{"author_name":"ThreeUp","cat":"LD #35","comments":[],"epoch":1460963520,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"6555","p_author":"ThreeUp","p_authorkey":"23255","p_urlkey":"41990","p_title":"ld35: Robot Hockey","p_cat":"LD #35","p_event":"LD35","p_time":"1460963520","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"23255","us_name":"ThreeUp","us_username":"threeup","event_start":"1460678400","event_key":"33","event_name":"LD35"},"text":"

I had a few ideas to start, one of which I knew was impossible but I had the door open anyway. \u00a0I wanted to try multiplayer with the new lobby stuff Unity provides, but\u00a0that didn’t happen (yet?)<\/p>\n

But with that PvP idea I decided to make a hero-based real time strategy game crossed with sports! \u00a0I love the abilities from WarCraft 3\u00a0and I wanted to have the three heroes mirror the ones from NES hockey, fat, thin, medium. \u00a0Each with abilities on Q W E. \u00a0Also taking a page out of DotA I went with explosive towers to kill instead of a net to score in.<\/p>\n

I took the RTS idea and decided to make a fully 3D interface, including cursors and arrows modeled in 3D. \u00a0 I dont think it worked out that great, but it was fun to try. \u00a0In general my clicking and camera and dragging was okay, but i expect some people to have some challenges because it isn’t exactly the same as the other games people play.<\/p>\n

\"cap1\"\"capture2\"<\/p>\n

It was a pretty successful project even though\u00a0I fought a bit with plugins from Unity and from external (Vectrosity). \u00a0The deferred shading anti alias camera effects was fun to play with, but often failed and I had to spend a lot of time tuning\u00a0a pile of settings. \u00a0 I wish I could have applied a more interesting skybox and tonemap color treatment, but I should learn more about it up front instead of learning about it in the LD.<\/p>\n

I also got a bit better at blender, especially modelling. \u00a0 The UV wrapping was a bit puzzling, it seems easy but it didn’t come out right so I should watch a video.<\/p>\n

\"cap4\"\"capture3\"<\/p>\n

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Lastly, deferred and forward rendering sometimes broke? So I made two builds and got them both working eventually. \u00a0I am glad they have improved the WebGL support<\/p>\n

Ludum Dare page<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/sheridanthirsk.com\/robothockey\/<\/a> vs\u00a0http:\/\/sheridanthirsk.com\/robothockey\/forward\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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