Props and townhalls

Despite getting somewhat distracted by Black Desert Online (so much stuff to do in that game!) I am still chugging away on my various projects. The last couple days I finished up a town hall for one:

I think it looks more like a hunting lodge of some sort but this is the direction my reference steered me! Turned out pretty good I think, though the textures may have to be tweaked at a later date. The rock walls in particular may be a little too detailed for our style.

Next up still working on finishing up a props list. But I did get some suitcases done!

After that I need to create some dead bodies! er at least some virtual ones lol. I am unsure how to approach that but no time like the present to experiment. The two methods I am considering are simply creating them from scratch or just creating parts and combining them into a pre built mesh like makehuman provides. Modifying a pre built mesh does not seem to be the best idea. I suppose I could just treat it like creating an undead character. As for my personal project it is being pushed to the side again but I WILL get back to it. I have just hit a few snags in programming enemies. That is about all for the last couple weeks. See you next time I hope!

Alright although I have been a bit sick the last week or so I still managed to finish one prop list and the other is down to three items yay! Here are some of the last props:

The fountain came out pretty good if I do say so. The market place had a lot of minor tweaks I needed to do (I only re-textured a bit and optimized the models, someone else on the team did them originally). Which brings me to getting back to that other prop list today at some point hah.

Also, I have been working through that tutorial series still. On the last couple videos now. Definitely takes one pretty far down the path to making an rpg type game. Still need to find some supplement videos like how to make the main menu and maybe look at a skill system. At least be able to pick up new weapons or something. Still, even with what I have I could make a nice hack and slash romp at the very least. I look forward to finishing that project off and adapting my end plan to do so.

In other news I have also been playing some Black Desert. My short review: it is not a bad game, but it has more that open world sandbox feel a lot of mmos have these days. I miss my dungeons and early pvp hah. However, there is tons to do and I can see how a player could get lost quite quickly in such a game. See you next time, hopefully with some more realistic models to show off!