Flora's Gate

Devlog

• Asset Progression
  April 07, 2020 by Puddintato

  The semester is wrapping up soon. Here are some progress updates on some of our assets. This character is the Cypress priest so far he will be located in the Greenhouse/Church of Flora's Gate. The Gre... Continue reading

  
• Big Changes and Adapting
  March 22, 2020 by Puddintato#Major Update, #Virtual Reality, #PC Gaming

  In light of everything that is going on in the world, we as a team are having to make some big decisions about our game. Much like a majority of students across the United States, our senior year on c... Continue reading
• The Greenhouse and Things
  January 08, 2020 by Puddintato

  Final shots Progress shot of the final greenhouse One of the main sites in the game is the "greenhouse." This is both a greenhouse and place of worship for the cultists. I will be uploading more of th... Continue reading

  
• BETA TEST
  December 13, 2019 by Puddintato

  Please let us know anything regarding the overall theme, layout,sounds, mechanics and existing assets. If you have any additional pointers and/or suggestions we would also love to hear. (Also if you a... Continue reading

  
• Finding The Pace
  November 16, 2019 by Puddintato

  One of our hurdles as we go into next semester is developing some sort of workflow when it comes to asset creation. One way that we are approaching this is by maintaining hours trackers to see where w... Continue reading

  
• Progress Update
  November 15, 2019 by Puddintato

  Did some asset creation and more changes to the map. This bag is a work in progress. Hopefully the map will be capped after these changes... Continue reading

  
• New Terrain Walkthrough
  November 05, 2019 by Puddintato

  Check out the new digs! Just a quick walkthrough of the environment as it stands with some changes. The flashlight is back! also got some fog tests with some different coloring. Nothing with the light... Continue reading

  
• Some Big Changes
  November 03, 2019 by Puddintato

  After some good 'ole team bonding and revisiting our goals; We have made some big changes to our original idea. In a nutshell we are going to focus largely on this being more of an interactive experie... Continue reading

  
• How are the Trees Going?
  November 02, 2019 by Puddintato

  Some process for the first pass on the cypress trees in the environment. There was a bit of a snag with exporting and the bark texture is not translating exactly as planned, but for the goal of breath... Continue reading

  
• Model Progress
  October 24, 2019 by Puddintato

  We have got a few iterations of building structures mocked up so far. We have also gotten around to blocking out more specific items... Continue reading

  
• Texture Pack Progress
  October 24, 2019 by Puddintato

  We have started making some textures for things and finalizing those ahead of time. This is the final texture for one of the fern plants color variations still need to be completed in Photoshop. Cypre... Continue reading

  
• Alpha Build
  October 10, 2019 by Puddintato

  PLAYER EXPERIENCE GOALS Art Is the theme clear? Is it unsettling so far, with what is there? Are there things you think we should incorporate? PEG The player can identify the theme and experience goal... Continue reading

  
• The Level
  October 04, 2019 by Puddintato

  The level so far after many trials and errors with terrain The feel and look of the environment is going to be key to how the player responds to the experience. As our whitebox progresses we are star... Continue reading

  
• AI Progress
  September 24, 2019 by Puddintato

  Well I got some lovely animations going now...kind of. We have decided to simplify our initial AI goals. This is a test that shows the AI reacting to seeing the player but otherwise remains stationary... Continue reading
• Character Ideation
  September 24, 2019 by Puddintato

  All character concepts below provided by the amazing Tori Baum. Tentative mutant designs. They will have recurring themes of plant characteristics and a mix of deformities brought on by inbreeding, na... Continue reading

  
• World Building/Concept
  September 24, 2019 by Puddintato

  Environment Concept/Inspiration Our overall inspiration for the environment is going to be largely from the Gum Swamp in the Great Smokey Mountains. The trees will basically consist of Tupelo and Cypr... Continue reading

  
• Testing Limits
  September 16, 2019 by Puddintato

  This scene was set up using some trees Danielle put together quickly for the official whitebox. I also built a quick structure with an interior. I managed to do two tests moving around in a virtual sp... Continue reading
• Camera Test
  September 13, 2019 by Puddintato

  These cameras show one of the ways that we are attempting to combat making players nauseous by implementing some camera snapping. After some quick playtesting of this mechanic, it was decided that the... Continue reading