Here is the latest in our new weekly Overgrowth alpha format! David himself took some time to illustrate the traditional changelog in video form.
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The features highlighted in the above video are as follows (among some extra ones thrown in for good measure):
- Layered animation with bone weighting
- Ragdoll animation integrated with normal animation
- Script control of ragdoll strength
- Script control of animation layers
- Script access to torso orientation
- Active falling script with flailing and protection
- Painful death script with ragdoll writhing
- New Overgrowth icon
- Objects can specify if they spawn in the ground or on the ground
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That is some crazy awesome animation tech, especially the ideas for pain and protective ragdolls. Looks amazing.
ye, other companies really need to learn from this .D
Getting better and better.
Lol 2:10
It's getting more and more like Euphoria, only Wolfire won't have to fork out a bunch of cash to use Euphoria, nor will they need to learn it. They can just develop their own system without all the fuss :)
I have to say that every update by these guys, I am more and more amazed, there is always something new added to the engine with every update which is outstanding work for such a small team :).
I'm looking forward to seeing future updates on this active ragdoll, it's really interesting stuff.
Well said!
Its laughtable that some "company" is charging for lines of code that some indie dev wrote in his free time.
Yeah I know not the SAME lines, but result is good enough to compare.
I would like to add that according to the information on the Euphoria website's demonstrative videos, Euphoria procedurally generates in real-time such things as self-preservation, character stability, grabbing onto ledges and other things in order to prevent dying or losing balance, etc. (See Naturalmotion.com )
I hate to give the impression that I thought that Euphoria is bad software, in fact, there is more chance of me purchasing a game if I see that it uses Euphoria.
I love Euphoria physics and think that sort of system should be used in more and more games, so it's great to see wolfire working towards something similar (even if they don't create all the features that Euphoria has), without having to spend loads of cash that they really don't need to.
I would love to see that wolf face punch at 1:59 in slow motion O.o.
And these devlogs continue to impress me.
like this? Youtube.com
This is all awesome and cool and stuff, BUT.... can you please stop using Turner as a test dummy? :( The poor guy must've broken all his bones multiple times by now.
The pain "animations" are awesome. I really like Euphoria, it is sad that it isnt used a lot in video games although this one is already looking better with the blending of the animations.
Damn, you did such awesome job with all the animations!
Keep it up, it is looking epic!
Are you kidding me?!!!!
This animation technology you guys got there is amazing. I think that later on Phoenix engine could power some serious sword fighting game. With that current animation and ragdoll tech would be awesome.
simply awesome
Very impressive, as always.
Just preordered.... I sure hope I will work in a creative group like you'rs once in the future :D
i just expect them to go 'fff.. aaaahhh..' (family guy) haha
Yeah... it's working and it's AWESOME. :D
You guys just made it! Congratulations.
Now I'm really going to buy this game!
Oh my god this is so amazing, you are extremely talented!
Impressive! Who needs euphoria(sp?)now eh?
I laughed constantly at this. It's so glorious. ; o;
Very very nice effects. Amazing.
This game just gets more and more awesome with every update. The ragdoll effects are very impressive.
Outstanding code application(s). You just keep taking these animations straight up from one level to the next. I admit that I envy your skills.
Be careful with the wolves' feet and the ground (especially if it's bulky). Often slips inside.
Where do I report animal abuse? :O
Exceptional work, gentlemen.
A cool idea to work with the active ragdolls is consciousness.
This means it's possible to knock out a character and they won't protect themselves from being hit.
Instead of just painful deaths, you can have "knockdown" states where the characters will be unable to fight for a short duration. Kind of like a stun, but it usually is where the character is mortally wounded or in pain.
Maybe they can get up to fight in their injured condition, but be limited in terms of actions.
It would be cool to see some "sacrifice" actions like after being stabbed by a sword, you use it to DRAW the sword user in, forcing your opponent to be unable to use their sword.
You could even use this a way to counter "deaths" by making it possible for characters to attack to kill you as their last attempt, knowing they will die (after being stabbed from the front, if they got a knife they'll try to use it, or if they have no weapons and can use their arms, they'll try to strangle you).
How it works is that upon being taken to a "near death" state by your opponent. They can choose to finish you off or leave you there. You have a small chance of recovering based on how bad you were damaged, so if they leave you alone, you can use that to your advantage. If they choose to finish you off, you have the option to carefully time a well placed counter and attempt to kill the person trying to finish you off (kind of like feigning weakness).
Genius!