3D pixel art filter for my indie game about dinos digging up dinos 

Thanks! And I’m glad I could help you out :)

no worries bro :) glad it was informative!

much appreciated!

thank you! I'm glad you dig it :)

Thanks! I actually have a video in the works with that kinda content. Should be out soon, I’ve just been super busy lately :)

thanks!!

thank you so much for the great comment!

@@thegeolojosh of course! I'm not a game developer, but I am a musician and artist and I want to incorporate some visuals like this for my live shows at some point. I'm trying to learn blender

thanks for your comment! I’ll definitely continue posting about the project :) and a proper trailer will be coming soon

thanks so much :)

Thanks so much for the support!

@@thegeolojosh no problemo :)! Your game looks so nice btw! In regards to the rendering, do you know what I should do if instead of ‘depth buffer’, ‘depth stencil format’ appears?

obrigado pelas palavras gentis! o jogo vai ter um versão em português -- espero que você goste!

you'll be able to soon!!

Thanks! And I'm sorry that you haven't had luck with ue4 tutorials. I have no experience with that particular engine so I don't think I'll be of much help. Still, I imagine the same principles would hold for both unity and ue4 -- for ue4 you need to add a low resolution render target (I think that is the name the engine uses) to the camera, and also use some sort of toon shader. I don't know how difficult shaders are in ue4, so you could either make your own or buy one (idk how expensive they are...) Maybe you can find better tutorials for those two individual things, and combine them :) Wishing you the best of luck!

@@thegeolojosh thanks for the reply, hopefully I can figure it out. If not itstuneto learn unity 🤣

thanks! I’m glad you dig it :)

Thanks!

target audience: reached :)

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-91wX0NRjJqg.htmlsi=C_McU8aZEz57kNR7

Once upon a time, the end.

thanks :)

I replied to your comment on the other video, but this is cell shading. It just uses less shades of light to dark than a short hike.

Hey! Thanks for your interest! This is a project I've been working on part-time (along with university) for 4 months. I have programming experience, but this was also my first game (no blender exp. tho) -- so it sounds like we're in the same boat to a degree. Unity is honestly quite easy to use. It works on a component system, where you write scripts in C# that perform particular actions, and attach those scripts to objects in the game world. I had no experience with C# before this but found it to be pretty intuitive based on my knowledge of python and lua. As for the math side, I haven't really encountered much in the way of complicated math. You do have to deal with vectors and quaternions (rotations), but it's really not that bad -- might just take some messing around/trial and error. I guess it depends on what you mean by hard -- it is absolutely doable to create a game like A Short Hike from a beginner state. Honestly, I think you'll be amazed by how quickly such a project escalates your skill level! But, it'll take a while and there'll be some challenges along the way. My advice for you is to just dive in and start building it! That's what I did, and I think if you take it in small chunks (first you put in a sphere and write a movement script for it, then put in a character model and animate it...) the task of making an entire game will feel less daunting. I don't really have the time to make tutorials at the moment -- although I'd eventually like to! And I'm very flattered you'd be willing to pay, but there's really no need. You can find my email on my channel page on the "about" tab -- hit me up and I can answer any questions you have about game dev!

@@thegeolojosh Wow, thanks for the thought out answer man, I really appreciate it! :) Really nice of you. That is definitelly encouraging! I'm working on a website project atm to refresh my coding skills a bit as I'm working professionally as a designer currently. Gaming has always had a special place in my heart and these cozy games just seems to fun to make, and to call it your own and have your own little dedicated community just sounds like a dream to me. I'd love to keep in touch if I choose to give it a try hah, you never know :)) Edit: I just tried your demo!! Looks stunning, though the controls (mouse) imho need some adjustment. Idk, all this just made me so motivated to try game dev out haha. Do you have any good videos / playlist you used? I'd appreciate it A LOT. I don't really know where to start this low poly project. I'd love to have the same pixelated style / ACNH style as you. I've had that in mind since I played A Short Hike. Cheers mate.

@@LM43243 Sorry for getting back to you so late -- things have been a bit hectic on my end! It is a really cool feeling seeing the slow build up on interest around the game, and the idea of having a community built around something I've created is intoxicating, really. Thanks for checking out the demo! I'm glad you liked the look of it, and I'm working hard on tweaking the controls and ironing out the bugs. In terms of videos, I'd highly recommend Brackeys for great Unity tutorials. I'd also recommend that you find a tutorial that just goes over the basics of how Unity works -- the layout, the way components/scripts/game objects work, and then make a little project where you control a ball that rolls around and can jump. That's how I started, and I was able to progress pretty rapidly from there. But I'd recommend actually trying things out as soon as possible in the game engine. You also gotta learn blender (modeling and animating) if you wanna do a 3D game -- that might be the trickiest or easiest part depending on your strengths. In terms of style, the pixel art render is relatively simple to implement -- the building blocks stated in my video. In terms of a more general question of atmosphere, I think the big thing is making everything cute and/or funny. I'll likely make a video in the future about how I made the animal crossing-style dialogue sounds, too, if that interests you! It sounds like a lot right now, I'm sure, but it really is just a matter of baby steps! Check out a general "how to use unity" tutorial, make a ball roll around, and then move from there! You can worry about blender/3D modeling/animations once you've got some gameplay with blocks, and then you can worry about colors and shaders, and then you can worry about SFX and music, and dialogue -- etc., etc. I'd also recommend that whatever project you work on, you keep it a manageable size. People love tiny indie games! It doesn't have to be something huge :) And seriously don't hesitate to reach out to me over email if you end up pursuing indie dev! I'd love to be able to help you with problems as they arise -- thanks so much for checking out my demo, I really appreciate it. -josh

