Go to the Dreams workshop at the top of the dreamshaping menu :) or press pause in edit mode and click videos somewhere at the top and there should be a video on doorways :) that might help
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Dreams |OT| What Games Are Made Of
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Go to the Dreams workshop at the top of the dreamshaping menu :) or press pause in edit mode and click videos somewhere at the top and there should be a video on doorways :) that might help
That is...wild. Some serious dedication. I wish I had that kind of time to spend on Dreams!
Yesterday i decided to start Tiny Pier just to take a look and end up playing it for more than 2 hours, what an amazing creation.
Is there somewhere I can find that ending song for Art's Dream? I wish I could get it on Spotify.
I spent the last hour or so tinkering away on an all-purpose 2D puppet. I've got the basic body shape, and I intend to use it mostly zoomed out so it doesn't need too much detail. The animation works fine now and I've been setting up eye expressions, basically just regular eyes and angry eyes + mouth. I put in both sets, but I had some trouble with the other set not going invisible even though I toggled it with the key frame. I ended up just moving the other pair back into the head. Of course, once I started testing it the spare set would just buzz around the head as I moved. Apparently groups can still collide with themselves, so I set each pair to not collide with anything. Now it works properly.
I will need some basic platforming logic like ladders and water, but I'm probably going to track down some good ones in the Dreamiverse rather than figuring everything out on my own. For now it's super nice just to have a tightly controlled character that still has smooth IK animation. For anyone wondering, you can set the gravity really high and set the turning rate and acceleration/deceleration to max. This gives you a character that really controls like something like Mega Man.
I will need some basic platforming logic like ladders and water, but I'm probably going to track down some good ones in the Dreamiverse rather than figuring everything out on my own. For now it's super nice just to have a tightly controlled character that still has smooth IK animation. For anyone wondering, you can set the gravity really high and set the turning rate and acceleration/deceleration to max. This gives you a character that really controls like something like Mega Man.
Got a friend from the Dreams community streaming their face sculpting right now!
Ooh, let me know when I can visit it. I'm making a major change to mine now, which I think people will enjoy.
Ooh, let me know when I can visit it. I'm making a major change to mine now, which I think people will enjoy.
Check your downloads. You should have a "the music of Dreams" thing available, and inside that app you can copy to USB drive.
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Still going through Art's Dream slowly (about 65% done now) and I'm just deeply impressed with what MM is using essentially as a marketing device for their Creation Tools. Tiny gripes aside (mostly camera issues), I just love any section with D-Bug & Co., and Art's sections give me hope for a vibrant adventure game comm
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It's on youtube, but I imagine you're looking for a streaming service?
I remember reading that Time Move Slow ain't on the Music of Dreams because is a cover. Dunno if that's true tho
Ah, yeah I just realized it was missing from the app. Shame!
They said they wouldn't because people might just release the ending or something but aren't against releasing certain things from it
Thank you! Having played around some, I can imagine how that would go! It's remarkable how MM have gameified the creative instruments, to the point where they're mostly completely familiar. And exposing the part of creation that's fun ... It's a real accomplishment.
I've been thinking that Art looked familiar, and realized he's basically a thinner version of Jet from Cowboy Bebop
Importing images would be amazing if it happens.
Creating status screen with pics will be much easier.
Creating status screen with pics will be much easier.
Hit my first stumbling block today. It's not so easy to get vehicles right, I feel. I found some pretty cool car models that fit the setting of my game in the 1990s. However, they are not interactive. So I made the wheels moveable, connected them to a non-moveable block which I then linked to the car body. The whole group is made moveable. I don't seem to get the motor bolts just right. The wheels like to end up funny. Maybe it's also because they were stitched onto the model later. I also noticed that it's better using wheels where the rims and actual wheel are one part. If not, the wheel liked to end up halfway in the ground when spinning. Lost quite some time with that wheel which wasn't so good.
I have however set up the logic for my town scene. Cars are emitted in different distances from each other, they have a set route, they rotate and stop when necessary, e.g. for obstacles and when crossing path with the player - but I find the wheels part pretty tricky. Wish you could center bolts in the middle of the object.
I have however set up the logic for my town scene. Cars are emitted in different distances from each other, they have a set route, they rotate and stop when necessary, e.g. for obstacles and when crossing path with the player - but I find the wheels part pretty tricky. Wish you could center bolts in the middle of the object.
Later games have been much much easier. Cubric was the first thing I made and it was a great way to learn every aspect of dreams, but it was also a huge pain in the ass. The Great Job, Human games have been a joy to make in comparison.
Yeah there's definitely a learning curve for making vehicles, and particularly things like wheels. My Forklift game has really crazy wheels that look silly, but even then it took me ages to get it right because I really just muddled my way through it. I'd do a lot of things different now compared to when i made that one.
If i were to give broad some tips it would be:
- Don't try to have the wheels actually push the car. It's tempting to try and make it work like an actual car with motor bolts turning the wheel, but the physics just get really wonky and it doesn't make good for good results. I think it's best to build the car controls first out of a cube, and then later on once they are working well you can make that cube invisible and then attach the actual car model to it. Next you can add the wheels, which you can make spin just for show.
