cover I got feedback that my avatars dont feel quite right. So I learned some things about anatomy and face proportions. The new faces have twice the voxel count than the previous ones. It was a real struggle to simplify the resulting mesh. Initially, each avatar had more than 1 million vertices. [previewyoutube=95Ckvf1Y6oI;full][/previewyoutube]

Chat Rework

The chat UI now aligns with the rest of the interface. The font is weightier and fits the rest of the UI. I also replaced the backend technology for the in-game chat. Previously I used MongooseIM. Mongoose is an XMPP server, and it is hard to use. I implemented the same functionality with less code with Kotlins Shared-Flows. I will share another article on how the chat system works internally. The only drawback of using my implementation is that I lost the ability to store chat messages. The current implementation will redirect the chats to the destined clients.

Statistics Rework

The statistics window rework feels more intuitive. I dropped the second window and moved the information into the tooltip. The tooltip shows the percentage that each ability contributed to the stat.

[ 2023-05-29 14:39:07 CET ] [ Original post ]