TheGatewayOfRealities

GIF #001

I got a suggestion to start sharing GIFs of the development process more often... 

While working I tend to create many little things that can only be shown in motion, soooo.... Since I found a fast way of making said gifs using Shadowplay and Photoshop.. why not indeed?

Its all gonna be work in progress shots: fixing bugs and adding features! Hope those will be fun little updates for you to see :} 

This one in particular is about the turn-in-place feet movement.

Merry Christmas!

Greetings Gatekeepers!

I wish you to have the best time this holiday season, and to greet the upcoming year in an awesome way!

However no holiday stops us from developing, because who needs a break from a job that is so much fun? Ragdoll and the new movement systems are incredibly fun to work on!

December update

Thank you so much for supporting the project this month! 

Don't forget to send me your text messages, images, and bodypart/statue ideas, so I can add them to the list of rewards to implement in the game!  

I'm currently busy on the new movement system that  will support Hizathri and many other species... 

The one we have right now was done for the 2.5D variant after all, but because we switched to full 3D, even this part became more demanding - ...

Hizathri Customization

Hizathri have a very large genetic pool, which shows in their diversity of subspecies...

This is all possible thanks to their over the top reproduction system, which gave them an ability to consciously approach the process of creating offsprings, almost like creating art. And so in search for more experiences, they love getting in relationships with other species, which sometimes leads to creating various hybrids, adding more interesting genes to their ancestral history. 

Kissing Dragons - Planes of Existence update

So! FINALLY a new video is out! And surprise - surprise - there is more on the way. Also! From now on, videos should look a bit more professional now :}  

Let me know what you think!

Lake of Serenity

Greetings, Gatekeepers!

Thank you so much for supporting the project this month, Don’t forget to send me information about your rewards, what text to put, or what statue you want me to make - there is a major change coming soon to the rewards, so please don’t hesitate, because things might change soon.

I’m currently working on a new update video, trying my best to make it better quality and more professional, and of course entertaining to watch and listen to. At the same time w...

The Path between Realities

A non-physical plane of existence, the Crossroads. It is a path that you need to take when transitioning from one level to another. 

Each level is a fresh start of some sort, no items and inventory carries over to the new world, but all the acquired knowledge, unlocked species, and tech always remains with you. At least you get an easier start each new level, plus it opens up more opportunities to learn some additional knowledge that wouldn't be possible to acquire on the old levels.

A city to build.

Greetings, Gatekeepers!

So, as I’m finally done (for now) figuring out the design challenges of the gameplay and I can at least shift my focus back on creating the new map for a while. Starting with painting lots of pretty concept art ideas for it :}

You can read about my design challenges in the previous post I just uploaded.

What you see on the image up top, is a small city of the lizard race, Hizathri… What can I say, they are good sculptors, and they love makin...

The Item Conundrum

A total re-write of the design document is about 30% finished, there is 4 major topics (Items, Character simulation, Combat, NPCs), and the first of them is pretty much done, the absolutely bad-ass item system.

You might be wondering.. Wait, why re-write design document after development has been started? Long story short, it’s all because we decided to switch from 2.5D top-down perspective, and turn it into a full third-person game… I wi...

Neofur

Just got this awesome plugin for Visualisator! I can't wait to play with it and see what can I do with this absolutely amazing looking fur system for Unreal Engine 4.

I don't have any example of my work using it yet, because I just bought it a few minutes ago and I'm still busy working on the Planes of Existence design, so for now I will have to show you their product showcase/trailer, but as soon as I have some time to give to the 3d artwork again, I will post about my experiments with fur! 2016-10-05 07:32:34 +0000 UTC View Post

Piece from design document

Some lore information about the world that might be helpful to understand the atmosphere:

The physical universe, however vast, it has boundaries, however old, it has it's inevitable end. Everything that once was ignited and given life will eventually turn into ash and embers…

And so will the stars, the galaxies… Everyone we’ve ever and never met. No thought, memory, knowledge would stand eternity, our very existence was separated by time.

We’r...

News: Moved to a new place. Development on paper is important too.

It may seem like the development on the game slowed down a little, but really it's not true, here is why:

Despite that I just finished moving to another apartment (bigger one, without roommate, and a cheaper for rent) I've been mostly busy on designing, doing lots and lots of writing, and figuring stuff out. While it's nothing spectacular to show, it's absolutely essential for the game development. I still have a lot of ideas that need to write down and make sure all th...

Map update

So, I started to work on a new map! Right now its a lifeless and empty desert, but later I shall populate it with rocks, trees, grass, villages. This map is huge and will surely take me a while to complete. First step will be to draw some concept art to determine further asset development, and I already started that. This way I will have a list of all things I need to model for the environments!

2016-09-20 15:43:52 +0000 UTC View Post

Art Update

Lots of new species sculpted! Now onto making game-ready retopology for them, as well as making female versions. These sculpts will be also used to create many variations of in-game models.

