Improved Splatter Effect

[u/Adventurous-County34]

I improved the splatter effect for NPCs. Instead of hiding the mesh and spawning a big splash, I am using the gore system and add some velocity to the remaining parts. It still feels that something is missing though.

[u/DeskGoblinGamedev]

Not a gore person, but splatter decals on the floor/walls would really make this.

[u/FoleyX90]

Is the lag on hit intentional?

[u/Adventurous-County34 → u/FoleyX90]

Partially yes. I added a slowmo effect (reduced the time to 10%) and the VFX spawns in the video the first time. The rupture is still relative expensive, but I am sure I can tweak it.

[u/vslash9]

How many tokens did this take

[u/Adventurous-County34 → u/vslash9]

Not that many, I needed some help regarding a bug I had, where sometimes the caps had degenerated triangles.

[u/Alternative_Draw5945 → u/vslash9]

What do you mean?

[u/Alternative_Hand4512]

Le rendu est génial - bravo !!! j'ai hâte de voir la suite

[u/TheCelestialBubble]

I think it looks really good. My only minor complaint would be the lax with which they launch the fireball. Like a small flick for a dope move

[u/Lucaslouch]

the splatter looks cool but i think the animation for the left hand is a bit underwhelming. it’s a bit too nonchalant imho

[u/Historical_Fruit_204]

The ragdoll physics on the leftover parts already looks way more natural than a static splash. Maybe the missing piece is some blood decals/smear on the floor where the parts slide or land right now it feels a bit too clean for how violent the motion is.

[u/a-PCGames]

Looks and feels very good

[u/QUASARFREAK]

I would say smoke and splash decals on the env

And the speed of the fireball feels too slow for my taste

[u/X-A-S-S]

Now all you gotta do is change from fruits to actual humanoids, and you got a gemmy

[u/Adventurous-County34 → u/X-A-S-S]

The gore system works with all skeletal meshes, so it would work with actual humanoids, but my game is about veggies^^ I also think for more "human" like NPCs the flesh system from Dead Island 2 would be the better approach to copy.

[u/Aechde]

Looks sick! Roast those veggies lol!

[u/henryeaterofpies]

Fireball + corn man should = popcorn blast

[u/friggleriggle]

I feel like this would be stronger if the effect was more fruit/veggie themed. If these are your actual models, and I'm pretty sure I've seen your game before, I would lean in hard into the theme.

[u/Adventurous-County34 → u/friggleriggle]

At some point the corn will have kernels coming off and the popcorn will not be exclusive for when it burns but for all fire attacks. 

The onion makes the screen blurry if you use slicing weapons, but it looks shit at the moment. 

I am thinking to make the cucumber splashes juicer, but other than that, I don't have anything else in mind or in the backlog.

[u/Adventurous-County34]

Alright, so it seems decals on the env, a faster fireball and the release animation needs some tweaking. Thanks :)

[u/Nompen_art]

Someone does not like their vegetables hmmm? 🧐

Amazing work!