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
Tag: dev
If you are not a gamedev, you will likely find this boring.
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
A dive into The Ring
I always envisioned the initial sequence of diving into The Ring as a short cutscene showing starship on final approach on a
How big is The Ring anyway?
The ring is enormous. It’s area covers more than 81 times surface area of the earth. Playfield is a square of 3000x3000km.
The title
Today I finally made a title screen. Much nicer than initially expected. https://gfycat.com/marrieddelightfuljunco I probably should have a title on it, somewhere.
Power of the mass driver
Yesterday I added power management mechanics. For tests I put most of the power consumption figures from top of my head. But
Hud is Hard
Let’s add some simple texts over the gameplay, so the player can actually see what’s going on. How hard can it be?
The unit of Universe
This is derivative from Reddit post I started. Godot’s Physics2D engine operates on internal, pixel-based units. ΔV needs the data in real-world