MyRobot Development Part 31

Video shows the summary, text shows the technical!
This week:

• Dirt System Improvements

• Mister Washer

• Official Art

• Roadmap Progress

Dirt System Improvements

The bulk of this system was done a couple months back when I implemented environment dirt for robot parts. So every time your robot falls hard enough, its face or limb will be painted with a bit of dust or dirt at the exact position it falls on. This system now works with clothing!

The clothing system is great. It allows me to create pieces of an outfit to attach to the body of the robot. However I can now specify which parts of an outfit piece will cover and 'protect' from dirt and environment stains. So, if you wear a skirt, it will protect the chest and thighs. If you wear a t-shirt, it will protect the chest but let your arms get dirty. Boots likewise protect your feet.

This has gifted me with the ability to add gameplay related clothing coverings to prevent the robot from malfunctioning if it steps on water only if it's wearing shoes! More on this piece later.

The difficult part about a UV painting system is that when it comes to skinned mesh renderers, clothing deforms making it difficult to analytically find a precise location to paint given a world position. I opted for the simple lower LOD system that works fast enough for thousands of physics collisions while keeping itself cheap.

Mister Washer

 I made a washing machine model based on an old 1960's washer. It grows bubbles when you turn it on and the bubbles vibrate to simulate a washing machine.

The bubbles are done with a cheap volumetric effect I came up with a long time ago which if you are a programmer, you can read about [Here].

So this washer is going to nicely tie the Slice of Life update because it will be one of the big new features that allow you to perform daily household activities, aka slice of life (but it's more fun if it's virtual am I right?).

Official Art

The first batch of official art has come in and it's looking great! I will be using these images to replace in-game tutorial images and to add some flavor to the game's promotional material.

Roadmap progress

This month is focused on the slice of life update which will consist of two big features:

1) Washing your robot and tending to its clothes

2) Applying makeup and customization

I would say I am 60% done with the wash part of the update, and 20% done with the makeup stuff. I teased an eyelash pen in the previous blog post. I am still adding more to it along with ways to have customizable hair.

Stay tuned!