Grappling Hook Model, UI Improvements, & Bug Fixes | Indie Game Devlog #38
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2020
- In this indie game devlog I modeled a grappling hook, made some UI improvements, and fixed a few bugs.
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In this indie game devlog I used Blender to make a grappling hook model, I worked on some UI improvements, and I fixed a few bugs that have been around for way too long. The UI overhaul wasn't as interesting as I thought it might be since I ended up mostly reorganizing stuff on the backend, so I did my best to cram in some decent progress towards the end of the video. I spent quite a bit of time doing some freelance work recently, so that's another reason this devlog was a bit more mellow :P
The first bug I fixed made the player float into the air anytime he was interacting with something because gravity wasn't being applied, and the second one prevented the camera from positioning itself correctly when aiming cannons. Both of these issues have been around for a few months because I ignored them, and it felt really good to get them off my list off things to do.
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I know this devlog was a bit more mellow in terms of progress, and I apologize for that, but I'm stoked to get into melee combat next week!
Balderdash! Lots of ace progress! 👍🏻
Maybe...I guess it just feels like I could've done a lot more :P
@@tomweiland I understand that all too well. I get that too. I think steady progress is more important than huge progress! Much better to keep going and not burn out. This now sounds like I'm having a go at you for you having a go at you. 🤪😆
@@RobLang hahaha, you're right though :P
Add some sick moves like ....just add them :P
I love the low-poly water in this game, it just looks so neat!
It took me a long time to get it looking the way it does now-I'm glad you like it :D
Honestly, I do enjoy watching small UA-camrs' videos and commenting on them. Including you!
Thank you, I really do appreciate it :)
Amazing progress. Sometimes a bug fixing week feels like a waste but it really cleans up your project and lets you move on. Keep it up!
Thanks :D
Just finished watching all your Devlogs, although each change might seem small, you've made major progress since you started. Keep up the good work.
Thanks, that means a lot :D
Another great devlog! Love that you share your struggles.
Thank you-I'm glad you appreciate those parts, because I'm not always sure whether seeing that stuff actually helps people or if it just seems like fluff/filler!
God damn it Tom, I want to know your optimization techniques!
3:05 Doing stuff like this is the #1 killer of games early on. Creating complicated settings and UI, as well as unecessary polish and graphical improvements, hurt the game in the long run by distracting you from the minimum viable product and creating bulk that will get in your way in the future. I'm really glad that you avoided the temptation, I can't say the same for myself! Most of my games end after the menu.
However... talking about MVP makes me think about the progress you've made on the game so far. When do you think you'll have an actual game loop? Or actual fighting between players at the very least? Adding grappling hooks and palm trees is cool but if I were working on this game I would start focusing on finishing the main loop.
Take all of my advice with a grain of salt. I am not the developer here, you are. You make the decisions, and you decide how you make your game. I'm just thinking out loud as a fellow game developer.
My preciousss optimization techniques 😂
I'm honestly not even sure they're _that_ good...
I want to get melee combat done (or at least the basics done, since it might take longer) in the next devlog, and then after that I need to really sort out the core gameplay loop. I'm well aware of the fact that I've sort of been working on stuff willy nilly without too much direction, and that definitely has to change :P
I do really appreciate the input, thanks :)
Procrastinating is only human, we all do it. What's important is to keep coming back to the workflow eventually :)
Very true!
Great Devlog as always. Grappling Model looks great and so does the menu! Looking forward to seeing combat!
Thank you-having melee combat in place should be awesome!
Love the devlog, can't wait for the next!
I'm glad you enjoyed it :D
The new grappling hook model looks really good! Keep up the great dev logs!
Thank you, I'm glad you like it :D
I would always choose Dark Theme over eye cancer.
But when imminent project-upgrade cancer comes into play the choice becomes less clear :P
@@tomweiland Can use HXD to edit the unity exe to have dark theme if you wanted to.
@@Cooltrain that's too much work when you can get it for free the legit way.
@@tomweiland Oh it is now, but for the past few years. Not really alot of work ~5 mins max once you know what you're looking for.
Looks great! Maybe you should try adding some clouds and/or some birds so the sky doesn’t feel so open
For sure! Clouds (and storms at some point) are definitely something I need to add, and birds too, although right now I need to prioritize putting together the main gameplay loop :)
Informative as always, must be a relief getting rid of some long standing bugs.
