tanks

What happens at the end? Does the bear win?

 

[marchingcubes]

I'm not sure what you mean by 'the mountain to turn to water'? Possibly thats where the camera dips below/into the terrain - I need to fix that.. but currently just an artifact of the way the camera is positioned relative to the player.

 

I already have to raycast to keep the beaver's tail mostly clear of the ground, so I guess I will do something similar for the camera.

[AggrorJorn]

Those are some viscous eagles.

 

Nice work!

[xtom]

Looking good. I didn't see any jumping, I think some jumping would add some extra fun to the movement. I wonder do beavers even jump?

[Josh]

The answer is yes, sort of:

[AnthonyPython]

The answer is yes, sort of:

 

Falling with style!

[marchingcubes]

Jumping isn't currently implemented.. will probably put it in at some point. Possibly in the next round of animation work I do.

Even for a limited-scope demo like this there is so much work to do, in so many different areas that keeping a priority list and staying focused on what is most needed for a playable experience rather than getting distracted by a million 'nice-to-haves' is necessary.

 

soundscape/soundtrack, for example, is higher up the list than additional character actions

[gamecreator]

I'm curious: do you have a way of telling when something like the beaver is under water? I know somehow the shader can tell but I don't see a Leadwerks command for it.

[shadmar]

World:GetWaterHeight()

[marchingcubes]

As shadmar says, the water height is a world attribute, currently i turn on my water post effect when the camera's global Y is below the water height.

 

As far as detecting when the beaver is actually in the water for the purposes of triggering the swim animation (which is not currently hooked up in the latest vids) I use a piece of geometry conforming to the river/lake area which if the beaver is 'inside of', he will swim, and if outside, he will walk. This invisible 'water area' also serves as a navigation barrier for the bear, and can be used to confine the fishes' swim area.

[gamecreator]

Ah, I forgot that the water plane is endless.

[marchingcubes]

So, after a couple of months of inactivity due to various life issues, I am back working on this project. What did I miss?

[Thirsty Panther]

Best dust off your beaver Marching and get him ready for the Summer Games Tournament.

 

Carve and hollow of csg brushes, new tutorial section and some changes to the physics are recent improvements.

 

Check out Josh's blog for more detail.

 

Good to have you back.