This is one of two projects I'm working on, and I'm not really sure where I'm going with it.
On projects I've started before, I created a complete design document and mockup screenshots and all that stuff, just to forget about the project later on. So here, I'm trying a different technique:
DON'T PLAN ANYTHING!! CODE! CODE! CODE!
All textures used in the below images were randomly generated by the game on load-time. Later on I will probably have to add space-ships as external media because there probably isn't any way of generating cool random ships of doom. I'll lose some sleep over it before giving up on the "no media" rule though.
Without further ado, the important part of the post... SCREENIEZ!
Yesterday's (9:00pm) screenshot:
Planet textures are 256x256, lava looks horrible.
Today (1:30AM) screenshot:
Planet textures are 256x256, removed the lava.
Today (9:34AM) screenshot:
Increased textures to 1024x1024, added the lava again, and improved it A LOT. Also changed the colour of the sun so it looks more like it's on fire.
4th screenie:
water blends nicely into terrain which blends nicely into lava.
[new]
Working on motion blur and that nice glowy effect you see when something in the dark is hit by a bright light... bloom.
Initial experiments yeild either ugly or REALLY SLOW results.
5th screenie: Just messing with the wrong blur
6th: same as above
7th, 8th, 9th: Found a filter that brought out the light making things look much better, but it didn't add the cool glowy cloud aura around everything. Must keep trying.
