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Procedural Colliders and 0.44

Procedural Colliders and 0.44

by Gus Martin ♥ 0 Leave a Comment

Hello folks!

So, turns out implementing procedural colliders was easier than I had anticipated, so I did it! This should hopefully reduce the incidence of AI characters falling through the ground! At least during testings in the editor, I left the game run for a couple of in-game days, and there was no error messages of them falling through. So it should be good!

Here’s it in action:

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You can see the grid of 9 or so cubes walking under the player character. This way the character is guaranteed to be standing on solid ground even as he walks.

So, NOW, I’m done with 0.4! And I can focus on 0.5. For real this time you guys. Already began scripting some of the new AI behavior that currently breaks the game because it’s not fully implemented! So, no turning back now!

In any case, enjoy! You know where to find the alpha by now, and if you haven’t signed up yet, you can still do so here!

-Gus

Boss Golf Alpha updated to 0.4!

Boss Golf Alpha updated to 0.4!

by Gus Martin ♥ 0 Leave a Comment

Hello folks!

It took a little longer than I expected, but the closed alpha for Boss Golf has been updated to 0.4!

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Some of the changes included in this update:

  • Tile and decoration execution moved to the landscaper
  • Resort’s opening and closing time now matter
  • Bulldozer only affects planned zones (can’t remove decoration pieces yet)
  • Money and transaction recording system implemented
  • Spaced out the loading of the scene and added a loading screen
  • Decoration system reworked to allow for more freedom of placement
  • Order system revamped to work with decorations and tiles

Because of the array of changes in this version, your 0.3 save change won’t be compatible with this new release. It would take me a lot of precious time to create a save converter at this moment.

The changes in decoration are quite massive, though. The previous system will still be used for the scenario editor, where you just really wanna sketch out the level for your scenario. But this new one gives you a lot more control over placement, so that you can really customize things to your liking. If you have any request for tools or feedback, feel free to comment on our reddit or our discord!

So that’s it for 0.4. It drastically changed the flow of gameplay, slowing things down quite a bit, and implemented a host of systems that I’ll take full advantage of in development.

For 0.5, I’m going to focus on the AI again, giving them proper ways of evaluating/thinking a hole, more behaviors, more character generation, and a couple more things I wanna keep under wraps for now! Timing for 0.5 is early March.

Enjoy!