Also, had to run ethernet to every room in the house this year so I know your pain. It's way harder than it looks
Yeah it felt good to clean those bugs up :P
It's especially difficult to route those cables without tearing open your walls...
Love how chill this is. I know what you mean about doing graphics as a break. Small graphics changes can feel visceral. Also love that you're still calling this Pirate Game. 😂 Progress is steady, keep it coming.
If you've got any ideas for better names, let's hear them! I would love to be able to call it something else-"pirate game" sounds pretty lame and I'm tired of it 😂
@@tomweiland call it Pirate Game. No, really, do it. It's bold, memorable and absolutely tells the reader what the game is about.
@@RobLang bold? maybe. Memorable? I'm not so sure. It's very generic and doesn't flow well, not to mention that it'll be hard to rank for in search results...
@@tomweiland That F....lipping Pirate Game? Then you could call it: FPG 😂 Am I helping?
@@RobLang if you consider making me laugh inside as helping, then yes :P
When you mentioned dark theme in 2019.4.8 I imediatly downloaded it lol, thnx!
You're welcome :P
Tom Tom The Bomb!! We love youuuuu
Oh dear.
Nice! Love your tutorials also!
Thanks, I'm glad you like them :D
Great vid, progress looks good :)
Thanks, although in all honesty it feels quite insignificant :P
I've been moving to multiplayer for the last few weeks and basically everything I do is sync sync and even more sync. So don't worry about your progress not being visible, I know exactly how you feel but it will pay off. :D
Man if I didn't have to synchronize every mechanic I added, life would be so much easier 😂
yeah netcode is a fulltime job in itself
@@Woodythehobo indeed :P
I can't wait to play this game !
Same 😅
BTW, I am curious to known why you disabled gravity in the first place.
I didn't want gravity to be applied when you're on a ladder, so to do that I had to make gravity dependent on the player state. At the time I forgot to add gravity to other player states, and I never bothered to fix that :P
Your content is awesome. subscribing before 10000 subs :D
Hahaha, thank you! I'm glad you like the channel :D
Still love your content. Keep up the good work !
Thank you :D
I don't know if you're still on that, but if you want to have your water waves get smaller as they approach an island, you can make a big grayscale texture, sample that in your water height calculation code using world coordinate divided by map size, and use the color/alpha as a height multiplier
If your map is still procedurally generated, maybe you could procedurally generate that texture too at the game's start, using your terrain system's heightmap or something
I did that in my own project, I exported my terrain's heightmap, drew big white fading circles over each island, and it works pretty well
Yeah, I'm just waiting to do this until I've got a chunk system so that I can (hopefully) do it more efficiently.
Nice Video Tom ❗😊
But yes as u said urself. Focus more on releasing a playable version 😋😊
Maybe lets wishlist it on steam?
I would personally love to release the game without using Steam, but I'm well aware of the fact that that could cost me a lot of potential players...
For now the plan is to run beta versions through my launcher (and decide about full releases later), so there won't be a Steam page for now :)
Wahoo ya got the ethernet cable routed!!! Lol. Also I thought you got a lot done in this video. Nice work - xzippyzachx
Yes, I'm glad that cable is in 😅
As for progress, I suppose I got a lot done on Saturday, but that's a single day. I could've done a _lot_ more...
Don't get discouraged for working on things that don't seem like they make an impact visually, that's most of what code and system work is so even though we don't see it, we'll probably feel it when we're using it. Keep up the good work!
Thank you, that's helpful to hear. I _know_ I shouldn't feel bad about it, but I'm still somewhat disappointed when there's not much to see-particularly at this stage because there's not too much gameplay which I can show in the background :P
The Game is looking pretty sick now!
Exactly what I was thinking right now :o
I'm glad you like it-although it looks nice, there's not too much to actually _play_ at the moment :P
@@tomweiland at least it looks good because that's what attracts the players and views
@@arthurds4810 very true!
Hi Algorithm.
Did I do that joke already? I think so...
Also hi Tom. You are doing great. I never come beyond the point of thinking of an idea. Or at least not fare beyond it.
Finding ways to keep yourself accountable is important-you could ask your family to periodically ask you about progress, or you could start a UA-cam channel (that's been helpful for me).
Ultimately though, it's best if your idea is something _you_ want to play some day.
@@tomweiland I already have a UA-cam channel. Or else I couldn't comment. XD
I know what you mean. But with no viewers the accountability is just as small as with no channel.
