Rayman: Revenge of the Dark

[Sir Rayland]

Maybe you guys should make a twitter for rotd?

[thecraftinatorx]

Maybe you guys should make a twitter for rotd?

I think that's a great idea but... If it wins to much fame could be dangerous if Ubisoft detects ROTD.

Anyway, a site to post the development news is always a good idea in my opinion.

[Sir Rayland]

Maybe you guys should make a twitter for rotd?

I think that's a great idea but... If it wins to much fame could be dangerous if Ubisoft detects ROTD.

Anyway, a site to post the development news is always a good idea in my opinion.

Im pretty sure Ubisoft knows about rotd.

[crazyray08]

Yeah im pretty sure they mention it at some point.

[crazyray08]

Twitter or site, as long as we get updates on the game it be nice, been since 2012 since we last go the big update

[Sir Rayland]

Yep.

[gamerz31w]

Hey user Adsolution wanna check and fix RayTwol tool,please? Which one should I use raytwol or raymap?

[Arnarion]

I wonder how Adsolution is doing. she has been pretty quiet lately. even Pipann tends to be mysterious about the progress of the game. And damn, what an honour it would be to be part of a project like that. I wish I could make concept art for a Rayman game.

[Hunchman801]

Is this still actively developed? If not, this might be the occasion for you to take over.

[Sir Rayland]

The game is still being developed but being moved onto the unity engine

[PluMGMK]

Ah really? I would have been very surprised if it were cancelled, but this is also somewhat startling, given all the work that went into the CryEngine version. What were the reasons for the change?

[Sir Rayland]

Ad said the unity engine is easier to use which i agree on

[crazyray08]

So any updates yet? I mean been quite a long time since the last one :/

[Czele]

I don't care about updates.
I just hope that the project is still alive and you guys either.
Całuski

[Sabertooth]

Absolutely (heh) floored this is still being worked on, unlike every other fan game that ever looked promising. I don't care if it takes until 2030--I have hope that this game will be completed someday, and even endorsed by Michel Ancel himself. It will happen!

[MagicFromBritain]

I started high school, aged 12 in 2009 when this thread was first posted, now i'm in my 20s, with a job and my own place... and this is still being worked on. Damn.

[The Jonster]

The day this game is completed would be a wonderful day indeed for a lot of people....whenever that is.

[Adsolution]

Ah really? I would have been very surprised if it were cancelled, but this is also somewhat startling, given all the work that went into the CryEngine version. What were the reasons for the change?

I first started learning (non-visual) programming in Unity despite having worked with CryEngine for far longer, and I kept hitting roadblocks when using Cry - I couldn't figure out how to properly generate meshes at runtime, I'd have no idea how to interact with animating character bones for making adaptive animations, and so on.

I'm pretty happy with some of the visuals I'm cranking out of Unity, but the performance isn't nearly as stable... and I'm worried I'll have to sacrifice shading and environmental detail I wouldn't have to in Cry.


I've mostly been focusing on character physics and the adaptive footsteps (notice how the feet height-adapt and stick where they were planted - I'm trying to copy whatever Assassin's Creed looks like it's doing). Rayman being able to smoothly navigate over uneven terrain is a big one too. Almost everything is programmed with a unified state engine I made to be similar to the one used by Rayman 2, and it's actually boosting productivity and creativity big time.

The first area is an actual level I just started on, the second area is a testing graveyard with neglected lighting:

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On the art side, Pip's working on a new pipeline consisting of sculpting models with baked normals:

The second area used to look more like this:

[Elite Piranha]

The environments looks impressive, however I don't quite understand the movement that Rayman does with his hands and feet after he jumps.

[Pipann]

Animations are still a work in progress. Meanwhile like Ads said I'm experimenting with normal map baking, which involves sculpting extremely high polygon models in Sculptris, sometimes going over 1 million triangles. The low poly version is made in Max and then the highpoly is quite literally "baked" into the lowpoly and turned into a normal map. Results vary, and I have to mess with the red and green values to get it right.

You guys might remember I made rock props before. I plan to make new ones using this technique that will completely replace the old ones. Even without a texture, the first attempt looked 10 times better than our old ones

And here is the recreated version of our classic menhir (cabbage leaves yet to be added)

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A visual comparison between the low and high poly models (600 vs 360,000)

Also, I'm glad we finally brought updates again. Hehe