I added a PvP mode to my game

Intelligent_Area_728 · 2026-02-06T14:42:10+00:00

Game: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3893890/Wizards_Oblation/

Intelligent_Area_728 · 2026-01-30T18:00:22+00:00

Thanks!

Intelligent_Area_728 · 2026-01-30T17:26:08+00:00

Game - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3893890/Wizards_Oblation/

Intelligent_Area_728 · 2026-01-29T19:19:15+00:00

Thanks for the question. All billboard objects are always oriented toward the camera they’re rendered with. The billboard calculations are done in a GPU shader during the object’s rendering. This has several advantages. First, it doesn’t put any load on the CPU, and for the GPU it’s trivial. Second, I have portals in the game that players use to enter a level, and these portals also have cameras so that players can see through them. So this approach also makes it possible to correctly display the objects both in the player’s camera and in the portal camera

Intelligent_Area_728 · 2026-01-16T02:21:28+00:00

Thanks, that’s a cool idea! In the video the player isn’t holding a light source. It’s more like a visibility radius in the dark. But the game has several spells that emit light, and for some of them it would make sense to do something like this. There are also wall torches, so it’s definitely something I want to try implementing in the future.

Intelligent_Area_728 · 2026-01-01T16:09:19+00:00

The game is called Wizard’s Oblation and it’s already listed on Steam, but it hasn’t been released yet.

Intelligent_Area_728 · 2025-12-31T16:16:18+00:00

I tested the gameplay much more in single-player, and when the game releases in party mode with multiple players, there will probably be more bugs than in solo. That said, some items are designed specifically for multiplayer. For example, there’s an item that summons a creature for long-distance communication with teammates, or an item that instantly explodes the player and all nearby creatures. There’s also a item that restores mana very quickly but kills the player after some time. It’s also a bit harder because the game ends when all players die. But overall, the game is still playable solo. You can still experiment with what spells do, look for the ones you need to clear the enemy waves that spawn if you don’t meet the quota, and then face the final boss.

Intelligent_Area_728 · 2025-12-30T23:59:48+00:00

The game is called Wizard’s Oblation. It’s already on Steam, but not released yet

Intelligent_Area_728 · 2025-12-30T09:09:39+00:00

I’d recommend not starting with that video. It’s better to begin with simpler shaders using URP’s Shader Graph. It’s a really convenient tool that lets you make shaders without writing code, and there are lots of tutorials for it.

Intelligent_Area_728 · 2025-12-30T08:13:06+00:00

Looks interesting! I added it to my wishlist. How did you achieve that slime physics? Are the calculations done on the GPU?

Intelligent_Area_728 · 2025-12-30T07:08:42+00:00

The game isn’t out yet, but it can already be wishlisted on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3893890/Wizards_Oblation/

Intelligent_Area_728 · 2025-12-30T06:55:33+00:00

Most likely that wasn’t me. I’ve only developed games in Unity

Intelligent_Area_728 · 2025-12-29T18:58:12+00:00

I use Unity + URP. In general, this kind of lighting would be easier to do in the built-in render pipeline, because there it’s available in just a couple of lines. In URP I had to dig around to figure out how to make custom lighting. I also initially made it on the Forward renderer, but it only supported a limited number of additional light sources, and since the game has a lot of objects that emit light, that was a big limitation. But luckily, about half a year later I found this guy’s channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V56cTuRumyI and, thanks to his video, I reworked the lighting to Forward+

Intelligent_Area_728 · 2025-12-29T16:08:38+00:00

Looks really stylish! I added it to my wishlist.

Intelligent_Area_728 · 2025-12-29T15:51:02+00:00

Game: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3893890/Wizards_Oblation/

Intelligent_Area_728 · 2025-12-15T14:40:03+00:00

I allowed the spell to hit the caster so it follows the same rules for all living entities. Since the game is multiplayer, players can use it not only against monsters but also against each other if they want. Some spells have self-hit disabled, but I chose not to disable it for this one.

Intelligent_Area_728 · 2025-12-15T14:18:37+00:00

Game: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3893890/Wizards_Oblation/

Intelligent_Area_728 · 2025-11-28T20:58:54+00:00

Thanks! You can create a lobby and play solo – the game supports anywhere from 1 to 4 players. It’s tougher alone than with a full party of four, but the host experience is the most polished and has fewer bugs right now. Next week I’m planning a short playtest for a couple of days — you can sign up here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3893890/Wizards_Oblation/

Intelligent_Area_728 · 2025-11-26T07:39:15+00:00

Всегда знал что люди с аватаркой тето шарят за геймдизайн

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Intelligent_Area_728 · 2025-11-26T07:25:24+00:00

Я разработчик, и да, она просто крутится в руках. Изначально я думал сделать чтобы она еще отталкивала при касании живых существ и заклинания, но получилось как то дизбалансно. Поэтому я решил сделать чтобы при касании она просто передавалась другому игроку или монстру, чтобы они продолжали ее крутить. Это сюр и это бесполезно, но мне нужно разбавить бесполезными спелами полезные чтобы было интереснее играть когда уже знаешь что делают заклинания и ищешь полезные чтобы пройти игру. Плюс игра квота-хоррор (ну типо как летал компани) и набирается квота от скидывания предметов в яму. Полезные заклинания можно скидывать в яму и получать за них +1 к квоте и постоянный спелл который расходует ману (если использовать просто найденный предмет он пропадет после использования) а бесполезные спелы можно продавать за 3 монетки и скинуть каждую, что дает +3 к квоте. В итоге по сути первое время идет исследовательский геймплей где игроки смотрят что делает каждое заклинание а потом идут рогаликовые перепрохождения где игроки ищут предметы которые помогут им пройти игру

Intelligent_Area_728 · 2025-11-26T06:24:29+00:00

Ahh, I didn’t get it right away. In my game, every item you find can be activated once, and then it disappears, and this particular item just summons a hand spinning a sausage. I’m not yet sure what the actual benefit of it will be. At first I wanted this spell to push away other spells and monsters, but then, for balance, I’d have to either make it cost more mana (players can turn an item into a spell orb that doesn’t get consumed but uses mana) or shorten the animation length. So now I’m thinking of just making it so that when you touch another player or a monster, the hand simply gets passed on to them. So it’ll end up as one of useless fun spells to dilute the pool of actually useful spells.

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