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JULY 11, 2023

Remember, these changes only affect the mesh, but won’t affect things like textures for that mesh, which can result in UV stretching or other weirdness. can cause self-clipping and other graphical weirdness.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Here you'll get a front-row seat to the exciting development process for indie game Kristala, the inaugural title from female-lead Astral Clocktower Studios—an indie games studio based in Central PA, USA. We're looking forward to seeing how Cass textures this beast of a model once he's done crafting it. Check it out!

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The illustration picture for this article is a screenshot of Godot 4 Beginners , an Early Access interactive course for Godot 4, made with Godot 4, developed by Bramwell. Editor: Make texture preview filter setting content aware ( GH-67426 ). Jump to the Downloads section. What's new. Editor: Added custom Node export ( GH-67055 ).

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Cocos

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Developers must ensure necessary Wasm modules are loaded before use. Clipping module now supports linked flags, such as manual loading of Spine. Bug Fixes Fixed an issue where auto-atlas compression left unused original textures. Rendering pipeline improvements : Added support for PipelinePass in the new pipeline.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 31, 2021

You just left reality and fell into a portal to the fantasy world of Ailur, the fictional planet that serves as the setting for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala—an indie game developed by women-owned independent game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios (hey, that's us!). Kristala at Play NYC 2021. We can't wait to go back again next year!

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 17, 2019

Since Godot is gradually entering the competitive market, dominated by only a handful of fully featured engines, it is only intuitive that it should support Godot game developers with a strong version control integration from within the editor. Introduction. How do we plan to manage distributed and centralised VCS? What is the project?

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

meet with other developers at FOSDEM and GodotCon. A Ninepatch element is a (usually textured) rectangle that has a fixed margin for the borders. The same approach shouldn't be used in GLES2, since some drivers work a lot better if no dependent texture reads are performed. Done January 2018. bring GDNative API into stable state.

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CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

If they don’t create textures themselves, 3D modelers will work especially closely with texture artists and look development artists (aka surfacing artists) who will add realism and detail to their model through texture maps and shaders. They may also be required to use software that processes scans and photogrammetry.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MAY 14, 2020

We're officially in the final development crunch for the vertical slice demo of Kristala! After fiddling around and running some tests, Will was able to make it so that the character can effectively roll through various environmental objects - like the barrels shown in the clip below - to destroy them. How's it going? We hope well.

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Game Daily

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

“Throughout the game, there were issues with assets clipping into each other, models popping in and out, and huge frame rate drops,” Stanley said. “Throughout the game, there were issues with assets clipping into each other, models popping in and out, and huge frame rate drops,” Stanley said.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The illustration picture for this article is a screenshot of Godot 4 Beginners , an Early Access interactive course for Godot 4, made with Godot 4, developed by Bramwell. Editor: Make texture preview filter setting content aware ( GH-67426 ). Jump to the Downloads section. What’s new. Editor: Added custom Node export ( GH-67055 ).

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Filmustage

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

From automated clipping to smart video creation, we'll explore how these technological innovations are helping studios save millions while maintaining their expressive face in modern filmmaking. This sophisticated approach to VFX pre-production planning represents the future of streamlined, cost-effective visual effects development. +

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Game Designing

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Without their signature style, one may not even recognize their clips. You should also decide on the style you want to achieve, whether you’re going for cartoonish or more realistic textures. Limitations of Cel Shading Although cel shading can set the tone and help you develop a unique style, it does have its shortcomings.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

APRIL 21, 2021

This is the only place where you'll receive a monthly, in-depth look into the entire development process for 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala, an indie game built in Unreal Engine 4 by the incredibly talented team at Astral Clocktower Studios. During his first official pass, Pete was finally able to make the textures and shaders work in tandem.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The dev blog is where we share all the behind-the-scenes dev action for Kristala, a 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG developed by the incredibly talented team at women-owned indie game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios. Here's a look at that animation, as well as a few clips of some Kota soldier animations too. We're so glad you're here.

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Grumpy Gamer

JANUARY 3, 2018

Unit testing texture or asset loading can be useful, as is unit testing many other backend engine routines like memory managers, but that’s just not where most (and by that I mean 99%) of the bugs comes from. Or Delores stands in the just the right spot and she clips into the desk. Again, not impossible, just not economical.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 5, 2020

Last issue, we shared the texturing work Cass had started on the forest homes, many of which resemble beautiful log cabins due to the intricate woodwork featured throughout. Much to Cass's relief (we're sure anyway), he was finally able to finish applying textures to the townhouses over the past few weeks. Take a look!

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Grumpy Gamer

JANUARY 4, 2018

Unit testing texture or asset loading can be useful, as is unit testing many other backend engine routines like memory managers, but that's just not where most (and by that I mean 99%) of the bugs comes from. Or Delores stands in the just the right spot and she clips into the desk. That's an oversimplification, but you get the idea.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Welcome back to the newest issue of the Kristala Dev Blog, a monthly compilation chronicling all the magic and mystery the Astral Clocktower Studios dev team puts into indie ARPG Kristala every development sprint. Speaking of more important tasks, Shelly has become the resident texture expert of the Astral Clocktower Studios dev family.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JULY 6, 2020

In addition to our regular jobs and personal lives, we've really been amping up development for Kristala over the past couple weeks (hey, just look at this dev blog issue for proof). After finishing up the forest townhome models, Cass then started in on texturing each of the structures. so things have been a liiitle hectic around here.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 20, 2021

Here you'll get an inside look at the detailed development work done for 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala, the inaugural title from the team behind Astral Clocktower Studios—a female-lead indie studio based in Central PA, USA. Stay tuned to hear more about the Cathedral and the mysterious attic NPC in future social posts and development blogs!

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 23, 2022

We know it's been a miiinute since we've shared some in-depth development updates from Kristala with you, but we're SUPER STOKED for you to see everything we've been working on since the last time we met. GDC is the game industry's premier professional event, championing game developers and the advancement of their craft. Stay tuned!

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Game Designing

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Most comic book artists also develop a particular style to make their work stand out from the rest. Hence, they must be familiar with various visual elements like texture, color, dimension, scale, perspective, shade, composition, depth of field, proportion, and spatial awareness. Do You Need a Degree To Become a Comic Book Artist?

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

This is the place where we break down the development for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala, an indie game currently in development by the talented team at women-owned indie games studios, Astral Clocktower Studios. Here are two of the different texture variants Pete showed off this sprint.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

This is the place where we break down all aspects of development for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala—an indie game in developed by the wildly talented dev team behind women-owned indie games studio, Astral Clocktower Studios. Here are a few clips to show off some of these camera adjustments. Concept Art. link] Next up to address?

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