Entry 014 - The Big Sphere

If you've read all the previous posts and checked either IndieDB or the UE4 Forums, you might have heared about the huge Sphere. If not: it's the sphere that inherits all puzzle- and mini-Spheres. Its scale is just huge and it took a lot of effort to create a prototyped version, but here is a sneak peak of it.

Huge Main-Sphere - First Prototype (Scaling is final though)

It's mainly a huge dome with a sky in it (not final yet) and it works like a solar system. Right in the center will be an energy source (like the sun) and around it you'll find the puzzle-Spheres (like planets). What's yet missing is the mini-Spheres (moons)around the puzzle-Spheres but that'll be there soon.

This biggest challenge is, besides the placement, rotation etc. of the puzzle- and mini-Spheres, the extreme size of the environment. Trying to compile the map uses 31.1GB of memory space, it has already been shrinked due to that! Else, the skybox is kind of tricky. It oughta look like an artificial solar system combined with the "planets" inside. I'm still struggling with the frame around but in my opinion, it supports the "fake"-look I am going for. There is much more to do, but that is what I've accomplished so far (since especially the compiling was a pain in the ass: make the area just a bit bigger and it'll say I don't have enough memory).

Greetings,
Dave

Entry 013 - Documentation and Game Design

So you might be wondering why there haven't been any updates so far. Did I just do nothing or what is it? The simple answer is, that I just haven't had anything to show. Therefore, what have I done?

Well first of all a lot of brainstorming. Came up with new features, new puzzle ideas and new gameplay elements. Besides that I was mostly writing documents to keep a good overview of the project itself. And then I also continued working on the preset map for both the puzzle and the big area, where all the spheres are in. As soon as I have anything new to show, I'll definitely do so, just a few more things to finish first.

Greetings,
Dave