February 2, 2022

Water Under the Bridge

The last couple of weeks was a return to 3D and water rendering in roughly equal parts. If nothing else, this blog is going to keep me honest. As you may recall from my last post, I had switched entirely to 2D. Switching back to 3D was a rough transition, and I ended up doing quite a bit of what I call code “nesting”. However ultimately success was had and water was rendered.

January 15, 2022

Changing perspective

So it’s been a while! I was holding out on doing another post until I finished the loose material and liquid simulation and rendering. Well, its been quite a journey, and unfortunately most everything I tried over the last couple of weeks has ended up different or much worse that what I started with. That’s just how life (and game development) goes sometimes.

December 27, 2021

Trees and sand

Now that this blog is up and running, I was able to return fulltime to working on Terra Diem. This week is was all about trees and sand simulation.

December 23, 2021

Terra Diem origins

Terra Diem is planned to be a hybrid sandbox/exploration/RPG game based on uncovering the secrets of the lost Terran civilization and their earth-shaping powers. Building this game is what this blog is about. This post is the development backstory leading to the present day.

December 17, 2021

So you want to make a blog...

This blog is about everything Terra Diem and this post is not really about the game. It certainly was not my plan for a first post. However, this was where I spent my time over the last week and a half for the game, and it turned out to be quite a journey. I’ll go more into what the game is about in a future post. This post is about the trials and tribulations of getting this blog off the ground.