Sketches https://vid.mkp.ca Peeks at the stuff I'm working on at the moment. Typically WIP. Wed, 11 Nov 2026 12:16:49 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Toraifลsu Sketches https://vid.mkp.ca/client/assets/images/icons/icon-96x96.png https://vid.mkp.ca All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://vid.mkp.ca/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder. <![CDATA[sunset over PC's village]]> https://vid.mkp.ca/w/42E2wrPA8TX5j87GJWU26H https://vid.mkp.ca/w/42E2wrPA8TX5j87GJWU26H Sat, 11 Mar 2023 12:50:37 GMT Doing some world design. Did a render for fun.

]]> mike 4 nonadult sunset over PC's village Doing some world design. Did a render for fun. <![CDATA[Text scroller]]> https://vid.mkp.ca/w/gUVAPCKE2U9CNhJbq6MJvh https://vid.mkp.ca/w/gUVAPCKE2U9CNhJbq6MJvh Fri, 13 Jan 2023 16:26:36 GMT Something I mess with when I get too frustrated to do productive work. I'm playing with making it more programmable and ultimately I think I'll have it execute a scroller markup language.

]]> mike 4 nonadult Text scroller Something I mess with when I get too frustrated to do productive work. I'm playing with making it more programmable and ultimately I think I'll have it execute a scroller markup language. <![CDATA[First working ghost demo!]]> https://vid.mkp.ca/w/6Grf2aXTRmske8ipzGBYrL https://vid.mkp.ca/w/6Grf2aXTRmske8ipzGBYrL Fri, 06 Jan 2023 14:42:25 GMT Finally, FINALLY, ghosts are doing exactly what they are supposed to be doing. I took a break and over that period I discovered what my problem had been all along. It was a fairly simple fix once I came back to the project.

]]> mike 7 nonadult First working ghost demo! Finally, FINALLY, ghosts are doing exactly what they are supposed to be doing. I took a break and over that period I discovered what my problem had been all along. It was a fairly simple fix once I came back to the project. <![CDATA[Flying for fun]]> https://vid.mkp.ca/w/5kAkEqPhCeVqhomX2Fsdve https://vid.mkp.ca/w/5kAkEqPhCeVqhomX2Fsdve Sat, 10 Sep 2022 19:12:19 GMT I got the camera and control code cleaned up a bit and it flies really nice without the mouse now. I intend to implement a virtual joystick to allow play with only the mouse, on phones, etc.

I think the compass works? It takes you someplace I wouldn't have expected to correspond to the north or south poles. I dunno. I am just roughing in the cockpit in Godot. I think I can export it to something Blender can import, and then I'll be able to model on it properly, having determined where everything will line up in the game.

]]> mike 4 nonadult Flying for fun I got the camera and control code cleaned up a bit and it flies really nice without the mouse now. I intend to implement a virtual joystick to allow play with only the mouse, on phones, etc. I think the compass works? It takes you someplace I... <![CDATA["Rocket" development demo]]> https://vid.mkp.ca/w/mX4ddgPxiTVrZo6jB3jStk https://vid.mkp.ca/w/mX4ddgPxiTVrZo6jB3jStk Tue, 06 Sep 2022 21:45:55 GMT New features include the new world gen, new front end, alternate control scheme, and sound effects.

]]> mike 4 nonadult "Rocket" development demo New features include the new world gen, new front end, alternate control scheme, and sound effects. <![CDATA[Quick demo of Lunar Lander mode]]> https://vid.mkp.ca/w/jdjDG5nBkWe5jANwCpSY4z https://vid.mkp.ca/w/jdjDG5nBkWe5jANwCpSY4z Thu, 01 Sep 2022 15:09:01 GMT I'm annoyed many things aren't working but the lunar lander mode is kind of fun right now.

]]> mike 4 nonadult Quick demo of Lunar Lander mode I'm annoyed many things aren't working but the lunar lander mode is kind of fun right now. <![CDATA["rocket" development demo]]> https://vid.mkp.ca/w/tSXXuCtBNUYb8s3xEneeNQ https://vid.mkp.ca/w/tSXXuCtBNUYb8s3xEneeNQ Mon, 29 Aug 2022 13:53:36 GMT Monday morning demo showing some of the recent development with narration.

]]> mike 4 nonadult "rocket" development demo Monday morning demo showing some of the recent development with narration. <![CDATA[I WIN!]]> https://vid.mkp.ca/w/6dWWEPAQn9udyvaStfqffu https://vid.mkp.ca/w/6dWWEPAQn9udyvaStfqffu Wed, 24 Aug 2022 13:31:48 GMT The first ever winning round of the checkpoints mode of whatever this game is called!

]]> mike 4 nonadult I WIN! The first ever winning round of the checkpoints mode of whatever this game is called! <![CDATA[Tipping point demo?]]> https://vid.mkp.ca/w/1CpT5L64AiwrMBa7KWUJmF https://vid.mkp.ca/w/1CpT5L64AiwrMBa7KWUJmF Tue, 23 Aug 2022 02:08:05 GMT Orbital velocity around the asteroid depends on its radius but can be less than the character's sprinting speed. It's a lot of fun to take big suborbital hops around the asteroid. You can't thrust when you're not touching the ground and there is a tiny bit of drag so you can't quite achieve orbit by running.

]]> mike 4 nonadult Tipping point demo? Orbital velocity around the asteroid depends on its radius but can be less than the character's sprinting speed. It's a lot of fun to take big suborbital hops around the asteroid. You can't thrust when you're not touching the ground and there is... <![CDATA[Rocket and asteroid demo]]> https://vid.mkp.ca/w/5WVj71vy2cZVzN5unv6L2D https://vid.mkp.ca/w/5WVj71vy2cZVzN5unv6L2D Sun, 21 Aug 2022 17:43:36 GMT Progress demo with narration! Please click the like button. It doesn't make me any money or promote my video, it just makes me happy. ๐Ÿ˜„

]]> mike 4 nonadult Rocket and asteroid demo Progress demo with narration! Please click the like button. It doesn't make me any money or promote my video, it just makes me happy. ๐Ÿ˜„ <![CDATA[asteroid shader demo]]> https://vid.mkp.ca/w/g8Xyvx7CqAJN3ySciB6iEQ https://vid.mkp.ca/w/g8Xyvx7CqAJN3ySciB6iEQ Fri, 19 Aug 2022 13:57:17 GMT Quick demo of the planet shader I made this morning

]]> mike 4 nonadult asteroid shader demo Quick demo of the planet shader I made this morning <![CDATA[rocket demo 3]]> https://vid.mkp.ca/w/rwAHxJPEBRTP8tFrbRwLbg https://vid.mkp.ca/w/rwAHxJPEBRTP8tFrbRwLbg Fri, 19 Aug 2022 01:12:17 GMT Ooooh, pretty bugs!

]]> mike 4 nonadult rocket demo 3 Ooooh, pretty bugs! <![CDATA[More messing with Godot 4]]> https://vid.mkp.ca/w/h9ufX5WdrjSpfDKMSVxMjo https://vid.mkp.ca/w/h9ufX5WdrjSpfDKMSVxMjo Thu, 18 Aug 2022 17:48:57 GMT Added a slightly more interesting environment. I did a procedural generation version but I couldn't get the collision mesh to match up with the displayed mesh so I just made a little park in Blender. It just plopped in and worked right away. Godot's GPU particles automatically generate a heightfield of the ground to calculate their collisions, nice and easy.

Fixed the thrust so that it is in line with the rocket's major axis instead of straight up. This was done by taking the straight-up thrust vector and applying the inverse of the rocket's transformation matrix, after cancelling out the rocket's translation.

