Here’s a summary of week 17:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/video>Vertex Color painting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n2- I programmed some basic “interactive” environment props, like doors opening when you approach them, and cameras looking at the player. They weren’t complicated, but it’s good Blueprint practice<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/video>Interactive doors and cameras<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n3- I added more dream shenanigans, mostly things changing when you’re not looking. There’s also a small chance they will change in front of your eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/video>Dream Shenanigans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nOne of the methods I used is a custom decal shader that takes an atlas texture and pics a random portion when you’re not looking. I can set the number X and Y subdivisions, so it can be any numebr, 6×1, 2×2, 4×2…etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button>Decal Textures<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nI couldn’t find a way to easily change the decal material properties at runtime, but I knew that each decal actor has a color attribute I can set and then reference from the shader, and I know that one can be edited in runtime. It’s usually used to set the color and opacity of the decal, but there are really no rules. I still kept the RGB components to set the color, but I used the Alpha component to control which decal to pick. After that it’s just a matter of setting a random value to the Alpha component from the level blueprint (or the player character blueprint, or any blueprint really) when it’s not in the camera field of view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button>Picking a decal from the atlas using Alpha<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\nSome examples of “dream shenanigans” <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n4- Finalized the lighting and environment of this portion of the scene. it’s missing NPCs and some small props and events, but the environment and lighting itself is done. I used static lighting for performance reasons. I am getting ~40-50fps on my laptop (just an integrated intel GPU) without having to make any visual sacrifices, which I’m happy about. I’m getting up to 200FPS on my desktop with a 2070 Super.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/video>Cinematic render<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\nin-game Screenshots<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n5- I experimented a bit with sounds for robot voices. I made it so NPCs (or a random placeholder object in this case) pick a random sound from a list and slightly change its pitch with every few characters printed on the screen. Here’s a compilation of the sounds I made myself<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/video>Random robot sounds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nI also commissioned “Terra Marique” to experiment a bit, and he did a good job. I didn’t have a clear vision in the beginning and wasn’t entirely sure what I wanted, but I got a good result I’m happy with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/video>Better robot sounds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n6- I made drafts and sketches related to the NPC dialogue system. There’s nothing worth showing, but I have an better idea on how to proceed.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThis week (#18) will be mostly spent implementing the system and experimenting with it. After that’s done, I can finally start making NPCs and implementing the story and interactions. After that I am not entirely sure what I’ll work on, the player\/NPC models or an environment blockout, but it’s probably 3D art related, since I missed doing that.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThanks for reading, and have a great week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"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. 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2- I programmed some basic “interactive” environment props, like doors opening when you approach them, and cameras looking at the player. They weren’t complicated, but it’s good Blueprint practice<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/video>Interactive doors and cameras<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n3- I added more dream shenanigans, mostly things changing when you’re not looking. There’s also a small chance they will change in front of your eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/video>Dream Shenanigans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nOne of the methods I used is a custom decal shader that takes an atlas texture and pics a random portion when you’re not looking. I can set the number X and Y subdivisions, so it can be any numebr, 6×1, 2×2, 4×2…etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button>Decal Textures<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nI couldn’t find a way to easily change the decal material properties at runtime, but I knew that each decal actor has a color attribute I can set and then reference from the shader, and I know that one can be edited in runtime. It’s usually used to set the color and opacity of the decal, but there are really no rules. I still kept the RGB components to set the color, but I used the Alpha component to control which decal to pick. After that it’s just a matter of setting a random value to the Alpha component from the level blueprint (or the player character blueprint, or any blueprint really) when it’s not in the camera field of view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button>Picking a decal from the atlas using Alpha<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\nSome examples of “dream shenanigans” <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n4- Finalized the lighting and environment of this portion of the scene. it’s missing NPCs and some small props and events, but the environment and lighting itself is done. I used static lighting for performance reasons. I am getting ~40-50fps on my laptop (just an integrated intel GPU) without having to make any visual sacrifices, which I’m happy about. I’m getting up to 200FPS on my desktop with a 2070 Super.