Making a Low Poly Player Model That Needs to be Burned

Making a Low Poly Player Model That Needs to be Burned | Unity Multiplayer Game Devlog #36

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3 жыл бұрын

In this Unity multiplayer game devlog, I used Blender to created a low poly player model (more like a monstrosity) and I removed my client prediction & reconciliation systems.
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In this devlog I modeled a low poly player model which needs to be burned at the stake (100% deserved). The face is an absolute abomination and will definitely need a major overhaul soon, but for now this project has turned into a horror game :P
I also removed my client prediction and reconciliation systems, which means you can once again walk on boats without experiencing extreme jittering. The controls are slightly unresponsive now, but I'm ready to move on to some actual gameplay. I'll reimplement some sort of solution to make it feel responsive at a later point in time.
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@KalechippsDev 3 жыл бұрын

no one: actually no one: tom’s model: 👁👄👁

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

No wait, you've got a point 😂

@diegoaladdin86 3 жыл бұрын

Damn, you’re here!!!

@DevJelle 3 жыл бұрын

I don't use reference images either, I love the model. It looks great.

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

Good to know I'm not the only one :P

@DanielLochner 3 жыл бұрын

2:50 - Weird flex but okay.. Jk haha, great devlog Tom! Loved all the time-lapses! :)

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, no wonder the model looks like a demon 😂

@xzippyzachx 3 жыл бұрын

Model is looking GREAT Tom! I liked the time-lapses too. None of them where too long and you broke them up throughout the video.

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks :P I still feel like there were too _many_ timelapses though 🤔

@stefanszprycha631 3 жыл бұрын

I realy enjoy watching your devlogs

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I'm glad you like them :D

@theghastlygamer2484 3 жыл бұрын

that player model actually looks really nice, I wouldint reccomend using a 3d playerface, instead I would use a drawn face (Much easier to animate, also may not look as demonic) you wouldint add the face into the actual playermodel texture, I dont know very much about how unity handles decals and such but i'd just add a image to their face in the actual game and then change that image for animations. Also the player doesint have to have perfect proportions. you could do literally anything you want with it and people probably wouldint mind, so if animating that more humanoid design ever gets difficult dont worry about making the player look a little off! Great video, loved the little extra scene at the end. Super excited to see how the harpoon gun might work! (Potentially using it to grapple other players to you like a fishing rod in minecraft 1.8 combat?)

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

The texture thing may happen at some point-along with normal maps it could potentially work quite well. The main reason I didn't do that so far is because, well, I've never actually made normal maps before, and also the rest of the game doesn't use textures :P I'm not sure yet if you'll be able to use the harpoon gun on other players, but it will definitely double up as a grappling hook (and it'll probably become one of the main ways to get around fast, especially when trying to board other ships). Glad you enjoyed the scene at the end, I had a good laugh at that one myself 😂

@turn1p 3 жыл бұрын

Slender: 8 Pages Sea of Thieves Edition

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

👌

@CrazySoccerGuy123456 3 жыл бұрын

So proud of you Tom Tom The Bomb!!!

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙄

@HiredGunGames 3 жыл бұрын

character art takes a lot of time and patience you'll get there :P I'm still trying to get there myself :D

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I spent a whole week working on what turned out to be a demon 😂

@Woodythehobo 3 жыл бұрын

Tom Weiland love it.A week so it took 6.66 days?

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

@@Woodythehobo away from me, Dark One ✝ :P

@mantasraph555 3 жыл бұрын

I do not want that in my room tonight thank you!

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah me neither...

@FMontanari709 3 жыл бұрын

In case you try to make any more humanoid models, you can use Blender's Humanoid Rig as a reference (I think it was in A -> Bones/Rig -> Humanoid), that way you can keep your own style and already have your character pretty much rigged

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah! I knew that existed (although I've never used it), but I should have thought of that myself :P

@arin_faraj 3 жыл бұрын

I like the video style also the timelapse is cool even if it was coding I would love to see more

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

I think I read about the new rigging system somewhere when I was trying to get animations working in my game jam gam a couple weeks ago, but I'll have to look into it more :)

@benrex7775 3 жыл бұрын

I'm a guy who looses himself in the details. And I get easily demotivated. Not a good combo. Now I think you made the right decision.

