In this lesson we’re going to talk about visual art assets and the advantages of 3D art assets. We’re going to introduce the 3 distinct disciplines that are used to create an animated art asset, the technologies that make it possible, the limitations of those technologies, and the resulting artistic process. Published on Jan 20,
A or B? It’s already been decided but I thought I’d ask.
I recently saw a game dev youtuber give out bad info when asked what a splat map is, saying that “the splat map is the base texture that covers the entirety of the terrain. The texture map (image) is literally placed (splatted) over the terrain (in the video a satellite image of several city blocks
It may seem like a Throwback Thurs. at first glance, but this Kinect with MS-SDK freebie comes with Playmaker Actions!!! In keeping with a Kinect theme, here is a free Unity Asset Store Asset that features Playmaker Actions for the Kinect (you all know how much I love both Playmaker and Kinect)! From the product
My new favorite music: Timecop1983! This song is my favorite. As is the video because it features a young Daft Punk. Spoiler alert: Timecop1983 is only seemingly “Off Topic.” Expect them to feature in some very topical posts soon!
It occurred to me… little image target = little dinosaur. What if image target were embiggened?… A life-sized T-Rex! Really, what more can you say?! This app was made entirely without code. To learn No-code Video Game Development, check out my course won’t you?
HDR stands for High Dynamic Range. But what does that mean? Marmoset Skyshop (which I blogged about here) makes a big deal about its use of HDR images. But what are they? Where can I get them? Can I produce them? If I can’t get them and I can’t produce them, is it a deal-breaker
Keep indie start-up costs down by always killing 2 birds with one stone. Buy Marmoset Skyshop instead of Toolbag! Time is money. If you spend less of one, you’ll have to spend more of the other. If you have all the time in the world you can learn skills that render software applications irrelevant. Often