Liblast

Liblast is an open-source multiplayer FPS game built with Godot 4 game engine and a fully open-source toolchain.

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2024-10-03 09:42:56

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@npub1d3t…xy58 Congratulations and thank you for giving these great resources to the community!
- unfa

2024-09-15 22:41:39

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This was a stage of "working well enough". Sharp clear lines. No aliasing but very nice detail.
That was just the beginning of the journey though...
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/113/143/959/573/427/121/original/c1b6f8cd08ba1959.png

2024-09-15 22:35:55

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And here's how it looked at the start. The aliasing was so incredibly bad... TAA could not help this thing at all, it made it even worse :D
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/113/143/952/302/071/505/original/7101a511f2bb6dc1.png

2024-09-08 22:07:20

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The access levels I have come up with so far are: core, user, server and client.
core is like root access
user is user prefs, rendering, input etc configuration, customization
server is game logic, mode, balance and cheats
client is lowest security level. This level is for client-side entities or game code.
- unfa

2024-09-08 21:57:59

Working on Cvars and an internal access control system. The idea is that game components achieve things by talking to Commands and CVars core components. The thing is - you don't want a user to be able to override what a server set regarding game balance, but also - don't want game mods to be able to alter user's preferences that are not related to the mod.
So I'm building an internal system for permissions. Any Cvar and Command will have permission flags, and agents get tokens with privilage.

2024-09-05 15:03:15

@npub14yq…rfl3 Have you deleted your messages to me from last week?

2024-09-03 12:00:17

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@npub19z3…3wgf Thanks, I'll replace the OG link.

2024-09-03 00:53:21

Last 3 weeks of work with Yank is now merged into the main branch.
Fantastic work and I hope we'll clean up the mess of merging everything with ease :D
- unfa
#Liblast
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2024-09-03 00:33:37

The game developer has to do... what they have to do...
#meme #gaming #Godot
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2024-08-30 14:56:39

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@npub1gzd…ttrm I suppose it could be a tool for rapid prototyping maybe?
- unfa

2024-08-29 15:30:25

The #AAA #gaming is stuck chasing highest possible #fidelity at all cost.
Modern "top-shelf" game budgets sit in hundreds of millions of USD.
Yet many claim that the overall quality of games seems to have stagnated if not recessed over the past decade.This cost results in lack of innovation, botched releases, microtransactions, season passes and ever increasing grind. For us developers - also poor working conditions, mass firings and studios dissolving after a single miss...
We can do better.

2024-08-27 13:43:36

Maybe my CVar question is an X/Y problem?
Needs:
- allow for central managing of game configuration (preferably in a hierarchy)
- allow easy overlay overrides for mutators/mods/AB testing balance changes etc.
- allow to add/edit the values both in the DB and in the scene/script where it's used keeping them in sync
- when var changes, propagate it instantly at runtime
- minimize developer overhead to use this system and code bloat
- add a permission layer so mods can't override certain vars
🤔

2024-08-26 23:53:35

CVars. How to implement #CVars in #Godot in a way that won't suck..?
I thought: make a CVar class that takes a value (like 100) and an arbitrary unique string(like "balance.player.health") in constructor and it stores that in a project-wide database. If the db has the cvar already, it's read from there instead.
When user uses UI, dev console or a config file to alter the cvar value in db, the CVar object in our script is notified to update at runtime...
Does this make any sense?
- unfa

2024-08-26 11:27:04

Me and yank scally have been co-working via Jitsi Meet and #Syncthing on the #Liblast Framework core this past week.
I think it's taking shape.
I've decided to create a game core and core services which are spawned by the core as nodes and references are kept in a dict. Now anytime something is spawned it's given a dict of these core services references so it can talk to them.
You might think "oh why not just do singletons?" - well, this way I can spoof the references for testing!
*verte*

2024-08-19 11:47:22

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@npub10c0…jfz4 A lot of things :D

2024-08-18 23:17:09

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@npub1wsg…zdle Fixed! Let me know if it's all good now!
- unfa

2024-08-18 23:12:36

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@npub1wsg…zdle Hmm, yes, though using the HTTPS URL will prevent you from pushing. But maybe that's actually a good thing?
Thanks for reporting!
- unfa

2024-08-18 23:11:00

And here's a first result of that design work in motion!
- unfa
#Liblast #IndieGame #GodotEngine
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/112/985/546/019/630/093/original/00e70c5afdf85faa.mp4

2024-08-18 23:09:52

I've been working with yank scally on a core design of Liblast framework. This is what we've drawn together.
- unfa
#Liblast #Godot #IndieGame
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/112/985/499/970/243/087/original/01b11e104bd823e2.png

2024-08-15 14:09:33

@npub14yq…rfl3 LOOK!
https://youtu.be/cdOFMYnYY1M

2024-08-11 16:15:16

Working on shooting. Some parts are... uuuh. Kinda broken now :D
On the upside - Multirun add-on for Godot 4 works and is a really helpful thing.
- unfa
#Godot #GodotEngine #Lioblast #IndieGame #Indie #IndieDev
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2024-08-11 12:35:03