- Similarly, use a collidable invisible cylinder to keep the car at the correct height, and just make the wheels themselves non-collidable.
- if you are using a motor bolt on a cylinder to make a wheel, the bolt has to be placed in the dead-centre as even a slight deviation will cause the wheels to be extremely wonky. To do this you have to have all of your sculpts on the exact same grid. A neat trick that I picked up from one of the devs on stream is to always immediately place a cube in the middle of my scene when i start creating, and then use that as a sort of 'benchmark' grid. If at any time i am unsure if i am in the right grid, i can align the grid to the all-powerful benchmark cube.
- Joints are finicky, just remember that the orientation of the blue and yellow knobs is not important - the only thing that matters is the location and orientation of the pink knob, and the objects that the blue and yellow knobs are touching.
You made that? Awesome!
I was trying to convert a car during the beta into a forklift to do forklift racing / drifting inspired by Shenmue, but never got to progress it very much.
Really enjoyed your silly dream, though. Not sure how I passed some of those bits where I basically flipped the forklift and landed it near the checkpoints lol.
I imagine they'll release it as remixable once enough time has passed.
If anyone is curious about some things in Dreams, or wants me to play their creation, I'm streaming on Twitch for bit :)
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You know I recall a year ago or so MM said there's an actual game development studio that is using the Dreams creation tool for their newest full-fledged game. Any update or word on that at all?
Wow, this game is absolutely insane. I don't know if it's because I'm fried right now but these creations are incredible. This game makes me feel like a kid again. I feel like an idiot for not buying this earlier
Only the last two masterclasses and I'll have finished all the tutorials (without counting the how to videos).
I started the sculpting master class but it's a bit useless to me because I've no move controllers and for sure I'm not that skilled but there are some interesting tricks mentioned.
Anyway, I'll start setting up stuff soon!
I started the sculpting master class but it's a bit useless to me because I've no move controllers and for sure I'm not that skilled but there are some interesting tricks mentioned.
Anyway, I'll start setting up stuff soon!
Do people don't customize their homespace? I spent like an hour trying to put mine, and checking other users, it seems that nobody has changed it.
Conker: "Almost 10 years without a new game, guess we'll have to make our own"
Conker: "Almost 10 years without a new game, guess we'll have to make our own"
I'm finding sculpting a basic piece of floor to be somewhat clunky. It feels like it shouldn't so difficult to make a large piece of square terrain but the way the camera in this works is really wonky. Would appreciate any tips from more experienced makers.
Does this game autosave? I'm doing the art campaign and getting sleepy but I'm not sure if I'll lose all my progress if I quit.
Yes, the game have auto-save on the Art campaign. Next time you load up, it will restart on the scene you were before quitting.
The easiest way if you want a flat terrain is to turn on the grid (in guidelines), stamp down a box close to the floor guide, then use the stretch tool to grab the sides and pull to increase the width.
You can edit the box shape before stamping (to my understanding helps thermo a little) but it's more complicated.
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Spent all of today remaking the first location of the Tutorial Island from Runescape and it bought back so many memories lol, I might really try to do this full thing as much as possible and see where it takes me. If anyone's interested in joining the project, let me know :)
Also, reminder to DM me for the Discord invite!
Also, reminder to DM me for the Discord invite!
Yeah it was the first thing I released in Dreams, and I'm glad you enjoyed it!
I'm half tempted to go back and rebuild the game with all my current knowledge, but I have so many ideas at the moment that I think I'm better off trying to finish one of my other 18 projects.
Caved and bought it.
Holy shit(m, the amount of potential is staggering. I can't wait to see what becomes of this, and hopefully I can craft something cool, if only a diorama of one of my dreams or something.
Holy shit(m, the amount of potential is staggering. I can't wait to see what becomes of this, and hopefully I can craft something cool, if only a diorama of one of my dreams or something.
I think I'm gonna really dive into sculpting this weekend by trying to recreate various drawings and such I've seen online that I liked. I haven't drawn anything or done any 3D modeling in a long ass time and all my creativeness has gone into programming in recent years, so coming up with original visuals isn't.. easy. Might as well lower the bar by trying to recreate stuff, and if I get hooked I'll start using my imagination.
It's amazing that people can make these things as first creations.
Without Dreams I wouldn't even know how to start lol
Sry if already posted but that interview with Mark Healey is interesting.
www.videogameschronicle.com
Interview: Media Molecule’s grand ambitions for Dreams | VGC
Co-founder Mark Healey discusses plans for PS5…
www.videogameschronicle.com
I do wonder what would happen if someone were to perfectly replicate the content of the premium DLC inside Dreams? Would that be some sort of piracy? Lol. I guess it has to be like he said, content that would be worth buying instead of creating.
They probably forgot to release the homespace. But I did miNe
Someone should start recreating the campaign so we have a dbug game
Sry if already posted but that interview with Mark Healey is interesting.
Interview: Media Molecule’s grand ambitions for Dreams | VGC
Co-founder Mark Healey discusses plans for PS5…
Hmmm so the VR update is going to be classed as a "Premium Update" and be paid for? Thats a shame, would have been good to make it free to get as many people using it as they can.