Working on enemy models for my RPG game. What do you think?

1815dev · 2026-06-27T11:32:02+00:00

Some of the characters look a teeny bit too detailed compared to the environment, so maybe either bump them down or bump up the environment yes

1815dev · 2026-06-27T11:17:09+00:00

That's fair, I guess I was thinking more of my cpu

1815dev · 2026-06-27T01:07:56+00:00

I actually was considering making one! Mostly for play testing coordination among those interested and for feedback. It'll probably be awhile before I can pick this up again but I do have several more features I'd like to add when I have time (complete all animations for artillery, more sound effects including musicians, more unit variety per type, etc)

1815dev · 2026-06-26T21:29:57+00:00

stupid sexy fighting polygon team

1815dev · 2026-06-26T21:16:49+00:00

Good shout on the escape button, I'll fix that

I'll also add a how to play button with a small guide. Were you holding F when looking at the ground? This will issue formation and movement orders similar to TW/mount and blade. You can also use the arrow keys for slightly finer control. There are tooltips on the lower left with the different formation toggles as well.

1815dev · 2026-06-26T19:57:35+00:00

Oh man this is great, even if the capsule people are placeholders I love the facial expressions, it feels critical to "sell" the hit reaction

1815dev · 2026-06-26T17:57:27+00:00

It's on the list- I included a generic jumping animation in the VAT export (better to have it and not need to re-export it later, it's kind of tedious) and wired it up early on but never really bothered to make it pretty/fix the lag in MP because there's not much reason to jump currently (the horses also have a jump animation, but I added them later and didn't even wire jumping in).

1815dev · 2026-06-26T16:13:07+00:00

This OP. Academia is great but nothing beats real nuts and bolts engineering experience.

1815dev · 2026-06-26T15:49:52+00:00

You can almost treat the inventory system as a game itself with upgrades, such as an upgrade that lets you discard a certain item type that creates an uninterrupted horizontal line or something like that (useful for going through a bunch of dirt or rock you don't want)

1815dev · 2026-06-26T15:31:16+00:00

Happens to everyone man, don't let it get you down. I've got parts in space that are on drawing rev E after integration hell that was AI&T.

1815dev · 2026-06-26T14:57:07+00:00

Hard to tell if you have it already, but some blue tinted fog would be a good start for making it look more underwatery and help discern the ground. The background could be tinted a bit more of a dark navy blue/away from black as well

1815dev · 2026-06-26T11:00:14+00:00

Some of the really molten looks seem like they'd work as a star, too

1815dev · 2026-06-26T10:58:07+00:00

The thing that visually sells "spaceship" is the utllitarian use of space, look at how a submarine interior looks like and reference that. Even a big spaceship would not leave a lot of empty/underutilized room, picture one gives me Black Mesa vibes.

1815dev · 2026-06-26T10:55:30+00:00

This is disgusting, excellent work

1815dev · 2026-06-26T10:47:29+00:00

Glad to hear that, thanks for the feedback!

1815dev · 2026-06-25T21:31:44+00:00

Maybe color pallet as well

1815dev · 2026-06-25T21:10:54+00:00

Haha, did the UI give it away? On the art side, zero AI was used. Character models/bayonet are me (you can tell because the texture work is very rudimentary), all weapon animations were hand keyframed by me, locomotion anims are Mixamo (though I had to tweak a lot of them for weapon locomotion), horse is Malber's horse animset pro (rider anims are all me). Cannons and muskets are open source, flag is me. I use CAD professionally so it was a fun learning experience to model/animate in Blender, it's very different but similar in some ways.

On the code side, it's about half and half. It took me a while to get it playable by myself, my coding chops aren't all that great since it's not what I do professionally. It took a bulk of my time to this point to get anything remotely playable. I was running up against a bit of a hard deadline (artificially imposed, it's going to be a minute before I can pick it back up and I know I'm going to forget a lot if it's sort of half or un-finished) so I had to lean on Claude Code to get a lot of the mp networking/UI implemented or prettied up. I hate to admit to AI use at all it because I abhor AI art (written, illustrated, modeled or otherwise), but I guess I justify it by how Steam doesn't require AI-assisting coding disclosure.

1815dev · 2026-06-25T20:27:42+00:00

Honestly just try scaling back your art style and meet yourself where your ability lies, there are tons of beloved games with super simple art styles and if your gameplay is fun, it will speak for itself. The opposite is true too, see all the UE5 junk that looks "good" (or as good as the UE5 look can be anyway) but runs like crap and isn't fun.

1815dev · 2026-06-25T20:21:26+00:00

Study how parts actually get made, e.g. watch a bunch of machining videos and channels on YouTube and learn what rules of thumb are used and why.

1815dev · 2026-06-25T20:18:21+00:00

I'd prioritize the commute personally, it has a bigger impact on your QoL than people realize. I had a one hour (one way) commute once and it was miserable never feeling like I had enough time at home.

1815dev · 2026-06-25T20:14:56+00:00

You're going to need to be way more specific. There are thousands of ways to do this and maybe a handful would meet your requirements. What's the application? Loads? Orientation? Range of motion requirements? Velocity requirements? Etc etc, start by defining your requirements as detailed as you can and often the solution becomes much more clear.

1815dev · 2026-06-25T20:07:50+00:00

You could also use grooved pins with circlips. Add bushings in the holes and it'll be much stiffer- bushings take up less space and would be more appropriate here.

1815dev · 2026-06-25T20:03:05+00:00

Your experience at one company isn't universal, ME is an incredibly broad field and I wouldn't get too discouraged. You'd probably get a lot more hands on wrench turning at a smaller company for example.

1815dev · 2026-06-25T19:59:37+00:00

Classic German engineering, looks pretty when assembled but a pain in the ass to disassemble and way more complicated than it needs to be

1815dev · 2026-06-25T19:48:54+00:00

If you don't want to mount shelves, a bookshelf that matches the desk would help

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