Ghost Knight

Devlog

• Daniel general log 23
  June 05, 2019 by tartankiwi

  Created the Title. Also created 'level complete' in the same manner. Finished the animatic for the trailer/intro and sent that off to the music composer. Also created base UI buttons... Continue reading

  
• Isaac Devlog 24 (Controls, sound & UI)
  June 05, 2019 by IsaacParsons

  Improved player controls, added most sounds and updated UI... Continue reading
• Daniel General log 22
  May 29, 2019 by tartankiwi

  Recorded, mastered and spliced all the voice over in the last 2 days. Here's an example: https://soundcloud.com/tartankiwi/ghostknight-and-urnie-interaction-test... Continue reading
• Isaac Devlog 23 (Assets and bug fixes)
  May 27, 2019 by IsaacParsons

  Replaced remaining placeholders, fixed several bugs... Continue reading
• Daniel General log 21
  May 23, 2019 by tartankiwi

  Textured the metal box and started on the how to screen... Continue reading

  
• Isaac Devlog 23 (Improved fluids)
  May 23, 2019 by IsaacParsons

  Improved water and lava effect... Continue reading

  
• Daniel General log 20
  May 22, 2019 by tartankiwi

  Textured a bunch more objects! Door Frame with trim, Elevator, Ladder and Sawblade... Continue reading

  
• Daniel General log 19
  May 21, 2019 by tartankiwi

  Textured 2 cogs and painted a matte that will parallax for the background... Continue reading

  
• Isaac Devlog 22 (Ghost trail & particles)
  May 21, 2019 by IsaacParsons

  Added ghost trail that connects to sword hilt, improved sword particles... Continue reading
• Isaac Devlog 21 (Ghost & dynamic cloth)
  May 16, 2019 by IsaacParsons

  Updated the ghost model, improved ghost particles, and added dynamic cloth to ghost and dead player... Continue reading
• Daniel General log 18
  May 15, 2019 by tartankiwi

  Textured the Demon door, started on the back drop matte and almost finished the sound library... Continue reading

  
• Jesse ( UI and the Spawn Brazier )
  May 14, 2019 by Jesse de Haan

  So far this week I have been working on the main menu and the UI for our game, I have been replacing the stand in assets with the actual game ones, I have also begun modeling the Spawn Brazier for the... Continue reading

  
• Jesse ( Absence )
  May 14, 2019 by Jesse de Haan

  I have been ill for a significant amount of time which is why there is such a large amount of time between this and my last post. I am now going to be making more Devlogs at least 3 a week... Continue reading
• Daniel General log 17
  May 14, 2019 by tartankiwi

  Animated the skeletons to get up when passed by the player... Continue reading

  
• Daniel General log 16
  May 14, 2019 by tartankiwi

  Textured 3 objects! Piping, a Water wheel and the enemies swords!... Continue reading

  
• Isaac Devlog 20 (Death animations)
  May 14, 2019 by IsaacParsons

  Added death animation and explosion for player and armored enemies... Continue reading

  
• Isaac Devlog 19 (Enemy combat)
  May 09, 2019 by IsaacParsons

  Improved enemy attack speed, attack spacing and stance switching... Continue reading
• Daniel General log 15
  May 07, 2019 by tartankiwi

  Finished the Skeletons base animations, just need to polish them. Same with the player death and the animation where he releases his ghost form ... Continue reading

  
• Isaac Devlog 18 (Player animations)
  May 07, 2019 by IsaacParsons

  Added and improved several player animations... Continue reading
• Daniel General log 14
  May 03, 2019 by tartankiwi

  Animated the idols and attack animation for the light skeletons!... Continue reading

  
• Isaac Devlog 17 (Player animations & enemy rig)
  May 01, 2019 by IsaacParsons

  I have added most of the player animations, fixed issues with enemy rig... Continue reading
• Daniel General log 13
  April 30, 2019 by tartankiwi

  Finished and exported the player animations! HURRAY! Textured the fire trap, spike trap and pendulum trap!... Continue reading

  
• Daniel General log 12
  April 18, 2019 by tartankiwi

  Finished player animations! The next week, until the 29th we'll be on Easter holiday. I shall be doing some work on audio, voice over and UI in the break... Continue reading

  
• Daniel General log 11
  April 16, 2019 by tartankiwi

  Almost finished animations for the player character. Only have 2 or so more to go. Also going to do a clean up pass once they are all complete... Continue reading

  
• Isaac Devlog 16 (Alpha build)
  April 15, 2019 by IsaacParsons

  Alpha build is complete with working menu and level cycle... Continue reading
• Isaac Devlog 15 (Level layout)
  April 12, 2019 by IsaacParsons

  First level layout is complete for alpha build... Continue reading
• Daniel General log 10
  April 10, 2019 by tartankiwi

  Could it be...? MORE ANIMATION!? Yup. did the first pass on all attack animations today... Continue reading

  
• Isaac Devlog 14 (level layout and assets)
  April 10, 2019 by IsaacParsons

  Adding game assets and beginning level layout... Continue reading

  
• Daniel General log 9
  April 09, 2019 by tartankiwi

  Whoa! More animation. Finished the blocks and started on the attack animations ... Continue reading

  
• Daniel General log 8
  April 08, 2019 by tartankiwi

  Started on the animations for the main character. The Idle and Walk... Continue reading
• Isaac Devlog 13 (Character rig)
  April 03, 2019 by IsaacParsons

  Adjusted rig to make it easier to animate, fixed cloth, fixed scale... Continue reading
• Daniel General Log 7
  April 02, 2019 by tartankiwi

  Painted the texture for the moving platforms. Cleaned up and ported all ready assets to the Git... Continue reading

  
• Isaac Devlog 13 (adding assets)
  April 01, 2019 by IsaacParsons

  Added most of the game assets, below is the ghost knight in his true form... Continue reading

  
• Isaac Devlog 13 (enemy navigation)
  March 29, 2019 by IsaacParsons

  Enemies will find best path to player if one is available (path will update as doors open and platforms move)... Continue reading

  
• Daniel General Log 6
  March 28, 2019 by tartankiwi

  Worked on two textures, a torch and Chest. Working on the cinematic and animation sheets in prep for the rig being completed... Continue reading

  
• Jesse (Skinning)
  March 27, 2019 by Jesse de Haan

  I have skinned all of the visible pieces below and the others require only a small amount of extra weight painting for them to work... Continue reading

  
• Isaac Devlog 12 (flying enemies and navigation)
  March 26, 2019 by IsaacParsons

  Added flying enemies, started procedural navigation system for enemies to detect obstacles and best path to player... Continue reading
• Isaac Devlog 11 (improved enemies and fluids)
  March 22, 2019 by IsaacParsons

  Enemies now walk around each other, fixed issues with levers and pressure plates, fluids now push waterwheels... Continue reading
• Daniel General log 5
  March 22, 2019 by tartankiwi

  Made progress on the animatable paintings for the small intro cinematic. Also textured a bunch more major assets... Continue reading

  
• Jesse (FK_IK and the Rig)
  March 21, 2019 by Jesse de Haan

  I have finished the FK/IK switch on the right arm of the character using the node method rather than the set driven key, I have every pirece of the rig together and just need to add the FK/IK switch t... Continue reading

  
• Isaac Devlog 10 (Enemy AI)
  March 20, 2019 by IsaacParsons

  Added enemy spawner door (you can set how often enemies spawn, the type of enemy, maximum active enemies, do they respawn). Enemies detect danger and will wait a custom time before switching their des... Continue reading

  
• Quentin DevLog02: Main Menu Build - Ghost Knight
  March 14, 2019 by Quentin Nicolson

  Been working on some ominous and ambient smoke effects for the main menu builds just testing some things out and seeing what works... Continue reading

  
• Isaac Devlog 9 (basic enemy pathfinding)
  March 14, 2019 by IsaacParsons

  Added basic pathfinding for enemies: They will walk in direction of their current goal, using ladders if necessary. Once they reach their goal they will wait random time and move onto next goal... Continue reading

  
• Isaac devlog 8 (Enemies & HP)
  March 14, 2019 by IsaacParsons

  Added enemy placeholders (they have health/death and animations but no AI yet) Player has health bar (placeholder) which scales to remaining health... Continue reading

