Overgrowth
Wolfire Games | TBD
Overgrowth takes place in the savage world of Lugaru where rabbits, wolves and other animals are forced to use paws, claws and medieval weaponry to engage each other in battle. Combining 3rd person adventure platforming with intricate melee combat, Overgrowth achieves a unique feel. Overgrowth also benefits from Wolfire's brand new Phoenix Engine which has been built from the ground up to allow the use of cutting edge graphics, animation, and physics. Add to these exciting features Overgrowth’s realistic artificial intelligence and streamlined control system and the result is an astoundingly immersive experience.
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Xtreme plant optimization
Nov 17, 2009 By jeffr 18 commentsA lot of people have mentioned the plants as an area we could improve in Overgrowth. For this reason, I made a point of trying out games that have great...
Wolfire IRC Channel
Nov 14, 2009 By jeffr 4 commentsMibbit is a small web startup that provides a web-standards-based widget to interface with IRC channels. Sort of like the recently-mentioned Meebo, but...
Why we are not using Euphoria
Nov 12, 2009 By jeffr 23 commentsWhenever we post about physics or animation technology, people always ask why we don't use Euphoria. Instead of replying to all of these comments individually...
Building a tower
Nov 09, 2009 By jeffr 24 commentsA few months ago I decided that I could make better environment art but improving in art is hard, and often requires trying something completely different...
![What is Overgrowth? [HD Video]](http://media.moddb.com/cache/images/articles/1/46/45687/crop_120x90/moddbwolf.png)
What is Overgrowth? [HD Video]
Nov 02, 2009 By jeffr 34 commentsPeople that follow Wolfire regularly already know what Overgrowth is. However, many people who stumble across our videos end up confused by what they...
Open development vs. spoiling the story
Oct 29, 2009 By jeffr 12 commentsWe've explained the virtues of open development in depth, but it's not obvious how this development strategy should apply to the Overgrowth story. I've...
![Animation mixing UI [HD Video]](http://media.moddb.com/cache/images/articles/1/46/45396/crop_120x90/Untitled-5.jpg)
Animation mixing UI [HD Video]
Oct 26, 2009 By jeffr 15 commentsA couple of days ago, David asked me to add a new feature to the animation editor UI - animation mixing. Here's a video of how the UI works!
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Initial rigging and animation tech demo [HD Video]
Oct 23, 2009 By jeffr 40 commentsIt's been a little while since we've done a tech demo, and I've heard some clamoring on IRC and elsewhere for an explanation of how our new features work...
Soft normal maps for fur
Oct 20, 2009 By jeffr 30 commentsThe rim lighting shader went a long way towards making the fur look soft when lit from behind, but it still looked hard when lit from the side. This problem...
Transparent shadows using stippling
Oct 19, 2009 By jeffr 13 commentsMost modern games use a form of depth-map shadow mapping, because it's efficient on modern graphics cards, and simple to implement. However, it doesn't...
Overgrowth Icons
Oct 15, 2009 By jeffr 18 commentsWhen we made the first Overgrowth alpha a long time ago, we needed an icon. Aubrey quickly whipped up a stylized Overgrowth "O". This was, of course...
Character normal maps
Oct 12, 2009 By jeffr 21 commentsWe've discussed a lot of the subtle techniques we're using to make the Overgrowth characters look realistic, but we still haven't explained the most important...
Overgrowth auto-updater UI
Oct 09, 2009 By jeffr 8 commentsEach week we release a new Overgrowth alpha. Since there is no incremental update system in place, those ~500 megabyte zip files really add up. We use...
How Saving Mechanics Affect Fun
Oct 07, 2009 By jeffr 31 commentsGame saving feels like a fairly benign topic at first. However, if you stop to reflect on the issue, the mechanics of progress saving have a dramatic...
Ambient occlusion for characters
Oct 05, 2009 By jeffr 22 commentsWe've already discussed ambient occlusion for terrain and for objects, but we haven't yet discussed how it applies to characters. Ambient occlusion (AO...
Character rim lighting
Oct 01, 2009 By jeffr 28 commentsWhen I loaded Aubrey's new rabbit model, it was clear that we needed a new rendering method in order to do it justice. Our basic object shader works best...
Normal map vs. mesh
Sep 29, 2009 By jeffr 37 commentsWhenever we post a new model for Overgrowth, a comment we often get is "there's no way that can go in the game -- there are way too many polygons!" That...
Resolution Independent UI
Sep 23, 2009 By jeffr 22 commentsMost UI is designed in terms of pixels, with the assumption that a pixel is a constant unit of measurement. This is troubling because, depending on the...
GDC Austin: Wolfire’s PR Tips
Sep 21, 2009 By jeffr 18 commentsAs you might know, we were recently invited to give a talk at GDC Austin about our PR strategy, which is essentially to be as open and transparent as...
Character Stats vs. Player Skill
Sep 16, 2009 By jeffr 22 commentsThe goal of almost all game designers is to make games that are fun. A common method for giving the player a "fun experience" is to let him start out...
Dog club sculpting timelapse (HD Video)
Sep 14, 2009 By jeffr 20 commentsHere is the next part in my 3D model tutorial series (part 1, part 2, part 3). This part covers sculpting the high-detail model that will later have its...
A WebKit primer part 2 - CSS transitions
Sep 12, 2009 By jeffr 1 commentThis is the second part of my WebKit primer series, where I introduce various aspects of WebKit and CSS3 and how we are using them in Overgrowth.
Trees in the breeze (HD video)
Sep 09, 2009 By jeffr 32 commentsOn a rare excursion into the outdoors, I noticed that real plants seldom remain perfectly still. Even on a calm day, some tiny disturbance in the air...
A WebKit primer - part 1
Sep 07, 2009 By jeffr 9 commentsWebKit is an amazing rendering engine, and what I'd like to accomplish in this article is give you a run down of various awesome features the WebKit rendering...
The value of game design docs
Sep 02, 2009 By jeffr 16 commentsIn the comments for my last post (about how game ideas are not very valuable), some readers pointed out that not all ideas are low in value -- design...
The value of game ideas
Aug 31, 2009 By jeffr 31 commentsWhen I talk to aspiring game designers, I often notice some strange behavior. They're evasive about their ideas, almost coy, as if they've stumbled across...
Inspector UI Redux
Aug 27, 2009 By jeffr 10 commentsI recently made some changes to the inspector UI system in Overgrowth to make it more powerful and look cooler. To recap, the inspector is essentially...
Libertarian paternalism and tool design
Aug 25, 2009 By jeffr 10 commentsAs a game developer, I often find myself thinking about everything in the terminology of games and programming. Sometimes, to change things up, I like...
Leaf translucency
Aug 20, 2009 By jeffr 26 commentsIn real life, leaves are surprisingly translucent. Here's a cool effect that we added to make our plants have much more realistic lighting. Screenshots...
New multiplayer server browser
Aug 18, 2009 By jeffr 19 commentsI just finished the multiplayer server browser for Overgrowth. This is a completely integrated server browser to let you find multiplayer servers to play...
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