Making a WATERBENDING Game with REALISTIC Water | Twisted Waters Devlog #1

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Wishlist Twisted Waters on Steam - store.steampowered.com/app/2900130/Twisted_Waters/

[@DanielMaixner]

This would be absolutely insane in VR and every kid's dream

[@mayuwu4408]

YES VOUCH VOUCH VOUCH VOUCH

[@CardboardRaider]

Yes!

[@Vitae_]

that game already is being made, Waveweaver :)

[@KAIDAX]

There is a game for that, but it is Earthbending instead of Waterbending.

[@whatskraken24680]

@@KAIDAXrumble vr I assume. It has such a good emergent gameplay system

[@alaslipknot]

there is an old game called "From Dust", you can learn so much from it, despite being a 2009 game it is still a technical masterpiece in term of water and terrain deformation.

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Thanks for the suggestion! I'd definitely take a look

[@discord4039]

God I love that game so much, one of my childhood games

[@Tatulak]

such an unique game. a master piece for sure

[@nyden94]

For added realism, render an inverted camera in the water. Like the water droplet from the astronaut at 5:58 or the glass balls. It'll feel more real because our brains automatically assume it'll invert so when it doesn't, we feel something is off about the water.

[@TamaraMakesGames]

That's a very good point but unfortunately that's where my hardware limitations come in. Unreal supports refraction and it does invert the image. It just doesn't work on my computer. This really bothered me as well and I have spent a good chunk of my time trying to fake that reflection but my attempts weren't successful. But who knows, maybe it'll be available for more powerful PCs or maybe I'll figure out how to replicate it

[@dtracers]

@@TamaraMakesGames Have you watched how half life alex does water simulation inside the bottles? They did more smoke and mirrors but the shader tech they used could potentially be used to help with "faking" a flipped asset (just make the water murky!)

[@TamaraMakesGames]

@@dtracers Thank you for the suggestion! I have tried similar techniques but unfortunately they didn't yield the results I wanted. But I'll take another look, those bottles look really good

[@ziek3012]

​@@TamaraMakesGameswould 5.4 update help with your issue or is it unrelated?

[@currykittengamedev]

Interesting idea - I like the fact that your graphics card wasn't up to water simulation - it made you think of a different solution which means other people without high end gaming systems will be able to play it as well!

[@TamaraMakesGames]

This! Thank you for saying this! I'm tired of games that are not optimized for less powerful PCs. I want to make something that's available to almost everyone. In fact, I'm currently trying to figure out how to optimize the water even more.

[@Atticus_Moore]

@@TamaraMakesGames Pre rendered animations that are effected by movement might just be the most optimized way to go as well as stylized water. Realistic graphics and shaders require much more power

[@m.ubaidaadam]

Water bending has always been a cool concept, especially if you could control different liquids with different viscosity so they act different (maybe something you could play around with). Great work and I’m excited to see the next step, you’ve got my sub!

[@TamaraMakesGames]

That's a very cool idea! In the ATLA universe benders can control anything that contains enough of their element (I've been watching videos about this theory, very interesting 😁). Thank you for commenting and subscribing!

[@Skeffles]

Great to see you back with such an awesome project! Realistic water is so hard, and it's amazing to see how you're doing it on limited hardware. I hope it makes a fun game.

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Thank you! 'm going to try my best to make this game fun 😁

[@toby818]

Gamedevs with E waste specs rise up 6th gen i3 4gb ram ssd

[@rohitrana2312idk]

So glad to see you back Tamara😇The work is impressive as always.

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Thanks a lot! 😊

[@opafritzsche]

@@TamaraMakesGames wow. What time you change to Unreal ? Always if i try it, i see it, and i go away. Respekt for this, this is true punishment for game dev passion, to use this thing. :D 4:47 - if i see this "blue Prints" i wanna die. this ... is just so boring in this engine.

[@Randomowl1]

5:54 How have I not thought about this? Water in space is fantastic animation reference!

[@mattrobb3566]

Very well delivered, honest presentation. Your perseverance is impressive. To me, final shots look more like mercury coming out of water, but what do I know! Good luck, wishlisted as requested.