  
• Daniel general log 4
  March 13, 2019 by tartankiwi

  Textured primed and exported all these models ready for our level designer to implement. Also painted and animated the first panel of the intro cinematic... Continue reading

  
• Isaac Devlog 7 (Pipes & changing water)
  March 08, 2019 by IsaacParsons

  Added small and large pipes. Levers can change water direction/depth/speed... Continue reading

  
• Daniel general log 03
  March 07, 2019 by tartankiwi

  Almost finished texturing the player character. :)... Continue reading

  
• Jesse (Rigging and controls)
  March 06, 2019 by Jesse de Haan

  I have finished baking the character and am now working on the characters rig, this is going quite quickly and I have even managed to rig the cloth pieces of the armour. I will be finishing off the ri... Continue reading

  
• Quentin DevLog01: UI Concept Work - Ghost Knight
  March 06, 2019 by Quentin Nicolson#Ghost, #Knight, #Game Dev, #Games, #Fantasy, #Swords, #UI

  UI Concept and UI Asset Development I am working on Currently for Ghost Knight... Continue reading

  
• Isaac Devlog 6 (Flame traps)
  March 06, 2019 by IsaacParsons

  Added flame traps with adjustable height and color/temperature. Ghost can pass through normal flames but not blue flames. Also added third state option for levers... Continue reading

  
• Isaac Devlog 5 (Procedural cogs & climbing poles)
  March 04, 2019 by IsaacParsons

  Cogs are now procedurally generated (you can set the cog size/rim thickness, and number/size of teeth) Cogs will automatically calculate speed based off tooth count and driving cog speed. Cogs will au... Continue reading

  
• Daniel General log 2
  March 01, 2019 by tartankiwi

  Hand textured some assets modeled by Dylan... Continue reading

  
• Daniel general log 1
  February 28, 2019 by tartankiwi

  Painted more concept art... Continue reading

  
• Jesse (4th log)
  February 27, 2019 by Jesse de Haan

  I am half way through re-topologising the main character model and will then be UVing it and then starting the rig... Continue reading

  
• Isaac Devlog 4 (Cogs & fluids)
  February 26, 2019 by IsaacParsons

  Added gears/cogs/wheels which drive each others rotation. Added fluids which push player and produce particles according to speed and direction. Added procedural chains which follow cog rotation and s... Continue reading

  
• Jesse (3rd dev log)
  February 18, 2019 by Jesse de Haan

  The current progress on the Ghost knight main character, all pieces shown have been beveled and I have started to texture and shape the cloak... Continue reading

  
• (Daniel) Second round of concept art.
  February 18, 2019 by tartankiwi

  Painted general cage designs, potions and pots... Continue reading

  
• Isaac Devlog 3 (animation tree)
  February 18, 2019 by IsaacParsons

  Added basic animations (walk, jump, climb, attacks) Improved hanging from ledge and climbing... Continue reading
• Isaac Devlog 2 (more mechanics)
  December 14, 2018 by IsaacParsons

  Added heavy attacks. Improved controls when split. Added special crate (blocks body and ghost, cannot be pushed unless player is merged). Added grapple points (light up when in range, press interact t... Continue reading
• Jesse
  December 12, 2018 by Jesse de Haan#Jesse

  I have finished the base model of the main character and have taken it into zbrush where I have been sculpting the head, it is almost done and then I will be sculpting additional details into the armo... Continue reading

  
• (Daniel) First round of concept art.
  December 11, 2018 by tartankiwi

  I've painted the main protagonist, some base enemies and a mood board... Continue reading

  
• Isaac Devlog 1 (mechanics)
  December 11, 2018 by IsaacParsons

  Added basic move, jump, push for player. Added pressure plates and levers. Player can has different attack stances (low, mid, high) Player can split into ghost mode, ghost can interact/collide with d... Continue reading

  
• Jesse
  December 06, 2018 by Jesse de Haan#Jesse

  First devlog for the first week working on the game assests, I have been modeling the base model for the armour of the main character and once I've finished the base I'll be adding more poly's and mak... Continue reading