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Two days left for the latest Principia building contest! Be sure to get in your entries before the deadline, Monday at 12:00:00 GMT, the contest page should show the time left in your local timezone.
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Speaking of models, it may be interesting to bring up that historically #Blender has always been used for creating models for Principia, even back when it was a proprietary game in 2012-2014. All of the source files for models in the game exist as .blend files in the game's source repository at data-src.
In fact, almost all of the tooling they used back in the day was FOSS, such as #GIMP and #Inkscape for UI and textures. In a Reddit post from 2014 going over how Principia was developed with almost entirely free and open source tools, the original creator of Principia had this to say about Blender:
> Going $0 was not a decision, most of these tools are what we use since many years back. Blender for example is one of my personal favorites among these, I am not a 3D artist at all and strongly dislike doing 3D modelling, but Blender is an amazing, capable software that is really easy to master. And from a programmer's perspective, the fact that you can create your own scripts for blender to run, it can't get any better.
(Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/24pwzx/how_we_developed_principia_with_free_and_open/)
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Speaking of models, it may be interesting to bring up that historically #Blender has always been used for creating models for Principia, even back when it was a proprietary game in 2012-2014. All of the source files for models in the game exist as .blend files in the game's source repository at data-src.
In fact, almost all of the tooling they used back in the day was FOSS, such as #GIMP and #Inkscape for UI and textures. In a Reddit post from 2014 going over how Principia was developed with almost entirely free and open source tools, the original creator of Principia had this to say about Blender:
> Going $0 was not a decision, most of these tools are what we use since many years back. Blender for example is one of my personal favorites among these, I am not a 3D artist at all and strongly dislike doing 3D modelling, but Blender is an amazing, capable software that is really easy to master. And from a programmer's perspective, the fact that you can create your own scripts for blender to run, it can't get any better.
(Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/24pwzx/how_we_developed_principia_with_free_and_open/)
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In response to some interest in making 3D models for new content in the game, there is now a new page on the wiki with notes about how to make models for the game:
https://principia-web.se/wiki/Modelling_for_the_game
While the game's asset pipeline is rather primitive and materials are defined in code rather than in data files, I hope it will serve as useful for whoever may end up going down the path in the future.
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New video on the Principia #YouTube channel! Playing through one of my own adventure levels I recently uploaded to the community site.
Filled with robot fights and action!
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Halftime for the latest Principia building contest!
I hope everyone has come up with creative ideas based on the limited set of objects that are available to you, and I await everyone's submissions.
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Halftime for the latest Principia building contest!
I hope everyone has come up with creative ideas based on the limited set of objects that are available to you, and I await everyone's submissions.
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Halftime for the latest Principia building contest!
I hope everyone has come up with creative ideas based on the limited set of objects that are available to you, and I await everyone's submissions.
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Halftime for the latest Principia building contest!
I hope everyone has come up with creative ideas based on the limited set of objects that are available to you, and I await everyone's submissions.
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Halftime for the latest Principia building contest!
I hope everyone has come up with creative ideas based on the limited set of objects that are available to you, and I await everyone's submissions.
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New #Principia level from me is up! Another one from the archives, finished up and uploaded for the first time.
Run through a deadly course filled with enemy robots, all with different types of gear. Collect new weapons as you advance through the level and defeat them all, crash a car into the wall and then win!
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Please help the latest development build of Principia!
I would like to make a new release soon, but need help with testing. Of note is the new directory and structure for user data and the associated migration process which needs to be tested to make sure user data is migrated correctly.
Most important is the #Android version as my only test device is my daily driver phone running Android 12, and that's the worst platform for something to go wrong on. But testing the #Windows and #Linux version would be appreciated too.
Please read further about how to help out on the forums:
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I'm currently revisiting some old #Principia adventure levels I originally made as part of a bigger level package that I never ended up completing. Going to upload the good ones as separate levels once I have finished up them.
The times I get to spend fully immersed in the sandbox is few and far between, so I'm always a bit rusty in the beginning, but get the hang of things again eventually...
I really enjoy treating the LuaScript objects as small programmable circuits like an Arduino that I can just wire up with stuff in the world to do something small, when I'm too lazy to think of how to do it using signaling components.
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I'm currently revisiting some old #Principia adventure levels I originally made as part of a bigger level package that I never ended up completing. Going to upload the good ones as separate levels once I have finished up them.
