Dev Blog 01 - Creating a stylized game using DirectX 11

I have a school assignment to make a game using the overlord engine, we gave this engine graphics features like animation support, shadow mapping, terrain generation... Now it's up to me to use those to create a small game.

(these gifs are not made by me!) source: https://www.woodbound.smallheartstudios.com/single-post/2017/04/21/What-is-Woodbound

These gifs give a representation of what I would like to recreate. As for gameplay, your character will have a roll as dodge and a sword attack. You will be faced against a small boss fight.

Story

As soon as you hit play, you will find yourself on a floating boat in the middle of clouds. On the boat you find an old man, If you talk to him he will give 3 health potions because, it's your first fight. After talking, you will arrive on a floating island, where the enemy will walk around somewhere. Now it's up to you to kill him. If you killed him you completed the game.

Features

• Wind system for grass and trees making sure the world looks alive and not static.

• Cel shaded world to give it the stylized feeling.

• 3D world map around the player instead of a 2D image.

• 2D - 3D - and objects with behavior particles effects. (behaviour could be a trigger event, collision...)

• Sprites in screen and worldspace, used for hud / text balloons.

• Camera with smooth movement and targeting options.

WIP

Enemy / small boss you will have to defeat:

Cel shaded cloud: