Mab - Working on ETOS

I finally got a #Steam page up! ETOS is an immersive sim focused on exploration, world and system interaction, and making pacifist gameplay fun for the average person If any of that sounds interesting to you, consider wishlisting! #gamedev #indiegame #immersivesim

@RoninEF Pretty much! The only difference is that a trim sheet is unrestricted on the X axis, so it repeats along its width where a hotspot is a box Still, hotspots are useful and I will be adding support for it as well

@Mab_Devv Does it work like hotspot texturing? Looks awesome

Testing automatic trimsheets for my level editor Shocked at how well it just worked

@DevDaydreamers x.com/Mab_Devv/statu… It initially was! However it was pretty unfeasible, editing the wall profile would update every wall in the level that was using the profile every frame, and when scaled up to a larger project that would mean trying to work at basically 1 fps

@Mab_Devv Could it be in realtime? 🤔

@stickyfr0gg volvo hire me pls

@Mab_Devv Source 3

I GOT A CONTENT WARNING ON MY GAME TRAILER So I made a more KID FRIENDLY VERSION PARKSIDE FOR KIDS COMES OUT 31 JULY ON STEAM!!!!!!!!!!

@VoicelessName @Sinnoware That scaling is mostly just for making sure it stays at the same size regardless of monitor resolution, this was about adding scaling options to scale elements of the ui up to make the UI readable on smaller screens

@Sinnoware @Mab_Devv Manual or automatic? A lot of games these days just scale up the HUD based on the resolution they're running at.

Since I got my STEAM DECK which i bought for GAME DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH PURPOSES I've been surprised how many games have UI that are just unreadable on a small screen I have added UI scaling options to my game in response to this Thank you BUSINESS EXPENSE STEAM DECK

@Sinnoware Agreed! The only thing i can say to anyone starting a new project is design for it from the outset This is coming from someone who had to set his ui up for translation well after the fact and had to slog through all his ui elements to fix it Way easier to do it from the jump

@Mab_Devv UI scaling should be a mandatory accessibility option!

@dtv20 Dam that sucks, thank you for sharing! I know a fair few newer AAA games have options to increase the readability of subtitles, especially those from ubisoft, the newer god of war games, and the hitman trilogy, but yeah not the majority unfortunately

@Mab_Devv Fucking amazing. Few years ago I had knee surgery and was laid up in bed for awhile. Played a lot of games on a TV slightly too far, and out of all the games I played (which was a lot), Outer Worlds was the only game to have this option, and I've yet to see another do it.

Parkside is finally here!!!! A cyberpunk imsim rpg inspired by deus ex You play as either a witless pawn for a global conspiracy that will doom the earth, or as the one guy who can stop it, based on your actions If youre into imsims, rpg's, or games with a kick button, WISHLIST

@cannibal_elk I think I can check if the computer that’s running the game is a deck and set the scaling automatically? I’d have to test tho

@Mab_Devv Smart, wonder if you can add features from the deck/steam controller like how Aperture Desk Job does it

@astounding_v Oh true, I’d imagine scanlines make it hard to read small text

@Mab_Devv Same deal on my CRT! I develop everything to be readable on it.

@flatfingers0 Thank you! It’s somewhat embarrassing that it took me being a victim of poor scaling myself to even consider the issue lol, but at least addressed now

@Mab_Devv I don't have a Steam Deck, but I have spent a crazy amount of time over the years fighting to get interfaces to work as broadly as possible (including back in the old browser "combatibility" days). Thank YOU for caring enough about this to get UI scaling to look right.

@jadejawz7 I learnt by by hitting a problem then scouring stack overflow for solutions and then trying to figure it out by piecing forum posts together. AI is more convenient, but it robs you of understanding how to solve the solution yourself My code is ass, but i'll know why it stinks

@jadejawz7 Fr tho a complicated program is just a conglomerate of simple tasks, you just gotta focus on one thing at a time. I haven't used any libraries outside of what was already in unity by default its just 33000 lines of bad code written by yours truly lol

Started out just making a simple rail generator for my level editor However, i have zero self control and noone telling me stop It is now able to do a lot more

@ChrisPage88 Oh yeah it can totally do this One thing that it is kinda missing tho is the ability to make a closed loop, I’ll get on that, thanks!

@Mab_Devv some fantastic spline use cases. Making trims like this in unity still confounds me with the myriads of ways it's been implemented.

Everything Burns Iron Blight releases August 10th.

@Aquametsis ETOS has turned into my own personal gigaya for this level editor lol

@Mab_Devv By the end it's going to be the best goddamn level editor for unity

@Aquametsis noooooo (i actually do need to add some sort of uv map control lol, the automatic system works but it could be better)

@Mab_Devv Please never stop