Malcolm Bellman

Game/engine development & other random things.

[Malcolm Bellman @BizarreVisions]

I've been laboring over emulating transmittance, or the filtering of light through translucent materials. Trees and certain plants have more radial normals as well. Surprising how much this helps my eye resolve the scene in motion. #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

[Malcolm Bellman @BizarreVisions]

Ladders, part 2. Animations slightly improved, but I'd like to fix the discontinuities when "starting" an action animation, as opposed to blending into/between cyclical ones. #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

[Malcolm Bellman @BizarreVisions]

@ColdBanner Much obliged! I’d like to take it up several more notches but it’s coming along decently anyway.

[Malcolm Bellman @BizarreVisions]

Still some work to do on animations, but I've implemented functional ladder behavior. Hiding more interaction details until they're ironed out... #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

[Malcolm Bellman @BizarreVisions]

@handlebardev Partially procedural, partially authored. I’ve waffled on how aggressive I want to get with procedural elements, or incorporating more “macros” for generating procedural object clusters, which I can then revise manually, as I fill out the overworld.

[Malcolm Bellman @BizarreVisions]

Various little embellishments to help express the area. #gamedev #indiedev

[Malcolm Bellman @BizarreVisions]

Preliminary work on a hint system. #gamedev #indiedev

[Malcolm Bellman @BizarreVisions]

Refining this river area. Gonna do proper water reflections at some future point. #gamedev #indiedev

[Malcolm Bellman @BizarreVisions]

Birds landing near you, and then flying away. #gamedev #indiedev

[Malcolm Bellman @BizarreVisions]

Another environment I'm working on. #gamedev #indiedev

[Malcolm Bellman @BizarreVisions]

Making progress on a candidate starting area. #gamedev #indiedev

[Malcolm Bellman @BizarreVisions]

@Invinium I think Nioh is an exceptional series but it jumped on the Soulslike train a bit before others started to. More of a Souls/Ninja Gaiden hybrid

[Malcolm Bellman @BizarreVisions]

Progress on little environmental details. #gamedev #indiedev

[Malcolm Bellman @BizarreVisions]

@AnalogDreamDev The whole work is coming along swimmingly, but I only just now noticed the RGB LED screenspace effect. Imparts an extraordinary mood to the picture on top of what's already being rendered.

[Malcolm Bellman @BizarreVisions]

Experimenting with techniques for grass color distribution, compared to random color mixture. More to adjust on multiple fronts here... #gamedev #indiedev

[Malcolm Bellman @BizarreVisions]

@JKoukourakis Very smooth! The subtle walk speed ramp-up/ramp-down is a nice touch as well. Nice little gradations on everything.

[Malcolm Bellman @BizarreVisions]

@BDY31364606 @NWSTwinCities I wouldn't think that at all. If the different forecast models generated identical results they would be the same model.

[Malcolm Bellman @BizarreVisions]

@Cinder_quillRS @CentroLeaks nvm : (

[Malcolm Bellman @BizarreVisions]

@Cinder_quillRS @CentroLeaks Wouldn't be surprised if we ended up with "Sea & Sky", despite an unrelated puzzle game with a similar name being recently released

[Malcolm Bellman @BizarreVisions]

@VICE883 These are typically rhetorical arguments meant to subtly stunt on lower-status/less popular people, and not genuine recommendations for improvement. Consider it a backhanded dig instead of coming from an alternate social value ethos.

[Malcolm Bellman @BizarreVisions]

@cozycococonut Area opening theme playing in my head