II – New Little Game<\/h3>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20230920_094439-1024x576.jpg\")
<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nAnd now, a little surprise! This summer, I took a detour from Zefyr and worked on some small projects (as I usually do during holidays). This time, I worked on “Splash Kids”, a co-op game about my family recoloring a gray city and fighting the Zombie-pocalypse. It’s a mix of Splatoon and Zombies Kids. I created this game as a gift for my (numerous) nephews. It was a lot of fun to work on and allowed me to experiment with new techniques and systems:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n- A customizable avatar generation system<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- General-purpose GPU computing (GP-GPU) for map coloring<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Custom GPU instancing with tweening shader animation for vegetation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
This was super interesting from a technical perspective, and I believe the final game was well-received. It’s completely free, and you can check it out here: https:\/\/oneiricworlds.itch.io\/family<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nIII – Classes & Level Editor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been conducting classes on Game Design and Level Design. Consequently, progress on Zefyr has slowed down a bit. However, during this time, I dedicated some effort to develop a tool to enhance and streamline level design. I’m not entirely certain about its potential, as the mathematical aspects are more complex than expected. Nevertheless, I sense some promising possibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here’s the idea: envision something like Townscraper<\/a>, but with the ability to control the base grid. Artists can provide simple, independent 3D tiles for the level designer to swiftly paint a semi-procedural 3D city (or any kind of level actually). This could be useful for rapid prototyping (which I’ve noticed consumes a lot of my time). While I think similar tools exist for regular quad grids, there’s a gap for completely customizable topologies. If this tool proves successful, I’ll use it for many of my projects, and hopefully, others can benefit from it as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\nCurrently, it’s in a very early stage, quite rudimentary, buggy, and not very intuitive. Nonetheless, here’s a glimpse of what it looks like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20231007_152803-1024x505.jpg\")
<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nRoads (main topology lines) are built from a flowmap (or tensor field for math people) that the user can manually draw<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/oneiricworlds.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20231007_152017-1024x505.jpg\")
<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nAutomatic quadrangulation\/triangulation for concav inner parts. Far from perfect, but we’ll get there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nAnd now, a little surprise! This summer, I took a detour from Zefyr and worked on some small projects (as I usually do during holidays). This time, I worked on “Splash Kids”, a co-op game about my family recoloring a gray city and fighting the Zombie-pocalypse. It’s a mix of Splatoon and Zombies Kids. I created this game as a gift for my (numerous) nephews. It was a lot of fun to work on and allowed me to experiment with new techniques and systems:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- \n
- A customizable avatar generation system<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- General-purpose GPU computing (GP-GPU) for map coloring<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Custom GPU instancing with tweening shader animation for vegetation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
This was super interesting from a technical perspective, and I believe the final game was well-received. It’s completely free, and you can check it out here: https:\/\/oneiricworlds.itch.io\/family<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
III – Classes & Level Editor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been conducting classes on Game Design and Level Design. Consequently, progress on Zefyr has slowed down a bit. However, during this time, I dedicated some effort to develop a tool to enhance and streamline level design. I’m not entirely certain about its potential, as the mathematical aspects are more complex than expected. Nevertheless, I sense some promising possibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here’s the idea: envision something like Townscraper<\/a>, but with the ability to control the base grid. Artists can provide simple, independent 3D tiles for the level designer to swiftly paint a semi-procedural 3D city (or any kind of level actually). This could be useful for rapid prototyping (which I’ve noticed consumes a lot of my time). While I think similar tools exist for regular quad grids, there’s a gap for completely customizable topologies. If this tool proves successful, I’ll use it for many of my projects, and hopefully, others can benefit from it as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Currently, it’s in a very early stage, quite rudimentary, buggy, and not very intuitive. Nonetheless, here’s a glimpse of what it looks like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nRoads (main topology lines) are built from a flowmap (or tensor field for math people) that the user can manually draw<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nAutomatic quadrangulation\/triangulation for concav inner parts. Far from perfect, but we’ll get there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n