Author: AbdouBouam

This week’s devlog will be short, since I spent it mostly on 3D models, so it’s more of a show than a tell. First off, I made a “torn sticker” smart material in Substance Designer, to be used in Substance Painter. Combined with projection warping, it makes creating stickers and labels a breeze. For important labels it will be just a starting point, and […]

Here’s a summary of what I did this week Materials I made a few materials for a train station environment. The first material is a broken tiles material. The material was created in Substance Designer. I exported two variants for Unreal Engine (normal + broken), as well as a mask texture for color setting. Combined with vertex painting, I could control which areas are […]

Here’s a summary of what I did this week: sketches and blockouts I worked a bit on the torso and legs for the robot model. I spent a disproportionate amount of time on the hip joint compared to the rest of the model, but I’m happy with the overall look. I’ll remodel it later with higher details and quality. I also focused a little […]

Another week another Devlog. There isn’t much to show off this week, a lot of it is related to NPC stories and the story of the game, which I obviously won’t spoil, but here’s a short summary Story writing All I can say is that I have a draft for the main NPCs that progress the story, and also another draft for the major […]

This week’s devlog is a bit short, I got busy with some personal stuff IRL and had to push some tasks to the next week. Interaction System (Continued) I continued working more on the NPC interaction system, I did some performance tests and added some features. Here’s a short list of what I did : Robot Head Design I am finally happy with a […]

Here’s a summary of the game devlog for the 19th week. Interaction System I continued working on the interaction system and adding more features to it. I made a few small tests to showcase individual features, but I also made a more complete “real-life” example showing a portion of what’s possible to achieve at the moment. In the video above, I demonstrated how NPCs […]

Hello all. This week was spent mostly on technical stuff and programming, but I did make one simple 3D model too. Here’s a detailed list of what I did: Crowbar 3D Model 1- I made a simple 3D model of a crowbar, it’s 288 Triangles total. I wanted it to be a reference to the half-life series. I also used the blueprints I made […]

Here’s a summary of week 17: 1- I added debris and dirt to the main train material. It has 4 layers : cigarette butts, small pieces of paper, bigger pieces of paper, and dirt. It uses RGBA vertex colors for masking 2- I programmed some basic “interactive” environment props, like doors opening when you approach them, and cameras looking at the player. They weren’t […]

This week I experimented a bit more with dream mechanics and visuals. Since those will be a significant enough part of the game and story, I am giving it some attention it deserves. One of the main aspects of dreams is inconsistency : layouts don’t make sense, you don’t remember how you got there, some objects appear and disappear when you’re not looking, signs […]

Another week, another devlog! Here’s what I did this week: For legal (and also non-legal) reasons, all the above was a (sad) joke. Here’s the real devlog instead: 1- Oasis Dream Level I started experimenting with dream sequences, since dreams are going to be a significant enough part of the story. I made blockouts and basic gameplay prototype of two scenes. The first scene […]