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[kinjutsu]

Update on the dead city parts, most everything is uv'ed so I'm working on textures.



A shot of one of the wall sections, just with a diffuse a poopy looking normal right now.

[ambershee]

I'm sat there thinking - should Guests be able to post youtube videos?

Anyway - it's looking good, and is probably technically all there. The trick is of course, porting it into DataRun world. To do so, I'd ensure that there's enough space between the platforms to prevent the player jumping between them in ways we don't want.

The other question is, have you just brute forced the correct route, or have you actually got the logic behind the puzzle incorporated

[Coops]

I've been thinking over your feedback and I am creating an account. I think that it would be better to spread out the platforms so the player has to jump from on to the other that way. This I think will be more challenging and with some testing of the old version I think it could turn out to be better. What do you guys think?

Edited by Coops, 15 January 2009 - 07:26 PM.

[ambershee]

That was the original attention (even if it didn't come across well in the diagram)

Go for it, it should work well.

[Coops]

Hey Guyz new version of the puzzle. Its been spaced out and tweaks have been made to the timing of the platforms, the now fall quicker and the delay time has been reduced.



Cheers

Coops

Edited by Coops, 18 January 2009 - 05:35 PM.

[Carter]

Hey guys,

Sorry i missed the meeting, I'm gonna be insanely busy these coming weeks but im hoping to continue working on this - im still working on the pillar, high and low poly versions are created and its more or less mapped will hopefully post it up in full later on tonight - will post my skype details later on as well

[Carter]

Pillar is now complete and uploaded to the SVN under content/Models/Pillar_Complete.zip will work on a damaged one and some other classical themed filler prop tomorrow

[Carter]

Added a filler prop in the form of a cask, bit rough and ready but like I said its intended to be a filler prop for now - its under the same directory as the pillar

[Andrew McCray]

*peeks in*

I like the platform puzzle with the gaps, but to echo what Ambershee said I think it would be good to have some sort of logical progression that can be decoded and let the player know what order is correct without having to guess every single platform. Could just be something as simple as having them numbered, or colored similar to how they are (except with models that fit wherever this is going and all that) and have a progression thats referenced somewhere else beforehand. Like maybe this room can be a memory of a guy who did the RJ-45 ethernet jacks, and the platforms are colored like the wires, and you have to jump them in order. white-orange orange white-green blue white-blue green white-brown brown.

*wanders off*

[ambershee]

I'd hope that in the relatively distant future, we wouldn't be using oldschool ethernet cables anymore

The idea, is that the player has to follow a repeating pattern of four colours (outlined in the brief). The idea is to have the last three platforms (thus the last three colours) the player touched glow, as so the next colour is obvious. There should also be an overlooking statue, which has a series of four different coloured lights/gems which light up as appropriate too.

[Darknet]

Here currently work. >.<

[Kasper]

So Darknet, how is the "the brain" coming along? Do you need more concepts or references?

[Darknet]

It going slowly and busy with other stuff >.<;
Either one of them just need to art to know how the brain flow works.

[kinjutsu]

Dead city pieces ready to go, they'll be uploaded under content as DataRun_Deadcity01.

Edited by kinjutsu, 01 February 2009 - 08:17 PM.

[mike-]

little update




thanks!

[ambershee]

Just to remind you all - I'm going away as of today for the next week and a half, and I'll be difficult to contact in the mean time. E-mail me if you need anything, and if you're lucky, I'll be at the next meeting.

Thanks!

Luke

[Kasper]

The sunday meeting is still happening, so show up guys/girls - I'm looking forward to seeing your work