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D2 log 074 – New level format

Catnip Games

Everything is just one big texture. I export the rendered terrain from Blender as a RGBA image but with alpha value set to depth. The custom terrain shader uses the z-channel to draw water in lower areas of the level. This gives me freedom in level design and saves work making tiles… tileable. So it’s RGBZ.

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Godot Showcase - Lumencraft developer talks about his experience

Mircosoft Game Dev

We knew that we needed custom modifications for destructible terrain, dynamic lightning, and support for thousands of swarm monsters. Overriding properties like script variables, or sprite color via modulate property, allows to make asset variations easily. One example is the debris particles interacting with 2D terrain.