2007-09-24 After playing the "Quake: Enemy Territory" demo and having it run slow on my 1 year old computer with low settings, I vowed to do everything in my power to make sure I never release a game that can’t run well on a current average computer. For flash, this… Continue reading
The unit AI and animation integration is coming along nicely. I’ve been running automated tests over night and have been pleased to see that the game continues to run nicely and the unit’s are staying smart :). The new game modes are working well too. You may remember from my… Continue reading
I’ve been working on some new animations. Below you can see some demos of my works-in-progress.
Happy Birthday Pat. Below is a dire wolf graphic and animation I created. Check out his majesty. I call him Fang, after my WoW pet (who is almost 3 years old… they grow up so fast). This week I spent a lot of time working on animations such as this… Continue reading
I’ve improved the archer animation so that they now aim towards their target. See how the archers adjust their bow angle to try and hit the baby red dragon. I’m using simplified AI for this demo and the arrow physics may differ (gravity and velocity) from the final game. Background… Continue reading
I spent most of this week working on unexciting documentation and file prep. I am trying to create a "lite" development version of BM2 that doesn’t take 7 years to compile. I’ll do this by temporarily removing items from the library that aren’t being used (such as backgrounds, cutscenes, music… Continue reading
Stampede! I’m having a lot of fun pretending to be an animator. As you can see I’ve improved the horse animation significantly from the original. Animation is a long a tedious process but the end result is cool to look at. It’s going to be worth the effort though. I’ve been working on other animations as well, but that’s top secret information. If I tell you I’d have to … try and convince you not to tell other people.
Check out the new character animations of the stealthy Jonin. Featured here are the Fist, Sai, and Katana Jonin. Notice their amazing mobility; landing arrows in these targets may prove quite challenging. Also watch how they pass off the fire orb artifact as an example of their ability to quickly… Continue reading
This week I spent working on revising my requirements documents. Specifically I worked on formally defining the magical elements and weapon types. I also started work on my new damage calculator which should take into effect physical and magical attacks. I’m planning on having basic single arrow types available for… Continue reading
Bowmaster 2: Currently Under Development I’ve been working on a few new unit animations this past week. Check them out below. Bowmaster 2 Unit Animation Demo
