enkisoftwareIndependent game developers - making Avoyd
Patterns and spheres
Juliette Foucaut - 23 Aug 2014
Doug has recently made some changes to the visuals and the editing tool in Avoyd. On top of performance improvements, he added a spherical brush and started experimenting with procedural texture patterns.
(click to enlarge) Saturated colours in the distance, Spheres and texture patterns. Notice how the patterns are affected by the specular lighting.
We want to use texture patterns to show different properties of the materials in-game, such as health, culture (*), etc. as well as give a better idea of the scale of the world. At the moment we're playing with the patterns' shapes, colours, scale, periodicity and animation.
(* Note: the culture is related to a team's territory / area of influence).
(click to enlarge) Texture patterns (in light blue) help convey a sense of scale.
(click to enlarge) Moving along a surface feels faster when there are details on it. Specular lighting is affected by texture patterns.
(click to enlarge) Three different scales of texture patterns on flat surfaces.
Until recently we only had a cubical brush to edit in-game. The new spherical brush really gives an organic feeling to the worlds. Just for fun, Doug's added a random colour selector, hence the giant piñata spaghetti. He's also implemented a better sampling method for materials in the distance, so we no longer need to desaturate the colours.
(click to enlarge) This screenshot and the ones above show more saturated, vivid colours in the distance.
(click to enlarge) This screenshot and the ones below were made prior to the sampling improvements: colours needed to be desaturated much closer to the viewer to ensure a good enough performance in large worlds.
(click to enlarge) Playing with the spherical brush.
(click to enlarge) Playing with the spherical brush - adding and subtracting.
(click to enlarge) First time using the spherical brush.
› 2023
› Avoyd Release Streams and Minecraft Lit Materials› Avoyd Beta Stream
› 2022
› Isometric Render of a Minecraft Map in Avoyd Voxel Editor› 2021
› Importing Minecraft maps in Avoyd Voxel Editor improved› 2020
› Runtime Compiled C++ Dear ImGui and DirectX11 Tutorial› 2019
› Boxes in Space: procedural generation of abstract worlds in Avoyd› Procedural python word generator: making user names out of 4 syllables
› In-game building
› Player-deployable turrets in Avoyd
› 2018
› Avoyd Game Singleplayer and Coop Multiplayer Test› Voxel Editor Evolved
› 2017
› Speeding up Runtime Compiled C++ compile times in MSVC with d2cgsummary› Multiplayers toxic last hit kill and how to heal it
› Avoyd Editor Prototype
› 2016
› Black triangles and Peter Highspot› Colour palettes and lighting
› Concept art by Rebecca Michalak
› 2015
› Internals of a lightweight task scheduler› Implementing a lightweight task scheduler
› Feral Vector
› Normal generation in the pixel shader
› 2014
› Python Google App Engine debugging with PyCharm CE› Lighting voxel octrees and procedural texturing
›› Patterns and spheres
› Python Google App Engine debugging with PyTools
› Interview
› Domain masking using Google App Engine
› Octree streaming - part 4
› Black triangles and nervous_testpilot
› Presskit for Google App Engine
› Octree streaming - part 3
› Octree streaming - part 2
› Octree streaming
› 2013
› LAN discovery with multiple adapters› Playing with material worlds
› Developer Diary archive
› Website redesign
› First Person Editor
› First Avoyd tech update video
› Implementing a static website in Google App Engine
› Multiplayer editing
› First screenshots
› Thoughts on gameplay modes
› Back in 1999
› 2002
› ECTS 2002› Avoyd Version 1.6.1 out
› Avoyd Version 1.6 out
› 2001
› Biting the bullet› Avoyd version 1.5 out
› Monday Mayhem
› Avoyd version 1.5 alpha 1 out
› Avoyd version 1.4 out
› ECTS 2001
› Fun with Greek letters
› Closer just a little closer
› Back already
› Artificial Humanity
› Products and promises
› Ecommerce
› Explosions galore
› Spring fixes
› Open source and ports to other operating systems
› Avoyd LAN Demo Version 1.1 is out
› Thanks for the support
› Avoyd LAN Demo Ready
› Game Tech
› Importing Minecraft maps in Avoyd Voxel Editor improved› Runtime Compiled C++ Dear ImGui and DirectX11 Tutorial
› Boxes in Space: procedural generation of abstract worlds in Avoyd
› Procedural python word generator: making user names out of 4 syllables
› Speeding up Runtime Compiled C++ compile times in MSVC with d2cgsummary
› Internals of a lightweight task scheduler
› Implementing a lightweight task scheduler
› Normal generation in the pixel shader
› Lighting voxel octrees and procedural texturing
› Octree streaming - part 4
› Octree streaming - part 3
› Octree streaming - part 2
› Octree streaming
› LAN discovery with multiple adapters
› enkiTS
› Internals of a lightweight task scheduler› Implementing a lightweight task scheduler
› RCC++
› Runtime Compiled C++ Dear ImGui and DirectX11 Tutorial› Speeding up Runtime Compiled C++ compile times in MSVC with d2cgsummary
› Web Tech
› Procedural python word generator: making user names out of 4 syllables› Python Google App Engine debugging with PyCharm CE
› Python Google App Engine debugging with PyTools
› Domain masking using Google App Engine
› Presskit for Google App Engine
› Implementing a static website in Google App Engine
› Avoyd
› Avoyd Release Streams and Minecraft Lit Materials› Avoyd Beta Stream
› Isometric Render of a Minecraft Map in Avoyd Voxel Editor
› Importing Minecraft maps in Avoyd Voxel Editor improved
› Boxes in Space: procedural generation of abstract worlds in Avoyd
› In-game building
› Player-deployable turrets in Avoyd
› Avoyd Game Singleplayer and Coop Multiplayer Test
› Voxel Editor Evolved
› Multiplayers toxic last hit kill and how to heal it
› Avoyd Editor Prototype
› Black triangles and Peter Highspot
› Colour palettes and lighting
› Concept art by Rebecca Michalak
› Feral Vector
›› Patterns and spheres
› Interview
› Black triangles and nervous_testpilot
› Playing with material worlds
› Website redesign
› First Person Editor
› First Avoyd tech update video
› Multiplayer editing
› First screenshots
› Thoughts on gameplay modes
› Back in 1999
› Avoyd 1999
› Developer Diary archive› Back in 1999
› ECTS 2002
› Avoyd Version 1.6.1 out
› Avoyd Version 1.6 out
› Biting the bullet
› Avoyd version 1.5 out
› Monday Mayhem
› Avoyd version 1.5 alpha 1 out
› Avoyd version 1.4 out
› ECTS 2001
› Fun with Greek letters
› Closer just a little closer
› Back already
› Artificial Humanity
› Products and promises
› Ecommerce
› Explosions galore
› Spring fixes
› Open source and ports to other operating systems
› Avoyd LAN Demo Version 1.1 is out
› Thanks for the support
› Avoyd LAN Demo Ready