I started on the UI for the in-game editor; so far it supports draggable floating or set windows with static text and buttons (working!).

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I spent a few hours today changing the stick figure guy to a rabbit by adding arms and ears and making him walk on his toes. Also added variable speed, and several other changes.

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Today I started working on procedural physics-based animation: the controls shift the character's center of mass, and his AI moves his legs to maintain balance. All or most of the Lugaru 2 animations will be using this same idea.

Edit: Fixed gif link

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I got texture layers working like in Lugaru, except with higher resolution textures. Here is snow terrain with two texture layers:

Also I am starting on the grass technology:

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I have been spending most of my time setting up the Lugaru 2 project, but now I am focusing on programming again.

I have basic terrain rendering implemented now, similar to Lugaru except smoother and higher resolution. Soon I will add more interesting effects like grass rendering and texture blending.

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