I sunk a huge amount of time last night getti...

January 13, 2008 by Adam in NWN2

I sunk a huge amount of time last night getting ready for the Lute Hero mini-game. In addition to simply having notes to click on, I want to make sure that it's visually stunning. In order to do so, I worked with the good ol' Gestalt camera system, enhancing it with an invisible object camera that lets me do all manner of wacky camera angles and movements. Additionally, I have an "Effects Board" sort of panel that lets me choose camera movements, effects, lighting, and animations.

It's pretty cool to fiddle with and it should theoretically let me plan out specific camera motions while the song plays. The goal is to cycle through a variety of camera cuts, dependent on whether or not the song is starting, ending, and how well the player is doing. Though it's mostly for my purposes, it might be fun to let the player fiddle with it as an unlockable thing.

Hopefully today I can start integrating the actual music and get the player's GUI started.