PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

This includes a more technical identification of needs, what would I have to implement in code? Each element (code, art, etc) has its own path – and they all merge together at different stages. An open-world social simulation of a whole human civilization on Mars. Which art and music will be needed?

Dev 160

Dev Playtesting Art Games 160

PreMortem.Games

JULY 26, 2024

I don’t have to ask someone else for their artwork, or their code. I continued to learn and experiment with things like larger open worlds. This is when I first started really digging into world building. Definitely. Would it be better with a great team? Definitely! But being a solo dev, I can also iterate very quickly.

Dev 145

Dev Development Build Game Development 145

Nvidia

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Here’s my source code —Python 3.4 In other words, it measures the rate at which depth comparison errors occur—which corresponds to issues like Z-fighting—under different scenarios. It isn’t a panacea for all precision woes, especially if you’re building an open-world environment that contains extreme depth ranges.

Simulation 52

Simulation Graphics Render Culling 52

Radiator Blog

MAY 5, 2021

But without any meaningful code access to upgrade terrain engines or lighting systems, that mostly means spamming set dressing and clutter everywhere. It's not uncommon to walk between towns and fight like 6 different packs of wolves. This game is scared that the player might not have an activity every 15 seconds. Money sink.

Open World 130

Open World NPC Cutscenes Terrain 130

Grid Sage Games

JULY 17, 2022

Garrison encounter distribution samples, color-coded by category. RIF Installers were already a prefab to begin with, one which (without precedent anywhere else in the game) were actually inserted via a separate hard-coded method, so let’s add it as an encounter instead. Failing that (gets blasted in a fight?

Beta 52

Beta Content Balance Mechanics 52

Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Here we’re primarily talking about the player revisiting earlier floors on their journey, rather than backtracking within a single map (though I’ll cover that topic a bit separately at the end), and our discussion focuses on roguelikes of the dungeon delving variety, since open world games generally allow backtracking by default.

Point and Click 52

Point and Click Mechanics Feature Open World 52