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

I'm a bit of a perfectionist, and that's pretty similar-it's easy to get _too_ caught up in the details :P

@anonymouscommentator 3 жыл бұрын

You (0:48) vs the guy she tells you not to worry about (8:40)

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

This is an epic comment 😂

@be4v1s 3 жыл бұрын

Great job Tom! Although the player model is still far from good, removing client prediction is a big relief and will definitely speed up progress... 😂

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! The player model definitely needs a lot more work, and yeah, I'm ready to make some actual _gameplay_ progress :P

@Commander_Wolf32 3 жыл бұрын

commenting so the youtube algorithm will recommend this *thing* to others.... this is a horror game now

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate that, thanks :D

@finncrumlish7703 3 жыл бұрын

I find 3d modeling time lapses really engaging.

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

Alright well I'll keep that in mind! Thanks for the feedback :)

@FlynnsForge 3 жыл бұрын

how dare someone dislike this video!

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

Well they must have just missed the like button because they were trying to smash it extra hard!

@zellator 3 жыл бұрын

Awesomeeee

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks :)

@paulmeynckens6676 3 жыл бұрын

Hi. I my opinion, you should try to let the players dictate the position of their avatar(client authoritative movement). This way, the players won't experience any latency. Of course, you will have to implement server authoritative movement and client reconciliation later to deal with potential cheaters. In my opinion, it's way better to play a very responsive game that can potentially have cheaters than a unresponsive game with no cheaters. Quick tip : when the players move on the ship, they should send their position expressed in the ship's coordinate system (see : Transform.InverseTransformPoint) instead of their absolute position. Otherwise, the other clients will not properly see other players walking on the ship, because of latency. Also, I am ok with timelapses.

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

Client-authoritative movement is something I've considered, and might end up going with, although I've been a bit averse to the idea just because I don't like giving clients the ability to decide anything :P

@paulmeynckens6676 3 жыл бұрын

@@tomweiland Don't you let them dictate their rotation already?

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

@@paulmeynckens6676 yeah but there's not much you can do about that. Any kind of corrections from the server would result in a terrible gameplay experience because having your mouse movement corrected would be extremely noticeable.

@davaronas686 3 жыл бұрын

Blender 2.83 has cool sewing mechanics I recommend you to check it out if you are planning to add clothes.

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

I'll look into it, thanks for the tip :)

@stoykomarinov 3 жыл бұрын

I understand your point at 3:30, but as times goes on and on and you have to implement many many new things - you reach a point at which you don't want to re-invent the hot water anymore. This fact changed my way of perceiving the usage of reference, guides and tutorials not as a "method of cheating", but a possible solition to save time. Then the next thing is how to apply that resource to solve your problem, which is the creative part - it is not simply copy-paste. My point is, that In the end, time is the most important resouce and one's perspective on things change with time (kinda obvious, but sometimes one does not think about it).

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

It's not that I consider it cheating-it's more the fact that if I have something to trace I _will_ trace it, and it kind of robs me of my ability to add my own style/twist because if it doesn't look like the reference image, I feel like it's "wrong".

@stoykomarinov 3 жыл бұрын

@@tomweiland Oh, I see. I kind of misunderstood part of your point. You meant that you have the tendency to "follow guides strictly", so to say. If you really feel that using such resouces decreases your creative input on your own work, maybe viewing them from purely inspirational point might help? But yeah, It's quite subjective.

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

_"maybe viewing them from purely inspirational point might help"_ That's what I try to do, I usually have reference images up on my second monitor, just not in Blender-maybe I should've mentioned that :P That way I can't trace it and it prevents me from tossing creativity out the window.

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

What did you think of this devlog? Was it too timelapse heavy?

