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Today I'm proud to announce the release of the alpha demo of Gnoblins. You can download it directly from our homepage over here or from IndieDB .Gnoblins is a 3d dungeon crawler game, a rogue-like in its heart, with a lightweight RTS part. You need to save the world of Amunlak from an upcoming peril. You, a former novice of the destroyed secret society o...
Gnoblins - Development journal of an indie game > Gnoblins Alpha Demo released !
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on 28 February 2013 - 01:38 PM
Gnoblins - Development journal of an indie game > Is Sony the new Lehman Bros. ?
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on 25 February 2013 - 12:57 AM
*rant ahead*The game market is changing, rapidly, still all are waiting for the next console generation. Sony presented its newest generation of consoles, the PS4. Nothing to say about its hardware, sounds great to me. I think that AAA titles are the problem, as already stated in a previous journal entry. With this hardware at hands, they will need immens...
Gnoblins - Development journal of an indie game > Gnoblins Alpha Demo Trailer
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on 17 February 2013 - 04:51 AM
Here's the newest video of the upcoming Gnoblins Alpha Demo at the end of this month http://public.gamedev.net//public/style_emoticons/default/smile.png
Gnoblins - Development journal of an indie game > Cel-Shading test
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on 07 February 2013 - 08:14 PM
Always looking to improve the non-photorealistic rendering look of Gnoblins, here are two images showing off different rendering approaches, including two new cel shader. Currently the warp approach is in the game.What do you think ?http://www.gnoblins.net/wp-content/gallery/internal/cell_test_1.jpg http://www.gnoblins....internal/cel...
Gnoblins - Development journal of an indie game > Gnoblins FAQ
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on 05 February 2013 - 05:01 AM
Here the first draft of the FAQ for Gnoblins:Gameplay Is it a RTS game, or RPG or dungeon cralwer , shooter ? In its heart it is a dungeon crawler in 3d, a roguelike, with RPG elements. But there are some tweaks.The most important one is, that you are not alone. You can build up a small community of gnoblins,which introduces elements of a RTS game. And no...
Gnoblins - Development journal of an indie game > Linux and more Programmer Art
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on 03 February 2013 - 11:44 AM
With windows 8 my willingness to try out linux has been tripled over night. Is windows really that much better than linux any longer ? I bought a new laptop and set a new pre-installed windows OS aside to give linux (ubuntu) a chance. Though I will not turn my back on windows completely (at least I'm quite happy with visual studio), it could be enough to...
Gnoblins - Development journal of an indie game > Playing around with environment/reflection maps
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on 18 January 2013 - 09:51 AM
Well, after struggling with environment/reflection map artifacts for some time now, I have found a solution. At least I'm quite happy with the results in my game.The issue with environment maps is, that you need more or less exact probes of the surrounding in dark areas, which is quite difficult in my game due to its dynamic nature. Env-maps simulate the...
Gnoblins - Development journal of an indie game > Procedural content generation and me
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on 21 November 2012 - 04:43 AM
I love procedural content generation, but I have to admit, that it is not as powerful as I once hoped. Procedural generation in games is quite old reaching back to the days of elite and rogue-like game. Today, atleast two decades later, processing power has increased incredible, but what about procedural generated content ?
When I was a child, I got the...
When I was a child, I got the...
Gnoblins - Development journal of an indie game > Some random thoughts about the future of the game industry
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on 15 November 2012 - 07:57 AM
Some random thoughts about the future of the game industry and where it will go in the future.
The truth is, I don't know, nobody knows, but I fear that the current game industry heading towards a very large bubble, which might eventuelly burst.
There are many reasons, one is for sure, that the industry invest incredible amounts of money in top AAA...
The truth is, I don't know, nobody knows, but I fear that the current game industry heading towards a very large bubble, which might eventuelly burst.
There are many reasons, one is for sure, that the industry invest incredible amounts of money in top AAA...
Gnoblins - Development journal of an indie game > Rat Creature Wip II
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on 10 October 2012 - 12:03 PM
So, here's the next iteration, cleaned up the texture, changed the rendering setup, the texture color and the anatomy (abs):
Gnoblins - Development journal of an indie game > Rat Creature Wip
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on 06 October 2012 - 10:22 PM
I've updated my rat creature wip, here's the result. C&C are welcome 
Gnoblins - Development journal of an indie game > New Programmer Art
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on 30 September 2012 - 11:24 PM
I'm in need of taking a little break from coding, so there is nothing better as doing some programmer art instead. Trying my best at a new creature for my game, the ratman warrior thingy. Here's the first model attempt:
And a turntable...
And a turntable...
Gnoblins - Development journal of an indie game > New ingame video of gnoblins.
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on 25 September 2012 - 11:48 AM
Here's a new ingame video of the current development version of gnoblins:
Here are some of the changes of the last weeks (repost from indiedb):
For one we have decided to make a shift from the player character to the gnoblins. Instead of having a class or skill system for the player character, we made the...
Here are some of the changes of the last weeks (repost from indiedb):
For one we have decided to make a shift from the player character to the gnoblins. Instead of having a class or skill system for the player character, we made the...
Gnoblins - Development journal of an indie game > Splash Screen Wip
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on 27 August 2012 - 11:08 AM
Today I've worked on a splash screen for my game. Here's the result using a combination of 3d rendering and 2d painting.
For those who are interested, here are some of the steps up to the final wip...
For those who are interested, here are some of the steps up to the final wip...
Gnoblins - Development journal of an indie game > Gnoblins Survival Guide
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on 12 August 2012 - 10:34 PM
After the first week of the closed alpha I created a small survival guide video to survive the first half hour of gnoblins. Here it is: