Accepted: To make a virtual pet game given Jeana’s designs

  • Status: accepted
  • Deciders: V-Sekai,ifire,Jeana,lyuma,
  • Tags: V-Sekai,

Context and Problem Statement

We were chatting late night and the idea of a virtual pet game was challenged.

Describe the proposed option and how it helps to overcome the problem or limitation

Design 1

  1. VRM with spring bones
  2. reverse bone direction
  3. Simulate virtual pet behaviors

Design 2

  • springbone/constraint/follower (will clip through geom)
  • physics
  • navmesh (bake at runtime?)
  • raycast

Describe how your proposal will work, with code, pseudo-code, mock-ups, or diagrams

Wanted to create a virtual reality pet game where the pet was a character that was beside you in game and networked. The virtual pet would be with you in the game.

Positive Consequences

  • Able to backtrack ideas.

Negative Consequences

  • Work

Option graveyard:

  • Option: Forgetting decisions.
  • Rejection Reason: We won’t remember the original reasons why we did things.

If this enhancement will not be used often, can it be worked around with a few lines of script?

Not a small amount of scripting.

Is there a reason why this should be core and done by us?

We are running the project.

References

  • https://twitter.com/jordy_j_s/status/1489644934743396356?s=20&t=WWesEW8ksELrkJa__3mUIg
  • https://github.com/V-Sekai/godot-tfd
  • https://twitter.com/VSekaiOfficial
  • https://itch.io/jam/virtual-pet-jam

Reference Design

Jeana virtual pet concept

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