Voxel Quest January 2016 Update

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Post by shawndumas » Tue, Jan 12, 2016, 7:14 PM UTC

Voxel Quest January 2016 Update
voxelquest.com

Re: Voxel Quest January 2016 Update

#2

Post by marcalc » Tue, Jan 12, 2016, 7:42 PM UTC

I love seeing these videos. For a long time I appreciate Gavan's work. I hope he succeeds in creating an RPG game engine.

Re: Voxel Quest January 2016 Update

#3

Post by gavanwoolery » Tue, Jan 12, 2016, 7:45 PM UTC

marcalc wrote: post #2

I love seeing these videos. For a long time I appreciate Gavan's work. I hope he succeeds in creating an RPG game engine.

Thanks! Glad you like them. I apologize in advance that I kind of tend to drone on (both a combination of being tired (I shot this video several hours ago at around 5 am) and my already monotone voice.

Re: Voxel Quest January 2016 Update

#4

Post by frik » Tue, Jan 12, 2016, 7:51 PM UTC

Wow, it's amazing how it evolved from an 2D style isometric low res voxel engine to a full 3D voxel engine.

Re: Voxel Quest January 2016 Update

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Post by gavanwoolery » Tue, Jan 12, 2016, 7:53 PM UTC

frik wrote: post #4

Wow, it's amazing how it evolved from an 2D style isometric low res voxel engine to a full 3D voxel engine.

And probably it will come full circle. I have an isometric mode I am going to use for low end machines (iso mode can be rendered once every couple seconds, instead of 60 FPS). With the exception of animated stuff, but that is relatively cheap to compute.

Re: Voxel Quest January 2016 Update

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Post by AustinG08 » Tue, Jan 12, 2016, 7:56 PM UTC

I discovered you on HN several years ago and have been following your progress ever since. You are an inspiration to do-it-yourselfers everywhere. Rooting for you man!

Re: Voxel Quest January 2016 Update

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Post by justinpombrio » Tue, Jan 12, 2016, 7:57 PM UTC

gavanwoolery wrote: post #3

marcalc wrote: post #2

I love seeing these videos. For a long time I appreciate Gavan's work. I hope he succeeds in creating an RPG game engine.

Thanks! Glad you like them. I apologize in advance that I kind of tend to drone on (both a combination of being tired (I shot this video several hours ago at around 5 am) and my already monotone voice.

Don't worry: your passion comes through in your work, if not in your voice.

EDIT. To give some unsolicited advice: From my experience giving presentations, if you want to give a demo that sounds good, I recommend around a dozen practice runs.

Re: Voxel Quest January 2016 Update

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Post by andallas » Tue, Jan 12, 2016, 7:57 PM UTC

So glad I kickstarted this. Very excited about the progress. Keep on with it. One of the projects I'm okay waiting a long time for because I know it's going to be worth the wait!

Re: Voxel Quest January 2016 Update

#9

Post by sergiotapia » Tue, Jan 12, 2016, 8:04 PM UTC

For the uninitiated why is this exciting? The graphics look really washed out and jittery. Thanks!

Re: Voxel Quest January 2016 Update

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Post by BatFastard » Tue, Jan 12, 2016, 8:04 PM UTC

Wow, I was high sceptical that you would be able to scale this up past the short view distance. But not only have you managed to get a good view distance, but you also added in a nice animation system. Congrats to you! This is coming from someone who has spent years designing their own voxel platform. Please get this out to users to let them start building things, you will be amazed at what they can create.