And my problem is that the thing I like to create changes every few months or so. And my ambition to start with something is smaller than my desire to just randomly watch UA-cam videos. Because of that I can't do bigger projects. And I don't do smaller projects.
Nice Devlog, I always like devlogs, they are so fun to watch for some reason. btw, it's not just better to put a blur overlay instead of calculating the blur realtime? like a whiteish blur, it would do the same and wouldn't make a fps loss
Well considering that the game still runs at 380 fps, those 10 frames aren't a huge deal, and nobody need more than 60fps when interacting with menus, which is the only place it'll be active, so I don't think it's going to be a problem. Also, if the thing you're blurring is dynamic the way my menu scene is, the only option is to blur it in real time as far as I'm aware.
The game remains called "Pirate Game" until release when it's too late
How did you find out about the nightmares I've been having...?
😂
@@tomweiland Usually us developers get too much used to the ugly prototype name that we think this is the best name yet it's not even merely good.
@@simonbauer83 well I don't even consider "pirate game" to be a name at all. A prototype name would be nice to have, but it still needs to feel right...
@@tomweilandWell Pirate Game sounds really low-effort, which, in fact, the games isn't.
The only pirate related Name that comes to my mind is the Europa Universalis 4 Achievement called "Yarr Harr A Pirate's Life For Me".
But I'd recommend you to read some information about pirates and some of their myth. Maybe you'll find your name.
@@simonbauer83 am sry contentserver.com.au/assets/525768_gnau_yourname_p_v7_aa.jpg
I think tom on the grappling hook that maybe a lighter/darker brown would work slightly better with the colour instead of black. I dunno but i feel like a wooden feel to the hook would be cool
The thing is, grappling hooks would have been made mostly of iron, so they probably would have looked pretty black. Maybe I'll add color customization for the hook at some point too, but we'll see :P
Woah I didn't know about the dark mode editor thank you!! Are you using TCP or UDP for networking protocol?
I use both. UDP is nice for the extra speed, but some packets you need to guarantee that they'll be delivered, so that's where TCP comes in.
@@tomweiland Ah that makes sense! I guess than the next question is how do you stay organized with clean code haha
Another comment to keep youtube happy
But great vid can’t wait to see how the keeps developing every vid the game is looking better
Thanks for the comment! I'm glad you're enjoying the series, I can't wait to get the gameplay loop finished :P
Nice grappling hook
Thank you :)
Damn, its starting to look more and more polished by the devlog. (Feed the algorithm ey?)
Just a question, do you plan on keeping the GUI's simple? (Like little to no art, just shapes for the GUI's) Cause if not, Pixel art can usually be easy to start off with. (But it has a pretty bad learning curve). You could just do a more clean style as well. If you do infact have art for the GUI's, I'd recommend not trying to add too many details, as that may look odd against the design of the game (low poly). On another note, the hook looks pretty cool (Although maybe it could do with being a lighter color?). Also heres some inspiration for your game:
Theres this one small game on a website named "Tradelands". Where the player starts off with a small dingy and some money, they can spend the money to buy cargo and go sell it to other islands for profit. They can purchase basic tools to chop trees, mine rocks, and even fish to get materials. They can sell the materials to other players for profit, or use them to craft better tools which can then get better materials. They can also level up their skills to get better (such as getting 2 material from chopping a tree instead of 1) or selling resources for slightly more. They can also spend these materials to make boats, (Which depending on the choice of materials, will be different colors).
Cant wait to see what you do next! And good luck.
For now I definitely plan to keep the UI clean and minimalist, as I don't want to spend too much time on UI, and a minimalist UI usually goes well with low poly games.
The hook is pretty dark right now-I was going for an iron sort of look, but maybe I'll lighten it up a bit.
I'd like trade to be an integral part of the game, and I think that would work quite well with a player driven economy. However, I also don't want it to turn into a grindy collect-every-resource-you-can-find type game, so it'll need to be balanced properly.
nice grappling hook
Thank you!
Nice work
Thank you :D
@@tomweiland where did u learn codeing?
I actually started out on Khan Academy, but I made a whole video about my journey as a developer. Check it out if you're interested: ua-cam.com/video/feP6nUi8WNo/v-deo.html
@@tomweiland thank u bro i want to learn it but i feel kind of scared
I know how it feels, and it can definitely be intimidating. For the first few days, weeks, and possibly even months, you won't have any idea what you're doing and nothing will make sense-which is extremely frustrating, but if you push through eventually it'll click. Once you get over that initial "hump", things get easier (but still not easy).
