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Beta v0.7d Pre-Release

This beta has a TON of new stuff to test out in the kitchen. There will be more cooking mechanics within the next week but I need people to test out how the following new objects feel:

1.) Mortar+Pestle wheat grinding

2.) Egg cracking

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Continuing Cooking Part 2

I got a lot of work done this Thanksgiving vacation.

First off, VR movement has been improved to allow the player to look over ledges and tables without running into walls.

This was previously not possible without the wall pushing the player...

Beginning Cooking Part 1

Finally I get to start on the meaty part of v0.7, cooking. There's plenty in need to be done so let's get started.

First, some other improvements. Trees have been improved. For a long time I thought the trees I made were super ugly. The leaf texture was horrible and the distribution of geometry to look "puffy" was bad. Here's what they loo...

Beta v0.7c Release

Sorry for the wait I needed the extra 12 hours to add some major polishes. This Beta has a TON of stuff for you to try out.

Major Features:

1.) Chickens

2.) Chicken taming for eggs (Catch them first)

2.) Loli can...

Beginning Chicken Logic Part 1

I managed to finish the loli cooperation behaviors a bit earlier. And so I was able to start a little bit on the chickens.

To wrap up the cooperation behaviors, she can now properly give you her bag if you ask for it. Like so:

Also, left han...

Beginning Loli Cooperation Behaviors Part 1

This next piece of the development should stretch only 2 parts. When I say cooperation, I'm talking about the loli physically helping you harvest items that you can use. I got it all working for now. She can pick up the bag, put it on her shoulder, and put items in the bag. Demonstration:

2019-11-15 17:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Continuing Inventory System Part 3

I finished a lot of texturing and models this weekend. The kitchen is now 80% complete.

I have not yet placed in lights but it's looking very good with the PBR materials. I use substance painter for my texturing and material creation. I started us...

Continuing Inventory System Part 2

I finished most of the item handling code. It's much more robust and will allow for things like the player equipping bags on his shoulder later.

Here's a video of me placing items inside the bag.

Working on the inventory made me realize how ...

Beginning Inventory System

I have been a bit busy doing some code refactoring for the game so I can implement the upcoming inventory system. At the moment the game cannot compile since I am rewiring and refactoring code in the game. Therefore I cannot show any videos for this devpost.

The inventory system will be used to collect and store items. I have decided to us...

Beta v0.7b Pre-release

This is an addition to v0.7a. The harvesting mechanics aren't in place yet but some of the pieces are in this beta. The pieces are just new props and actualized items.

**PAUSE MENU BUTTON HAS BEEN CHANGED TO ESC**

Strawberries, blueberries, and peaches can now be grabbed off trees/bushes. You'll have to find them in ...

Horseback Riding and New Map!

Map is pretty big compared to the old one. It's also a lot prettier. I wasn't able to release Beta v0.7b last Friday due to technical reasons but it's in an almost stable place now. I'll be releasing it this Wednesday.

Tech Research: Mesh Splitting

I haven't made a tech research post in a long time. I thought i'd make one on the tech for the cooking update, cutting fruits. These posts can get pretty technical but I hope you like reading it.

Quick demonstration:

The mission is to find a...

Continuing Canyon Shenanigans Part 1

I released the first Beta v0.7a with the new horseback and map features. People seemed to like the new horseback and I received good feedback for it. I have recently been polishing and bugfixing a few things to make sure everything works better. I am gearing up for the next Beta v0.7b which will include general polishing and bugfixing. I expect ...

Beta v0.7a Pre-Release

Please note that the map is about 95% complete. Still need to polish it and fix some graphical errors. However, horseback riding is completely usable for you and your loli.

To get on the horse, grab any of the horse reins near the top of the horse's neck. To control in VR, use that same hand grabbing onto the reins and press the trackpad i...

Beginning Loli Horseback Riding Part 1

I started implementing the logic to have the loli ride a horse. In a way I've been teaching her what a horse is.

To start, when you command her to get on the horse, she needs to choose the shortest navigation path that is closest to either side of the horse. The problem is that the horse might be moving or leaning up against a wall. Theref...

