Curious Owl

Made this self-stabilizing platform in my indie space game. It's using new parts such as a velocity sensor, along with math nodes to calculate the proper thrust to keep the ship perfectly still.
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Testing out a better way to connect cables in my space indie game. #gamedev

Awww thank you so much! That's very encouraging to read. I hope you stick around as I keep developing the game :)

Thanks for sharing! I especially like the corona effect you have. I'll definitely try something like that for the star in my game. It's only a simple sphere with a high emission value right now 😅

That looks AMAZING 😍 do you have resources on how you achieved this effect?

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Here's a turtle-shaped ship someone shared on our Discord this week 🐢

Thank you so much <3 I love the side wings on your ship. It looks cool

Thanks for sharing. It's a nice feeling to come back and simplify previous code.

I look forward to seeing what you make next :)

It looks great! I love the filter you used with the skulls.

Thank you! The planet's rings are set up like a giant carousel where each "track" is a ring segment. These segments are filled with rocks and are rotated in tandem at their proper orbital speed.

There is the occasional clipping at the segments' edges, but it works ok otherwise.

More progress on the player character. His suit has little thrusters for space navigation. This keeps it compact while also freeing the player's hands.

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I didn't expect a code sample! That's great. Thank you for sharing.

Ohhh I love how smooth it turned out. I have a ring system with a 1d texture in my game too and I'd love details on how you approached this if you want to share.

I always love finding a solution that looks great while also saving code complexity. It's the best feeling.

I'm glad you found something like that for your game!

Thank you! I've put a lot of work into it ☺️

Thank you <3

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I've been working on this player model for my space game. Here he is testing the mining laser.

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Made this mining laser
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Yeah, some vfx in there could really help sell it

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This week I made it so that crashing into a forest will destroy trees

Planet editing tool I made
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Thank you! It's been so long since I played Oblivion. I should try it again sometime

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This week I tweaked the forest generation further to produce these small clearings with resources to be found 👀

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Did some work on the forests this week: there are now more tree varieties and the forests are now visible from space (though the transitions are still pretty harsh). Here's what it looks like :)

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Thanks for sharing. It looks great! I'd love to learn more about how you created these procedural creatures. If you've ever considered starting a blog or something similar, I'd be one of your readers for sure.

He looks so cool 👀 did you change anything in the game to make it generate this way? The eyes and spike pattern seem new

What the trees are doing when they think you're not looking
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New tree model I made for my indie space game.
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Made this little guy a while ago just for fun. He's looking a little sus for some reason.
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Atmosphere transition I've been working on this week.
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