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Game Mechanics Mondays - Weather Effects

Welcome to "Game Mechanic Mondays!" where we'll be covering in-depth how things were actually programmed in Smiths & Legends! Just in time for a cold Christmas, today we'll be covering... Episode 2 - Weather Effects!
How does the snow falling effect in this level work? Well, there are two main ways that this can be done - Post-Process or Particles. Post-Process is like adding a Snapchat filter on the screen at all times. This means nothing is actually spawning in the world so it's just a visual effect on screen. Particles mean we're actually spawning some tiny object in-game that may or may not have a physical component. In general, post process has the lower performance impact but usually looks a bit more artificial. Smiths & Legends uses both of these for certain effects, but we'll focus on Particles because that's how the snowfall effect above works. #NoFilter Particle Effects
Particles are a powerful configurable thing used in many games. Essentially we're spawning tiny white balls and can control how frequently they spawn and what direction they move. In Smiths & Legends we change these in the level to affect visibility. In other levels, I might change these balls to be brown so it looks like sand or purple to look like mushroom spores. Balls. Everywhere. The cool thing is, the particles aren't actually falling over the entire level, they're just falling in your view which makes it look like it's falling everywhere.
It's like there's a cloud floating on your camera at all times. Video games contain a lot of these "cheats" that developers use to save on performance. Thought that was useful? Let us know in the comments below or in the Discord or Facebook Communities! Discord Instagram Twitter/X Facebook What caused the bug in the Monster Spawn last week? Aha did you think I forgot? Well here is the fix below...
The issue was that the "Switch on Int" only went as high as 5 - but "Enemy Count Current" can keep increasing and go higher than 5! To solve this, we use a clamp - which makes sure the random number picked to determine the level of the enemy only goes as high as 5. Of course... some levels might have monsters that are even higher level than 5! Good luck Blacksmiths!

[ 2023-12-26 02:43:04 CET ] [ Original post ]

Smiths & Legends

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Smiths & Legends is a top-down co-op blacksmithing RPG. Craft recipes within the time limit with your friends while defending your shop from monsters!

Will you remain a simple Blacksmith, or go down in history as Legend?

Story

Legends speak of a fabled Blacksmith who tried to create an unbreakable hammer...

Did he succeed? Or did something go terribly wrong?

Let's be real - there wouldn't be much of a story if something didn't go wrong...

Did that Blacksmith bring a torch to a sword fight?

Blackmithing (from scratch!)

The world of Hearth has multitude of ways to harvest and gather resources, plus a huge variety of craftable weapons, trade goods, and consumables!

Mining! (Where does that pickaxe come from?)

Woodcutting! (Or is it called lumbering? That sounds like an insult...)

Fishing! (Can any game be complete without it?)

Crafting! (Thankfully the word "open-world" is nowhere to be seen...)

The Blacksmith's World - Hearth

Traverse the 8 different biomes of Hearth, with some unintentionally funny characters to learn from.

Each biome has it's own unique recipes, consumables, enemies and bosses.

"Do you see that guy running for his life?" "Haha yeah"

Variable Difficulty

Every level has a trick to clearing it efficiently with many hidden interactable objects.

Can your keen eye figure out what needs to be done for maximum effeciency?

Are those photographs, or just a really detailed drawings?

Level up with perks!

Based on your performance in each level, you'll get exp to spend and unlock perks for your whole party!

These range from blacksmith perks such as harvesting and crafting speed, combat perks such as increased damage and max HP, and utility perks such as double jump and improved fishing ability!

Some perks are hidden by special events, hidden tasks, and bosses!

Unfortunately none of these perk books are available digitally.

4-player multiplayer co-op - Local and Online

The game can be played entirely in multiplayer with up to 4 players, and scales the difficulty based on how many of you there are!

The game also has multiple difficulty options, scaling the level requirements and monster spawns accordingly.

Warning: Friends not included

So what are you waiting for?

What do you mean the iron is still in the furnace?!

MINIMAL SETUPOS: Ubuntu or equivalent
Processor: Intel i3-2100 / AMD A8-5600kMemory: 4 GB RAM
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce GTX 630 / Radeon HD 6570Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 1 GB available space

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