XenoFarm Dev Diary #2 - garden of alien delights
16This is the second Developer Diary about my new game project called XenoFarm - the 'I need a shave' edition. (^_^) I talk about some optimizations to plant animation routines, demonstrate a morphing animated plant, and show off some of the plant models I'm working on.
Dev Diary Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe3HrZjzh8d9IzURujtNtksnNVChZzAzU
XenoFarm is my newest game project - a science fiction themed farming simulation. The player will be an interstellar sharecropper living off the land on the edge of space. The game will feature an open-world simulation of plants that live and grow according to the conditions in their environment. The player will be free to plant anywhere and tend their farm as they wish - no preset plots or rigid, square fields.
Watch for new dev diaries every week or two as I make progress on the project. I'd love to hear your ideas about what you'd like to see in a game like this - leave 'em in the comments here or send me a message at http://BrainBlinks.com
Links mentioned in the video:
Mandelbulb 3D tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL67453435CBFEDB49
Crashed Lander: http://CrashedLander.com
ngPlant: http://ngplant.sourceforge.net/
Mega-Fiers: http://www.west-racing.com/mf/
Other Videos By Don Whitaker
| 2016-06-09 | Screencast Test - New Mesh Export in Mandelbulb 3D |
| 2015-06-17 | Fata Morgana 360 - a VR fractal journey |
| 2015-05-10 | Watering Hosta Plant in Slow Motion |
| 2015-02-02 | Crashed Lander Tutorial |
| 2015-01-24 | Water Sprite |
| 2014-12-04 | XenoFarm Dev Diary #3 - procedural terrain |
| 2014-11-23 | Barnacle Zoom - 360 video test render |
| 2014-10-11 | Slices 5 |
| 2014-09-24 | Floral Splash - Mandelbulb3D timelapse |
| 2014-09-13 | Fleuron [creative tools and toys] episode 2 |
| 2014-09-09 | XenoFarm Dev Diary #2 - garden of alien delights |
| 2014-09-02 | Fleuron [creative tools and toys] : episode 1 |
| 2014-08-25 | XenoFarm Dev Diary #1 - prototype |
| 2014-08-19 | Bismuthian - 3D fractal morph |
| 2014-08-16 | Tri Petal Voxel - Mandelbulb3D & ZBrush Timelapse |
| 2014-08-15 | Floral Voxel - Mandelbulb3D & ZBrush Timelapse |
| 2014-08-13 | Sherbet Valley - Mandelbulb 3D Timelapse |
| 2014-08-02 | Rockin' Out in Zbrush |
| 2014-06-20 | Crashed Lander - Release Trailer |
| 2014-05-09 | McDowell Creek Mirror |
| 2014-05-05 | Fractal Cathedral - spherical video |