@@thegeolojosh WOW, thanks once again for the detailed answer Josh! I already have some Blender knowledge, here's some renders I've done if you're curious: instagram.com/orahdesign/ :) But the style isn't exactly low poly hah! I'll read this through again tommorow when I get some time to let it sink in, but the ball example sounds like a great start, and thanks for the tutorials! I'd love some tutorials and I'm sure other people would as well, AC dialogues would be awesome. I'll let you know when / if I get time to dive into Unity. Excited!

@@LM43243 Those renders are insane! Lucky for you, low poly is A LOT easier than that... haha! And great, sounds like a plan :)

sorry for getting back to you so late! I'm super glad you enjoyed the vid, and I'd really encourage you to try making a game -- it's very rewarding! the game engine I'm making this in is Unity, which has tons of tutorials online, and can build to multiple different platforms. for 3D modeling, I use blender -- it's free and works great! good luck!

my apologies for not responding to this earlier! it would definitely be more complicated to apply a pixelated look to only select objects and not to others, but there is someone who has made videos about this very topic! you should check out these vids by Madalaski: basic tutorial: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6Pg0kDw1aqc.html intermediate tutorial: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dpNhymnBDQw.html advanced tutorial: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Z8xB7i3W4CE.html I hope this ends up being helpful for you! good luck :)

@@thegeolojosh Thank you so much, I can't wait til your game comes out c:

There’s actually a tutorial in unity on this very subject on another channel! I forget the name, but they’re able to pixelate specific objects. Makes for a cool look :)

The channel is Madalaski, and the guy has 3 tutorials of escalating difficulty.

Not to say it doesn't work, just in mysterious ways Wishlisted :)

@@fishy3797 thanks for the support :)

I think use pixel shader for all screen its useless use of energy

The shader is just to make the materials on all the objects react to light in a flat, consistent way. Then I clamp the render resolution.

it's a material that I put on each asset! please let me know if you have any other questions

@@thegeolojosh Are the materials just straight up completely plain and flat, or is the toon shading applied on top of non toon shaded materials?

thanks! with the render texture, have you selected "none" for anti-aliasing and "point" for filter mode? other than that, are you using toon shading? the flat colors are pretty necessary in getting that clean look. let me know if these solutions don't work!

@@thegeolojosh ty for responding, actually i fixed it by watching another tutorial. it was msaa. it made like transparent pixels at the corners. turned it of and all worked. btw when is the launch of the game? saw it the first time and instantly want to play it xD

@@user-ly7vp5ng2z oh great! I'm glad you found a solution to your problem :) the game is coming out this year. I'm currently working on a demo that should release in the next couple weeks. thanks for your interest in the project!

@@thegeolojosh cool id love to see the demo!

I think it might be hard for them to hold the tools!

I don’t unfortunately. I haven’t worked w UE4. However, the principles I talked about here should stand. Follow a tutorial to make the shader or get an asset online. Then apply a render target (I think that’s what they’re called in UE4). You’re gonna have to do the nitty gritty details on your own, but I think the principle should hold for both engines :)

make a canvas => add a raw image component to it => put the render texture in the 'Texture' box on the raw image component => also put it in the 'Output Texture' field on your camera -- let me know if you have any further questions!

@@thegeolojosh omg thanks, your game is too beautiful

@@Firegon_ no worries :) and thank you!

Perspective!

Its not possible with a perspective camera, only orthographic. It helps to have a small fov if youre gonna use perspective anyway, thats what I am doing personally

Hi! I imagine the same principles would hold for both unity and UE5 - for UE5 you need to add a low resolution "render target" (I think that is the name the engine uses) to the camera, and also use some sort of toon shader. I don't know how difficult shaders are in UE5, so you could either make your own from a tutorial or buy one (depending on how expensive they are...) Maybe you can find better tutorials for those two individual things, and combine them! I hope that helps a bit :)

@@thegeolojosh That really helps a lot, yes! Thank you!

not when I release it early next year, but I’m going to work on porting it! so hopefully in the future :)

Unity!

that’s so funny 😂

thank you!

@@thegeolojosh No Problem my man, hope you keep the neat low poly pixilated artstyle in Future Projects