#gamedev tutorial content has started properly now on my patreon.com/darkling, and now I have my software issues sorted I can start getting into the meat of my Violent Triangles book next week.
The first topic is understanding vertex and face normals for absolute noobs...
The first topic is understanding vertex and face normals for absolute noobs...
And as I go I will be fleshing out the subject to include using directly editing vertex normals for various game effects... normals for precise baking and so on.
I may also push forward the game topology diagram section as I am getting lots of interesting DMs from students...
I may also push forward the game topology diagram section as I am getting lots of interesting DMs from students...
...who are still getting conflicting messages about ngons, triangulation, quads and topology flow.
The book will cover all this, including use cases, pros and cons, tips for subdivision modelling and typical topology flow principles for faces, characters and super low poly.
The book will cover all this, including use cases, pros and cons, tips for subdivision modelling and typical topology flow principles for faces, characters and super low poly.
I do cover a little of the maths sides of things- but my intention is to have this in optional text frames in the book, so if it frightens you, it is skippable, and if you are interested you can at least get to understand terms like "cross product" and "tangent"
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