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Thanks a lot for wishlisting! It's an interesting association. I'm always looking for feedback so if you have any thoughts on what would make it look more like water, please do share 😊

[@PretendCoding]

@@TamaraMakesGames It has a lot of viscosity, and the only way to really solve that is through smaller metaballs/particles, which of course makes everything more demanding.

[@luciafantin]

Yes, i thought the same! I think maybe when the water is floating it looks like water but when it falls down and disperse on the floor it looks exactly like liquid mercury, I agree! I'm sure is something about the reflections and the fact that the dirt doesn't "absorb" the water, that's what it makes it not look like water, like it's too thic to be water, the dirth should immediatly absorb it to be realistic. But yeah, It's a work in progress so I trust it will get even better from now on! Ps: wishlisted on Steam! :D

[@samuelleblanc4011]

i agree! But i feel like simply adjusting the material transparency should help a lot already.

[@PretendCoding]

@@samuelleblanc4011 That should help quite a bit, yes. What really gives it away is how it keeps its shape, and having it more transparent, maybe with a panning normal map, or even a slight WPO panning texture could help.

[@ziek3012]

Hello. I am studying to become a game designer/dev. A few things that could help. To make the water seem more realistic you could put a multitude of things in the water to sell the realism. A few things such as air bubbles, dirt particles, murkiness, etc. As for the inversion, it is more noticable on small droplets but if its large bubbles you can do a warp effect instead. Obviously its still in its early stages but the player should collect the water for bending. So instead of a large droplet coming out of the water it would be more of a stream coming out of the body of water into the players hands, collecting until the water necessary is bendable. This could be acomplished using a teather system that attaches the players hand to the body of water. It would sell the fluidity of the water you are collecting especially if the player moves around while they are.

[@MetRikoDev]

Implementing liquid physics (at any form) is always a lot of fun! Few years ago I also made a very short game about water-bending but in 2D. Even with that, the mechanics were already tricky to design and implement. Looking forward to how you will approach this topic in 3D! It's not much and 1-dimension less but if you are looking for inspirations you can find a little showcase video of that game on my channel.

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Thank you for the comment! I'm happy that you're interested. I checked out your project and the water physics looks spot on! And I like the name Aquality. I'm curious if it has a deeper meaning behind it.

[@jleekas]

Hi Tamara! I love your channel. I started watching your videos more than a year ago when I started on my game dev journey. Your unity videos were super informative and helped me get a grasp on fundamental concepts while also actually getting my project started! I am so inspired by your honesty about your struggles in this video, it's refreshing to hear someone talk about how it isn't always easy and you sometimes have to try lots and lots of things to achieve what you were looking for. I look forward to Twisted Waters!!

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Thank you so much for this comment! You have no idea how much it means to me to hear this 🥹 I'm glad that my trial and error process is refreshing for you. I myself have watched so many videos with devs getting things out so fast that I think how could I ever keep up if I struggle so much? But the truth is, it's part of the process. And it feels so rewarding to get something working after spending so much time figuring it out. Thank you again for commenting!

[@DanilaSaprykin]

Best of luck on your project! I'm currently working on my own avatar inspired project, and it's really cool to see someone who is also inspired by the show and the concept of bending things

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Thank you!

[@DanilaSaprykin]

I've just remembered, there is a new game with stylized magic - Eternal Strands. You totally should check it out@@TamaraMakesGames

[@sib_here_]

I definitely will be staying updated! I've always wanted to waterbend and watched the same shows as a kid too so I totally get where you're coming from!

[@KingDeadMan]

This is the first video I'm watching of yours, and it's fantastic! I have one suggestion: apply a low-pass audio filter for your recording setup. You don't really need sound proofing, if your setup already cancels out white noise. A low-pass audio filter will also slightly reduce the reverberation detectable by your mic.

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Thanks and noted!

[@m128jg]

I saw one Godot video where someone made a simple GLSL 2D fluid sim that gets applied to the surface of ocean waves that are closest to the camera. So you could have a hybrid approach.

[@TamaraMakesGames]

I'm actually already using something similar. The lake that you see in the scene is made with Unreal's water system which uses a mesh with wave simulation. I haven't configured them to my liking yet so that's why they're not visible on the lake right now

[@m128jg]

Thanks for responding! What I saw was more of a surface flowing effect on top of the wave sim. I'm probably not explaining it well, but you'll see if you search for Godot ocean foam shader.