All those links will lead you to 360-turntable images, where you can drag your mouse to rotate them at any angle!  Unfortunately it appears that these links will stop working in October, because dropbox is disabling their ability to render html pages... I'm thinking about alternatives,...

Discord server is open!

Everyone welcome to our Mischievous Oasis :} You can just click this link to join our server! [<REDACTED>]

Because the Patreon is integrated with Discord now, I removed the join link, because you should join the chat through Patreon directly, and the trusty bot should even apply all the roles automatically for you!

To do that - 

•  Go to your account settings page 2016-09-03 04:27:44 +0000 UTC View Post

About rewards and Discord channel

First of all, Thank all of you for your awesome support. I'm being busy on the game as I have never been before, but there is always a lot of work left to be done. I will soon be ready to presenting all the new art I've done, as well as some insight into the design work that's being done behind the scenes. 

But! I wanted to ask you about very important feedback from you, because I'm soon will be creating a big bunch of rewards. I'm still assembling a list of your text messages, images...

Phew! What a busy month

Besides a ton of distractions, I'm doing my best to stay productive. This month I was mostly modelling and sculpting characters, both for the game and Visualisator. I have a couple of 360 turntables to preview, but there will be more models to show soon!

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/19335372/Keyshot/SergalWithFur.html

Sergal has a roughly sculpted fur, but it's all t...

July 2016 patron supported

Thank you so much for the support this month!

Planes of Existence a.5.0

So it's time for the new update!

The biggest feature is the inventory system... that was a lot of code, Hopfel really nailed it! Additionally we added some UI, even if for the most part it's not actually hooked up to anything yet (it will be, in later updates). Plus there is a couple more work-in-progress maps to wander around... Ah, and also, multiplayer is kinda broken at the moment xD Well it works, but shooting weapons doesn't show up correctly.

I hav...

Staying productive

Knee deep, all balls to the walls, fully consumed by developing the new version! The times when I'm remaining silent and not posting much, they all mean only one thing: "staying productive".

There is a lot of stuff cooking. The UI is being added, Inventory is being worked on, new map is in process. I will be sharing more news soon, for now this little screenshot with those fancy placeholder grids should give a hint ^^

Visualisator is here!

This video really says everything I wanted to say! Thank you, my dear patrons, for all the support you've given me. I'm working hard on the projects we all love and care about, and I love sharing my progress with you! Surely it's an "initial" version, but at least you can poke around in it and give me your feedback! :}

Here are the download links:

32 bit: https://seafile.dragonhive.net/f/7e...

June 2016 patron supported

Thank you so much for the support this month!

About the rewards

As you know, there is a lot of rewards of type "Send me something and I'll put it into the game". Text messages, pictures, and statues. It depends on the support tier. So please, keep send me these things! With just simple messages in Patreon, I'm collecting a big list of what to add in future builds. No need to wait for special message from me, just send them in, it's easy :} 

By the way, the special statue offer is going to end soon, because the character customizati...

Interface design

Some of the UI elements right here! Can't wait to put it all into the game. 

The cross of slots in the middle is my take on a pop-up radial menu... works well with d-pad as well...

The red bar at the bottom is your health, top bar is the target's health.

The identical elements to the sides represent weapons and their energy bars (for left and the right hand) and 4 hotbar quickslots for every hand :}

Most of the UI elements will be hidden unless needed,  but It c...

Visualisator, IBL support

IBL means image-based-lighting.. You put an HDR image and it lights up the scene! 

Up to this moment, if someone shown me this image, I'd ask what raytracing renderer they used... I'd never guess it's all real-time, 30 frames per second on my old 750ti

Visualisator news!

Oh boy! I've been so busy with this lately! But thankfully it didn't take me too long to bring it to this level! Yet there is so much to do to make it a fully featured editor for posing models...

In the next video I'm going to do will show in details how it works and all!

But I can answer any questions about the Visualisator in the comments :}

Quick bugfix and new features. New version a.4.1

As promised, new version with 3d camera and bugfixes is there :}


https://seafile.dragonhive.net/f/bf7758004e/?dl=1

And you know the drill how to download it and ignore the https warning :}

Let me know in the comments what you think about the new camera system!

Planes of Existence a.4.0 download link

And as promised! The new version's download link is here!

Please ignore the https security warnings, there is nothing to secure really, it's just a file download. 

To download (in chrome at least) you can press on "advanced" and "proceed anyway"

https://seafile.dragonhive.nl/f/ef4e27aca3/?dl=1 OLD LINK! There is a newer update!

When you spawn on the map as...

May 2016 patron supported

Thank you so much for the support this month!

Update A.4.0 is coming soon!

Thank you for your support in this month <3 I cant say enough how much I appreciate that... 

Here is the monthly update video, where you can see our dedication and your support in action :}

As for downloadable build, so you can play with the character customization, it will be available in 2-3 days :}