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@npub17yr…845n You're right, that's the next step. I'm gathering strength to do that... Hoping maybe a Godot update will fix that for me, while I work on the game :D

2024-08-11 02:52:23

Rendering the weapon viewmodel, but the rendering budget is already gone...
#meme #Liblast #GodotEngine #Graphics #Retro #Pixels
https://youtu.be/vBymJD2IGfk
Code (Godot 4.2.2 stable project):
https://codeberg.org/Liblast/Liblast/src/branch/meme_incredibly_cursed_gun_viewmodel
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/112/941/120/268/344/241/original/3907bacdb201ef00.png

2024-08-09 23:44:11

So far it seems that Godot 4.3-rc3 does not solve the crashes that occur during our continuous integration tests...
It crashes just like Godot 4.2.2-stable version does.
- unfa
#Liblast #CI #Godot #GodotEngine
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2024-08-08 21:20:04

Good news! Freshly released Godot 4.3 release candidate 3 contains a fix fro one menacing issue with lightmaps crashing in headless mode!
Godot blog post: https://godotengine.org/article/release-candidate-godot-4-3-rc-3/
- unfa
#Liblast #Godot #GodotEngine
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2024-08-08 21:03:55

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PS: PeerTube mirror of the video coming soon here (at the moment it's not transcoded yet):
https://video.hardlimit.com/w/vviEwPXBbaWi2utevoEfiR

2024-08-08 20:59:06

Here's a quick #Liblast develpment update video about what I've been doing recently. Enjoy!
https://youtu.be/vBymJD2IGfk
#Godot #GodotEngine #IndieGame #IndieDev #FPS #Shooter

2024-08-06 23:48:34

I've made some progress with the shooting mechanics.
I've realized I'll have to figure out the networking aspects of shooting before I can truly test anything seriously.
Well - the authoritative server will have to do collision checks and decide where every shot ultimately landed and what were the consequences. Though at first I'll try a no-op implementation that just says "yes" to anything the client requests. I think.
This is going to be a really interesting part of the development for sure...

2024-07-31 21:25:00

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@npub14yq…rfl3 Fantastic!

2024-07-31 08:37:02

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@npub1plq…hz97 It would only help people to watch in the web player if you used WebTorrent server. Anything else would not help.

2024-07-29 17:50:45

While testing animations, I had a circle show up on my screen by mistake because I used a cone mesh to visualize aim direction and that gave me an idea fro how I can organize the heads up display. This is just a mockup.
- unfa
#Liblast #HUD #Design #UI
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2024-07-28 17:44:30

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@npub10cq…6nm3 You're on point! :D

2024-07-27 09:20:23

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@npub1j98…meln Thanks! should check that out!
- unfa

2024-07-27 00:06:16

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I've remembered that I've made another "placeholder" rifle model a few months ago and now I've merged the best parts between the two, and filled the gaps.
And yeah - it's bullpup now :D
- unfa
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/112/855/529/800/793/550/original/959911ee953dcbc3.png
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2024-07-25 18:41:45

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@npub1jj0…v6hz Oh, it's a classic!
- unfa

2024-07-25 14:38:31

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@npub1jj0…v6hz BTW, I was considering making it bullpup, just to mash even more different designs, but I ran out of time and didn't I own how to make that look feasible.
- unfa

2024-07-21 13:10:15

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@npub1z2q…02kr Fast and loose game development anyone? ;)
- unfa
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2024-07-17 00:57:44

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Here's how the vertex colors look like:
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/112/799/110/467/700/175/original/804c45950a4dab61.png

2024-07-16 23:52:03

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@npub14my…3wjf I think you're talking about something else :D
What I'm talking about is finding a novel way to get this "almost free" bevel on lowpoly models to a next level.

2024-07-16 23:50:36

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@npub19wc…898j I'm not sure I would get anything extra from a texture in this case. Well, I hope if I can get at least a prototype working I'll be able to show what I mean :D

2024-07-14 23:57:03

I just had a revelation. In our 3D asset pipeline, we use a special atlas and UV hotspotting to add fake bevels to low-poly hard surface models.
The problem is that the bevels can only have a fixed angle. The default is just using 45 degree chamfer/bevel. The problem is that only looks great on a convex shape with ideally 90 degree angles between faces. On convex or more complex shapes, the bevels look wrong...
What if we could use baked curvature to fix that though?
- unfa
#TechArt #3D

2024-07-13 18:49:48

Liblast development build update!
- improved movement parameters and fixed getting stuck on various pieces of geometry
- you can now do a power slide if you crouch while running!
- lighting experiments that were shown in screenshots before
https://libla.st/downloads/Liblast_dev.zip
- unfa
#Liblast #IndieGame #FPS #Godot #GodotEngine

2024-07-13 16:58:22

While trying to fix our CI and headless deployment I've created a Bash script that'll run Liblast from source for you with zero effort.
Just make sure you have git, git-lfs and wget installed
https://codeberg.org/Liblast/Liblast/src/branch/main/README.md#the-automated-way-linux
I am 99% convinced our CI failing is a #Godot bug... I'll have to report it soon.
- unfa
#Liblast #unfa

