Overgrowth Weekly 103 - First alpha in a long time
Q&A #19 with Lukas, Anton, David and Max.
Related blog post: http://blog.wolfire.com/2015/11/Overg...
Here is a summary of what we talked about before the Q&A:
00:24 The response to the latest release.
08:36 Bug reporting clarified.
13:10 Is the long changelog useful? https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x...
15:32 Releasing an alpha every other week, internal testing branch on Steam now has nightly updates.
18:14 Small alpha release this week.
20:14 We are currently looking for animators.
22:53 Might hire one more programmer, still looking at Brian Cronin
24:15 RagdollZombie recently started as a volunteer, we might organizing for more volunteer work in the future.
25:05 Lukas created the alpha video, kept organizing the team and looked at Git LFS.
25:53 Max has been working on BuildBot for much faster releases.
27:15 David and Anton have been working on a sniper project.
28:44 Micah has kept working on the new arena game mode.
Here are the community questions with accompanying time stamps and summaries of the answers. If you want to hear the full answer, go to the related time stamp in the video:
10:00 - Rodeje
Q: Will there be toggles for the new graphics features?
A: That shouldn't be needed as the new graphics are light on performance.
30:38 - Wake
Q: What resources do you use to learn OpenGL 3.2 code profile?
A: David used an online tutorial that is now gone, Max recommends "Real-Time Rendering" and "OpenGL SuperBible", Lukas recommends "OpenGL Programming Guide".
35:15 - Wake
Q: Would you consider resharing the best game development articles?
A: Yes, we did something like this before: http://blog.wolfire.com/2010/12/Overg...
37:57 - Rodeje
Q: Will you implement binaural audio in Overgrowth?
A: We already have that in the game, but it will probably be improved in the future.
46:25 - Alan Haugen(?)
Q: Why did you ever consider swapping the engine?
A: David had experienced very fast development speeds in other engines before and was thinking that these faster development times might benefit overgrowth.
Here is the show on the website: http://ogweekly.com/103.htm
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Overgrowth Weekly is a live show airing on some Sundays at 21:00 CET. In it we discuss Wolfire and Overgrowth news and show you what the Wolfire community is up to. http://ogweekly.com
Overgrowth is a 3d action-adventure game for Mac, Windows, and Linux, coming soon from the independent game studio, Wolfire Games. It is the spiritual successor to Lugaru. http://wolfire.com/overgrowth