I have the framework ready for a gameplay loop of creating characters, creating levels, creating stories, playing those stories. Now its just a case of seeing how much i would want to add. If people are interested, then i will make a swtich and personalise the rules and create my own art to use in it instead. So its both ready and no where near ready haha

What have you done with game engines in the past? At the minute the hobbit holes are assets from someone else.

@OmiDigi Not much. Mostly done backend logic of games, Unity and a bit Unreal. But when most of my professional game development time was in flash, quite a few years ago.

haha ill tone it down if i do someting similar again, thanks. Hard to keep motivation sometimes, what made you stop doing play throughs of games?

As someone with adhd, I completely understand the waning motivation. Just know that you're on to something awesome here. You've clearly put a lot of time and effort in to it. And it's time to be rewarded and applauded for your efforts. If on a day you can't think of a whole video to create. Do a short. A joke, a funny system interaction / bug in the game, a cool moment, snippets of adding features, hell just show the dice roll mechanic and what if scenarios. Keep the consistency and you'll see the channel and project grow 😊 In regards to me, my PC at the time was awful, so I couldn't record content that was worth watching. I am however in the mood to do something again (maybe not let's plays, maybe hobby stuff, or mesbg based video games 😉), perhaps this message will be the thing I need to start again 😁

Thanks a lot, that's really good advice. I will keep it in my mind as I progress. I love the game development side of this but I won't lie the editing isn't my strong suit and I'm not efficient at it so if anything drags me down it'll be that. I hope you do! You were playing the exact kinds of games I like to watch. If I ever release a game I'll get you to play it haha I'll be the first to watch it if you do, your support has helped me a lot so far.

Nice idea, i will add that in, thanks.

Thanks! I've onjly posted a fwe videos, i still conisder you a day oner! haha

I think it will be really eay to do. The framework is all there, so can just adapt the rules to be fit anything really

Yeh it is possible to create custom characters with custom skill points, and an army builder that keeps track of the total points.

Me too! Hopefully i can finish this one haha

XCOM comes close. Tabletop Simulator might also have animations.

I would love to adapt the rules and change the models to a space themed game!

You're absolutely right, theoretically it should be possible I haven't tried yet because I'm forcing models into those T/A pose and misalignment will.not track correctly in a t-pose animation. But why not try, you've convinced me to try! Haha

@@OmiDigi hahaha I would love to see it. Good luck!

I have but as your rightly said texturing is my problem, for now I don't mind having lower quality sculpts If enough people become interested in these videos and the game then I would definitely switch to 3d sculpts and get them textured. Thanks for the feedback

I can definitely add that, I'll give it a go and let you know what it looks like

If enough people seem to enjoy what they see then I will definitely switch to none LoTR models and think about releasing a playable version.

@@OmiDigi package the LOTR models as a separate mod anonymously

​@@OmiDigiLooking forward to play it some day. Have you made ny thought about the setting for it? Hearing your thought on worlds building could make a hole series in it self.

same lotr system? ​@@OmiDigi

​@@OmiDigiPlease do

I totally agree on the sound being too loud, I messed up recording the audio so I couldn't split the game sound and voice over, hopefully I've learned my lesson for next time. And I hadn't thought about that disconnect between cicadas and Anglo Saxon england, I will change that, thanks!

Thanks for the comment, it's nice to hear positive things, it motivates me to keep going. I have spear supporting and might coded in already, I'm trying to introduce things slowly so that if nothing else comes out of this someone might still benefit from learning the rules.

Thanks. I hadn't heard of that. Is it a rule book for a DnD style role playing experience? Sounds interesting.

Thanks a lot, just me stumbling through putting clips together, I want to improve my editing skills though. Thanks, I will try on my next map making video to have more descriptions.

Didn't even notice I said that! Haha! Now I'm thinking I've been saying it my whole life like this,, oh no, new embarrassment unlocked.

Are you making it in unity aswell? I am scanning them in, I have a video coming out in 2 weeks showing the process.

@@OmiDigi yes i photoscan they

Need to have friends to do that

Just developing for fun for now, maybe ill switch to a releasble version in the near future, if people like the look of it.

Correct! Did you used to collect the magazines aswell?

@@OmiDigi Yeah, it was my first introduction to wargaming! Still got all the magazines.

Wow thats awesome, i'd definatly be up for collaborating on using some of your skins in this!

Thanks a lot, thats very motivating to hear.

Adding in extra sided dice isnt somehting i had thought about as im just going along with the SBG rules, but theres no reason why i couldnt add them in....acrualy, be right back

@@OmiDigi cool (: Aragorn just seemed a bit weak compared to the goblins. Looking forward to follow the development of the game

@@Kwisatz-Chaderach Never got to play it, how close is it too Warhammer rules? And cool name (:

Some people who play both say LoTR has the better rule set, I'm not too sure on the differences my self, i've only played the LoTR version.

Thanks a lot! What kind of game development? And i know! i dont know how they thought that was a fair skirmish for magazine 1, RIP to the kids enjoyment who chose to play as aragorn in 2002. I have thought about it, but im not an animator so they wouldnt be good animations, and also, i kind of like that they dont move and it keeps it more like a table top game but in a real world environment, i do have ragdolls though....

@@OmiDigi game development with Unity but as hobby it's going really slow. I am currently designing an architecture for turn-based tactics game, grid-based, although I try to cleanly decouple things so most of the logic can be reused for a gridless game. But I still have a long journey until having something decent to show like yours. I really like your work. Glad to see that sometimes the KZbin algorithm works! Good luck with the development!

Wow thats amazing, and very motivating to keep me going!

Thanks for the encouraging words, i though people would only be interested if it had familiar characters. But comment sliek yours are giving me the confidence that I might be able to make it work with unique models. Thanks a lot.

@OmiDigi the mechanics alone are so unique for a video game. Very loyal to the feel of the tabletop game but letting the computer do the boring bits. You could skin it however you like, with near unlimited potential for content. You have the makings of a fantastic brand in your hands 😁

If he doesn't distribute it then there's nothing they can do

I didnt think anyone would have seen this video or be interested in it, but it is encouraging to me to see how much people wouldn't mind if it had unique models in. Thanks for the comment.