Overgrowth Alpha 132 changes - Wolfire Games

[GuyTakashi73]

:c why did my paypal have to get hacked...

[sujin99999]

more frames in the running and walking. he walk like his getting late for work and running looks like prainsing

[rrgert4]

1:08 he should do like a parkour roll when landing ? thumbs up for that ?

[AmusedChicken]

@rrgert4 Looking at that clip, it seems like that would really fit!

[bearoyay]

@rrgert4 only if its fairly fast, if its to slow it may mess up the flow of the fast intens parkour of the game.

[WujuStyler]

ok, i saw the graphics and physics of this game and I am not getting a black screen when starting. IM GETTING AN EXPLOSION WHEN STARTING

[solidsneak12]

i like watching your alpha changes because you are allways very clear in the way you describe the problems you have encountered and you make them sound simple enough for even me to understand

[gardrek]

Can you switch off the slow-mo when people die? Also, does anyone know about plans for multiplayer?

[Decessus117]

You got an email at 0:29! <3

[MemphameHeroic]

That's how our sky would look like without the damaged ozone layer.

[iassen1]

Hmm... ...what if you added crafting in this game? And destructible environment?

[Lunartrek]

@iassen1 ...crafting? What has Minecraft done to peoples' perception of genre boundaries?

[MrValBar1]

TAKE ALL MY MONEY

JUST TAKE IT

[pasteelrs]

you should make characters roll when landing long falls (non lethal)

[shurcooL]

Very nice!

The flailing animation should start as soon as he's flying towards a certain death, not after 5 second. Just do a path prediction check to see if he fall is likely to be lethal or not.

[zzsmartzz]

Kind of a noob question here, but does the landscape generate randomly and indefinitely like it does in Lugaru and Black Shades? (obviously I haven't preordered. YET.)

[rio425ee]

the very last bit of the video when he hits a pillar and falls closely to the wall, it would be nice to see an animation where the it touching the wall or holding on to it as he falls accompanied by a sound effect, this could also serve a platforming purpose to slow down falls so you can land safely ^~^

[gaboleon]

I really don't see the need to "defend" Wolfire, when they're not being attacked. Maybe we like the videos and we're trying to offer feedback. Which they are completely free to disregard anyway.

[alfdhan]

@gaboleon The game isn't done yet. They will make it good. One of the best, cause i like fighting...rabbits. I'm only afraid that they will stop the making of this game.

[UsernameRoffe]

Wolfire please i beg u to add some kind of supermode to this game, as dumb as it might sound. It would be more than awesome to have like an additional gameplay option or gamemode or something that would make everything like glowy and have a heavy distance blur, together with some really extreme cases of slowmotion to give u that "im-awesome" kind of feeling. Playing games baked makes u feel badass already, but with something like that i think that u would get a badassgasm if ur baked.

[ThePferdemensch]

the animations looks too jumpy

[weurRTG]

@ThePferdemensch Most of these are placeholders. Gosh!

[MetalxShredder600]

the game is getting better. i cant wait for the story gameplay to start being put in

[oromis107]

right now the flail looks like a turtle on it's back in mid air. I'd suggest making the arm movements more subtle and maybe make them more of a circular / composed motion. I mean, he is a ninja rabbit after all. Leg movements I can't really say, I would make them more subtle as well, maybe even take them out to some extent. But with the million opinions on the flail already, who actually cares about all of the above :D

[HibikiKano]

I dont think we need a flail animation.

If it really must be then it should be more subtle, almost as he is still trying to keep his composure, but bearly able to do so...

[Korban3]

I'd really like to see a delay in between grabbing the ledge, and climbing up. Right now, it seems like he's grabbing climbing up in the same instant. I'd like a pause to make it seem like he has to get a good grip first, like when the ledge is high, how he scrambles, but not so severe. I also like the flail, except that I think he should ook down when he falls. Pretty cool update. Gonna preorder one of these days...

