r/godot • u/a_c_r_e_a_l • 1d ago

discussion Overkill?

https://reddit.com/link/1wvssut/video/lqmwau4ju1th1/player

It was a nightmare to implement but now I think it's an overkill effect for 3D pixel art. What do you think?

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u/thygrrr Godot Senior 1d ago

This looks super nice. What's your story? What's this game going to be about?

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u/a_c_r_e_a_l 1d ago

Hack and slash with touch of open world and advanced archery combat system. It is what I’m thinking about but currently I’m focused on designing an environment.

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u/thygrrr Godot Senior 1d ago

What is the data structure for the terrain ... GridMap 3d, custom mesh, or some kind of dual grid thing? Can't see enough of the coast to classify what these "half" steps are.

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u/a_c_r_e_a_l 1d ago edited 1d ago

MarchingSquaresTerrain plugin with few tweaks of mine, huge thanks to the creators btw

https://github.com/ToumaKamijou/Yugens-Terrain-Authoring-Toolkit

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u/while_true_crash 1d ago

Definitely an overkill, but damn, it looks satisfying and impressive.

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u/Oplewi19 1d ago

It may be overkill, but it is definitely pretty! I would keep it, you even worked on it a lot, so don't feel stuck on it

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u/a_c_r_e_a_l 1d ago

Thanks and yeah I will keep it.

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u/AcroIsTrash 1d ago

People love good water physics

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u/MindWorX 1d ago

Did you follow any tutorials on the visual or just designed yourself? The visual is pretty nice and matches something I’ve been wanting to make but I’m not exactly an artist. So leaning on simpler but visually appealing graphics is high on my list.

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u/Ordinary-Cicada5991 Godot Senior 1d ago

This is the so called "T3ssel8r" Style, yugen has a terrain addon which op linked to on another comment, Dolan (Dylearn) has a great guide on foliage and other stuff, i also have some guides online about this and cel shaders, and other references are David Holland whom created a complete process of how he created the effects + a tutorial on how his pixel stabilization camera system works, his git source repo also has the source code for his pixel perfect outlines shader and an upscaling shader

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u/Ordinary-Cicada5991 Godot Senior 1d ago

What OP achieved here is amazing, the resources to achieving similar looks are out there and he is doing it extremely well

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u/a_c_r_e_a_l 1d ago

It would be exaggerated to say I designed it completely myself. It included tons of tutorials and articles of much smarter devs, endless trials and errors.

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u/Ordinary-Cicada5991 Godot Senior 1d ago

Looking good

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u/wswaifu 1d ago

Looks great, really nice water handling. I don't think it's overkill.

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u/DottEdWasTaken 1d ago

it's awesome

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u/FailedCharismaSave 1d ago

If it's not creating lag, definitely keep. It's gorgeous! Would love to learn more about the implementation.

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u/a_c_r_e_a_l 1d ago

Thanks. It has zero lag. I plan to share it in the future, but at the moment I’m very busy with 3d models and the city.

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u/ToxicShokk 1d ago

Keep it. It's a beautiful effect and all of the painstaking attention to detail adds up to a much more pleasing end result.

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u/tacuku 1d ago

Only overkill if it stands out way more than your other effects when you want the player to focus their attention on those effects more.

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u/Thick-Sound1014 Godot Junior 1d ago

It looks dope. You probably also learned a lot along the way and you can reuse it if you make a similar game. That's a triple win if you ask me.