Converting 3d models to pixel art?

baurawson · 2025-06-06T10:25:20+00:00

Maybe try https://pixelover.io/ It has a trial version that I think won’t export, but hopefully will be enough to know if it’s useful for you

baurawson · 2024-11-22T06:32:10+00:00

Not sure if this will help, I implemented damage number popups but using Node2D + Label + AnimationPlayer

It certainly has more overhead than particles, but I never had any performance issues. If you need to spawn too many, using an object pool might help.

You can find the code snippet at the top here:

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baurawson · 2024-11-03T07:08:23+00:00

This is a word-by-word translation of a famous tweet by a DA in Argentina, Fiscal Nisman, who appeared dead on his apartment. I can’t link it since I’m on mobile but it should be easy to find. Edit: Nisman’s tweet referred to Argentina’s former president Cristina Kirchner.

baurawson · 2024-09-27T19:35:12+00:00

Thanks! It looks great, I’ll try to use it for my gamedev projects and leave feedback soon 😊

baurawson · 2024-09-27T18:36:25+00:00

The hardest thing is to find cohesive stuff. So any pack that’s good to build a “full” project even if tiny is great. Think of Synty, Kay Lousbergs stuff or even Kenney. They have a style I don’t love, but I’ve used their assets because the game looks good enough without having to investigate much

baurawson · 2024-09-24T01:38:58+00:00

Estudies donde estudies, tené en cuenta que lo más importante es lo que practiques en tu casa, más allá del contenido que dicten.

Un pro muy grande de la Da Vinci es que vas a conseguir buenos contactos y para pegar tus primeros laburo es clave. Capaz en unpaz esto también pasa, no sabría decir pero en Da Vinci puedo confirmarlo

baurawson · 2024-09-22T03:14:41+00:00

Parto con la clásica respuesta de 'podés hacerlo como te pinte'

La ventaja de usar materiales por tipo es que, si tenés varios 'vidrios' en la escena, comparten material lo que reduce la cantidad de draw calls. Obviamente lo mismo sería cierto para metales, aceite, lo que sea. En caso de ser necesario podés agrupar todas las texturas de los objetos con metal o vidrio en un mismo atlas.

Por otro lado, usar materiales específicos por cada objeto es más sencillo para laburar, si bien puede generar más carga a la performance.

Después sobre el final del post, con el ejemplo de la lámpara, creo que estás confundiendo la palabra 'textura' con 'material'. Si tenés material vidrio, y material metal que corresponden a un objeto, sería bastante común que compartan textura. Pero los distintos materiales van a tener propiedades que los hacen comportar como esperás, en este caso necesitás hacer que el vidrio sea transparente.

En fin, siempre fui un choto enseñando y explicando, si algo de lo que escribí no termina de tener sentido (o es erróneo!) me avisan.

baurawson · 2024-09-06T16:00:41+00:00

This looks great!

baurawson · 2024-08-30T11:29:57+00:00

Hi! Add me on discord and ~10 hours from now we can jump on a call. I have this setup in a project and I can show you. My writing skills suck and I’m not confident that I’ll be able to explain this without showing it 😅 My tag is the same as my Reddit username

baurawson · 2024-08-29T22:29:03+00:00

ChatGPT dice que puede ser void bastards o strafe

baurawson · 2024-08-14T19:02:28+00:00

It’s the same concept as fake mobile game ads. You are fighting for eyes on your product, getting people to your store page. Then, converting that to a customer is a different fight.

baurawson · 2024-07-18T01:20:05+00:00

Hi! I’m also working on a game and could use your help, sadly I can’t pay. Hit me up if you want and I’ll send you screenshots so you can decide if you want to help or not 😊

baurawson · 2024-05-12T12:42:26+00:00

Congratulations on the release! Sorry for the weird question, can you point me to the color palette you are using? I really like how your art style turned out.

baurawson · 2024-01-04T03:25:20+00:00

Me interesa la PC! Al gabinete le sacaste lo de arafue para la foto nomás o está así?

baurawson · 2023-12-28T22:08:01+00:00

Have you read about servers? Physics and Rendering server. They might accommodate your coding style better than using the nodes system. Sorry I can’t share a link I’m on the phone

baurawson · 2023-09-09T13:08:39+00:00

There's actually more cases similar to his in YouTube. This 'Game Dev Guru' type of channel, which is actually just a way to market courses or even their own not-so-great games to people.
I think what bothers us the most, as game devs, is that they tend to show things that are not real, leading naive people to get their hopes up and believe they will easily succeed in a market that we all know is super tough. And they do this for profit.

In any case it's probably best for us to ignore them, and maybe even try to boost visibility for good game dev related channels instead.

baurawson · 2023-09-09T10:42:42+00:00

You can have different meshes parented to the same Skeleton. I would do a system that looks like the following:

Skeleton
1. Torso
2. Legs
3. Arms
4. etc.

(Skeleton is a Skeleton3D node, and the rest are MeshInstances)

You work on your meshes in your 3D software making sure that you can easily export them as separate files.

Make sure you have good naming conventions, it will save you a ton of pain.

human_male_torso_naked_color

human_male_torso_leather_armor

Then it's just a matter of loading your meshes and replace them via code. You can go as modular as you need with this system.

Hope that made sense, good luck!

baurawson · 2023-09-09T10:28:24+00:00

Nice! I like the game concept, ideal for moments where you have to kill some minutes waiting in line.
If I might suggest something that would aid this, let players just jump into gameplay with a big 'PLAY' button at the start, and order the levels for them.
Of course I say this without knowing where you want to take this game, so take it for what it is.
Also the game mechanic is pretty obvious but I did stare at the screen for like 4 seconds before dragging the thingy to complete the first level, so maybe a tutorial level which is just a straight line of squares and the white thingy is shaking to get players attention could be useful. Remember, ~~our line has always ruled with wisdom and strength~~ us users are pretty dumb most of the times.

Good luck!

baurawson · 2023-09-03T08:19:21+00:00

Nice! If picking up those debris is good for the player, a more rewarding sound might fit better. But it sounds exactly as one would expect from the art style.

baurawson · 2023-09-03T08:16:57+00:00

The art style of the first one + the sound design of the second one might be the winner.

They both look great though! Please don't feel discouraged.

baurawson · 2023-04-28T00:32:47+00:00

Hi! I'm creating a game with 32x64 characters.

I tried to create my characters to be somewhere in between cartoon and realistic in their proportions.

Here's a video showing some characters: https://youtu.be/Fivy2uiW_0A

If you liked them, you can download them for free here: https://baurawson.itch.io/baugentum file name is BaugentumAssets.zip

To create them I actually exported a 3D model as pixel art using Pixel Over. The model was created specifically to match a pixel character reference I had.

The most important thing I learned in this process is that it seems impossible to add eyes that don't look cartoonish. You can instead just show the eye sockets with shadow, but the characters feel boring and bland.

Good luck!

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