Sleipnir

Hey gang!

Wanted to give a quick update on how things are going with the Tundra update.

I'm making really great progress. I've added a new system to the world which lets me display effects on blocks which opens up the possibility of snow/dust/rust/burns and other similar visual treatment. This system is hand because it can transition over previous textures making things like snow have a more natural appearance.

I've combined this new effect system with the weather system which creates a really cool building up progression:



The above showcases how the winter season progresses. As it snows, the snow will build up on surfaces that are open to the sky. I can think of a couple other fun uses for this such as ash falling from the sky if you are in a volcano biome (which I want to add one of these days).

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Hey friends!

This is a rather brief update on game progress and where I'm at.

The last few weeks I was updating some old systems that were poorly written/designed. That's pretty much done but I'm still working out some of the bugs that arise as I go along.

I'm also in the process of adding more natural 'platforms'. Platforms are more of an internal term for any floors that the game can have. For example, grass, wood tile, clay shingles, snow, etc. The bottom face of the game's block, essentially. Natural platforms are ones which appear on their own in the world. The two which I'm working on are grass and snow. Before, grass and snow were simply texture swaps to the grass platform. When I entered a new season I'd swap those textures. Now, those platforms will appear based on the tuning information for weather and season. So, when it rains, grass for that season will naturally grow and appear on dirt blocks. In Winter, if it's snowing, snow platforms will appea... Read more