Switch - Multiplayer FPS - Where players design the environment

Community Showcase Game Development
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We’re prepping a new playtest build - but so far still blocked on an issue only happening in packaged builds, making debugging a bit more difficult than you’d like it to be :slight_smile:

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We’re going for an open development with Switch - this means we’ll be sharing techniques, effects & tricks that we use during the development of our game. To get this started I made the first entry talking about Custom Depth that we use for a number of player effects in our game.

http://www…com/the-many-uses-of-custom-depth-in-unreal-4/

Expect more of this in the future! :slight_smile:

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Love the idea, looks super fun :slight_smile:

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Loving this! Can’t wait to see more. It’s tough to do an art style that feels clean and elegant but not too barren. I think you nailed it.

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Looks super sick! Please include me in future playtests!

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Thanks! Still figuring out how we can get the community involved in playtests. But surely something we’re interesting in! :slight_smile:

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New development update! #2

New art models, rocket launcher, x-ray material & updates to the switch mechanic this week. We’ve got some other ongoing development that will make it into next week’s update too.

http://www…com/switch-development-blog-2/

http://www…com///2014/09/xrayvision_orbit_view.gif

Hope you guys like it!

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Dev update #3 - Grenades & Sound FX

We have some new sound effects this week and did some prototyping with a non-lethal grenade to switch the environment. Check out the video for details and click the link for the full dev update.

http://www…com/switch-development-update-3/

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(limited to one video per post)

Accompanied by the gradient fresnel effect I shared earlier this week which will be part of our environment and character shading:) A download of the material function is available in the blogpost. (or go to GitHub url in my signature to get the full demo scene!)

http://www…com/gradient-fresnel-shading-for-cinematic-lighting-in-unreal-4/

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That effect looks so colorful, perfect for !

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:smiley: has indeed found a use for it haha!

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Portal mockup, possibly a feature at some point :slight_smile:

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Yea!

I really did!

Thanks again so much for sharing your ambient (Rainbow) specular shader with the community!


And your project looks really really fun!

I really think people will love having something fresh and new in the FPS scene, while also retaining what people like about FPS

Can't wait to see more videos!

♥
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Some pretty awesome work there! And some great ideas too!

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Thanks guys! We’ll keep those updating coming your way :wink:

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It’s been a while, but we have another update!

Full post: http://www…com/switch-development-update-4/

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Love the dof

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We use Exponential Height Fog to add a great sense of depth and give the environment a much larger perceived scale than it actually is. Worked out great so far on our mockup assets.

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This is really really really cool! Keep it up!

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Thanks mate! :slight_smile: