User D3DP on Reddit has not only created a 3D replica, scale-model of the machine gun known as ‘Thunderlord’ from Destiny. But he’s also shared the creation files for the rest of the community to use for free! Enjoy your real-life Thunderlord’s Guardians!
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BTS of Destiny’s Animation
This course discusses the practical challenges in creating the animation system for Destiny plus solutions, lessons learned, and future development. Bungie’s Destiny is a multi-player persistent-world action game that requires responsive character animation as a foundation for core game play. The course summarizes how that goal was achieved in Bungie’s new game engine, emphasizing interaction with the networking model and distributed AI, under a tight CPU budget and memory constraints.
Ship & Sparrow Shaders Revealed!
Published on: Oct 27, 2014 @ 10:17 Ship and Sparrow shader customization is coming to Destiny! This is likely coming in the Dark Below expansion.[divider] Ship & Vehicle Template The game’s database reveals 2 materials that will give us the option to apply shaders to our rides. Unfortunately we don’t have many images of what these shaders will look like in-game, as it’s not available yet. For ships, the “Ship Shader Template” – it’s description reads, “A reverse engineered shell that allows a Shader to interface with ship hull coatings.” For Sparrows, the “Vehicle Shader Template” – it’s description reads, “A layer of translation
“Dark Destiny” Montage
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Designing Destiny’s UI
Published on: Oct 27, 2014 @ 5:03 A game as nuanced as Destiny requires a user interface that can present everything in a way that comes naturally and is easy to digest. [divider] UI Design Process The presentation below was intended for designers and artists, but if you’d like to learn about the challenges Bungie faced and ultimately what led them to the decisions they made to create the game UI, check out this presentation: [slideshare id=39426502&doc=bravenewworlddesigningthedestinyui-davidcandland-140923090851-phpapp02] We can thank David Candland, UI Design Lead at Bungie, for much of Destiny’s awesome UI design. There will be a video accompanying this slideshow, and we’ll add that to
Behold the Power of Space Magic
Do you believe in magic? If not, the following clip from Sonnyjaaay should prove to you that not only is magic real, but it’s deadly as well. [yframe url=’https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46msyWGTbis’]
Titan Punch is OP
Don’t believe that Titans are overpowered? TimmayTheTurtle is here to prove us all wrong.
Truth vs Gjallarhorn
Which is better? You decide!