Continuing Map Overhaul part 4

I got a lot done over the weekend. Starting with the river and the new shader that accompanies it:

Water is a hard egg to crack. Especially for VR. It is so complex and noisy that it is difficult to come up with a good looking and performant solut...

Continuing Map Ovehaul part 3

Horses!

I'm a big proponent of making your own assets. I have come very far with this project without using the Unity asset store very much. However I do understand that the entire point of the Unity asset store is that you can save time in exchan...

Continuing Map Overhaul part 2

I got a lot of work done with the new map overhaul. Lots of new optimized textures and models have been implemented and placed into the surrounding new and giant landscape. Let's show off some pictures of how it's turning out so far:

2019-10-06 08:30:47 +0000 UTC View Post

Beginning Map Overhaul part 1

Now that I finished character customization, I am going back to adding behaviors and things to do in the game. This requires a new map because the current map is very old and small. As I said before this new version is huge and is about 16x bigger.

Today I started optimizing the shape of the map. The problem is that when you develop for a ...

Viva Project v0.6 Release

This update happened far faster than I thought. Usually updates take a bit over 2 months or longer. But this happened in just under 2. Anyways do enjoy the character customizer. I understand most people are not modelers so they may have difficulty creat...

2 Days Until v0.6 Release

This will be the last devpost before I release v0.6 to the public. I have been busy bugfixing and adding improvements.

To start, I am doing alternative animations for the new voices because some existing animations from Shinobu do not fit the new voices. An example is when Shinobu asks you to get out. This animation was lip synched to her ...

Beta v0.6d Pre-Release

This includes the final improvements and edits for the character editor. I did have to add one last optional info that you should provide for your character: The hat info. This is for different characters that have different size heads and hair. The old Shinobu sunhat did not fit them because they had different heads. Until now. You can now simp...

Approaching v0.6 Launch Day

I just uploaded the latest Beta v0.6c. It took me a couple more days because of the vast amount of sound files I had to ingest into the game. That said, the 2 new character voices are now offered as an option when you create a character. Try it out in the new Beta v0.6c.

2019-09-21 09:18:23 +0000 UTC View Post

Beta v0.6c Pre-Release

Customizable character voices are here! I have implemented the 2 other character voice variations. They are ready for testing. If you aren't a modeler, you can still try out creating your own character by dragging the pre-made .viva3d file in the Cards/Starter Kit.

2019-09-21 09:01:17 +0000 UTC View Post

Character Customization!

This is what the completed pipeline looks like! Again if you don't do any modelling (I don't expect most people here to do so), you can always just download other people's character cards that they made.

 I've also written a manual to answer most of your questions about the technical process: 2019-09-17 19:11:07 +0000 UTC View Post

Beginning New Character Voices Part 1

Character customization will receive a nice patch for bugfixing and improvements. Big thanks to Utata for being a guinea pig for the early versions of the character customization pipeline and Eidenz for stress testing the export tool. People have been able to add tails to their characters now (you can grab them as well like in the current versio...

Beta v0.6b Pre-release

This beta has more bugfixes and has had clothing customization re-enabled. That said, creating clothing is temporarily disabled until Beta v0.6c. You can dress up your characters with the same cards created in older versions. Make sure you copy them into your Cards/Clothing game folder.

The new Viva Model Blender Addon is v1.5. You can now...

Character Customization and Community Update

The character customization pipeline seems very promising so far and it is slowly shaping up to be quite robust. This weekend I worked with a few members of the Discord community to improve and understand what would make the model porting process easier. Before that, let's show off some in-progress community creations:

2019-09-11 11:36:11 +0000 UTC View Post

Viva Project Beta v0.6a

At last. Here is the first test for character customization. I have included a nice tutorial below for you to try out. This tutorial does not require modeling. It is merely a way for you to test the customization station:

Start by going up to the mirror and left clicking to enter it.

2019-09-08 08:21:42 +0000 UTC View Post

Continuing Character Customization Part 7

This should be one of the last devposts for character customization because it is nearly complete and fully functional. I connected the last pipes together today and after lots of debugging and fixing, I am very proud to say that it is now complete and ready for Beta testing.

Let's talk about the final card workflow. The editor will allow ...