𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐑𝐄𝐈𝐍 𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐄

Texture stylization

Some changes to the tack and horse textures have been made so that they would match better with the slighly more cartoony foliage and trees in my last couple of posts.

View from the stable door

Environment changes!

I'm working on finishing the environment around the main stable. All of the old trees have been replaced with lower polygon tree models, meaning they are less heavy to render. Some of the rocks, bushes and other vegetation have been replaces as well. Overall the style of the environment is turning somewhat more cartoony than the examples you have seen before, this is a change I needed to make in order to make the game less render heavy.

Walk and trot animations

Game name reveal!

Game name poll!

I'm trying to decide a name for the game in the next few days. Which one of these names catches your attention the most? If you can't decide you can also comment! Rein Ravine is a place on the map in case you wonder.

Jump courses

Recently I made a system that lets me make new jumping courses very fast. Previously I had to manually save the location of each jump but now its automated. The path on the ground is also auto generated now although it still comes out a bit wonky and it shouldn't be this dark either. I'm currently working on making the beginner jumping courses.

Q&A time again!

Ask me any question you want to know in the comments of this post, I'll answer as best as I can! Also if you're new here make sure to read the previous Q&A: https://www.patreon.com/posts/50938243

Collapsing jump stands?

Today I experimented with making the jump stands fall when hit. Previously you were only able to knock down the poles but the stands would stay still like they were made of concrete. There's still some tweaks needed but I think I'm keeping it like this. The fallen parts reset quickly after the horse moves away from the jump.

Flea bitten grey 🥰

Starting UI for the demo

Here's a starting UI for the demo where you can choose from a few different jumping courses (there will be a total of 4-7 courses) and a couple of different horses. The horse menu will later have the horses' pictures and stats added. There will also be a button for the riding tutorial somewhere. This UI was mostly made for the demo, since in the demo you cannot enter the stable or walk around with the girl character at any point. The full game will likely have a different kind of UI implement...

Different breeds?

A question I get asked a lot is if there will be different breeds of horses in this game and if yes, what breeds? The answer to that question is.. Sort of.

Since the game revolves around realistic english riding, mainly showjumping and cross country (dressage is still a question mark), I want to keep the game horses looking like the kind of horses that are best suited for those sports in real life. Therefore they all need to be warmbloods or other related breeds like thoroughbred, hano...

Interacting UI

Here's some testing I did with a newer UI for interacting with objects. This will likely replace the previous one that required you to point directly at an object to be able to interact with it. A concern I had with the previous UI was that it made it very hard to notice smaller objects or objects in unusual places. With this kind of UI you are always aware of every interactable object near you. 

Quest example

Here's a VERY early and simple version of a quest. I've just began building the basics of the quest system in the last few weeks. This is not my first priority at the moment though since I try to focus mostly on the relevant stuff for the demo. The way I've planned the demo is that it will likely only showcase the riding gameplay and have very few to no quests.

New fences and the stable from the outside

The roof is still a work in progress as you can see 🤣

Stable has gone through some changes lately!

Cross country trails + riding in water

Here's a video of some of the cross country areas I've been working on. There are lots of shallow water spots in this area where the horse can run and and jump normally. 

I'm currently in the process of remaking and re-animating the rider because the previous one had too many issues in the way it had been built. This current rider is still missing some of the animations that the previous one had, like the leg animations, pulling reins etc! The rider's textures also have more detail...

Reworking the horse animations today

I've been making some changes to the gait animations today. This is work in progress footage, all the animations shown in the video have been changed some more some less. I continue working on them little by little every couple of days! 

Most luxurious barn?

the previous building from inside!

What could this be?

Stable building progress!

Ignore the triangles on the roof 🤣

Sneak peek of the barn

Here is a barn that I started building yesterday!

Most realistic horse game in the world.exe

Today my friend Moonlintu test played the game. I have made it a lot harder to fall off the horse since the last time they played, now there's only a 10% chance of falling off while previously it was 100%. While testing we ran into some unexpected bugs..

New coat.

This one will likely have darker mane than in the picture.

Q&A! I will answer any of your questions.

Send any question you have about the game in the comments below! I will try my best to give as much information as I can for the time being.

Shiny white coat

This one has a special shader that makes it shiny in certain lighting.

New coats!

All of the horses are about to receive new textures soon. I had too many issues with how the previous UV mapping was created and for that reason I had to create the base texture from scratch again. Now it's a lot higher quality all around and less stretching (prior to this especially the head area was really low resolution).

Would you rather have a dressage or jumping game?

If you had to choose between dressage or jumping game only, which one would you rather have?