Character customization: How and why bother? (expand)

working on a new mechanic for the prototype. no need to wander over to those far away items when you can just send in your drone.

(Mines and menus preview build)

Available for testing now

Finally, you can sell the fruits/veg of your labour. :)

I know updates have been slow but there really isn't much to talk about when you're just tidying up existing code. We're looking at updating the art style to be just that bit nicer. The crop system working with an overhaul to interactions with tools.

Wall height is being adjusted to accommodate things such as stages and lighting while also giving animatronics more breathing space.

Lightweight object recoloring test. This test is looking at coloring defined areas with as little excess data as possible and uses NO mask maps, alternate materials and does not break object batching (won't melt the PC when you have hundreds of swatches!)

Opinions on a new graphics style?

I'm currently working on a new game with a team of people. Here's a mannequin being assaulted for test purposes. Gotta do what you gotta do for your damage systems.

Our latest efforts have been rewriting our scene change code and with that comes some lovely transitions made using a greyscale image and a new shader.