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/video>Cinematic render<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\nin-game Screenshots<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n5- I experimented a bit with sounds for robot voices. I made it so NPCs (or a random placeholder object in this case) pick a random sound from a list and slightly change its pitch with every few characters printed on the screen. Here’s a compilation of the sounds I made myself<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/video>Random robot sounds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nI also commissioned “Terra Marique” to experiment a bit, and he did a good job. I didn’t have a clear vision in the beginning and wasn’t entirely sure what I wanted, but I got a good result I’m happy with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/video>Better robot sounds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n6- I made drafts and sketches related to the NPC dialogue system. There’s nothing worth showing, but I have an better idea on how to proceed.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThis week (#18) will be mostly spent implementing the system and experimenting with it. After that’s done, I can finally start making NPCs and implementing the story and interactions. After that I am not entirely sure what I’ll work on, the player\/NPC models or an environment blockout, but it’s probably 3D art related, since I missed doing that.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThanks for reading, and have a great week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"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. 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3- I added more dream shenanigans, mostly things changing when you’re not looking. There’s also a small chance they will change in front of your eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/video>Dream Shenanigans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nOne of the methods I used is a custom decal shader that takes an atlas texture and pics a random portion when you’re not looking. I can set the number X and Y subdivisions, so it can be any numebr, 6×1, 2×2, 4×2…etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button>Decal Textures<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nI couldn’t find a way to easily change the decal material properties at runtime, but I knew that each decal actor has a color attribute I can set and then reference from the shader, and I know that one can be edited in runtime. It’s usually used to set the color and opacity of the decal, but there are really no rules. I still kept the RGB components to set the color, but I used the Alpha component to control which decal to pick. After that it’s just a matter of setting a random value to the Alpha component from the level blueprint (or the player character blueprint, or any blueprint really) when it’s not in the camera field of view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button>Picking a decal from the atlas using Alpha<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\nSome examples of “dream shenanigans” <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n4- Finalized the lighting and environment of this portion of the scene. it’s missing NPCs and some small props and events, but the environment and lighting itself is done. I used static lighting for performance reasons. I am getting ~40-50fps on my laptop (just an integrated intel GPU) without having to make any visual sacrifices, which I’m happy about. I’m getting up to 200FPS on my desktop with a 2070 Super.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/video>Cinematic render<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\nin-game Screenshots<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n5- I experimented a bit with sounds for robot voices. I made it so NPCs (or a random placeholder object in this case) pick a random sound from a list and slightly change its pitch with every few characters printed on the screen. Here’s a compilation of the sounds I made myself<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/video>Random robot sounds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nI also commissioned “Terra Marique” to experiment a bit, and he did a good job. I didn’t have a clear vision in the beginning and wasn’t entirely sure what I wanted, but I got a good result I’m happy with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/video>Better robot sounds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n6- I made drafts and sketches related to the NPC dialogue system. There’s nothing worth showing, but I have an better idea on how to proceed.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThis week (#18) will be mostly spent implementing the system and experimenting with it. After that’s done, I can finally start making NPCs and implementing the story and interactions. After that I am not entirely sure what I’ll work on, the player\/NPC models or an environment blockout, but it’s probably 3D art related, since I missed doing that.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThanks for reading, and have a great week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"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. 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One of the methods I used is a custom decal shader that takes an atlas texture and pics a random portion when you’re not looking. I can set the number X and Y subdivisions, so it can be any numebr, 6×1, 2×2, 4×2…etc.<\/p>\n\n\n
I couldn’t find a way to easily change the decal material properties at runtime, but I knew that each decal actor has a color attribute I can set and then reference from the shader, and I know that one can be edited in runtime. It’s usually used to set the color and opacity of the decal, but there are really no rules. I still kept the RGB components to set the color, but I used the Alpha component to control which decal to pick. After that it’s just a matter of setting a random value to the Alpha component from the level blueprint (or the player character blueprint, or any blueprint really) when it’s not in the camera field of view.<\/p>\n\n\n
