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[gooncorp]

Wanted to show off some new weapon code I have been writing.

This is for a new game called "BackSpace" which is in super-early development.

This game uses all original code and assets from scratch, nothing prefab.







I would love to talk about how I am coding this stuff.


Thanks a lot for your time,

Gooncorp

[gooncorp]

I am pretty far along.

This has been about a 4 month project.

Ive done most of the guis, particles, ai behaviour, sound, movement, physics, and logic, however I still need more assets and models.

[gooncorp]

I'm pretty excited to be a part of this forum. I have not really promoted any of my videos yet. All of this content is relatively new.

[Reedbeta]

Hi gooncorp, I noticed you started two threads about the same project so I went ahead and merged them together. Just FYI, you don't need to post things to two separate sections of the forum - pretty much everyone here will see them whichever part of the forum they're in.

[gooncorp]

will do. ill keep it on this thread.

[Stainless]

I really like the idea of using fire patterns for your weapons, that's nice.

I hate the fact that you call them lasers though. Maybe it's just me, but lasers travel at the speed of light, not drift along like little balls of lightning.

But then again I am really anal about space games as I have written several and went to a lot of trouble to get things as close to real as possible.

To the point that in one game you could pick a star in the 3d view, point the ship at it and go away for the weekend and you would end up at the solar system.

Maybe it's just me.

[gooncorp]

thanks.

damn. you know something you are right. in the end these "lasers" will either be sped up, or rewritten as "plasma" or "energy" weapons.
thanks for your input. i am trying to make this game somewhat scientific.

i should have some more updates on here soon...

[Stainless]

What language are you working in?

I may have some stuff I can through at you to play with.

Like solar system generation based on accretion, planet generation shaders, that sort of thing.

Something to get the creative juices going

[gooncorp]

interesting stuff.
i am working in javascript primarily, but i am ok with c# too.
sure send it my way. i appreciate the help. i need all the help i can get.

gooncorp

[TheNut]

Stainless said:

To the point that in one game you could pick a star in the 3d view, point the ship at it and go away for the weekend and you would end up at the solar system.

The boys over at Egosoft cleverly solved this problem by introducing the Singularity Engine Time Accelerator ™. They never did quite explain how it counteracts the aging process, but that's just physics nonsense anyway

Goon, take a look at Infinity for some inspiration and helpful advice. He documents a lot of his work, so you can learn quite a bit from it. It's quite impressive what he's done.

[gooncorp]

will do man. im always looking for new ideas. im working on a particle effects suite for one of my planets. i should have an update very soon.

[gooncorp]

ok heres some footage of a particle suite i am building

[gooncorp]

i will be working on the rain today

[gooncorp]

made another update. crap im still not happy with the rain in the front drop.

[Reedbeta]

I think your rain could use some more motion blur, especially for the drops close to the camera. You could create a pre-blurred drop texture since it'll always be traveling at about the same speed. The raindrops don't seem to be connecting with the ground - I think I saw a few "splash" particles here and there, but perhaps not enough? Also, in rain that thick I would expect more fog, since the raindrops will look like a fog at a great distance.

[gooncorp]

will do. going to update it tommorow.

[Stainless]

The "fog" is really useful.

As you are adding loads more tris to the scene to draw the rain, you can use the fog to reduce the displayed area, thus keeping the tri budget in check.

[gooncorp]

yep. i am going to look into some fog very soon. it will reduce the view distance without causing rendering distortions. im still getting use to the unity particle system. i will be getting the pro version of unity soon, and with that i will have some more shaders/effects to choose from.

[gooncorp]

reworked the particles some more. i think its almost ready

[gooncorp]

ok its done. thanks for the input. the other videos have been made private.