Marbles

[steel notch]

My first game I am building myself. Would love any feedback if possible.

[sinful hawk]

I think the marble being able to jump is kind of weird

[steel notch]

have you never played marble blast?

[misty wind]

As someone who is also making a marble themed game, I love your menu and nostalgic vibe.

[hearty prairie]

Were those camera angles during the countdown pre-set? They seemed a bit jarring

If that was you just moving the camera then you have some crazy mouse control

[full trout]

this looks pretty. how does one get thoise kind of graphics lol

[steel notch]

It starts off just orbiting the marble, then when it starts it moves to the player camera which needs some work tbh

[hearty prairie]

It just felt a little overdone, maybe less is more there

but I also don't have your creative vision

so do whatever feels good

[steel notch]

When its counting down its me moving the camera though.

[hearty prairie]

ah ok ok

[steel notch]

Does look a little weird now that I looked over it. Going to end up making an entirely new into anyways. Thanks for the feedback though! Always appreciated

[hearty prairie]

the graphics are really neat though, just wanted to mention

love the reflections on the track

[steel notch]

Thank you! Can't wait to show you all the end result. Should be a lot prettier.

[full trout]

Yo a question if you can help man, I was wondering where did you learn to make the graphics like that? I tried looking and trying much of stuff but just cannot get it to look right

[steel notch]

What do you mean exactly? I do have global illumination and RT reflections enabled so that helps if youre asking about lighting. Ill try to help out as best as I can.

[full trout]

well i was asking about the lighting and the reflections and the textures

[steel notch]

My main profession is lighting art so that's usually my focus. I also built some simple but custom pbr shaders to help make textures pop and lighting. Its hard to boil it down to advice other than a lot of lighting studies and reverse engineering scenes like Archviz scenes which has given me knowledge on how to setup my scenes, lighting, post processing etc.

[full trout]

i see, well is there any like videos you recommend checking out to understand more about making the graphics better?

[hearty prairie]

If you ever have to ask “how do I make it better?” Maybe you should start with a google search

Asking people is really good for specific questions

[full trout]

oh i have googled and reddited and more lol and i tried just not getting anything visually pleasing.

[steel notch]

Little update!
I wanted to share the current state of the latest build, which now includes an early example of one of the core game modes. This scene is a test environment I use for quick debugging and mechanic testing. While I’m holding off on showcasing any levels for now, I do plan to reveal them in the future. My focus at this now is to fully develop and refine the core gameplay systems before moving into the level design phase— making sure all content is built around it. Hope you enjoy!

I Will be creating a discord soon. If you want to help playtest keep an eye out for that link to the server. I will have instructions and spec requirements at some point in the future.