2024-07-11 10:59:55

I've filed the occlusion culling bug report on Godot's Github:
https://github.com/godotengine/godot/issues/94210
- unfa
#GodotEngine #Godot #OcclusionCulling

2024-07-06 19:24:34

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It's crazy to see the font getting patched so fast after I reported this problem :D
https://github.com/googlefonts/science-gothic/issues/339
- unfa

2024-07-06 15:35:09

Basic fonts for the game are figured out, all variants on the beautiful Science Gothic font.
https://github.com/googlefonts/science-gothic
- unfa
#Liblast #Godot #GodotEngine
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2024-07-06 15:31:27

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@npub1k8a…05h2 Also it appears that the underscore _ is treated as a diactitic in this font, so unless you prefix it with white space, it appears above the previous character...

2024-07-04 21:20:05

What the font?!
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/112/730/308/077/869/387/original/153d47ce914cee28.png

2024-07-04 00:15:37

Me and @npub14yq…rfl3 have played the Liblast rewrite over network for the first time ever!
It took us 4 months to get here since the full rewrite was initiated in March 2024.
We're proud of our work and are excited to do more!
- unfa
#Liblast

2024-07-01 14:00:39

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@npub1zq9…psfe It should be all fixed now.
- unfa

2024-07-01 12:25:03

There's been some problems with our website and downloads. People were reaching wrong websites, not reaching anything, etc.
That should be sorted by now. It may take some time for DNS records to propagate though.
I hope that haven't ruined anybody's day :D
- unfa
#Liblast

2024-07-01 10:44:43

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Correction: the CI suite would have warned me already. I just rushed and did not check it.
As usual the problem was located between the keyboard and the chair.
:facepalm:
- unfa

2024-07-01 10:16:23

With yesterday's game build update the public server went down, but it's back up now :)
- unfa
#Liblast

2024-07-01 00:35:47

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@npub18p9…rmkk Yes, I learned it just needs increased "Pancake size" (whatever that is) and that fixes it. I got some basic but pretty nice visuals in the end!
- unfa

2024-06-30 22:51:52

Today I've been working on our testing level "city".
I also added a 3rd person camera for debugging.
Turns out soft directional shadows need "pancake size" of 70 for this level to work.
I am not sure why, but that's what it is.
#Liblast #IndieGame #FPS #IndieDev #Godot #GodotEngine
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2024-05-31 13:17:08

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I think it's time to figure out artifacts so we can have builds of the game available after pushing changes to Codeberg...
No idea how to do it though :P
We have a Forgejo action runner working though and running tests on the game...
#Liblast #IndieDev #IndieGame
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2024-05-29 23:27:50

Feels good man.
https://codeberg.org/Liblast/Liblast/commit/c2832f13d8b41398ad5d1d216941bae829eb56df
Time to sleep!
- unfa
#Liblast #GameDev #IndieDev #NightCoding #Git #GitUI
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2024-05-29 21:27:59

Ensuring the power structure in the network is laid out properly...
Having nice colorful, readable logs helps a lot :)
#Liblast #GameDev #Godot #GodotEngine #OpenSource
- unfa
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2024-05-17 13:40:29

Quick development update.
https://youtu.be/6OLTPttbPwE
#Liblast #GodotEngine #IndieGame #IndieDev #unfa

2024-02-07 21:37:07

Here's what's going on:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfvuKeNCGws
(PeerTube mirror is processing...)
#Liblast #Godot #GodotEngine #unfa

2024-01-19 14:07:26

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@npub14yq…rfl3 For now it seems baked light plus reflection probes are enough though!
I don't know if SDFGI wouldn't be too expansive, and also - did they add an option to use it only for reflections?
Maybe SSR, as bad as it is, could be GPU time better spent?

2024-01-17 12:23:16

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@npub14yq…rfl3 Fun fact - illumination in the corridors is fully done via reflection probes and the ceiling emissive material. There are no light sources there! What would work well to augment this is screen space ambient occlusion, as otherwise there'd be no shadows at all.

2024-01-17 01:14:39

Working on bringing a map fully made in Blender into Liblast. Testing our map-making workflow. So far it was only been theoretical. Will it work?
https://youtu.be/0aHyH6PQd1w
Huge thanks tot @npub14yq…rfl3 for creating the map and the environment materials for the game!
#Liblast #unfa #Godot #GodotEngine #FPS #IndieGame #FOSS #OpenSource #Libre #FreeSoftware

2023-11-23 14:22:41

I started work on updating Liblast to Godot 4.2. So far it seems to work without issues, but there's an intense error spam in the editor about bad animation references, so that's something to investigate.
I think it's time to release 0.2 very soon and provide new dev builds on Godot 4.2.
The roadmap got warped anyway (I'll need to rewrite it I guess).
The engine improvements alone should provide a better performance (and better graphics on the legacy OpenGL back-end).
- unfa
#Liblast #Godot