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EDITOR ALIVE!!!

Woohoo! Got my hands on the editor for the first time today. I can only create verts and polygons at the moment but its all exciting stuff.

Article: Narrative is not a game mechanic. Raph Koster

Great article on Game narative and Feedback by Raph Koster.

http://www.raphkoster.com/2012/01/20/narrative-is-not-a-game-mechanic/

I'm still a little unsure how I'll be visualising the story / cutscenes in Bort. At the moment i'm thinking it'll probably be in the form of an animated comic using the vector style of the game for the intro. With similar comic spread images for key events i.e Boss fights and the 7 Sins, etc.

Updated Level (Blue palette)

New version of the colour palette.

Also added skeletons and bats!

Animatic update

Did another animatic. Test run of a level created in maya on 2D planes with alpha'd textures. Also test idle animation on Bort.

The red lava looks a little orange due to compression

Watch in HD 1080p, full screen.! 

Also video may look a little dark. I'm breaking in a new monitor. If it is looking dark please let me know in comments here or on youtube. Thanks.

Vectorised Level

This is one of the concept levels vectorised to the new art style.

This version without DOF and lava heat haze.

This version with DOF and heat haze.

And this is roughly the size I think the levels will be cropped on screen (res 1024x768)

Bort prototype

This is the first prototype of Bort's jumping mechanic.

The large cirles represents Bort's torso and the small cirles represent his hands.

The level geometry is created randomly in code.

Movement controlled with XBox analog controller only. The player jumps by pulling back in the opposite direction that they want to go and release the stick. This is like a catapult mechanic.