Coen van Camp

I made a thing!

@elan_maro Pretty sure it’s Landsknecht. But nice find

Landsknecth references I wonder how high landknecths death rates were, mostly unarmored and just being pretty

@TriassicGames Loving the lifeboat, I've played quite a lot of naval games and it's the attention detail like this that grabs me. Good luck with the game development!

B-105 to the last minute rescue! From testing depth charges usage of AI minesweepers vs player's submarines. Wishlist us! bit.ly/3FrfFSW #triassicgames #seapower #microprose

@delaneykingrox It’s a different vibe but The Wire comes to mind.

@Tylru I did see Ahoy pop up on a ‘check out these games coming up video’

Trying to figure out why we just nearly x6'd our daily wishlist numbers out of nowhere... Nothing else has grown in engagement suddenly. Very strange! Good, but strange 🤔😂

Pokémon Wilderness Camping via @artstationhq artstation.com/artwork/rJ6PXm My friend and colleague Ashley Heppell casually showing how much of a badass 3d environment artist he is.

@tillfreitag Do you start with a 3d blockout and then paint over it or is this from scratch?

This is how the visor opens on this helmet design.

@Tylru Would you not count each War of the Coalition separately as well?

Controversial, but having read a lot about the Seven Year's War recently, I feel like we need to redefine the numbering structure of the World Wars, because the first World War was 'Great' and all, but it wasn't the first.

@ralfidude Instead of paying 30-40 quid for one, i just bought one of those drawstring gym bags

Hey all, so any suggestions on getting a HOTAS cover from anywhere? I know Virpil sells something, but aside from that?

@Tylru Fully agree, humans have a hard time coping with exponential change in something as quantifiable as charts or strings of numbers. Nevermind exponential growth of progress in image generation.

Absolutely despise the idea of Ay Eye 'Art' & the ethics behind it, but I also find it so frustrating how people don't understand how fast it's all moving. I often see people dunking on the wonky hands, bad 3d models, etc. Yeah it's bad. Now. It's moving very very very fast.

@delaneykingrox Diplomacy shift*

@delaneykingrox The game needs a late game diplshift where all other npc characters realize how powerful you’ve become and team up against you.

@CypressDahlia That makes a lot of sense, i assume you drew in color from reference a lot first untill you became comfortable to make your own designs?

@CoenvanCamp thanks. hmm. I dunno, TBH. Sometime around 2018 I started forcing myself to paint in full color from the jump as practice and it helped my rendering a lot. For these I usually do the colors first until I like the forms, then draw the lines on top.

sea critter

@Tylru Does a twitter reply also count? Here goes; you are great dude, keep doing what you are doing and have fun while you’re at it.

Yearning for good news this next week. Things will work out one way or another, but I can't underestimate how much more relaxed I would be if a few fantastic emails came in during the next 5-7 days.

@KKriegeBlog Aubrey/Maturin & Sharpe NCU (Napoleonic Cinematic Universe for me.

If, World War II has become: “the Band of Brothers universe” Then, (unfortunately) I study: “the Benjamin Martin/Captain Potzdorf cinematic universe” Other historians, how about you?

@Tylru On it

Some mutuals of mine are also still following Ben. Please fix that :)

@Tylru Sid Meier’s pirate-esque game but the player is also tasked with mapping uncharted seas (aubrey) and discovering animals (maturin).

I really want to make a cosy game at some point but that market is SATURATED lmao. What would make a good history-focused cosy game? Maybe some sort of field archaeology/detectorists thing? Or beach-combing for dinosaur fossils? I'm sure these already exist tbh.

@Tylru I dont dissagree, I do wonder whether its applicable for all game studios. A Rockstar trailer like we’ve seen for GTA 6 would arguably not have had the impact it had if people are already aware of what the game will be like.

As an industry we complain a lot about leaks, gamers not knowing how games are made, complaints about retail prices. Valid concerns. Open/public game development is the answer. Let people see games being made from start to finish. These problems will go away over time🧵

@thisnorthernboy What is it specifically you want to create? There’s subsections of 3d that require different skills and different software are better at different things.

@Ten_24 Because often times, those Turbosquid models are either too expensive, not made very well, or don't quite fit the intended purpose. AI will always become better and more precise at what it does. The biggest mistake with AI art is too underestimate what it will be able to do.

@CoenvanCamp That’s not my take at all. My take is we already have vast libraries of high quality data to draw from and people still have jobs, so why will AI be any different.

3D artists, If you haven't lost your job to Turbosquid then I doubt you will lose your job to AI. Text to 3d already exists and has done for the past 20 years.