If you want it enough to not give up, you'll succeed in learning to code :)
I love your Devlog! Can you make a video on how to manipulate vertices on the GPU?
Did you happen to watch my water physics tutorial? In the description of that video I linked to a great article about just that and it honestly covers everything, so I don't think I'll be making a tutorial on it any time soon.
Tom Weiland Oh, thank you!
@@tomweiland except that isn't on the GPU
@@duthcgamerking the article I linked to talks about vertex manipulation in shaders, and shaders are run on the GPU. I wasn't saying that my water physics tutorial _includes_ GPU vertex manipulation :P
i get in that cycle of feeling crappy as well when I dont finish my editing work for someone in at least 2 days. When that happens I am mostly not doing the actual work lol because im thinking what can fit in different places of the video, but it still makes me feel crappy :(
Yeah, falling into the trap of doing things that _are_ technically "work" that need to get done, but not the work that you _planned_ on doing at that point is just as dangerous as not doing anything at all!
Post processing effects would really help
Post processing effects are already in place. In fact, I made some slight changes to them at the beginning of this video :P
Are you gonna add Ambient Occlusion (my mind is blanking but I think that is what it is called, it creates shadows in small cracks where objects intersect etc). I was looking at your palm trees on the island and I think some Ambient Occlusion would really help, especially with the light, it could soften it and make it easier on the eyes
You got the term correct :P
Last time I checked, URP doesn't support ambient occlusion, but if I remember correctly it is on the roadmap. Since it's not really a priority right now and I've got plenty of other stuff to work on, I figured I'll just wait until it's supported rather than writing my own ambient occlusion effect.
First
Good video :)
You were in fact first, congratulations :P
Glad you liked it!
you should make a texture for the rope so it doesn't look as flat
Eventually yes (if I even keep using a line renderer), but that's definitely not a priority.
nice
Thanks :)
@@tomweiland :D
I know it's not the same, but wouldn't using a noise textured panel with a low opacity (alpha channel waaaaay down) cause a similar effect on blurring the background? That way you would save those 10fps that you were dropping (even if it doesn't seem like much, it could be a big difference... 120 to 110 fps isn't as noticable as 30 to 20fps)
Considering the game still runs at around 380fps, those 10 aren't a huge deal, especially since the blur will only be active when interacting with menus and you don't need a crazy amount of frames for that.
If you've got a noise texture with the opacity way down it would barely be visible, so I'm not sure how that would really do anything. Plus, just overlaying some noise doesn't really create a blur effect, but I appreciate the suggestion :)
yes
Yes?
Name it "Booty"! ;P Also, when the game will be available for testing?
No :P
See my response to your other comment.
This is a weird question but are gonna make hands or is it gonna be floating weapons or something?
I'll definitely be adding hands to the first person view at some point :P
UA-cam algorithm done
Awesome, I appreciate it :D
Hey guys my name is Tom.... Me: Are you sure about that
Not anymore...
@@tomweiland oh no... he's changing
Hey man 2 questions:
1. Are you Dutch?
2. I have a problem with your launcher, it works perfectly but I tried adding stuff like buttons, which work fine as well, but I added OnMouseEnter events and then tried to change the Image in the C# section it redirects me to. I have wasted half a day and I look for help, no on the internet seems to have this and they use bumpmaps and that isn't compatible with Media Brush or something, I am completely lost I am used to Unreal RIP
1. No, I'm born in Canada, but both my parents are German which is where the last name comes from.
2. Is this a different issue than the one you described in your other comment? If you're looking for help I suggest joining the Discord server.
The UI looks clean....even though it's simple. That being said, why haven't you imported that character model into the game yet?
Oh, the demon is in the game alright. You just don't see it on a regular basis since most of my testing is done with just one player connected.
@@tomweiland :) It's not that bad lol
Just a question, but because I think showing the difference between your game and SOT is important, are you going to change the Sloop model?
Yeah, that model won't be sticking around forever. Once I handle ship modification it'll definitely have to go, but the fact that it looks like the Sea of Thieves sloop is pretty much reason enough for it to be temporary :P
Perhaps I'll leave it in as some sort of easter egg 🤔
@@tomweiland An painting of the sloop in other ships :o
@@duthcgamerking that's actually not a bad idea...
