Snow Tiger Pixels

Indie Gamedev

[Snow Tiger Pixels @SnowTigerPixels]

@KevinTilsner I kinda like this take on it (although I hate that Roko's Basilisk was spawned in the doomer Less Wrong forum)

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@Freeeborn I've also been trying to get a good sunset with clouds and the sea

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The shading for Azure Dominion is really starting to come together

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@thsottiaux Hoping for cooking

[Shikhar @xikhar]

Opus 5.5 is uncannily good at turning a single reference into an entire 3D world.

Makes me wonder how good the next models are going to be.

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@xikhar Problem with Google is that hey have models that are maybe good at the time, but they keep "previewing" and making "last-minute" adjustments until all the other labs release new models. They never just release.

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Fixed a bug where the blast from firing your main guns would appear on top of the ship #gamedev

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I thought the ship looked a little too dirty, so I'm trying to keep them cleaner and brighter

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I'm starting to get the fire an smoke to be more anime-like #gamedev

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@RisingSunInt_ Sadly a weekly quota is about 3 hours of runtime for me...

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I improved the sunset shading, it's now brighter overall and the ship is more visible #gamedev

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Not sure that I like the current way the sunset shader interacts with the ship model #gamedev

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I'm starting to get the fire an smoke to be more anime-like #gamedev

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@RisingSunInt_ Something that has surprised me is that the cost of trying something weird that might be fun is almost zero. Instead of "playing it safe" to avoid scope creep, I can have a test of an idea made and then actually try it out.

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@xikhar I knew that models had become great at making models with blender, but I didn't know they were this good at animation with it too

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Not sure that I like the current way the sunset shader interacts with the ship model #gamedev

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Lots of style improvements to Azure Dominion, though I still don't like the contour lines on the mountains and some shader issues. I added a black outline to the ship, which I think helps sell the anime style. #gamedev

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@xikhar @mattshumer_ Coming back to say that this post massively improved the quality of my game, gauntlet loop is goated

[Snow Tiger Pixels @SnowTigerPixels]

Lots of progress on my game, Azure Dominion