[@TamaraMakesGames]

I looked it up and, if I found the right thing, it looks amazing! I think it's possible to implement this effect in Unreal too

[@alittletoochaotic]

Hey, I had a couple ideas for how you could deal with the whole dropping the water ball down logic.Thought I'd share You could potentially detect what surface the waterball was dropped on as each material interacts with water differently, dropping it on soil as you did in the demonstration would result in deformation of the soil rather than spreading of the water along with water droplets that bounce off of the collected water for example. Here are some things you can try: Water ball dropped in: Water -> Treat ball as a rigidbody and use the same mesh dynamic to almost treat the top layer of water like a fabric, combine this with particle effects to give it that droplet look. After a preset threshold delete the waterball and increase the height of the water body based on the mass of the waterball. Soil/Grass -> Create a small pocket of water and then perform the same functions as the water to water collision. Soil/Grass option 2 -> Get a moisture index on the soil and increase it when water falls onto the ground. Give players the ability to extract water from the ground if the moisture index is high enough. Solid Ground (Concrete, metal, glass, etc) -> What you are doing rn is perfect for such materials Sorry for the long message, hope this can be of help. If you have more questions feel free to reach out, I am a developer myself so can help with implementation. Never worked with unreal though, more of a unity guy.

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Thank you so much! I'm very grateful that you took the time to write this comment. I really appreciate all of your ideas and suggestions. I think they would make the water much better. Thanks!

[@alittletoochaotic]

@@TamaraMakesGames Happy to help :)

[@irzy6014]

This! And a mermaid game have been my two DREAM games I've always wanted to try out. You're amazing!!

[@Matobit]

I wish I was a game developer, I have so many childhood dream games I wish I could create.

[@irzy6014]

@@Matobit in one week i'll be having some exams with which, if all goes well, I'll graduate to a university where I'll study programming. I want to become a game developer since I also have dreams. I'd be more than happy to add your ideas to my future games, again if all goes well :)

[@Matobit]

@@irzy6014 I may not be a programmer, but I studied animation and game design in college. I am an artist, so at least I get to work on my webcomic projects... maybe one day I can partner up with a game designer/dev/programmer :)

[@Juul1asGames]

Tamara!! You and I were delving into water simulator at the same time.. I'm making a game about a river and I was also trying my best to figure out how to make splashes and gloopy bits haha. Awesome devlog and cant wait to see more!!

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Wow, that's so cool! Are you sharing your progress somewhere, I'd love to follow along. I'm subbed to you on KZbin. And thanks a lot for commenting! I am so glad that you're interested in the game 😃

[@ahmadkhalid5819]

this was a fun video to watch. looking forward to your progress on the game!

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Thank you! I am so glad to hear that!

[@RockyMulletGamedev]

Welcome back and welcome to Unreal ! If you want to try again the "water plane" you could look up Unreal's "procedural mesh". It allows you to create a mesh through code and move the vertex around. I made water moving around like that using points moving up and down, affecting surrounding mesh, to have a feeling of waves, it also allows to have gameplay affect those points and have the water react to gameplay element for a more dynamic feel. It's not water simulation, but it's also a lot less demanding on performances. Good luck with the game !

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Thanks so much for the advice! I think I can definitely find a use for this procedural mesh technique. It's just like I said "water can take any shape" 😁 And thank you for the wishes!

[@nestorpiedraquesada2954]

Hi Tamara! Welcome back! I hope everything is going better every day for you! This sounds like an amazing idea!! Looking forward to see the results

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Thank you so much! I'm so glad that you liked it!

[@nickdevprod3667]

look's like mercury :DD

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Yeah, I can see that 😅 Who knows, maybe there are mercury benders in this game's universe 🤔

[@Kraxel-North]

Alright, got some ideas regarding controlls (I don’t expect these to be added because they might be more insane than I think but still) Left click adds/sucks in water, and right click + hold holds water in that sphere If you’re already holding water but continuously adding, you increase the pressure of the sphere, and upon release, it explodes out If you’re fast and turn while releasing or something, you could make like a water blade with the controlled high-pressure release I think this has lots of potential for creative players to come up with emergent moves and attacks

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Thank you so much for these suggestions! They're very helpful! And don't worry I'm meticulously testing all the controls to make sure they're challenging enough but not too much.