When you will release beta?
That's hard to say at this point-really whenever I get a basic gameplay loop in place, but unfortunately I'm not sure how long that'll take.
True multiplayer games are out of reach for individual programmeea or little indie studios because of informationless. You should go this way, you can, I know it!
There's definitely a lot less resources out there compare to other topics, but I wouldn't say that's the reason multiplayer games are mostly out of reach for solo devs and small studios. I think it's more-so the fact that multiplayer games take longer to make, and most people/studios need an income :P
@@tomweiland yes, the fact remains. Money-money-money
I tried to download and apply the UI blur shader to some panels but it is just transparent, not blurred... Someone have an idea on how to use it plz?
Did you follow the setup instructions and add the necessary renderer feature to your project's renderer settings?
@@tomweiland kinda, I "Add Kawase blur to your Renderer Features of your Forward Renderer asset". But the second instruction "Set the Render Pass Event to after Rendering" I do not understand how to do this / where to do it ?
@@Krafter37 in the renderer feature object itself-it usually gets created as a child of your renderer asset.
@@tomweiland Ok I'll try that. And to import it in your project (I've never done that before), I just drag and drop the folders "Material", "Script" and "Shader" right? I don't need the folder "Settings" or the example scenes ?
I've managed to follow your instructions, now I have a weird effect, still not blur tho ^^"
Instead of a blur effect I have a fix, semi-transparent image of what saw the camera when I applied the material :/
gamer
???
He always leaves the same comment :P
@@tomweiland gamer
@@Johnny-wn4dl gamer.
@@tomweiland Rofl xD
Will you make it like sea of thieves?
No, I don't want to make a Sea of Thieves clone, and I don't want to be in competition with them. Right now it looks very similar, but that'll change.
more comments !! :)
everyone : yay they released the dark theme for the free version of unity :D
unity:why are we bank erupt?
XD
That moment when everyone cancels their Unity pro subscription because the dark theme is now free 😂
What name. are u gonna give to ur game
Sea of Thieves. I actually came up with that a few minutes ago, I hope Tom uses it since I think it sounds pretty good.
I'm definitely going to give it a name, but until I think of something decent I can't really do that :P
@@RugbugRedfern very original :P
Yeah sea of thieves sounds familiar
Very familiar
Hey I have been struggling to contact the mods in your discord as i have been banned and i dont know why. Do you mind checking it for me?
Btw my discord username is: Toxicfox777.FaZe#7008
We had a bit of a situation yesterday where a roughly 80 bot accounts joined and started mass messaging members with a scam, and I believe one of their names also started with "toxic", so I'm guessing you got banned by accident. I've revoked the ban-thanks for reaching out, and sorry for the mistake :)
Thanks alot
I am out of ideas for names so how about "rope wraith"
its the first thing that came to my head for some reason
buoyancy Crew
I'm out of ideas now
Neither of those seem right, but don't worry about it. You're ultimately not the person that has to come up with the name :P
I do appreciate the effort though!
@@tomweiland Sealubbers
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Thanks, I appreciate it :)
@@tomweiland :)
So if your game is a multiplayer game, I want to see how it works with multiply players connected to you localhost at least:)
And the most problem of doing multiplayer games is no useful information about it. You playlist with adding multiplayer is good, butit is not "super-right way". So you should use more solutions like message-pack, protobuf, more client-sode prediction info, more clarity of you network solution.
I do my own solution too and have some useful tricks that ease coding game.
Soo... I think we need more and more info about networking, more effective ways to do that. All of UA-cam videos about multiplayer are disgusting. Your try is good, but need to be continued.
Thank you!
To be completely honest, I'm not sure what you're asking for. This isn't by any means meant to be a tutorial series, and very few people enjoy listening to me talk about complicated multiplayer stuff like client prediction/reconciliation, server rollback, etc...
I took my prediction code out a while back because I want to nail down some proper gameplay without that in the way, and when I reintroduce it I don't know how much I'll talk about it-it's boring to listen to.
When you say my "try is good", what do you think I'm trying to do but falling short of? And what do you mean it's not the "super-right way"?
@@tomweiland oh, no no, I must say you start (not try) is good. I meant that. Good start to go further. Super right way is like a "it can be more clearly and easy to understand'.
But if it is not interesting for those who watch your videos....mm very sad.
Anyway thank you for your work.