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Animal Well's haunting style owes much to procedural animation

Game Developer

In a Game Developer interview last year, creator Billy Basso discussed his animation process and use of creative coding to build Animal Well's unique aesthetic.

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The scratch coding and sharp constraints at the heart of Animal Well

Game Developer

On the extremely lean production of Animal Well's 256 intricate rooms.

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Loom

Grumpy Gamer

During the Secret of Monkey Island and LeChucks Revenge, these were all hand-coded in SCUMM and a pain in the [REDACTED]. This removes the text from the compiled code and forces the engine to look it up in the translation file as well as directing the VO to play the correct audio. In lines like GUYBRUSH(38260,"{fist_pump}Yes!")

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The Spine Animation Story at Logic Simplified

Logic Simplified

Whoever thought Spine 2D animation reminds you of a paper doll craft, where you move all the body parts to create animations, was right! Spine is a 2D skeletal animation tool for game development and other animation projects. One, how Spine works as a great 2D animation software. How does it work? They create!

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Nearing the Finish Line: Rewriting the Untold Engine

Harold Serrano

After months of coding, tweaking, and testing, I’m thrilled to share that the rewrite is almost done. Components: The data attached to entities, like meshes, physics, or animations. Systems: These handle the logic, such as rendering, animations, or physics calculations. I can’t wait to see what developers will create with it.

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Delores Source Code Released!

Grumpy Gamer

I accidentally pushed the wrong button and made the Delores source code available on GitHub. I did publish all the source code to Delores on GitHub , but it wasn't an accident. I'm sure everyone is getting tired of playing Animal Crossing, and what better way to exercise your grey-matter than modding your favorite game.

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Delores Source Code Released!

Grumpy Gamer

I accidentally pushed the wrong button and made the Delores source code available on GitHub. wait for Todd in the third row, who laughs at anything, to stop laughing) I did publish all the source code to Delores on GitHub , but it wasn’t an accident. Knowledge of their code is the achilles heel of programmers.