Universal Nimian Legends : BrightRidge HD (by Robert Kabwe)

Thanks Macatron I cant wait to release it. Itll work on iPhone 5s or higher, iPad Air or higher, iPad Mini 2 or higher and iPod touch 6. The iPad Air can run the top of the line options but the others run it with quite a lot of detail too. Heres some screenshots from the iPhone 6 and iPod touch 6 versions:

iPhone 6








iPod Touch 6

 

Like Macatron says, fantastic stuff!
Especially with the lighting you did an amazing job.

 

Thanks The more i create stuff the more i see what kind of style i like. I always admired the lighting in Shadow of the Colossus and Ico, and i think im developing a style that isnt super crisp, but is all about playing with light and mess and dust - i guess im trying less to portray an exactly realistic space, and sow more of an evocation of a feeling I also really like how the Vintage filter option turned out so good - i think im breaking pit that single option into its own option screen so i can include more filters since they dont seem to have much of a performance hit.

 

Merci mon ami!

Eta is before Christmas - i have one large client project and this, plus my best friend is visiting for a week, and i havent seen him in 7 years, so its all up to how things go. Based on my experience, realistically id say it might be ready for mid December, but definitely for January because most of what i am doing now isnt remaking the game, but just fixing what already existed in the Unity 4 version. If you send me an email ill add you to testflight if i use it - ive used it for other games, and its just a question of having the time to upload it. But i can put you on the list anyways and if i do do it youll get the invite. Did you get an iPad Pro? I was drawing on one today and i really like it. I have to wait a bit before i can afford one, but i do plan on getting one for testing when i can. It would be cool to try it on a 6S also - it runs on any 64bit device, runs really well on iPhone 6, and totallly runs AMAZING on ipad air 2, so im imagining it will fly at high res on a 6S Actually im looking forward to the fact that from here on it will run better and better on each new IOS device, so i am including Ultra settings thinking about the future, because if i can run it with all the bells and whistles on iPad Air 2, then i can just picture what it will be like on the next iPad (probably near close to the Mac version)

 

Nimian Legends BrightRidge HD on iPad Air 2

Flying around in BrightRidge HD, an update to my Open World Wilderness game, with new lighting, realtime shadows and many user options. You can shapechange into many animals as well as choose male or female this time. Ive turn on the vintage filter and bloom - both options you can change in the games settings.

 

There is also motion blur enabled which looks good on the iPad but slowed down the video capture a bit.

 

Nimian Legends BrightRidge HD on iPhone 6 - FairyWood Filter

Another short flight through BrightRidge, this time on iPhone 6, that shows another preset "style" filter. The FairyWood preset bathes the land in a magical green glow, with strong atmospheric scattering and bloom. You can customize the look, as well as the weather and light to give BrightRidge a unique look. Please forgive the choppiness - the screen recording is a but slow

 

Wow. I totally want to leave work now, and go there! Looking so great.

Can't wait to see it on my iPhone 6.

 

it IS pretty relaxing to run around there - probably a good antidote to a long work day?

This HD update will be out soon as separate game. I wasnt allowed to update the original to an all 64 bit version, which is what lets me add in these new features, but if you send me your email i will send you a code for a free copy when it comes out

 

Thanks to encouragement from curtisrshideler i dug up the current version of BrightRidge and went to fix a texture flicker bug that appeared in IOS 8.3 and higher. I had heard of it before but didnt take the time to fix it. Anyways tonight i finally did it and it only took a few hours - much faster that i thought

Its uploading to the app store now and should be available soon. It fixes this blue flicker that was appearing on some pine trees in IOS 8.3+

Its also a good lesson that our games once uploaded arent written in stone. As IOS changes sometimes it will break our games - like with bioshock. I think the age of an unfragmented IOS ecosystem, are over - in my experience there are like what 20 IOS devices now? there is a bog difference between A5 and A9 devices and IOS 4 and IOS 9

Still working on BrightRidge HD update as well - and it should be ready for the holidays.

 

Robert, on the off-chance you dont't know this already, here's something interesting:
Softshadow lightbaking in Unity5
http://gamasutra.com/blogs/TinoVanderKraan/20151120/259935/Baked_Soft_Shadows_in_Unity_5.php

He wrote another piece about automating lightbaking: http://gamasutra.com/blogs/TinoVanderKraan/20151105/258482/Light_Baking_Automation_in_Unity_5.php

 

I was super excited to wake up today and see the update had hit the App Store. I immediately updated and began again. A very peaceful way to start a thankful day. Thanks again, Protopop!

 

Very excited for a current gen, visual optimization update from you. Thanks, ProtoPop

 

This is great - thanks Nullzone As BrightRidge evolves its like i am learning to make good virtual worlds at the same time and each new piece i learns makes the world that much more real, so tips like this are helpful and in a way become part of BrightRidge

 

Thank YOU for all the support! It was so easy to make the fix i wish id done it sooner.

The new version is also going really well. Im a bit slow this week because my best friend has come back to Canada for a visit and we haven't hung out in 7 years But i have been working on it a bit and will post a few new pics

 

Me too! It will be a separate app because of the way switching to Metal works (you need to make a new app) and the old version will become free. But i think it will be worth it. It looks very different, the same but just more "everything" - here's a few pics that are untouched screen shots form iPhone 6:

Nimian Legends BrightRidge HD on iPhone 6 with BLOOM and CONTRAST effects on.

You can also see in the first picture an example of the many new options, you can change the tree distance and ive turned them off in that pic. Because BrightRidge HD uses realtime shadows i can make changes during the game ti a lot more. Whats nice is without trees the whole landscape takes on a very different look, like some northern mountainous plains. With all the new options you can make BrightRidge HD look very different from option to option

With Trees Off



Same spot with trees on



More screenshots with BLOOM + CONTRAST, with grass on High density and High distance

 

Time of Day Feature

I finished the new PLAYGROUND options tonight. this is where you can control the look of BrightRidge. The big final addition was the ability to control the time of day. Right now its just something you can switch on demand, i havent decide if i will add in an automatically changing time of day (but i probably will Its all about options so you can have some fun customizing the world, as well as exploring the updated areas and monuments in the HD version.

Same place - different day









New atmospheric / time of day Combinations

with the different day times, lighting conditions and weather effects, you can end up with some interesting lighting scenes that were not possible in the current version. The same area can look verry different depending on the combination of conditions. Here's a few screen shots from the iPAd Air 2 which can really handle almost anything you throw at it.

 

Wow. I can't wait to use the screenshot function on this new app! Those lighting changes are producing amazing screens. I'll also be excited to see how rain and snow look in those different times of day. Looks so beautiful already.

 

yeah, i spent an hour just running around last night looking at how different the land looked in morning vs the default sunset.

Night and noon need some work to be more interesting, im adding some more lamps and wisps to nighttime because the self illuminated lamps look great then. I also kept the mist at night because it makes object standout and gives scenes this kind of otherworldly glow.

Someone mentioned on my facebook page to definitely include the changing time of day (right now its a setting you change) so i will look into doing that, if not at the first update then in the next