Journal

Working on UI Box element grid-based sizing.

Slow going as I return to the root of the UI system to restructure a lot of the fundamental concepts and abstract away the underlying logic.

Took a slight detour to get gamepad constrols working. I've set up the input manager so any component can subscribe to any defined input (ex. up on the D-pad) and in doing so oust the sitting subscriber - so I always know what's listening to which input.

[↑] Looks like not a lot, but just about everything's been scooped out and replaced. Layout grids now function, along with margins and grid coordinate positioning of UI elements.

Been looking at this interior shot of the space ship a lot lately and decided that I wanted to prioritize giving myself a view.

[♪] S U R V I V E - Scalar Wave

Working on a system for interior panels and components — dimensions, placement, spacing.

Testing out typographic level-of-detail.

Made a small batch of simple labels, icons and decals in Blender. Tested them out in Unity alongside the mesh typography.

Experimenting with lighting.

/ Hard Surface

I've mostly made (sketched, painted and built) natural spaces, and even though sci-fi is close to my heart I never really did a lot of hard surface concept design. Probably lacking a solid grasp of the fundamentals - perspective and forshortening. Landscapes and organic shapes are generally more forgiving.

A variation on the previous concept art piece, based on an area from an early prototype of project Nenia.

Zooming out to consider the arc of the section I'm working on.

[↓] Idea for the end of this section (and the start of the next).