@imogen__ 3 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't worry about it being time-lapse heavy. If the only new visual details you have to work with for the video is the modeling process then it is surely fine. I assume there are going to be a good few months working on art assets (in total) so this probably won't be the last time-lapse episode :) Don't worry. Also, when the game is nearly done, I think having these records of art asset development will be funny to go back to. I plan on keeping a bunch of my super-basic-pixel-art in the game as easter eggs because they are all hilariously bad.

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

@bumpy good to know! I'll try to include regular timelapses :)

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

@@imogen__ hahaha yeah, I was thinking about turning this model into some kind of pretend Greek god :P

@RugbugRedfern 3 жыл бұрын

Personally I prefer you talking and explaining what you're working on, rather than watching a timelapse

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

@@RugbugRedfern fair point-I'll try to include consistent timelapses while not going super over the top like in this video :P

@Johnny-wn4dl 3 жыл бұрын

gamer

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

Gamer.

@bogdanel5843 3 жыл бұрын

Hey! I know it's a bit weird... because you don't do many tutorials, but could you sometime, if you want and have time, make a city-builder tutorial? There aren't any tutorials on youtube and I can't figure out a few things. Waiting here for your answer!

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

Making tutorials on how to create a fully fleshed out game would take forever, and between my pirate game and the new networking solution I'm working on I don't have too much time, so unfortunately probably not. Have you watched ThinMatrix's recent devlogs? They're not tutorials, but he shares a lot of insight about how he solved various problems that he encountered.

@Rumplestiltzchen 3 жыл бұрын

I think that should be the permanent face for the game. it would give me more options for names....

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha I don't think that'll happen, but maybe I'll leave it in as an easter egg of some sort :P

@paradonmusic 3 жыл бұрын

Here just to comment :)

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

...and to watch the video I hope 😅

@paradonmusic 3 жыл бұрын

And see that... thing?

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

Ah yes of course...that _thing._

@osiris5449 3 жыл бұрын

8:56 - IT’S HORRIBLE! BURN IT AT THE STAKE!

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

Yes yes yes yes yes.

@MrBoBrilO 3 жыл бұрын

HOT AF

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

The fire? Yes. Me? Yes. The model? Can never be hot enough.

@CitroenGames 3 жыл бұрын

well now it is a horror game ; - ;

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

You are undeniably correct 😅

@unitynoobs833 3 жыл бұрын

Instead you will see this... 8:36 hmm nice 8:53 what the fuuuuuuu...

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly the reaction I was going for 😂

@unitynoobs833 3 жыл бұрын

@@tomweiland 😂😂😂

@Dadax9398 3 жыл бұрын

Of course it gotta Tpose while burnin

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

Anything else would be unacceptable :P

@contagiousscorpio7048 3 жыл бұрын

Third to comment. Nice progress on your devlog.

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks :D

@unusualfabrication9937 3 жыл бұрын

0:48 wide putin lookin' boi

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

Truth :P

@radishmonster2760 3 жыл бұрын

6.66K subs - A player model that needs to be burned.. Hmm

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

There's no way that can possibly a coincidence 🤔

@catinwall4256 3 жыл бұрын

youtube agorothom :D

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

I'm sure this offering will be appreciated :)

@CodemasterJamal 3 жыл бұрын

That's not a bad character model.

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

Don't try to preserve my feelings-we all know it's basically a demon 😂

@CodemasterJamal 3 жыл бұрын

@@tomweiland No, seriously, it's not bad. It fits the style you're going for your game. From an artistic point of view, it's actually not bad. You should animating it, or making clothes. Do you plan on making a custom character feature?

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

I would like for there to be _some_ kind of character customization, but as a one man show I'm not sure how much time I can afford to spend on that.

@setseretze3565 3 жыл бұрын

well its hard to put a models into unity cuz the coordination system of blender is not good with unity like ,wrong rotation and wrong scaling also materials is da nightmare (to me) cuz unity doesnt understand blender shader

@tomweiland 3 жыл бұрын

I mean I use a custom material and I just rotate things as needed (though I'd agree that part isn't ideal). Pretty sure you can change the scaling in the import settings though.