[@Kraxel-North]

@@TamaraMakesGames I dont want to sound too obvious, but I think open simplicity is exactly the way to go. Emergent gameplay is more satisfying than most things out there.

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Do you have any particular examples of games you like that do this well? I'd love to take a closer look and see what I can do for my game

[@Kraxel-North]

@@TamaraMakesGames unfortunately, no, not on this level (though I think I remember hearing of an earthbending game with such supposed emergent gameplay) but pretty much every sandbox game or resource management game has a level of emergent gameplay, just by having creative players mix and match mechanics to build more efficient things. I like to call it virtual engineering.

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Aha, I see what you mean. That's one of my goals for this game - to give the player that freedom. Also, that earth bending game is probably Rumble. It seems pretty amazing

[@sandersystreams123]

I have ALWAYS wanted to be a waterbender, and loved water simulations. I've rewatched Moana so many times just for how the water looks. Didn't know I needed this game until now. My one request is the ability to be able to change the state of the water, too - make it ice or fog! I want to throw icicle knives at people or obscure my presence with fog like a smoke bomb.

[@TamaraMakesGames]

I'm so glad you're interested in the game! I will do my best to incorporate your requests into the game. I'm curious about how you'd use fog. Katara used it for hiding, do you imagine something similar? Fog is usually an aesthetic addition in games, it would be cool to put it to use

[@skyzxisthebesthubever3128]

​ @TamaraMakesGames Turning it into a smoke screen like boiling steam and fog where boiling steam can damage and change how they can see or a normal smoke screen using fog that doesnt do damage but you have to unlock it

[@vrfrenzy8451]

ngl, this is awesome asf, games are difficult because things kind of have to render constantly and as smooth as possible, you can't have the player wait 5 hours for a bit or water to move a cm. That's why when I try game development my brain spazzes out on how I'd do anything higher in detail when I can't even program walking or anything yet

[@zehphir965]

Good luck. I am here for this.

[@Matobit]

Just found out about your channel. Hope you get the support you need to realise this project :)

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Thank you!

[@vamuse]

Very elegant solutions to the performance problems. I'd be interested in seeing what the plans are for gameplay mechanics out of this. And would be interesting to see this somehow collab with Rumble the "earth bending" game. Dope. Keep it up!

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Thank you! I will be sharing more about the game later on. Stay tuned 😁 A collab with Rumble would be amazing

[@Tarodev]

Some complex stuff, Tamara! Very cool

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Thank you so much! It means a lot to hear this from you 🥹

[@bojandronjic4658]

Hello, first of all great work... As someone who has been developing their water system for almost a year, I know how demanding and interesting it can be. But let me suggest a solution that will make your job easier in terms of water dynamics: look into SDF algorithms (whether it's for Unreal or Unity, Unreal Engine has a built-in SDF system, while for Unity, you'll have to put in a bit more effort to develop your own). I'm working on ocean and river system in the Unity engine, and modified SDF algorithms combined with compute shaders can provide a render texture or buffer containing everything related to water movement, leaving only the final details to be completed in the shaders, also you can use and raymarching technique too. Good luck with your further work.

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Thank you! Actually, I'm already using Unreal's SDF system. I suppose it wasn't clear from the video because I had to cut out a lot of the technical stuff from it. Not a lot of people would want to hear about all the cool technical details going on inside so I'm grateful for your interest. Thank you for commenting! And good luck with your project as well! By the way, I have a Discord server and you're welcome to share whatever you're working on there - discord.gg/dCJBpe2meg

[@GwydionV]

Good to have you back! Project looks good! Cant wait to see where it goes 😀

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Thank you! I'm really excited about it too! 😃

[@luisdiaz-valero9329]

Mil gracias! I needed this in my life.

[@johanrojassoderman5590]

Hell yeah, didn't expect to see a shoutout to asher in there, lol. Fantastic vfx artist. CHARLIE! Oh boy, such great people in the UE space.

[@samyam]

Welcome back!

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Thank you, Sam!

[@SimonSlav-GameMakingJourney]

Has anyone else read WATERBOARDING?

[@DabbeliuJR]

Waterbending is the next level of Waterboarding

[@gopeevergan9872]

No need to simulate it…

[@RetroDotTube]

Yeah 😂

[@kleytman]

only you

[@RetroDotTube]

@@kleytman nah me too

[@StainlessHelena]

This has so much potential! I wish you all the best for development.