[TheMassyl]

HEY guys you can use the flial animation when you jump 4 example from a building to an other with the same height just use Z when jumping and it will do it automatically then press Shift to make a ground roll if u want

[BlaqueAudio]

how do you run up the wall? mine just runs off the the side

[Rafaelinux]

Awesome! it's shaping up very nicely!

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I love that auto-ledge-grabbing positioning, now for the automatically generated rocks!!

[iSnoreee]

hi

[BluishGreenPro]

Amazing as always, although I'd say the flail animation needs a little work, and should kick in sooner. Also, I think it would be really cool if you added an alternate "flail" animation for when the character is up against a wall as they are falling where they desperately grasp at the surface for hand-holds.

[offlineable]

I think It would be a cool Idea to be able to set certain aspects of physics in the game. For example, being able to withstand any fall, jumping super high, super strength, etc... It would give the game a super-hero feel to it and give players more freedom to play how they want to. (oh, and also destructible structures would be awesome too! Kicking an enemy through a wall would be very satisfying!)

[jackojackson1000]

Epic game and could you make him Brake fall after the rabbit ha jumped from a high ledge although it might make it to parkor just a thought ?

[morttonfire1]

This game is EPIC!!!

[HungryGeeks]

It's come along so much :3 Doing a great job Wolfire!

[Aggropandabear]

Anyone else check their Mail at 0:28 ?

[FO18L]

If the flail animation could be something more like when you spin your arms in circles to regain balance, that'd be awesome.

[jakstal]

why this time it's incompatible with webm/html5?

I'm disappoint...

[LOOTS243]

Impressive as always! :)

[jessin8D]

you know i think it's alright to download a cracked game from developers like activision because those games cost around 60 euro's. but when you downlpoad a cracked game made by an indie developer and the game cost around 15 euro's, then you're just freaking sad

[AfternoonUnicycle]

@jessin8D So the more expensive the game, the less bad it is to steal?

[CJonson234]

@AfternoonUnicycle No, when big company gives games with DRM, DLC, WTF its good to steal, but if little company (2-10 guys), releases awesome game for "shitty money" its fuckin retarded to steal it.

[AfternoonUnicycle]

@CJonson234 Oh it's /good/ to steal from big name companies?

[CJonson234]

@AfternoonUnicycle If they have players in ass... yes, cause most of big companies make games only for money, and they mess up cool game, so 4 years old chimp can play it (example: Spore), or they "dig" old great games and murder them (like C&C: Red Alert III). Furthermore, if company fills game with drm, dlc with ending, or with other shit... well, my choice is yes, pirate it.

[AfternoonUnicycle]

@CJonson234 You've won me over. I've decided that if I'm not happy with the way a company makes their game I'll steal it.

[magnusm1]

@CJonson234 You are so full of shit. So it's okay to steal if you don't enjoy it? Just how stupid and idiotic can you be?

[CJonson234]

@magnusm1 Nope, I steal it when i CAN'T enjoy it because 50% of the game is in DLC, or can't actually play it cause servers are down (example? Assasins Creed needs internet connection, one servers problem and I CAN'T play SINGLE PLAYER game), and don't tell me it's for "safety", cause cracks for these games are like 0,5 day after release

[Boxmajor]

MORE BLOOD please

[gaboleon]

I like how you say "preorder"

also, I think the characters should bounce a little when they fall from certain heights, it looks really weird that they fall on hard ground and just stay nailed to the ground

[martinhjerpe]

@gaboleon Accoring to me a human body for instance doesn't bounce when it hits the ground with legs first.

[Tome4kkkk]

@gaboleon Actually blood and bones sacks bodies are tend more to explode rather than bounce ;)

[SpooderW]

@gaboleon bodies do not bounce. ever.

[SpooderW]

@gaboleon oh aha aha aha your so much smarter than me!

Bodies never bounce, they are not solid enough, they release all their energy as heat, they are soft, like pillows, so they compress, but there is no elastic force to make them decompress, so they do not bounce like a ball. They just kind of compress and decompress very slowly, well slowly in terms of a falling object, it happens in less than a second. if you ever make it to high school or college you will understand that.

