Latest DyingStar News: LDSN 002

Here's the latest project progress updates from the past few days.

VFX

• The team is progressing slowly.
• The creation of the sandstorm (fluid mechanics) is slow, but we should have the first visuals in a few days. A lot of optimization work to be done.
• VFX on the Sandbox planet needs to be done, and the lore needs to be updated. The Lore team must present the lore to the leads.

AUDIO

• Work on Steam Audio in progress
• Work on wwise also in progress

WEBSITE

• The issue list is finalized (news last week)
• Deployment by this weekend (v1: news + issues)
• A maintenance system will be designed
• Document to be included on the website to indicate what to publish on it

GAME DESIGN / LEVEL DESIGN

• Order for carts and modules sent to 3D completed
• Waiting for the Lore to continue with the gameplay

3D / ART

• Packages / crates: progressing, order to have quite a few creations, final vote on crates soon to be launched
• Sandbox elevation map in progress
• Order for carts and modules received, beginning to understand the modules, briefs lacking a little precision (ambiguous sentences)
• They will start with the modules, calls for creation Next week, hopefully
• Container sizing issues in height and length
• New people have arrived in the last few days
• Discussion with Lore about ARES creation (logo, etc.)
• Discord is difficult when people arrive to give them information

LORE

• They're progressing pretty well
• Quite a few things have been defined at the ARES level
• Same for Sandbox, Sandbox sizing is in progress
• The organization is being defined well within the teams
• Team leaders are currently being chosen

PLANET TECH:

• Planet with a radius of 500 km, some issues still on the Horizon side before working on the planet
• Player repair on the planet
• ddurieux offers to build the train
• Waiting for Horizon to continue the tasks
• Need to strengthen the team

UI

• They didn't do anything 😄
• Vosne worked on the website

NETWORK:

• GORC integration in progress (started 2 or 3 days ago)
• Services defined, tasks will be added to project management