Alexandraus

[Herald] Development stage

Added 2022-10-31 17:13:03 +0000 UTC

Hello guys!

Long time no report. That's what we did during this period:

1. Motion Matching (MM) has been implemented. This took longer than expected as we had to switch to another plugin that was more reliable and flexible to use. We will use MM only with the main characters. NPCs such as mob agents will use a very simple State Machine.

2. Lizardman has received additional movement animations. Now his movements when walking look much better. https://twitter.com/ProjectHerald/status/1571146629914456064

3. Returned ladder support. More stable than the previous version, supports multiplayer and saves. https://twitter.com/ProjectHerald/status/1579480790018453504

4. We've implemented three simple AIs: Patrol, Follow, and Combat (partially). Keep in mind that the AI is a huge piece that will need to be reviewed in the future and the current one is just to test the functionality. https://twitter.com/ProjectHerald/status/1585763266306842624

What is coming next:

1. We will replace the "temporary" jump with a climb. For example, instead of jumping onto a platform, you take a step if it's a low platform and climb if it's a high platform. We wouldn't do this initially, but we have creatures that won't be able to use ladders, so this approach seems more logical. For this we are going to invest in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9cCdC-HdzQ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYLDhh9pAzs and use it in the project. This is a bit less of work, comparable in complexity to MM. Still have to work on animations for each character (only key characters), make multiplayer support and give the ability to save while this plugin is running.

2. In four days, in parallel with the main work, we will begin the planned work on the appearance of the lizard man. The main goal is to make a face sculpt for the main character, the current face is used as a test, is boring and is not suitable for close camera cuts. The face should look expressive and give a sense of character.

c. ;)