The times I get to spend fully immersed in the sandbox is few and far between, so I'm always a bit rusty in the beginning, but get the hang of things again eventually...
I really enjoy treating the LuaScript objects as small programmable circuits like an Arduino that I can just wire up with stuff in the world to do something small, when I'm too lazy to think of how to do it using signaling components.
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Happy 15 years of Apparatus! We will be running an Apparatus-themed contest for Principia, making a Principia level with just the objects that would have been available to you in Apparatus.
See the contest description for more info, you have 2 weeks to submit a level!
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Happy 15 years of Apparatus! We will be running an Apparatus-themed contest for Principia, making a Principia level with just the objects that would have been available to you in Apparatus.
See the contest description for more info, you have 2 weeks to submit a level!
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Happy 15 years of Apparatus! We will be running an Apparatus-themed contest for Principia, making a Principia level with just the objects that would have been available to you in Apparatus.
See the contest description for more info, you have 2 weeks to submit a level!
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Happy 15 years of Apparatus! We will be running an Apparatus-themed contest for Principia, making a Principia level with just the objects that would have been available to you in Apparatus.
See the contest description for more info, you have 2 weeks to submit a level!
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Happy 15 years of Apparatus! We will be running an Apparatus-themed contest for Principia, making a Principia level with just the objects that would have been available to you in Apparatus.
See the contest description for more info, you have 2 weeks to submit a level!
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RE: https://hachyderm.io/@Principia/116551994651010510
#Principia now has a bridged community on #Fluxer, go check them out! Can't wait for the next contest idea.
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RE: https://hachyderm.io/@Principia/116551994651010510
#Principia now has a bridged community on #Fluxer, go check them out! Can't wait for the next contest idea.
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RE: https://hachyderm.io/@Principia/116551994651010510
#Principia now has a bridged community on #Fluxer, go check them out! Can't wait for the next contest idea.
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RE: https://hachyderm.io/@Principia/116551994651010510
#Principia now has a bridged community on #Fluxer, go check them out! Can't wait for the next contest idea.
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Tomorrow marks the 15 year anniversary of the first release of Apparatus! Apparatus was the prequel to Principia, releasing back in 2011 for Android. It was revolutionary for mobile gaming at the time, and is fonly remembered by us who played it before Principia.
To celebrate this monumental milestone there will be a new contest tomorrow with a fitting theme... Stay tuned!
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Tomorrow marks the 15 year anniversary of the first release of Apparatus! Apparatus was the prequel to Principia, releasing back in 2011 for Android. It was revolutionary for mobile gaming at the time, and is fonly remembered by us who played it before Principia.
To celebrate this monumental milestone there will be a new contest tomorrow with a fitting theme... Stay tuned!
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Tomorrow marks the 15 year anniversary of the first release of Apparatus! Apparatus was the prequel to Principia, releasing back in 2011 for Android. It was revolutionary for mobile gaming at the time, and is fonly remembered by us who played it before Principia.
To celebrate this monumental milestone there will be a new contest tomorrow with a fitting theme... Stay tuned!
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Tomorrow marks the 15 year anniversary of the first release of Apparatus! Apparatus was the prequel to Principia, releasing back in 2011 for Android. It was revolutionary for mobile gaming at the time, and is fonly remembered by us who played it before Principia.
To celebrate this monumental milestone there will be a new contest tomorrow with a fitting theme... Stay tuned!
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Tomorrow marks the 15 year anniversary of the first release of Apparatus! Apparatus was the prequel to Principia, releasing back in 2011 for Android. It was revolutionary for mobile gaming at the time, and is fonly remembered by us who played it before Principia.
To celebrate this monumental milestone there will be a new contest tomorrow with a fitting theme... Stay tuned!
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Principia website update! There is now a new #RSS feed for newly uploaded levels on the community site:
https://principia-web.se/feeds/levels
There is also a page with a list of available Principia RSS feeds on the website, including external ones such as this Mastodon account, the PeerTube channel, Lemmy community and commit history for Principia source repositories (Yes, these all have RSS feeds available!).
https://principia-web.se/feeds
More to come!
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Principia website update! There is now a new #RSS feed for newly uploaded levels on the community site:
https://principia-web.se/feeds/levels
There is also a page with a list of available Principia RSS feeds on the website, including external ones such as this Mastodon account, the PeerTube channel, Lemmy community and commit history for Principia source repositories (Yes, these all have RSS feeds available!).
https://principia-web.se/feeds
More to come!