Got the nebula system all working. Including it's effects on ship visibility. Mission number 4 "Fork in the Road" gently introduces this as the big bad emerges from a nebula in the start. The next mission "Man on the Run" takes place completely in a nebula. Here's the intro showing some of the cinematic effects I get from having another "terrain" type.
I've gone through the previous environments and added nebulas to help with the look. I also added a system for to allow you to skip cut scenes (my kids were demanding it!)
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Blog of the creation of the game Ceres Dawn for the Xbox 360.
Ceres dawn is an action rpg where the player controls The Chicago, a heavy cruiser operating in the asteroid belt of Earth's solar system. The Chicago is equipped with two wings of Drones which can be used in tactical combat.
Ceres Dawn is compose of about two dozen single player missions which tell the story of the Union's conflict with break-away group called "The Clan". Between missions the player can improve the capabilities of The Chicago and the Drone wings based on their preferred style of play.
Ceres Dawn is written in C# and will be available on the Xbox indie game channel. Ceres Dawn has a full 3D graphics engine using normal mapped objects and an advanced particle system.
Ceres Dawn is compose of about two dozen single player missions which tell the story of the Union's conflict with break-away group called "The Clan". Between missions the player can improve the capabilities of The Chicago and the Drone wings based on their preferred style of play.
Ceres Dawn is written in C# and will be available on the Xbox indie game channel. Ceres Dawn has a full 3D graphics engine using normal mapped objects and an advanced particle system.