Random Missions: Infestation

Today I wasn’t very motivated, an overall lack of energy… So I started by doing some writing, but the inspiration wasn’t great… Then I moved towards some research (mainly decals, ended up on this link which is probably the approach I’ll follow, although I’m not using deferred rendering on this game: goo.gl/S8o2W2)…

Finally, decided to start building the areas needed for the infestation missions:

It’s a simple “map”, to be inserted in the middle of a planet… I got to build additionally 4 to 6 of these, to have some variety (and hopefully force different tactics)…

Hopefully, tomorrow I’ll be more motivated and I’ll start with the text of the mission…

Now listening to “The Path of Totality” by “Korn”

Link of the Day: Some research stuff is really impressive… Hair is a big mystery for me, in visual terms… Too many variables (animation, display, etc), the math is complex, and it requires carefully authoring… So seeing something like this is like seeing magic:

SIGGRAPH Asia 2013 Posters from Gene Lin on Vimeo.