Hi, everyone! Hope youre well and starting to feel all summery Weve been working on the next update, which has now accumulated quite a few goodies. Lemme give you a tiny sneak peek :3 Were adding cobblestone! At some point I started toying with parallax mapping, and after a few promising experiments, Tom & I had a Bilbo Baggins moment of why shouldnt we make cobblestone with it. We both got super geeky tweaking the art & shaders, and it was some of the most fun I had in recent memory of Tiny Glade development. After multiple very obsessive days, we've arrived at three cobblestone variants. Im chuffed that we got it to perform well too (thanks, Tom!).
You can combine the variants and blend them with paths, creating more run-down or chaotic surfaces. Me, I'm more of a lawful-alignment cobblestone person, but Im very curious how youre gonna use it! Could this be the sunset of using platforms for cobblestone-clad towns? :o
Still, the most exciting feature were working on is stairs. Up till now, youd make those by manually aligning tiny wall pieces, which gets, ummm, rather laborious I did that for two daily themes, and it will forever be etched in my memory T_T Welp, perhaps soon we can say goodbye to that! Here is a GIF of what we have now (but please bear in mind this is very work-in-progress stuff, and will change).
Were now ironing out various edge cases, of which there are many... Stairs are the biggest and most complicated change weve done since Tiny Glades launch. For them to feel the way we want, weve reworked several systems around object generation, attachment, and various bookkeeping. Its our 5th prototype now; this one is finally starting to feel good, and, dare I say, fun to play with (Tom screaming in the background: nooo, dont say the f-word, youll jinx it!). Anyway, thats very motivating, compared to when, you know, you just conclude its a dead end, and throw everything away >_<. So were quite excited! Hope youre excited too :D Therere more (smaller) things coming too, but Im gonna keep them a surprise Anyhoo, thats all~ Thank you for reading, and we wish you a lovely day! Love, Ana & Tom