I've of my favorite mechanics comes from Unearth, specifically their catch-up/bad luck mitigating mechanic.
In a game where the goal is to have the winning die on a ruin as a cumulative threshold is reached, any dice rolled under 3 nets you a stone, which can be used to build you own ruins.
Roll poorly enough and you won't fall too far behind. Have the worst rolls every time and there's a good chance you can win without actually capturing a single ruin card.
This is what happens when a wannabe dictator isn't held accountable for their actions during their previously failed coup.
You forget that their plans for an "overhaul" of any given program amounts to nothing more than cutting funding and hoping they can pull the wool over their constituents eyes with some new atrocity long enough to make everyone forget about how worse off their lives are now.
Costliest blaze in history so far...
-ftfy
I got into vertex shading in lieu of doing anything UV-coordinate related.
For reference, that's what Mario Sunshine used to fake most of the game's shadows, and the original Homeworld used them to create the entire skybox back when 3d-dedicated hardware wasn't too common.
That's the problem when you have a bunch of narcissistic opportunities vying for power. Eventually, they start trying to push each other down the stairs...
Nah, icicles are occasionally sharp...
I'm going to start calling them Tesla hatchbacks.
I won't even pick up a new game if it's got more than 3 types of tokens/currencies anymore.
Especially if it looks like it takes more time to set up and explain the rules than it takes to actually play the game.
Some festive collection of balloons in the rain!
Today we've got some majestic square sails and a neat crane!
A silly and impractical design! Only really suited for short trips between islands.
I also did a turnaround of this one: https://youtu.be/LvwbJlO4Fgw
Fought through a PC crash on this one! Don't think my rig likes the clouds XD
I built a Harpoon Prow and a double hull today!
Spherical Balloons today!
Figured I'd edit some existing pieces today, too.
A pretty simple one today.
This one's got some nice, calming, upper-atmospheric clouds hanging out!
A roman-esque hull today.
Also making an appearance is the Maelstrom, an ever-present storm that inhabits the central region in-between archipelagos in my setting.
My geometry isn't the greatest, but it's fun, so whatever :)
This time with some birds!
I think I need to make a chubby barrel version at some point, but this fits my form factor.
Some sort of Claw Sail-type propulsion today!
I might hold back on posting these everyday in order to not flood the channel with airships. But, I will post when I have enough new pieces to make a whole new ship.
That way I can spend more time on composition for the renders, too!
I've decided to challenge myself and build 1 modular airship component each day this month.
Today's build is a Vertical Balloon, everything else existed for a previous project, but as more pieces are modeled, it won't take long before everything is swapped out.
Everything here is modelled in Blender, with the occasional texture made in Krita.
Had fun with a blend. I'm tempted to deal it and try some shade, but I kind of like it like this.
That looks like a band-it strap puller/tightener.
I forget what the actual name is, but it can latch onto a metal strip and pull it tight around some digs to keep boxes and canisters in place, or to hold a strong back repair plate on a damaged pipe