Autopilot Mk2
Autopilot control got complete overhaul. Pilot can now point orientation of the ship with a mouse and control desired movement vector independently
10 Shades of K37
I made new procedural materials for the K37 model. They have a quite complex model, but since I’m not rendering that model
Remaking the ships
A decided to get the K37 a complete makeover. While earlier versions had all the necessary systems, they didn’t really look like
K37 MK2
A preview on work-in-progress re-imagining of Rosatom-Antonov K37 Turbined Nuclear Thermal Rocket with Lorentz-effect accelerator. Pictured ship without impact shielding.
Improving the shaders
Godot 3 has a built-in normal mapping shader for 2D sprites. It works, but doesn’t really offer anything outside standard normal mapping.
The Emergent Emergency
Sometimes you design a game mechanics, and sometimes, when you are lucky enough, it emerges out of nowhere and surprises you. ΔV
Render sprites with normal maps in Blender
Both “ΔV” and “In Dead Company” use 2D sprites with normal maps to make 3D visual lighting effect. Oversimplifying, a normal map
Getting things under LIDAR
A bit longer gameplay video, featuring precision ring maneuvers, enlarged asteroids, Doppler Effect LIDAR and a bit of Coherent Light CL-150 Mk3 mining laser
Coherent Light CL-150 Mk3
CL-150 Mk3 mining laser is a powerful tool for any ring prospector. While expensive, it can be easily retrofitted even to ancient
Expanding the HUD
Continued work on HUD of K37. I’m trying to design its display to mimic modern civilian jets. Today I added ship mass