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Andrew Oaten - Project Eris @oatmealink.bsky.social · 8d

Was wrapping work last week so not much progress to show... Though I was playing Digimon Time Strangers and I loved how bold their edge highlighting was. Was inspired to dial mine up and I really like how it turns out. Also makes it easier to see from a distance. #indiedev #gamedev #unity #gamedev

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Andrew Oaten - Project Eris @oatmealink.bsky.social · 17d

Finished the head textures and put together a quick shader test. Pretty happy with this so far. The specular highlights are masked by a texture to help give a stylised look. Just the rest of her body to go... #blender #unity #gamedev #indiedev

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Andrew Oaten - Project Eris @oatmealink.bsky.social · 18d

Started work on the face texture. The slits came out quite well. Switched a geometry node setup for the outline that uses vertex paint to control the thinkness. The eye is a good show case of this as the outline gets thinner so that it doesn't interfere with the texture. #blender #indiedev #gamedev

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Andrew Oaten - Project Eris @oatmealink.bsky.social · 20d

Bakes came out quite nicely. Tomorrow I will begin the process of cleanup and refinement. Very much looking forward to when I will be able to work on her shader. #gamedev #indiedev #blender

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Andrew Oaten - Project Eris @oatmealink.bsky.social · 20d

Not gonna lie, this is an accurate portrayal of my mind when I think of how long the texturing is going to take...

Andrew Oaten - Project Eris @oatmealink.bsky.social · 20d

Has been many months... maybe even a year since I last properly UV unwrapped a model. Went with 4 maps in the end. Head, body, limbs and hair. Now to bake the and begin the texturing process.
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Clever Mia @readvesna.com · 21d

it was a real battle but i got root motion working with the unity nav mesh agent finally. now the big problem is that without attacks, sounds, or any move anims other than a little shuffle, the enemy is Too Cute

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Andrew Oaten - Project Eris @oatmealink.bsky.social · 23d

Quite happy with how the mesh turned out. Forgot I also needed to update the mesh for the sword and shield, so took a bit longer. Now on to texturing... which now that I say it feels daunting... #blender #indiedev #gamedev

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Andrew Oaten - Project Eris @oatmealink.bsky.social · 24d

Body mesh finally finished. Next is her hair and I can then finally get to texturing... #blender #indiedev

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Andrew Oaten - Project Eris @oatmealink.bsky.social · Sep 21

Finished her legs and also redid most of the weight painting so that her hips deform much more nicely. I also removed the little v slits from her torso. Little side by side of with and without texture to show off the details. Just her arms, hair and accessories left to go. #blender #indiedev

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Andrew Oaten - Project Eris @oatmealink.bsky.social · Sep 20

Between work and Silksong... didn't find much time to work on Eris. However I'm back at it again. Finished her torso and shins retopo. Thighs are up next. I was also toying with two ideas to add more color. 1. exposing more light between her plating and 2. Tattoo like markings. #blender #indiedev

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Andrew Oaten - Project Eris @oatmealink.bsky.social · Sep 3

Thanks, it's the result of A LOT of iterations. I feel like I've gone through like a 100 designs (on paper and in 3d) before I got to this point. Spend like a year or more just on that alone... Not looking forward to make other characters :D

Andrew Oaten - Project Eris @oatmealink.bsky.social · Sep 3

Wasted some time trying to go with a high-poly sub-divided mesh, but soon realised that trying to do that for every eventual model would be crazy. So now I'm focusing on an LOD0 mesh. On the left is the WIP retopo & on the right is the old hack together. Getting there. #blender #indiedev #gamedev

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Andrew Oaten - Project Eris @oatmealink.bsky.social · Aug 30

Slow start, but face plate is coming along. #blender #gamedev #indiedev

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Andrew Oaten - Project Eris @oatmealink.bsky.social · Aug 29

Picked up the SexyIce Mantis figure. I do have a soft spot for insectoid like monster designs...

Andrew Oaten - Project Eris @oatmealink.bsky.social · Aug 28

I've been working fulltime on another project again, hence my lack of energy to code on my project lately... I think I need to shift gears and tinker with visuals again. Time to get working on refining Eris's mesh. #blender #indiedev

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Andrew Oaten - Project Eris @oatmealink.bsky.social · Aug 9

Finished all exit/entry animations and added some IK. Still some bits to do, but moving on to crouch as I would like to add some "exit into crouch" checks. #indiedev #unity #gamedev

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Andrew Oaten - Project Eris @oatmealink.bsky.social · Aug 5

Upper exit check and animation done. Just Upper entry, lower exit, leaping and IK to go... onwards! #indiedev #unity #gamedev

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Andrew Oaten - Project Eris @oatmealink.bsky.social · Aug 4

Thier helmet is definitely an inspiration for her, can't deny that :)

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Andrew Oaten - Project Eris @oatmealink.bsky.social · Aug 4

Progress is slow, but she's getting there!

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Andrew Oaten - Project Eris @oatmealink.bsky.social · Aug 3

Did a rework of the climbing logic to prioritse being able to move over uneven surfaces. Need to prep some animations for jump related climbing logic but i'm nearly able to wrap this feature up. #indiedev #unity #gamedev

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Andrew Oaten - Project Eris @oatmealink.bsky.social · Jul 31

Glad you like this design. She went through waaay to many drafts before I landed on this on. 😅

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Andrew Oaten - Project Eris @oatmealink.bsky.social · Jul 28

I've not had much energy to work on code, but finally got the core logic for free climbing working. Need refine entry/exit conditions and logic, but happy with how it is working so far. I've also been working on finalising Eris's design, so might side track with the mesh work soon. #indiedev #unity

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Andrew Oaten - Project Eris @oatmealink.bsky.social · Jun 22

The freelance gig is finally over, so now I can get back to Project Eris... I've switched to a new IK plugin by Flm and it works so much better than what I had with the added bonus of procedural foot movement when turning on the spot. #indiedev #unity

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Andrew Oaten - Project Eris @oatmealink.bsky.social · May 10

Been a be silent on here, but I'm not dead! Just been busy working on contract work lately. In the meantime I have be slowly improving the camera lockon. To allow you to spin around the target, but keep the Eris in view when occlusion occurs. #indiedev #unity

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