[YouKnow381195]

@SpooderW They release ALL their energy as heat?

[SpooderW]

@YouKnow381195 almost all. Some of it goes to smaller, harder parts bouncing. the head would bounce a little, though the neck would hold it down for the most part, the hands might be thrown in one direction, usually not up, but they may fly up towards the head or hips when you impact the ground. You can look up videos of it im sure, probably not with real people but with some sort of human analog.

[GOOB3000]

@SpooderW ...and sound. And into the ground. pound x)

[GOOB3000]

@gaboleon O_o? That is what would happen if you hit the ground at that speed. The velocity wouldn't reverse -_-.

[Lunartrek]

@GOOB3000 Erm, well, no, it does, to some extend, though the type of surface being struck by a falling body would likely have a lot to do with it. There are plenty of videos on the net of people falling to their deaths and bouncing. Disturbing, maybe, but also true.

What I would REALLY like to see is limb damage and or severing from strikes and edge weapon damage.

[zwerty007]

@gaboleon have him slip, or just crouch low depending what height it was for when you don't die

[Sparrow15]

@gaboleon

If you watch videos of real people who fall that far on purpose, they generally roll.

[mac3213]

@gaboleon and should land on their feet if falling

[skiIler]

I also find the climing and the running and falling still to fast. Maybe it should be a LITTLE slower, so it looks more realistic.

[SerraFlame]

@5tyl3 Then I hope someone steals something important and valuable from you, too. Seriously, it's bad enough that you would want to steal from indie developers, but if you're going to, everyone else doesn't want to hear about it!

[AtlasRezzed]

@5tyl3 Good for you...

Douche bag.

[VNdoug]

@5tyl3

Well, i'm sorry because you are poor. (or idiot) (or both)

[5tyl3]

@VNdoug s0rry all

[AaronBalitskyz]

whos that idiot that disliked the video? I really think this game will be great. cant wait for the release

[DanielBoa]

Jesus people are being picky. The amount of progress you show with every video is truly outstanding, well done!

[fispaul]

if you can shimmy around ledges, I think there should be parts where there are enemies of those platforms, and you have to jump onto the ledge, slide along it to the OTHER side to take him from behind, kind of assassin's creed style. It would give more variety to the game.

[Mkilbride2599]

Damn furries. Only thing keeping me from pre-ordering it.

[Dragilth]

@Mkilbride2599 That's pretty shallow bro. :v

[Kryynism]

@Mkilbride2599 Feet are also a fetish. maybe you should cut yours off.

[ImTheWackhead]

@Mkilbride2599 fucking wolves cats rabbits and rats slicing hacking and kicking each other to the bloody fucking death, throwing one another off cliffs, breaking necks stabbing knifes in stomachs. Now tell me again what your problem is with this game.

[MrBlackspoon]

@Mkilbride2599 too bad for you

[imtifade]

Flail animation needs to be his legs retract and his arms rotate backwards.(at least thats what I think)

[imtifade]

@imtifade Actually that seems like a good animation for all jumps, seems more ninjay

[DJthesource]

is there gonna be a story line in this game? sort of like a sandbox game, with a story line almost like grand theft auto or something.. with huge deserts, forests, huge mountain ranges, would be awesome.. if it was all connected in one big level

[lilelko2]

flail animation needs to be improved

[ddgxstatic]

flail needs to be faster and more desperate ... ie, more flail-y (arms grasping farther, perhaps).

[Frutol]

FLAILING ANIMATION I SUGESTED THAT!!

i'm so fucking happy

[Skinkemann]

From Twitter: "Added flailing when falling lethal distances, though the animation is placeholder." A lot of people seem to disregard that what you see at display in these videos is work in progress and subject to change. I don't mean to be a jerk, but it is annoying to always see dudes pointing out really obvious things to add or improve. I think it's presumptuous to assume you are somehow more observant or in touch with the game Wolfire is making than they are. Keep up the great work!

