Forsaken

Devlog

• Madera's body (test)
  June 27, 2026 by Rockbotom#model, #blender, #3d, #lowpoly, #test, #try, #human

  The character models have been in development this whole time and still are :D... Continue reading

  
• I have been thinking...
  June 26, 2026 by Rockbotom#changes, #mistakes, #thoughts, #album, #images, #ai

  I have been thinking about it... This game has become something more than just a project to release. Throughout its development, it has constantly improved my 3D engine and helped me gain experience... Continue reading

  
• Found an easy modeling method.
  June 25, 2026 by Rockbotom#metod, #3d, #blender, #modeling

  I was surprised by the Quake style method! I spent three months figuring it out and realized that a Quake model is basically 2D art with depth as an extra parameter, while the silhouette itself is def... Continue reading
• Madera and Ellaila
  June 22, 2026 by Rockbotom#AI, #picture, #pretty, #look

  Also AI but I liked how it turned out, so I decided to share it. Why not?... Continue reading

  
• Madera Concept Art
  June 22, 2026 by Rockbotom#concept, #art, #game, #3d, #picture, #character

  Madera's appearance says one thing, but in reality, he's something completely different)))). An AI-generated concept, by the way. The actual model will be low-poly, of course, but I'll do my best to p... Continue reading

  
• Interesting bug#2 and a ready made engine.
  June 21, 2026 by Rockbotom#engine, #bug, #indie, #complete

  Conversation 1: It turns out that the animator and level editor replace Blender. Literally everything. At first I had problems with the animator because I kept wondering how animation could work witho... Continue reading

  
• First 3D Weapon Test Video
  June 20, 2026 by Rockbotom#game, #engine, #try, #test, #model, #blade, #hand, #plane, #ground, #pistol, #skull

  So far, I’ve made a hand with a blade, a regular hand, and an assault rifle. Shooting has been temporarily removed from the game, as the combat system is currently being reworked. Right now, I’m t... Continue reading

  
• Work continues.​
  June 17, 2026 by Rockbotom#game, #engine

  I'm updating the ngines for this game. I've learned a lot of new things along the way. For example, I discovered that a mathematical hitbox is better than a traditional one. Instead of a capsule, an e... Continue reading
• Enemy Model(fly), Failed Decisions, and Slower Development
  June 13, 2026 by Rockbotom#3d, #model, #indie, #lowpoly, #quakestyle, #blender, #about, #problems, #enemy, #fire, #wings, #skull

  I made this enemy in a day. It was already becoming difficult to work on because I’m getting tired, so I’m slowing development down for 1–2 weeks. That’s actually quite critical because, consi... Continue reading

  
• Problems Again...
  June 11, 2026 by Rockbotom

  Now the problems are in the engine. The issue is that the engine is extremely Quake-style while also having a very limited feature set. For example, I inserted the final version of Ellaila into the en... Continue reading

  
• Minimal Gameplay Is Ready!(Hitbox Version)
  June 11, 2026 by Rockbotom#gameplay, #3d, #opengl, #C++

  Yep, the gameplay with all three enemy types is finally working! Updating the Shadows was difficult, but now their AI behaves the way it should. Instead of mindlessly running straight at the player, S... Continue reading

  
• Fire enemy(Hitbox Version)
  June 10, 2026 by Rockbotom#gameplay, #OpenGL, #3d, #try

  I’ve finished the fire enemy. What does it do? It simply moves toward the player (it’s faster than the player), and once it gets close enough, it jumps at them. To deal with it, you either need to... Continue reading

  
• Grappling Hook(PreAlpha Version)
  June 09, 2026 by Rockbotom#3d, #model, #blender

  The grappling hook is actually a sort of exoskeleton mounted on the arm. A creation of the fox Hodi... though you probably don’t know her, do you?)... Continue reading

  
• Flying Enemies(hitbox version)
  June 09, 2026 by Rockbotom#3d, #gameplay, #OpenGL, #C++, #game

  Surprisingly, I made this one in about an hour... and there’s only one more enemy left to create :O That means the first implementation of each enemy might end up being even faster than I expected... Continue reading

  
• Full Comparison of the New and Old Ellaila.
  June 09, 2026 by Rockbotom#comparison, #3d, #model

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• Ellaila is finished (for the raycast prototype).
  June 09, 2026 by Rockbotom#model, #blender, #indie, #stylized, #lowpoly

  Honestly, I decided to worry even less about... topology? Shape? Silhouette? Whatever it is. I’m kind of tired of obsessing over it. :D She’ll need to be remodeled. Or rather, redesigned. I’ll h... Continue reading

  
• Body for the Final Head (Attempt #1)
  June 08, 2026 by Rockbotom

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  #model, #3d, #indie, #blender, #stylized

  I'm realizing more and more that modeling any character is a process with its own unique workflow, and that workflow is highly specific to each individual model. Honestly, that's one of the things tha... Continue reading

  
• Pre-Alpha Gameplay Test(Video)
  June 08, 2026 by Rockbotom#gameplay, #video, #3d, #alpha

  For now, the blade can’t shoot. Unfortunately, I haven’t come up with any good ideas for that yet besides simply firing it with a button... Well, I’ll think of something eventually. For now, the... Continue reading

  
• Final Version of Ellaila (for now, just the head)
  June 07, 2026 by Rockbotom#3d, #model, #indie, #blender, #quakestyle, #stylized

