joshcamas Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Knightmare: A very simple DOOM-like game built in BabylonJS Hello guys! I've been working on this little project for around 2 weeks now, And I'm excited to release a VERY alpha build! It features 3 types of enemies, and only 1 level. I plan on adding FAR more complex maps (currently it's built with a tilemap editor), as well as more monsters, And a backstory. Try it out, give me your thoughts. Hope you enjoy the VERY basic level! (Note: currently there is no way to end a level, so just kill everything and you won!)Play: Knightmare v0.1 Storyline You play as a great Knight of Vasteran - protector of the realm. After a great journey, you return to your village, to find your wife in great peril. She has been cursed by dark magic, which has made her fall into a deep sleep. All is not lost, however - the courtmage has declared that you, if you dare, may enter her dreams and destroy her demons. Fearing nothing, and willing to sacrifice your life for your woman, you plunge straight into death itself, into your wife's darkest nightmares. Spooooky. Future Plans I do not plan on adding too many weapons in the game... in fact, I may end up having only 2 weapons, or possibly 3. I'm going to focus on having each weapon be very different from the next, and important in strategy. Strategy is very important in this game - not because the game ever blatantly tells you it's important, but because to survive those Goblin attacks, you need to dodge the blows - or have a skeleton or mage shoot a projectile at them, or set a trap, etc etc. It's an automatic process for us humans to be strategic, and most likely half of what players figure out was never designed in the first place. Storyline will not be major in the least. It will only be referenced in the beginning, and the end most likely. Although not originally in the design, I'm thinking I may have to add 3D models instead of sprites - this is due to my inability to draw, and my ability to model. Here are a couple models I threw together: meteoritool, jerome, Nabroski and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhasedEvolution Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Awesooooome! joshcamas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerome Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 so funny !! joshcamas and NasimiAsl 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameMonetize Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Utterly cool! joshcamas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vousk-prod. Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Really really really cooool!!!! I also like the music here. joshcamas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pryme8 Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 On 11/15/2016 at 9:33 PM, joshcamas said: Although not originally in the design, I'm thinking I may have to add 3D models instead of sprites - this is due to my inability to draw, and my ability to model. Here are a couple models I threw together: render your 3d models out with this method https://greyscalegorilla.com/tutorials/how-to-create-pixel-art-renders-in-cinema-4d/ joshcamas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshcamas Posted November 19, 2016 Author Share Posted November 19, 2016 6 hours ago, Pryme8 said: render your 3d models out with this method https://greyscalegorilla.com/tutorials/how-to-create-pixel-art-renders-in-cinema-4d/ OHHH SNAP I FORGOT I made a program (well its very unfinished) that renders 3D into 2D in Babylon AND FORGOT I MADE IT THANKS Pryme8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pryme8 Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 I wanna see your tool for the 2d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshcamas Posted November 22, 2016 Author Share Posted November 22, 2016 On 11/19/2016 at 9:59 AM, Pryme8 said: I wanna see your tool for the 2d Sadly I never got far AT ALL. (click load basic scene, fiddle with the controls on the right, and press generate) I never implemented animations or anything so it's currently worthless. But if I ever work on it again (For this project I'm trying out real 3D models), I'll be sure to update it there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pryme8 Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 I think a really cool set up for you to investigate would be to set up a 3d scene in your editor with 8 cameras around your model so basically front back left right and the middle steps. then render out your animations for each camera set up your sprite sheets and make a 2.5 D setup. Ive been mulling around this idea but a little more extended where I do a 21 camera rig and have the standard 8 then ones for above views and stuff. I wanted to make it so things were 2d in a 3d environment and just have the sprite billboard to the camera and change which sheet its displaying depending on the view angle. Its a lot of work but the effect is really cool... I dont have any running examples (id have to go dig for my old unity files). But I could supply my camera rig and render stack for you if you have an ability to open a c4d file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshcamas Posted November 23, 2016 Author Share Posted November 23, 2016 Well what's awesome is you don't need a million cameras! What you can do is get 1 camera, make it in position, take a screenshot. Rotate the camera again, take another screenshot. Do this as many times as you want. (In my program it's 4, but it could be 8, 100, 1000, whatever!) And then you change the animation frame and repeat! And for what your saying about a sprite, yup that's the idea! Calculate the angle from the game camera and the sprite and figure out what slide to play! Like DOOM! I have 3 days off for Thanksgiving, maybe I'll pick up SpriteGen and play with it more :3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pryme8 Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 No trust me you want a camera rig, that way you just render out once and automatically have all the angles you will need and your not sitting there telling it to render a bunch. So you can effectively just do one render and have the output from like 32 angles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshcamas Posted December 6, 2016 Author Share Posted December 6, 2016 I would agree, however having multiple cameras is actually rendering multiple times - it ends up being the same. I personally like the dynamics of having a single camera, but if you like having multiple then that sounds perfect for you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshcamas Posted December 6, 2016 Author Share Posted December 6, 2016 Anyways, guys I have a delima. I'm not sure what to do about the whole 3D character thing. I have several options: 1) Keep 2D sprites pros: No extra coding, no fancy animation/bone blending/rotation systems cons: can't draw so idk where I would get sprites 2) Sprites generated from 3D Render pros: Not much extra coding, except the program built to generate these. Same pros as above mostly cons: No fancy lighting, low quality would be required otherwise characters would look real bad. 3) 3D Characters pros: Sexy af, with lighting and fluid animation. cons: The modern age of animation forces this to have to look good - blending, rotation, ik rigs. Otherwise it would look cheap and disgusting instead of artistic. Anyone have an opinion on what to do? I want to use 3D models and maybe #2 is the best option... but idk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshcamas Posted January 29, 2017 Author Share Posted January 29, 2017 Hey guys. I haven't touched this project much. Mainly due to being so busy. I was working on implementing 3D models, but I'm thinking it'll kill the beauty of the game, turn it into a clunky mess. THEREFORE: Is there anyone here willing to contribute their 2D pixel art skills to this project? I personally can't draw, sadly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpgbrink Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 I can go 2 times faster when I hold WASD and the arrow keys at the same time. Also the camera rotation doesn't work for me. I am supposed to use my mouse right? I am using chrome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshcamas Posted February 5, 2017 Author Share Posted February 5, 2017 2 hours ago, kpgbrink said: I can go 2 times faster when I hold WASD and the arrow keys at the same time. Also the camera rotation doesn't work for me. I am supposed to use my mouse right? I am using chrome. I'm not sure why the mouse isn't working, that's crazy cause I didn't change anything, it worked a month ago... thanks for finding the movement bug as well! kpgbrink and HeadClot 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadClot Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Hey @joshcamas - I really like the art style you got so far joshcamas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshcamas Posted February 7, 2017 Author Share Posted February 7, 2017 On 06/02/2017 at 0:56 AM, HeadClot said: Hey @joshcamas - I really like the art style you got so far I do too! Only problem is it isn't my art, it's free art off open game art. And when I add more characters (if I continue this game) I need it to be the same style Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadClot Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 You could use the sprite render kit for blender to streamline the process of making characters and Items for your game That said - If you need an artist get in touch with me. joshcamas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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