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):
- Automatic plant pivot points
- Automatic plant convex hulls from point cloud
- First draft of plant interaction sound effects
- Plants slow player movement based on penetration amount
- Leaves spawn from plant point cloud
- Improved AI response when group defeats player
- Navigation works better when navigation mesh is not calculated
- Fixed 'hop' when entering DisplayText hotspot
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This game is sooo much work! And you're doing it very well. I wonder how long it will take until I can finally play it. I also wonder, how you finance it, during all that time.
One suggestion - I always hate the sharp corner of the playable area, when I'm looking down from a cliff, etc. It spoils the experience to see things end so abruptly. Is it possible to disguise the border (in the water), where the playable area ends? If nothing else helps, maybe there can be fog or a reef to disguise that sharp edge.
Everything else looks amazing, gorgeous and beautiful. I can't wait, but have to. Playing the beta is too much of a hassle for me with the constant updates. I do check them out from time to time. Can't say I regret pre-ordering this game.
I agree with you. They put down a lot of work on this and shows that they are very ambitious. The preorders are probably their main income.
i belive they made a hefty sum from their preorder sale. and some money on lugaru.
but i think that every one will agree that the money is spent on the game and the workers who make the game, course with a game thats in alpha and still beats the living **** out of all other fighting games is proof of a devoloping team that does not mess around.
keep up this amazing works guys and girls (cant remember the whole team) and i hoped you had a merry chrismas and a fine new year.
Considering the amount of detail and work being put into this, fixing the visible hard edge of the level is likely on their todo list. :)
The phoenix engine will be one of the best on the market when it is finished. It seems very modifiable while providing high quality graphics.
that point cloud creating a collision mesh is great! i wish udk was as well thought out as yours
Ingenious! Now contrast this to most games where you just clip through plants...
***Callofduty***COUGH*** Excuse me. Something in my throat.
I'm not sure why you would single out CoD other than "It's popular so it's crap!" type mentality, which is a little childish.
I think a better example would be Far Cry, and possibly Crysis, where having the nice looking plants was a disadvantage because the enemies could see through then while you couldn't. It made the game very frustrating in places.
Why are you guys so awesome?
This awesome game can be relased very soon if developers will stop add new stuff. Just add storyline, fix old stuff, make levels and awesome game is ready... But target is higher - make (awesome)^3 game :D Respect on that :)
Those synchronized moving bushes kinda creeped me out. Like some sort of pagan-plant ritual.
so im guessing that the "bushes" are just trees that are very low to the ground?
Given that trees slow you down, does that mean you can do a Rambo and survive a fall from a cliff by using a tree to slow yourself down?
0:01 Holy lighting effects batman
In this video. God I love that phrase! :)
Keep up the awesome work!
Grr... i hate how the videos are so short!!! But awesome work guys!
i love you guys for this,
I'm always annoyed by how the interaction with plants and glass in games is so "floaty"
You, sir, are unbelievably ingenious.