Shaunboy97
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First thing I'm doing is creating a Zelda-esk game
I will strongly consider naming my first son after you because of this <3
Team Dakota Creative Director Henry Sterchi and Community Manager Mike Lescault are joined by Designer Keith Rosier in the latest Project Spark Developer live stream on the Microsoft Studios Twitch channel. http://www.twitch.tv/microsoftstudios Keith will provide an in-depth look at a castle level created in his spare time, showing off the rich interior and explaining how he used existing props and assets to achieve his game play goals.
The stream starts at 3:30pm PDT on twitch.tv/microsoftstudios. *Note: This is on the Microsoft Studios Twitch channel, not the Project Spark one *
This will be an in-depth look into the types of interiors that can be created. There will not be any new feature announcements.
YayCross-post from Reddit.
I have a question for Mike.
Would it be possible to build a kind of experience where you have a level made up of spheres and each sphere has it's own center of gravity so that the player can walk on all sides?
The question isn't IF you can do something. The question is HOW would you do something. I'll ping some of the team members on this question and see what ideas they come up with. I guarantee no two members of the team will come up with the same solution, which is very cool.
http://www.twitch.tv/microsoftstudios
Livestream is up...kind of. Having some issues despite a delay.
This is amazing. I expected the programming to allow it, but nice to know the sculping tools allows that too. (I have 't been able to keep up with the revent streams, so perhaps this was already addresed before)Turns out that this one is pretty hard to do. I asked the team members to tell me how they'd approach trying to create this and asked them to give me their thoughts WITHOUT discussing it with others.
Here are their responses....
Jared, Designer
Yep, its possible. I added these lines to the players brain. This just works with one sphere, but its where I would start expanding from.
1. Set the players gravity factor to zero.
2. Push the player toward the sphere.
3. To jump, push the player away from the sphere.
4. & 5. Rotate the player character as it circles the sphere so that it can walk upside down on the bottom.
Jesse, Producer
Sphere add brush to make terrain, paths tool to make paths around the terrain, sensors to help you teleport between terrain. Then I would ask someone else how to make the character stay upright relative to the sphere she is walking on.
Aury, Programmer
Yes, you can do this.
You can disable the built-in gravity and apply your own physical forces to objects so that they gravitate toward the spheres. You can also rotate an object to face and move in any direction, so that a character can run on the surface of one of the spheres.
Brad, Designer
Without prototyping, Im not sure if this will work but you might be able to snap the objects position to the nearest edge of the sphere and manually orient the objects up to point away from the sphere. Until we incorporate some of the gravity features weve been talking about, it could be tricky to incorporate jump.
Eddie, Programmer
Yeah, Id code up each of the spheres to do a detect sensor and they could slowly start moving the player in their direction. Possibly setting a vector on the object itself and having it use that as its move coordinate. Pretty simple to do, but hard to probably make the character be upright when he gets there I could probably still swing it tho.
James, Producer
Thats easy. Step 1 Purchase a Pizza. Step 2 - Give the pizza to a designer and ask them to do it.
Mike, Executive Producer (After reading everyone elses response)
Id delegate this to James to solve for me by EOD.
I hope that helps answer the question. Thanks!
-Mike
It would be really awesome if there was a guarantee that gaf members on this thread would get in early into the beta *wink* wink* wink*
Wait. .what! ?You've all been really awesome, and I'm sure we can work something out.
Thanks for the reminder, completely forgot!
what, let me sign up!You've all been really awesome, and I'm sure we can work something out.
Video replay of this afternoon's Project Spark stream is now available if you missed it live: http://youtu.be/c9V9jHdDKD4
If you haven't already signed up for beta, you can do so at www.projectspark.com although it's be super helpful if someone could collect the names of everyone who's interested into a single list for me, so I can make sure all get keys early.
-Mike
Video replay of this afternoon's Project Spark stream is now available if you missed it live: http://youtu.be/c9V9jHdDKD4
If you haven't already signed up for beta, you can do so at www.projectspark.com although it'd be super helpful if someone could also collect the names of any NeoGAFfers that are interested into a single list for me, so I can make sure you all get keys early.
