by AlecMoody
The last two weeks have been busy. I finished my first large prototype milestone and have officially named my game Wrench. I am entering the phase of development where I want increased exposure. If you have been following my development, please share this. My friend Matt Kohr put together this logo for me: I also […]
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by AlecMoody
The next step is taking all my art content and getting it set up with the pickup and snapping system I have already posted about. For VR, it’s best to do as little as possible in tick events. Current VR headsets run at 90 frames per second and future headsets my run at higher framerates. […]
Categories: Art, blueprint, gameplay systems, Uncategorized
by AlecMoody
I wrote this tutorial for my personal website earlier this year but I am moving it to this blog for it’s faster servers and because writing a follow up guide covering what I have learned building models for this game. Reality Capture Sculpt, Low, and Baking
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by AlecMoody
Over the last week I made a bunch of a new art and did polish pass on the gameplay system. In the prior gameplay systems posts I was working with a single variable that controlled install and removal called “bInstalled.” This was good for testing the flow of communication and getting the basic structure working, […]
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by AlecMoody
I made the garage bigger and brighter while adding more variety to the types of spaces. I’m still working at a sketch level of detail so that I can keep things flexible for future changes. I’ll do polish pass on the garage much later in development when I have a totally clear idea of what […]
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by AlecMoody
I spent my 4th of July finishing up a fire pit for my backyard. It’s 3/16 plate and 14 gauge 1″ tube. The firepit is 38″ square and almost exactly 150lb. I had planned to paint it but I really liked how it looked halfway through removing mill scale with muriatic acid. I sprayed it […]
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by AlecMoody
I am making the leap from working as a video game artist to working on my own game full time. This blog will detail the process of building that game. I got started in game development when I was a kid making small games with friends, and for the last 15 years I have been […]
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