[EvilDanHalen]

@Skinkemann at the same time, their open development model makes these comments expected. I'm sure they understand some people might not comprehend the "work in progress" idea, and they try to explain that every once in a while. But I also imagine they do hear things that they haven't thought of, that will ultimately make it a better game. Anyways...as soon as I have 30 bucks, Imma preorder the alpha. The team behind it makes other AAA developers look like clowns.

[OrangeCrowX]

@Skinkemann

However by people pointing out these things it could allow the creator to observe what people like and it could be in some cases that the author hasn't even thought of them as quite often people can miss things in plain sight or so to speak.

[Wetter02]

When are we getting the Running on four legs ability?

[dofalaooger]

i wish you would add in the real blood animations that you displayed. Those were awesome!

[AwashForceDude]

Try to add machinima options like the Theater Mode on Black Ops

[komfyrion]

@AwashForceDude Like the Theater Mode on Halo you mean?

[AwashForceDude]

@komfyrion Same Shit

[Panimala]

Is it possible to have Dx10 motion blur in this? Or does it need anything to be made in Dx10?

[opliik]

@Panimala

You are speaking of dx10 motionblur as it was a ready to use feature of the API, which it is not. Besides, the game is using openGL, which has support of FBO's, which can be used to implement motionblur quite easily.

[elyawy]

imo the flail animation shouldn't start at the and of the fall , it should be based on how far you are from the ground it doesn't make sense to start panicking 1 sec before you hit the ground , unless you can get out of that situation.

[antoniorsoftware]

You are awesome !

[MarkWellesley]

To improve the flail think about a more human response to falling from a height, as well as a more realistic one. Maybe the physics, a terminal velocity, should change the rabbit's stability, causing him to roll and pitch wildly. This falling dynamic would be related to variables before the jump; e.g. speed, terrain.

Food for thought. Keep up the great work guys!

[Boaal]

It's a placeholder guys, it says so on their website. Although they probably should have mentioned it in the video...

[siden313]

i wish he had someone to help with the game :(

[boomshakavideos]

@siden313 I think there is about 3 of them altogether, perhaps even more.

[evenros]

I don't think he should flail his arms on every jump. He's a rabbit! He knows how to jump and is in full control when doing "smaller" jumps.

[imgordonfreeman]

when will it ever be released

[gdude545]

I agree with a lot of people that the flail animation needs some work and should maybe be a bit more intense but it's still a really nice touch, I'm not sure about having a flail on every jump thoughht

[darkquail2003]

the flail animation looks great and is a good indicator of when you are falling to far, people don't flail when they feel in control or are sure of a jump, don't listen to the top comments, they didn't think it through enough. great work as always guys.

[BigbangNic]

the arm one animation is really nice!

[NRock2404]

Flail animation is good if you're falling at great speed, not at every jump. What the fuck is wrong with you, do you wanna turn this into "enter the matrix"?

[MyJizzHasFizz]

The flail animation addition proves they listen to the fans. great job @WolfireGames

[lordyick]

yes lege climbing

[rojobalob]

Work on the flail

[93hamsal]

Going over ledges still looks very choppy and sudden



[play5]

Did anyone else think they got email at 0:29?

[Ganerumo]

It would be awesome if the ledge grabbing was actually a move you are supposed to trigger in the similar fashion than in the first tomb raiders : when you are in mid-air and press the grab/block button, you get a blended animation with your characters reaching one hand in front of him and flaying the other one so it's not an immediate ledge grab animation and let the player know if he will approximatively reach a ledge or not.

[dreadfear1]

Even though the flail animation needs work, i bet hell have it fixed by next week. Keep up this good work man and youll score another sale off me!

[Eeptog]

the new animations are a nice little thing to add, but they dont look very good

[gavinmod]

dl link 4 Phoenix Engine?



[Speed12236]

@WolfireGames You do need to work on the flail animation a little more, and I'd like to see the flail animation through all jumps.. I mean if you jump in-between a gap(as in 2 buildings) then you flail your arms no matter what.. just work on the flail and add it to the regular jumps too, I'll give you an example game: DC Universe Online, If you have the super speed power up and jump while its active then you flail your arms, that was a good touch aswell, if you need any more info pm me.