-Mike
edit: Also, I guess I can compile the list. I'm sure no one wants their emails out in the open, so just send me a PM and I'll make the list unless someone else wants to.
PM sentI derped so bad. Completely forgot there was a livestream today.
Watching right now.
edit: Also, I guess I can compile the list. I'm sure no one wants their emails out in the open, so just send me a PM and I'll make the list unless someone else wants to.
Thanks. As long as they've already signed up for the beta at some point, we should be able to get some of the initial round of beta keys out to those on the list.
I derped so bad. Completely forgot there was a livestream today.
Watching right now.
edit: Also, I guess I can compile the list. I'm sure no one wants their emails out in the open, so just send me a PM and I'll make the list unless someone else wants to.
thanks mike you've been awesome to us as well. . looking forward to watching the latest stream once I get home here.
also thanks belucheez for volunteering to compile a list. I suppose I could mention it in the OP, but then again I don't want to overwhelm your inbox haha
Yeah you can add it to the OP. I would just feel bad for Mike getting a huge list of new people he'd have to input into the beta.
For the list, Mike, do you need it any time soon? Wouldn't make sense to just give you the list right now and keep sending you new names as they come in. Maybe send you a big one at the end of this month?
I derped so bad. Completely forgot there was a livestream today.
Watching right now.
edit: Also, I guess I can compile the list. I'm sure no one wants their emails out in the open, so just send me a PM and I'll make the list unless someone else wants to.
Awww yeahhh, you're the best!Video replay of this afternoon's Project Spark stream is now available if you missed it live: http://youtu.be/c9V9jHdDKD4
If you haven't already signed up for beta, you can do so at www.projectspark.com although it'd be super helpful if someone could also collect the names of any NeoGAFfers that are interested into a single list for me, so I can make sure you all get keys early.
-Mike
I sent ya my emailI derped so bad. Completely forgot there was a livestream today.
Watching right now.
edit: Also, I guess I can compile the list. I'm sure no one wants their emails out in the open, so just send me a PM and I'll make the list unless someone else wants to.
For the list, Mike, do you need it any time soon? Wouldn't make sense to just give you the list right now and keep sending you new names as they come in. Maybe send you a big one at the end of this month?
Yeah, maybe just hang onto it until we're ready to announce the actual starting date of beta. I can give you a shout when we're ready to start distributing keys.
It's up to you guys whether to put it in the OP or not. Although, I will admit that it's those of you who are following the entire thread that we want to get in right at the start. Our success relies entirely on how the strength of our community, so the people who are really interested in creating and/or playing cool stuff, are the folks we're counting on.
Thanks again,
-Mike
Agreed. Spark is very user friendly, but you will still need to do a lot of thinking and experimenting to get things exactly the way you want it. Helps exercise the brain. At least that it was what I think it is gonna be like. A lot of people will be able to pick up the game and make their own creations very easily. However there is a lot there that only those who put the time and energy and thought power into it will achieve.
Ha yeah that was my other concern, I'll leave it up to mike if I put it in the OP or not. .
Also guys I was thinking about making another thread later(novemberish?) called PS creations and creators or something which would basically be a thread to show off your games or ones you think are good and a place to find collaborators to work on something together. What do you think of something like that?
Video replay of this afternoon's Project Spark stream is now available if you missed it live: http://youtu.be/c9V9jHdDKD4
If you haven't already signed up for beta, you can do so at www.projectspark.com although it'd be super helpful if someone could also collect the names of any NeoGAFfers that are interested into a single list for me, so I can make sure you all get keys early.
-Mike
I think that would be great. Though, I don't know if we will be able to post videos and pictures and all that of the beta. Can you clarify, Mike, or are those details you guys still need to work out?
It's cool you guys are doing this. Do you think you could do this for the Xbox One beta, too? Or is that gonna be more open than the PC beta and not really necessary?
We're still finalizing our plans for how the Xbox One beta would run, but if we're able to do it, we'd certainly like to. People who are active in the Win8 beta are the ones I'd prefer to see in the front of the line for the Xbox One beta. But we'll have to see how it all shakes out.