  I finally achieved the style that I like. Over these 90 days of modeling, I tried and experimented with a lot of different approaches. And it turns out that making a head with 171 triangles, texturing... Continue reading

  
• Marena the fox
  June 03, 2026 by Rockbotom#model, #3d, #blender, #indie

  Maybe she’ll appear in the game, maybe not... Continue reading

  
• ​Test level.
  June 01, 2026 by Rockbotom#level, #3d, #blender, #model

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• Another version of Ellaila.
  June 01, 2026 by Rockbotom#model, #3d, #blender, #indie

  Yeah, I’m still trying to improve my skills. This is a new version of Ellaila, though it’s still not guaranteed that this exact version will appear in the game... Continue reading

  
• ...
  May 30, 2026 by Rockbotom#what, #is, #happening, #here

  For 80 days, I was writing the story. It was complicated, strange, and… edgy... And here’s what I realized after those 80 days. Honestly, it was kind of a mess. So yeah, the story is going to be a... Continue reading

  
• Shadow (enemy) in QuakeStyle.
  May 28, 2026 by Rockbotom#shadow, #model, #3d, #blender, #indie, #lowpoly, #quakestyle

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• Remastered Ellaila (candidate).
  May 27, 2026 by Rockbotom#model, #blender, #remsater, #candidate

  The text below might be useful to someone, but for me it’s definitely a reminder. Turns out that anxiety level heavily affects the final result. What was genuinely holding me back was the fact that... Continue reading

  
• Attempt at making teeth.
  May 26, 2026 by Rockbotom

  It’s not very good. Mostly because they’re barely noticeable on the model itself, and in-game at a low image resolution they’ll be even harder to see. But the experience was interesting... Continue reading

  
• New Ellaila.
  May 25, 2026 by Rockbotom

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  #3d, #model, #blender, #skills

  The new model is on the left, the old one is on the right. This one turned out better, I think. Though there’s still something less fox-like and more rabbit-like about her. If you compare her to the... Continue reading

  
• Intresting bug #1
  May 24, 2026 by Rockbotom#bugs, #game, #test

  During testing, a bug was discovered when attacking at very low FPS. The values start flying into 1e-06. What’s funny is that in some places this becomes critical, like with these camera rotations d... Continue reading

  
• Gameplay addition for Nara
  May 23, 2026 by Rockbotom#gameplay, #prealpha, #alpha, #3d, #pseudo, #test

  Just like Madera, she can perform dashes. Though she can only wield her katana, while he can also hold an assault rifle in his left hand… or something that pulls him toward things… :D For now, I... Continue reading

  
• Addition to Nara
  May 23, 2026 by Rockbotom#addition

  Worth mentioning — a small game is being prepared to test the engine. It’s almost finished. Yeah, it’s definitely kind of funny making another game while this one still doesn’t exist yet, lol... Continue reading

  
• Nara the fox
  May 23, 2026 by Rockbotom#indie, #model, #3d, #blender, #stylized

  Here’s another new character — Nara. She’s actually supposed to appear somewhere in the middle of the story, but I decided to try modeling her now purely out of curiosity. I intentionally avoide... Continue reading

  
• Ellaila first try quakestyle
  May 22, 2026 by Rockbotom#model, #blender, #indie, #devlog, #try, #quakestyle

  The first attempt at making Quake-style Ellaila, but it was done using blockout modeling instead of creating points and triangles manually... Continue reading

  
• Critical State of the Project
  May 21, 2026 by Rockbotom

  Overall, around 80 days have passed. The game is in an EXTREMELY critical state. I had to cut down the scope of the game even more. And now the worst part is that the game will probably have sprite-ba... Continue reading
• Demon Blade
  May 20, 2026 by Rockbotom#blade, #3d, #model, #indie

  The blade that was given to Madera after his resurrection in hell... Continue reading

  
• Ellaila in QuakeStyle.
  May 18, 2026 by Rockbotom#3d, #animation, #blender, #devlog, #model, #indie, #QuakeStyle, #1996

  And here’s Ellaila, the version that will appear in the game during the first iteration. Took me a long time to make. Rigging this was extremely tedious because Blender, for some reason, can’t pro... Continue reading

  
• About the gameplay and posts.
  May 17, 2026 by Rockbotom

  I’ve been thinking a lot, and after cutting down a ton of features to make the game easier to develop, I decided that the first playable version will basically be a pre-alpha gameplay build. So the... Continue reading
• Madera
  May 17, 2026 by Rockbotom#1996, #QuakeStyle, #3d, #devlog, #indie, #model, #blender

  Here’s a new character — Madera. He’s the main protagonist… but you won’t actually see him since the game is in first person XD. Oh well. He isn’t textured yet. I finally figured out how t... Continue reading

  
• Attempt at Modeling Ellaila’s Body
  May 10, 2026 by Rockbotom#devlog, #blender, #model, #indie, #animation, #3d

  At that time, I was learning how to model a body, and it was also extremely difficult. This model took 30 days to make. Because of that, I realized I needed to slow down the scope of the game’s deve... Continue reading

  
• The first 14 days of modeling
  May 09, 2026 by Rockbotom#3d, #animation, #blender, #devlog, #indie, #model

  This is a secondary character - Ellaila, a fox. Worth mentioning: over the course of a year, I opened Blender once every 1–3 months to make something, but it was usually on the level of “create a... Continue reading