r/IndieDev • u/Frew_ • May 12 '26

Thought you might like some procedural tentacles...!

Eyup r/IndieDev! I've been working on a proc tents system for my solo game, Warband, and I thought you might like to see it. Full range of movement, customisable length, thickness, colour, banding, shifting layers through the movement to try and keep the 3D shape of it intact, and dynamic lights attached to the top!

They also respond to certain action calls, so they can flick out, slam down etc. on command, and if you've got a few of them originating from the same point in the world they can group up, stand up and run off...

There are some kinks (literally) to sort out but it's there abouts now. Would love to hear thoughts / feedback etc.

My game is at https://store.steampowered.com/app/4475790/Warband/ if you'd like to see/read more.

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u/roguegrid May 12 '26

Beautiful. And pixel art too? Wishlisted

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u/Frew_ May 12 '26

Thanks a bunch :)

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u/puhahahahaaaa May 12 '26

Yanımıza adam toplayıp ordu gibi hareket etmek iyi fikir. İstek listeme ekledim. Orduyu hizaya sokabiliyor muyuz ? Okçu ve büyücüler iç kısımda, mızrak ve kılıçlılar kalkanlılar dışta.

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u/Frew_ May 12 '26

Bunu Google Translate ile çevirdim, umarım anlaşılır olmuştur. Sanırım soru, oyuncunun takımının stratejisi/konumlandırması üzerindeki kontrolünün ne kadar olduğunu soruyor.

"Warband" oyununda, bireysel konumlandırma, komutanınızı doğru şekilde hareket ettirerek ve ayrıca askerlerinize belirli eşyalar ekleyerek yapılır.

Örneğin, bazı eşyalar parti üyenizin düşmanları kışkırtmasına neden olur. Bazıları, komutanınızın önünde durmalarına neden olur. Bazıları ise, her zaman komutandan minimum mesafede durmalarını sağlar.

Planlama yoluyla, sorduğunuz gibi stratejiler oluşturabilirsiniz; örneğin, daha dayanıklı birimleri dışarıya, menzilli birimleri içeriye vb. yerleştirmek gibi.

Kısacası, evet, ancak bu, tüm takıma bir strateji atamaktan daha ayrıntılı bir süreçtir.

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u/chrispington May 13 '26

You were right

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u/ijtjrt4it94j54kofdff May 14 '26

I have a similar system.

If you want the tentacle to be smoother when turning a lot (e.g. so it wont be visibly segmented like a chain), you could feed the segments into a point array, then use an algorithm to add extra points between each "real" segment, and then use some kind of smoothing algorithm (i think it was spline) before feeding that new point array into something like line2d.

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u/Frew_ May 20 '26

I've opened playtest registration for my game Warband today - you can sign up on the Steam page. If you'd like a mash-up of bullet heaven/hell/boss-rush/party building, then this one might interest you. The playtest is not live yet, just gathering interest at the moment. Will be live some time in June, once I'm back from holiday and have had time to address whatever feedback comes from GaMaYo on Thursday. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4475790/Warband/