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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A Shout Out to Cletus Clay
Jun 20, 2009 By jeffr 8 commentsClick through to see an awesome ninja rabbit clay model and hear about another awesome indie game.
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...
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.
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...
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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!
Armor Types in Overgrowth
Aug 10, 2009 By jeffr 26 commentsThere are a few different styles of armor in Overgrowth, made from different materials. These materials affect how the armor works. For example, in the...
Assassins of the Bright Tapestry (concept art)
Dec 22, 2009 By jeffr 10 commentsThe scent of Valerian root used to be considered pleasant and harmless, an intoxicating delicacy. Now, it haunts the nightmares of the cat nobility. It's...
Autumn camouflage
Dec 10, 2009 By jeffr 18 commentsHere is a new concept painting Aubrey did while thinking about seasonal variation in Overgrowth. This rabbit is in full combat gear. The shoulder and...
Blending land and sky
Jul 22, 2009 By jeffr 16 commentsSince Overgrowth mostly takes place outdoors, we put a lot of effort into making the sky look nice. We've already talked about the sun placement tools...
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...
Cat House Concept Timelapse (HD video)
Jun 29, 2009 By jeffr 17 commentsHere is a timelapse HD video of Aubrey drawing a new concept for Overgrowth.
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...
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...
Character shadows
Nov 23, 2009 By jeffr 17 commentsThe existing Overgrowth shadows worked well for static shadows and ambient occlusion, but didn't have the detail required for character shadows. To achieve...
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...
Community Q&A responses (with HD video!)
Jul 07, 2009 By jeffr 16 commentsLast week we asked people to ask us any question they wanted in the comments and we'd take the highest rated questions and respond to them! Over a hundred...
Concept Art to Finished Asset
Jan 28, 2009 By Silverfisk 1 commentHow close to the reference pictures are the models in Overgrowth? What do the unreleased concept art look like? Get your answers in this news post.
Creating the Overgrowth physics engine
May 25, 2009 By jeffr 14 commentsHere is some background on how we developed the physics engine for our upcoming game Overgrowth.
Detail texture color matching
Dec 16, 2009 By jeffr 20 commentsOne common problem with detail textures is that they can change the overall color of the terrain. For example, let's say we have a patch of terrain that's...
Detail textures
Dec 14, 2009 By jeffr 37 commentsThe terrain in Overgrowth has looked nice in the distance, but many of you noticed that it looked a bit blurry close up. This is because it didn't have...
Developer Banter: Overgrowth
Jan 14, 2009 By Silverfisk 0 commentsThree of the five developers from Wolfire - Jeff, John and David - was recently interviewed by ModDB about the past, the present and the future of Wolfire...
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...
Dog Concept Timelapse (high def)
Apr 29, 2009 By jeffr 23 commentsHere is a timelapse HD video of Aubrey drawing a dog concept for Overgrowth.
Environment Shadows
Apr 04, 2009 By Silverfisk 11 commentsIt's getting exciting! We are using baked lightmap shadows in Overgrowth, but it's still important that they can be quickly calculated. Firstly because...
Fast object instancing
Dec 08, 2009 By jeffr 13 commentsWhen I was testing out character shadows on Hale's Riverhurst level, the framerate was not as smooth as I would like it to be. To remedy this, I'm taking...
Four myths about JavaScript
May 03, 2009 By jeffr 26 commentsWhenever we mention Overgrowth's scripting system (which uses JavaScript as the core language) we get attacked. Here is my defense of the JavaScript...
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...
Girls wearing Wolfire Games t-shirts
Nov 29, 2008 By jeffr 0 commentsI asked some of my classmates to get some Wolfire t-shirts and model them for you guys. :)
HD Video - Dainty decal demonstration
Jun 22, 2009 By jeffr 25 commentsWe've been gradually improving our decals in our brand new engine. Now we're ready to show off the whole system in an HD video.
HD Video - Initial decal editor
May 21, 2009 By jeffr 15 commentsWe recently made a lot of progress on our decal tech for Overgrowth. This will let us make levels that look 10x better. Check out this video showing it...
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