The Cutting Edge | DevLog #2/2024
In seven days, you will already be making swords right within Bladesong’s Creative Mode – so it is high time for another edition of our dev log The Cutting Edge to summarize what’s new!
…will run from February 4 to 11, Sunday to Sunday. To join the playtest, request access on our Steam page – if you have not done that, do it now, and make sure to wishlist and follow Bladesong while you’re at it! We have planned some things before and during he Playtest, so we’d love to see you join our Discord if you’re not on there yet! Like the first playtest in 2023, this one will be a tech demo playtest showcasing Bladesong’s Creative Mode - swords shall be made without gameplay limitations!
It has been a complicated beast to implement (and I’m sure you’ll find some remaining quirks if you try), but Bladesong allows for up to three fullers now! The outer two have optional symmetry or can be controlled individually, so you can create all sorts of interesting designs:
Fullering makes the whole mesh a lot more complicated which takes its toll on performance. We have overhauled our blade update routines, which improves performance across the board and makes the game run faster than before.
Bladesong now features a Share button! With a simple click, your sword design gets stored in the cloud and magical three-word combo put into your clipboard. Share it with other players, and they can conjure a copy of the sword in their own game.
Accidentally deleted a part? Want to A/B toggle a change? Or simply don’t like where it’s going? A much requested feature from the first playtest, Bladesong now features an undo/redo system using Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+Y.
For the new sword part thumbnail UI we have shown last time, we have now added some matching tooltips. These tooltips are shown when hovering over the UI as well as the 3D parts on the sword itself, and show information about the part, the material and the weight.
We have added some long overdue spikes for proper Heavy Metal deathblades, as well as two more “Enchanted Steel” materials for you to experiment with.
Last but not least, we are excited to welcome Alvaras Turskas to our team. Alvaras is a talented 3D artist and sword lover from Lithuania. He is getting started as we speak and will help us create all the beautiful sword parts that will complete our library. Check out his work here!
One more week, everyone. Swords shall be made.
– David and the Bladesong team ⚔️
The Playtest
…will run from February 4 to 11, Sunday to Sunday. To join the playtest, request access on our Steam page – if you have not done that, do it now, and make sure to wishlist and follow Bladesong while you’re at it! We have planned some things before and during he Playtest, so we’d love to see you join our Discord if you’re not on there yet! Like the first playtest in 2023, this one will be a tech demo playtest showcasing Bladesong’s Creative Mode - swords shall be made without gameplay limitations!
Multiple Fullers
It has been a complicated beast to implement (and I’m sure you’ll find some remaining quirks if you try), but Bladesong allows for up to three fullers now! The outer two have optional symmetry or can be controlled individually, so you can create all sorts of interesting designs:
Fullering makes the whole mesh a lot more complicated which takes its toll on performance. We have overhauled our blade update routines, which improves performance across the board and makes the game run faster than before.
Sword Sharing
Bladesong now features a Share button! With a simple click, your sword design gets stored in the cloud and magical three-word combo put into your clipboard. Share it with other players, and they can conjure a copy of the sword in their own game.
Undo/Redo
Accidentally deleted a part? Want to A/B toggle a change? Or simply don’t like where it’s going? A much requested feature from the first playtest, Bladesong now features an undo/redo system using Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+Y.
Sword Part Tooltips
For the new sword part thumbnail UI we have shown last time, we have now added some matching tooltips. These tooltips are shown when hovering over the UI as well as the 3D parts on the sword itself, and show information about the part, the material and the weight.
What else?
We have added some long overdue spikes for proper Heavy Metal deathblades, as well as two more “Enchanted Steel” materials for you to experiment with.
Last but not least, we are excited to welcome Alvaras Turskas to our team. Alvaras is a talented 3D artist and sword lover from Lithuania. He is getting started as we speak and will help us create all the beautiful sword parts that will complete our library. Check out his work here!
One more week, everyone. Swords shall be made.
– David and the Bladesong team ⚔️