Procedural NPCs with THOUSANDS of Possibilities - Indie Game Devlog

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Lumbermill's NPCs have gone through a few iterations over the years, and are long overdue an upgrade. I've been meaning to improve the art for Employees for a long time, but wanted to make sure I was happy with the rest of the game's art direction before going ahead with an employee redesign. The new system is fully modular, with randomised skin tones, hair styles and hair colours for each employee. It's also much easier to distinguish different employee job types and the whole style is a lot more in line with the rest of the game now. Still more to do, but I think this is a huge improvement.

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▶︎ About BWDev ◀︎

If you're new to the channel, welcome! I'm an Indie Game developer working in Unity 2D. Lumbermill is my main project - a management/factory builder game, which I began work on in Feb 2019. I make videos to share the development process and also get feedback - so let me know your thoughts and ideas in the comments!

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▶︎ Timestamps ◀︎

0:00 - Intro
0:11 - Lumbermill's Staff
0:35 - New Staff Goals
1:12 - New Design
2:05 - Scrapping Old System
2:34 - Rider (Sponsor)
3:36 - New Design in-game
3:50 - Animating Walk Cycle
4:59 - Walk Cycle in-game
5:34 - Recolouring Shader
6:00 - Skin Tone Variations
6:13 - Scotland
6:42 - Hair Shader
7:52 - Sillhouete / Xray Shader
8:02 - Uniform Variation
8:47 - Finished Result

▶︎ Music ◀︎

All the music in Lumbermill devlogs is from the game's soundtrack.

▶︎ FTC ◀︎

This video was sponsored by JetBrains.

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