]]> mike 4 nonadult More messing with Godot 4 Added a slightly more interesting environment. I did a procedural generation version but I couldn't get the collision mesh to match up with the displayed mesh so I just made a little park in Blender. It just plopped in and worked right away. Go... <![CDATA[Messing with Godot 4]]> https://vid.mkp.ca/w/hty6KLF4qjGy1cVr7njAdx https://vid.mkp.ca/w/hty6KLF4qjGy1cVr7njAdx Tue, 16 Aug 2022 21:49:02 GMT The only clever thing here is that I figured out how to make particles emit smoothly along the path of travel no matter how fast the rocket is moving, instead of pooting them out in big discrete packets every time the physics updates. This was accomplished by emitting particles "manually" and calculating the position of each one:

plume.emit_particle(last_position.interpolate_with(self.transform, n/nparticles), velocity, 0, 0, 5) ]]> mike 4 nonadult Messing with Godot 4 The only clever thing here is that I figured out how to make particles emit smoothly along the path of travel no matter how fast the rocket is moving, instead of pooting them out in big discrete packets every time the physics updates. This was ac... <![CDATA[First model rocket launch]]> https://vid.mkp.ca/w/smmhnprDNVEa79ZLp5qTom https://vid.mkp.ca/w/smmhnprDNVEa79ZLp5qTom Wed, 03 Aug 2022 17:19:05 GMT Procedural animation in Blender cannot get rewritten soon enough for me. So painful. Rendered in Eevee and I should have probably used billboard smoke particles instead of just static 3-way crossed. Or maybe if I coulda rotated them randomly.

]]> mike 4 nonadult First model rocket launch Procedural animation in Blender cannot get rewritten soon enough for me. So painful. Rendered in Eevee and I should have probably used billboard smoke particles instead of just static 3-way crossed. Or maybe if I coulda rotated them randomly. <![CDATA[same particles as last time]]> https://vid.mkp.ca/w/oyFVdbZ7W8h78HBWLoXn6j https://vid.mkp.ca/w/oyFVdbZ7W8h78HBWLoXn6j Thu, 21 Jul 2022 12:28:16 GMT Same as yesterday but with a background that allows you to see the camera movement

]]> mike 4 nonadult same particles as last time Same as yesterday but with a background that allows you to see the camera movement <![CDATA[particle chase]]> https://vid.mkp.ca/w/sG4nv4RvVF4ZPKG96mfsJn https://vid.mkp.ca/w/sG4nv4RvVF4ZPKG96mfsJn Wed, 20 Jul 2022 13:55:24 GMT Continuing to play with different kinds of particles. The camera moves around a lot but you cannot tell. There was supposed to be a bunch of slowly floating particles hanging in space so you could see camera motion but I guess I forgot to click render before I went to bed so I'm just uploading this version, it's not worth re-rendering.

The motion of the attractor was animated by recording live motion tracks. I'm interested in exploring this further. I've had the idea to rig up a marionette and perform the puppeteering in such a way.

]]> mike 4 nonadult particle chase Continuing to play with different kinds of particles. The camera moves around a lot but you cannot tell. There was supposed to be a bunch of slowly floating particles hanging in space so you could see camera motion but I guess I forgot to click ... <![CDATA[particle sketch]]> https://vid.mkp.ca/w/fE15CDpWUaVFvQuA5Rnk8G https://vid.mkp.ca/w/fE15CDpWUaVFvQuA5Rnk8G Mon, 18 Jul 2022 22:52:12 GMT I can't nearly express how deeply unsatisfying this is to me.

]]> mike 4 nonadult particle sketch I can't nearly express how deeply unsatisfying this is to me. <![CDATA[also nothing]]> https://vid.mkp.ca/w/rmZwXU5n6pdb9uLZz7eatv https://vid.mkp.ca/w/rmZwXU5n6pdb9uLZz7eatv Sun, 17 Jul 2022 17:22:04 GMT More nothing. Messing around with magnetism and the compositor. So much gross stuff I need to fix, not sure on all the best practices for compositing.

]]> mike 4 nonadult also nothing More nothing. Messing around with magnetism and the compositor. So much gross stuff I need to fix, not sure on all the best practices for compositing. <![CDATA[whirlwind]]> https://vid.mkp.ca/w/dEb58cVCUsqrxRxsDXwXca https://vid.mkp.ca/w/dEb58cVCUsqrxRxsDXwXca Sun, 17 Jul 2022 03:10:30 GMT This is nothing.

]]> mike 4 nonadult whirlwind This is nothing.