[@Wyatt.M340]

7:40 the water looks like it’s over the grass instead of some of the water going into the ground and through the grass

[@DarkDax]

This looks great! Can't wait to see more!

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Thank you!

[@mehmeh8883]

Great video Next devlog when? Would also love to see links to some resources related to fluid simulations and metaballs!

[@mrturkey290]

Just found your channel through Ketra Games. Glad to see you're doing well! Subscribed!

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Hi and welcome! Thank you!

[@mrturkey290]

Good luck with your game Katara... I mean Tamara :)

[@CGC_Studio]

u can use height field fluid simulation for lake like water body

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[@dimitrismolias9834]

Amazing work so far. I am eagerly waiting to see the progress ❤

[@chakarasama]

this is actually so amazing!

[@dude2542]

Great ideas, however that water simulation when dropped is really cheap looking, instead give particles a try. If you want to use the dropped water later you could try using ponds, blending a water textures with a dirt textures for visuals, and somekind of method to keep track of these ponds. I think this should be cheaper and still look very good. Amazing job on the water shader with the vertex displacement btw!

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Thanks! The simulation actually consists of particles but I think I get what you mean. I will try and add more splashing, maybe tweak parameters a bit. Using small ponds is a nice idea too, I'll think of a way to incorporate them for the best effect. Thank you for your feedback!

[@JasonAvis]

This might be a personal preference, but I think if you went for a more stylized look it would help make the water look even better. It would also prolly help running it on your computer in general.

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Nothing wrong with stylized water, it's just that I was going for a more realistic look because I wanted waterbending to feel as if you were doing it in real life. I am considering taking some creative liberties but only if it adds to the experience. And thanks for sharing your opinion!

[@matlencina1235]

amaaaaazingggg, i love how you overcame adversity and figure out a way to do what you needed with the tools that you have, amazing stuff!

[@TamaraMakesGames]

I'm way too excited about the game to let something stop me 😄 Thank you so much for the comment!

[@Bekah_Penguin]

Very entertaining video! Good luck on your project.

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Thank you!

[@Gothicpolar]

Yesss you're finally back! This seems really cool, best of luck with the development!

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Thank you! 😊

[@kishore_art]

Just continue to proceed with what you have now its an amazing presentation , we unreal devs are here to help you out with any questions u have .

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Aww, that's so nice of you to say! I'm happy that there is a supportive community of Unreal devs out there. Makes me want to continue learning this engine

[@Box_issues]

Hi I think you should make the water dissolve into the ground like it does to dirt and sand.

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Hey! Thank you for your suggestion! It's a good one

[@Box_issues]

@@TamaraMakesGames :D

[@mayuwu4408]

OMG I have been OBSESSED with waterbending and water powers have been my favorite for a very long time, I've also spent an embarrassing number of hours pretending I was a waterbender LMAO- So many games and general media don't do water powers justice and make them boring and uninspired, they can be SO COOL!!! This game is a DREAM COME TRUE!!! I'm excited to see how this develops!! I hope to see more devlogs here on KZbin about it!! (especially because I'm using other social medias less and less and I still wanna see more of this game ;w;)

[@TamaraMakesGames]

YAAAAY! Finally, a fellow waterbender who dedicated the time to master the skill😁 I'm SO HAPPY that you're excited about the game! This is exactly the reason why I started developing it and I hope that I can succeed in making the water feel amazing. If you have any suggestions or anything you'd want to see in the game, please, let me know. You're exactly the kind of player who I'd want to play my game. Thank you so much for this comment! It made me light up and smile so much. Oh, and I will be posting devlogs about the game. They take a little bit longer to make than posts on other social media, but they will be coming!

[@mayuwu4408]

@@TamaraMakesGames YES!!! >:3 I was sitting there in my pool pushing the water forward with my hand and pretending the big splash was powers, or cupping my hand under the filter to push the water being pumped into the pool and make it spray out like I was bending it, it was a great time- I still pretend I'm a waterbender in the shower or while daydreaming sometimes LOL 😁 YEAH!! I'm sure you've got this, your waterbender heart is in the right place with the things and points you highlighted in this video and if there's anyone who can get it right I'm sure it'll be you!! I'm so touched and honored hearing this all, thank you so much for this reply!! it made me kick my feet happily eeeee >w< And I'm so glad to hear my comment made you feel that good!! :D And yayy I'm excited to hear it!! easy sub+notifs >:3 (SORRY FOR HOW LONG THE REST OF THIS COMMENT IS!!!