4- Finalized the lighting and environment of this portion of the scene. it’s missing NPCs and some small props and events, but the environment and lighting itself is done. I used static lighting for performance reasons. I am getting ~40-50fps on my laptop (just an integrated intel GPU) without having to make any visual sacrifices, which I’m happy about. I’m getting up to 200FPS on my desktop with a 2070 Super.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/video>Cinematic render<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\nin-game Screenshots<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n5- I experimented a bit with sounds for robot voices. I made it so NPCs (or a random placeholder object in this case) pick a random sound from a list and slightly change its pitch with every few characters printed on the screen. Here’s a compilation of the sounds I made myself<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/video>Random robot sounds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nI also commissioned “Terra Marique” to experiment a bit, and he did a good job. I didn’t have a clear vision in the beginning and wasn’t entirely sure what I wanted, but I got a good result I’m happy with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/video>Better robot sounds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n6- I made drafts and sketches related to the NPC dialogue system. There’s nothing worth showing, but I have an better idea on how to proceed.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThis week (#18) will be mostly spent implementing the system and experimenting with it. After that’s done, I can finally start making NPCs and implementing the story and interactions. After that I am not entirely sure what I’ll work on, the player\/NPC models or an environment blockout, but it’s probably 3D art related, since I missed doing that.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThanks for reading, and have a great week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abdoubouam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abdoubouam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abdoubouam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abdoubouam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abdoubouam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/abdoubouam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":416,"href":"https:\/\/abdoubouam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404\/revisions\/416"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abdoubouam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abdoubouam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abdoubouam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abdoubouam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
5- I experimented a bit with sounds for robot voices. I made it so NPCs (or a random placeholder object in this case) pick a random sound from a list and slightly change its pitch with every few characters printed on the screen. Here’s a compilation of the sounds I made myself<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/video>Random robot sounds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nI also commissioned “Terra Marique” to experiment a bit, and he did a good job. I didn’t have a clear vision in the beginning and wasn’t entirely sure what I wanted, but I got a good result I’m happy with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/video>Better robot sounds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n6- I made drafts and sketches related to the NPC dialogue system. There’s nothing worth showing, but I have an better idea on how to proceed.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThis week (#18) will be mostly spent implementing the system and experimenting with it. After that’s done, I can finally start making NPCs and implementing the story and interactions. After that I am not entirely sure what I’ll work on, the player\/NPC models or an environment blockout, but it’s probably 3D art related, since I missed doing that.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThanks for reading, and have a great week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abdoubouam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abdoubouam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abdoubouam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abdoubouam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abdoubouam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/abdoubouam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":416,"href":"https:\/\/abdoubouam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404\/revisions\/416"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abdoubouam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abdoubouam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abdoubouam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abdoubouam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
I also commissioned “Terra Marique” to experiment a bit, and he did a good job. I didn’t have a clear vision in the beginning and wasn’t entirely sure what I wanted, but I got a good result I’m happy with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/video>Better robot sounds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n6- I made drafts and sketches related to the NPC dialogue system. There’s nothing worth showing, but I have an better idea on how to proceed.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThis week (#18) will be mostly spent implementing the system and experimenting with it. After that’s done, I can finally start making NPCs and implementing the story and interactions. After that I am not entirely sure what I’ll work on, the player\/NPC models or an environment blockout, but it’s probably 3D art related, since I missed doing that.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThanks for reading, and have a great week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abdoubouam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abdoubouam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abdoubouam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abdoubouam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abdoubouam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/abdoubouam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":416,"href":"https:\/\/abdoubouam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404\/revisions\/416"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abdoubouam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abdoubouam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abdoubouam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abdoubouam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
6- I made drafts and sketches related to the NPC dialogue system. There’s nothing worth showing, but I have an better idea on how to proceed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This week (#18) will be mostly spent implementing the system and experimenting with it. After that’s done, I can finally start making NPCs and implementing the story and interactions. After that I am not entirely sure what I’ll work on, the player\/NPC models or an environment blockout, but it’s probably 3D art related, since I missed doing that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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