XenoFarm Dev Diary #2 - garden of alien delights
Channel: Don Whitaker
Date: 2014-09-10

This is the second Developer Diary about my new game project called XenoFarm - the 'I need a shave' edition. (^_^) I talk about some optimizations to plant animation routines, demonstrate a morphing animated plant, and show off some of the plant models I'm working on.

Dev Diary Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe3HrZjzh8d9IzURujtNtksnNVChZzAzU

XenoFarm is my newest game project - a science fiction themed farming simulation. The player will be an interstellar sharecropper living off the land on the edge of space. The game will feature an open-world simulation of plants that live and grow according to the conditions in their environment. The player will be free to plant anywhere and tend their farm as they wish - no preset plots or rigid, square fields.

Watch for new dev diaries every week or two as I make progress on the project. I'd love to hear your ideas about what you'd like to see in a game like this - leave 'em in the comments here or send me a message at http://BrainBlinks.com

Links mentioned in the video:

Mandelbulb 3D tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL67453435CBFEDB49

Crashed Lander: http://CrashedLander.com

ngPlant: http://ngplant.sourceforge.net/

Mega-Fiers: http://www.west-racing.com/mf/