Future Calling - 25.2.24

I will now be adding a single article per week of development. I will update this article as progress happens.

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Lighting and shadows now working properly. Could still do with some visual improvements such as softer shadows.

Added an update system for sprites, where you can pass a closure for your specific per sprite logic.

   let update_logic = |sprite: &mut GameSprite| {
            println!("Updating sprite at position ({}, {})", sprite.position.x, sprite.position.y);
            sprite.rotation = sprite.rotation + 0.05;
            // Add custom logic here
        };

        spr1.set_update(Some(Box::new(update_logic)));

Added soft-shadows.

Normal map support added.

It is now possible to assign a normal map to any tile, for improved lighting.

And below with two lights.

Small Gif

Future Editor

Started work on "Future Editor" - A GTK4 editor for editing future maps/adding sprites/logic. It is coded entirely in rust using GTK4-RS.

I have got the engine integrated into the editor. Here you can see a empty grid, which is in-fact the map, without any tiles added.

Editor Progress.

Editor Progress