[RTardEntertainment]

@Speed12236 The flail animation is just to know when you are falling/moving fast enough to die. I doubt these are final.

[Speed12236]

@RTardEntertainment The flailing animation IS final, but I doubt this one that he showed isn't final and I know that, that is why I am giving suggestions :)

[RTardEntertainment]

@Speed12236 How exactly would you know? Nothing is final, it's an alpha. He could make the whole game all about turtles if he wanted to at this point.

[Speed12236]

@RTardEntertainment Doubt it.

[chrislgrooms]

@Speed12236 Comparing anything to DC Universe Online is demanding a bitch slap.

[darksaiyan2006]

@chrislgrooms I don't exactly concur, but I would say Canabalt. At least to try out how it's like, if nothing else.

[Speed12236]

@chrislgrooms I agree, but I didn't compare it, I used the flailing in DC universe as an example. :)

[ropisfun]

@Speed12236 only thing i disagree with about that is theyre trying to keep some of the animal aspect in the characters and rabbits dont flail when they jump you know?

[Speed12236]

@ropisfun How would you know? Rabbits don't stand up so they can't flail.

[rushnerd]

@Speed12236

Why don't you just build your own Magikarp simulator.

[Speed12236]

@rushnerd Because I prefer charizard.

[cinntoastcrunch8]

@Speed12236 If it were applied to the regular jump, that would mean it would be in everything. People(or rabbits) don't start flailing their arms if they jump from ground planning to land in the same spot

[cromos]

Nice!

[Rexen1995]

:)

[TofuRealName]

I love that you're listening to your customers during production. But, hey, I guess that's the point of making the Alpha available, isn't it? Anyway, it's looking fantastic! I might have to update my version (preordered months ago, but haven't downloaded any of the latest updates as they're so frequent).

[chaseyqurt]

I know little about game making and coding but, this engine looks oh so amazing. The accessibility and simplicity is great but it's very cohesive at the same time. 

[gingerkid963]

the flail animation looked bad. although its a nice touch...

[Jediknight846]

@gingerkid963 I agree.

[Orthinology]

@gingerkid963

All of the current animations are nothing but placeholders.

The team tries to build up key features with the engine before working graphical detail.

[MDxm3000]

@gingerkid963 he tweeted it days ago that most things are still placeholders.

[ThePhatIndian]

@gingerkid963 looked fine to me

[JustFable]

@gingerkid963 I didn't mind the flail animation, maybe if he was looking towards the floor then it'd be better.

[ZebraJones01]

@gingerkid963 lol

[TriggerHappyChicken]

I can't wait till i have enough money to buy this. You are doing an amazing job *Brofist*

[MonolithD6]

:)



[joshuad2d]

once I get some cash I am so pre ordering this seriously looks out of this world.

[TheFishehh]

:)



[gavinmod]

what did u make this with

[antpat12]

@gavinmod you should be more specific

[gavinmod]

@antpat12 the game it self that lets the players in the world cuas i know he used cinma proble for the models

[RyanTyler942]

@gavinmod The models are made in Blender and Mudbox, the game uses their custom-built Phoenix Engine, I believe.

[gavinmod]

@RyanTyler942 hmmmm r u sher its Phoenix Engine

[jacobalbano]

@gavinmod Yes, the Phoenix engine is their custom-built engine. It's still in development, and I highly doubt you'll be able to just download it.

[gavinmod]

@jacobalbano dat sukcs

[RyanTyler942]

@gavinmod They might release the engine as open-source later like they did with Lugaru, but I can't say for sure.

[krazycid10]

OH MY GOD!!! Can't wait until I can play on Linux.

[fatansassy911]

Looks good guys, keep it up!

[AfternoonUnicycle]

I was just on the site, and I was thinking "Shouldn't there be a new weekly changes video today?" So I refreshed, and here it is. How neat.

[parsap]

:)

[AfternoonUnicycle]

:)