[@Enryo_tv]

So hard to not leave a sub on dev creation , this was really interresting ! If you make the water bending appear more slowly it will look even more realistic, like if you can manage to make it cause an impact from the lake ( water ) and then kinda like it being pulled out and move towards you. small fine adjustment and this will be even better

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Thank you for the feedback! I really appreciate your suggestions about the water. I'll try my best to incorporate them 😊

[@nikacola7319]

This looks incredible! I'm excited to see you're using Unreal; they're both great, and just for me personally I made the switch from Unity some years back and have never regretted it. I also love Korra and ATLA, and waterbending is a really cool mechanic for a game!

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Thank you so much, Nika! I have enjoyed using Unreal so far. So much cool stuff! I still haven't watched Korra and every time I try I end up rewatching ATLA 😅 And I'm so glad that you like the waterbending idea 😃

[@gigabytegallery7305]

I'll be shouting Fus-Do-Rah as I'm flailing water at my foes >XD

[@aritosoto]

🤩OMG you literally used the waterfall from my city im in tears hehhe 5:25

[@MytischCrafts]

making my h2o and avatar dreams come true for real!! I would totally play it when it comes out. Let me know if you ever render it into a green screen effect, that would be epic!

[@lulu_749]

I was just thinking about how cool a water bending game would be, and then I see this! Definetly keeping an eye on your project ❤

[@Liamjack96]

subbed & wishlisted! As soon as you described spending hours trying to waterbend as a kid I was like THAT'S ME. If you need a writer, I need the experience :)

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Thank you so much!

[@TheNamesJT]

When your water drops at the end of the video it legit looks like liquid mercury

[@aarongoyvaerts438]

Looks simular to what the Four Seasons team made but more HD.

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Thank you! I have to say that Four Seasons is following the original Avatar series while my game has its own story 😊

[@aaronpulley7528]

So this video is basically about the developer learning to waterbend after all, just in a computer.

[@jinxlovebot7324]

ur so cool ur literally living my dream life

[@dragonsquare2802]

I would LOVE if you made that game VR eventually once you got your tech ready.. That would be the absolute pinnacle of this kind of gameplay.

[@Aero3D]

Incredible work!!!! The future!

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Thank you!

[@nikolaitesla4267]

You could try looking into volumetric rendering to produce complex shapes and water interactions. Unlike a static mesh though they don't have collision though

[@TamaraMakesGames]

As far as I know Unreal uses that for rendering smoke simulation and maybe even water simulation. Although I am not sure about the water because there's a lot of stuff going on in it. Thanks for your suggestion!

[@StefKomGeekru]

It looks like mercury when it hits the ground. You might need to replace it with a different particle animation just as it starts to interact with other things, or maybe reduce the reflectiveness when the parts are too small. Have you consider how light will focus below if you have a floating water ball? Good luck!

[@ThePaulineu]

I just wanted to say that as a player I care more about good waterbending gameplay than about a huge open world! If the world has to be smaller for everything to run well and be fun, then I'd rather have the good gameplay with the water. Will be looking forward to your updates :)

[@ImBackItsDad]

I’m so excited for this!!! The recent waterbending and avatar crossover in Fortnite made me start watching the avatar series and I was like why isn’t there a true waterbending game? It’s the coolest element to me and so amazing looking! Excited to follow this and play this amazing game!

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Thank you! I'm so glad that you came across my game! It makes me so excited to keep working on it. And I definitely agree, water is the coolest element of them all!

[@beardordie5308]

Don't you miss the csharp coding? How are you getting on with blueprints?

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Blueprints are fine, they're similar to what I would have written in code. And they're a fast way to prototype things

[@MrOrogenesis]

Loved the video! I think the final water still needs some work. The water looks pretty great around 07:29, with the blue fresnel and warbly translucency, but in the final shot it looks like the metallic is cranked on it, as opposed to any translucency. Also, look into some animation tutorials, specifically about animation curves. I think with some smoothing out of the keyframes, this will look really nice. I'm excited to see how your game progresses!

