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Friday Blog 215 - The Cat Who Has Given Her Name To Half This Company Died

The new mudbricks-block, and new textures for the old planks-block Two weeks ago, we wrote about Zun’s extensive beta-testing.

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addedThe new mudbricks-block, and new textures for the old planks-block Two weeks ago, we wrote about Zun’s extensive beta-testing. It resulted in a long list of issues, some bigger, some smaller, and we’ve been working hard to fix these issues.
addedNew logs texture
addedA general issue was the lack of building material. I had focused my own tests mainly on new content and new features: tools, traps, the overhauled tech tree. I built simple colonies with walls of planks and beds in the open air. Zun has a more sophisticated approach, but that made him quite bothered by the lack of available building materials other than endless planks.
addedA new dirt texture that is actually distinct from logs!
addedI had added ‘mudbricks’ as a new cheap building material, suitable for the early ages (stone age, copper age, bronze age). While it was available in the tech tree and it could be crafted by colonists, I hadn’t bothered to add an actual texture… I hadn’t actually made new textures for ‘full’ blocks, with normal maps and height maps etcetera, in years . New jobblocks always use a mesh, and they don’t require traditional 1x1x1 textures. I was a bit worried that I would have a hard time getting back into my old workflow, and had postponed the problem.
addedWhen actually trying to make the new mudbricks texture, it quickly turned out things were a lot better than I had feared! Texturing went pretty well, and I noticed that I might actually be able to significantly improve on the older textures. I regularly shared my results in #general on Discord, resulting in interesting discussions that helped to improve the final result. Thanks Boneidle, Bog, PatateNouille, Ardandal and all the others who shared their feedback and suggestions!

Colony Survival changes

addedThe new mudbricks-block, and new textures for the old planks-block Two weeks ago, we wrote about Zun’s extensive beta-testing. It resulted in a long list of issues, some bigger, some smaller, and we’ve been working hard to fix these issues.
addedNew logs texture
addedA general issue was the lack of building material. I had focused my own tests mainly on new content and new features: tools, traps, the overhauled tech tree. I built simple colonies with walls of planks and beds in the open air. Zun has a more sophisticated approach, but that made him quite bothered by the lack of available building materials other than endless planks.
addedA new dirt texture that is actually distinct from logs!
addedI had added ‘mudbricks’ as a new cheap building material, suitable for the early ages (stone age, copper age, bronze age). While it was available in the tech tree and it could be crafted by colonists, I hadn’t bothered to add an actual texture… I hadn’t actually made new textures for ‘full’ blocks, with normal maps and height maps etcetera, in years . New jobblocks always use a mesh, and they don’t require traditional 1x1x1 textures. I was a bit worried that I would have a hard time getting back into my old workflow, and had postponed the problem.

The new mudbricks-block, and new textures for the old planks-block Two weeks ago, we wrote about Zun’s extensive beta-testing. It resulted in a long list of issues, some bigger, some smaller, and we’ve been working hard to fix these issues.

New logs texture

A general issue was the lack of building material. I had focused my own tests mainly on new content and new features: tools, traps, the overhauled tech tree. I built simple colonies with walls of planks and beds in the open air. Zun has a more sophisticated approach, but that made him quite bothered by the lack of available building materials other than endless planks.

A new dirt texture that is actually distinct from logs!

I had added ‘mudbricks’ as a new cheap building material, suitable for the early ages (stone age, copper age, bronze age). While it was available in the tech tree and it could be crafted by colonists, I hadn’t bothered to add an actual texture… I hadn’t actually made new textures for ‘full’ blocks, with normal maps and height maps etcetera, in years. New jobblocks always use a mesh, and they don’t require traditional 1x1x1 textures. I was a bit worried that I would have a hard time getting back into my old workflow, and had postponed the problem.

An experiment that will probably not be in the final release, and the old planks texture

When actually trying to make the new mudbricks texture, it quickly turned out things were a lot better than I had feared! Texturing went pretty well, and I noticed that I might actually be able to significantly improve on the older textures. I regularly shared my results in #general on Discord, resulting in interesting discussions that helped to improve the final result. Thanks Boneidle, Bog, PatateNouille, Ardandal and all the others who shared their feedback and suggestions!

Lizzy

Lizzy was born in 2006 and quickly adopted by our family. She was smart, careful, graceful and a bit anxious. She was present during a large part of our lives. She has given us enormous amounts of joy, and we hope to have done the same for her.

Last year, she started developing some medical problems. We cared for her as best as we could, but her condition slowly deteriorated. Yesterday evening, she started to have major difficulty breathing. We took her to the veterinarian. She decided that euthanasia was the least bad remaining option. Lizzy was put to sleep and she quickly passed.

Today, we buried Lizzy.

We have one other cat

Pip.

Our company is named after both cats

Pipliz. It will remain so eternally.

She is loved tremendously.

22-03-2006 - 03-03-2022

2014

Pip and Lizzy together

2019

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