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Thank you for sharing your opinion! I also like how water looked at that point, I think it got a bit messed up when I added the landscape. I'll definitely tweak the parameters to achieve a more translucent appearance. And I am really happy that you're excited about the game too!

[@21_Zeno]

Hey! I really hope that you make that project a game and not ending up just a cool waterbending simulation that you’ll play 10 mins then move on

[@MantaRay117]

Idea about the game: there must be and underwater scene and a part where the character surrounds himself with water to be stronger

[@dibaterman]

Hm, idk if Unity has it but wouldn't doing this on a sphere with softbody get you what your looking for? Still looks great. I'm over here in Godot still working on character controller crap for and animations... grah!

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Well, I'm working in Unreal now so I'm using what's available there. It has a tool to add weight to a skeletal mesh. Good luck with your Godot project! I'm sure you'll figure it out.

[@dibaterman]

@@TamaraMakesGames XD I have to figure it out. Well it appears to me that you've got a satisfactory system, but if you want to you can check out soft body. Though I'd imagine the effect may look more like Goop than water. Also I don't believe their are any words that are not curses in Greek XD.

[@dibaterman]

@@TamaraMakesGames Checking in your doing okay! I think the war may be coming to its end soon, hopefully!

[@animetexture7564]

For Saving gpu computation you can add occlusion or like computing reflection transparent in some texture and reusing it though I don't know performance impact of this things

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Thanks for the advice! I've tried some tricks with fake transparency with reflections and refraction but it doesn't look good in my case. But it is how a lot of games fake glass and for props it looks pretty good

[@hessammehdizadeh3239]

Great stuff!

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Thanks!

[@koolaidspositive]

What if there were keybinds to shape the water when holding it? 1 could make it longer and whip like 2 could be a ball 3 a wall

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Shh, that's a spoiler for the next devlog 🤫

[@bluestrawberry1225]

I still think that you have to add more smoke and mirrors it doesn't have to be a simulation, great work

[@tooncobbaut2770]

maybe something where if the prticles collide in a semi high density/ semi high speed their collor changes towards white/gray fading and and away. to mimic/fake light reflecting of individual water particles

[@PBCSandMarci]

I feel like this is the method Portal 2 used, also im pretty sire the water bubble reflects things on the other side to look upside down

[@whynotcode]

Great stuff! I don’t imagine the water simulation is efficient enough to run on mobile VR out of the box otherwise I’d love to make a video coding a simple VR sailing game or maybe speedboating 🙂

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Thanks! Yeah, I'm pretty sure the simulation is not there yet but maybe new optimization methods will be developed later on and we'll get mobile and VR

[@Diana2112Gaming]

I'm working on an alchemy game where the main character can control water (to a degree), and this is absolutely *inspiring* I must say.

[@TamaraMakesGames]

I'm happy to hear that! Good luck with your project! Alchemy sounds very interesting. By the way, I have a discord server and you're welcome to share your progress there 😊

[@Diana2112Gaming]

@@TamaraMakesGames I felt like it would give a good reason for the harvesting and crafting mechanic I'm working on, and it allows me to use the TTRPG setting I wrote ages ago as the base. I appreciate the offer, and may *one day* but right now I'm not super big on Discord outside of as an alternative to text messages for most of my friends.

[@KalistosGaming]

Im doing the same but going for a full elements theme 😬 I am planing to add the elements one by one tough and started with the earth element (the easy one) ..and its a VR game 😅. But coming along nicely if I can say so myself. Will be watching your videos for future reference 😶‍🌫️. Will be making some videos on it soon(whenever I find time 🙈). Good luck on the project and dont forget: imposible is just a matter of how and how long. Keep at it 😁👍

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Thank you! Best of luck with your project as well! I'd love to play a game with all the elements. By the way, if you need another inspiration source, there's a really cool VR game about earth bending called Rumble.

[@orfeassiozos1575]

I don't know if you know this but Katara's name in the greek dub of the show is Tamara and idk but when you introduced yourself it felt like a sign to me 🥹 Edit: okay you mentioned it too later in the video but still!!

[@TamaraMakesGames]

I found out about it only after I started making the game so it felt like like a sign to me too! 🌊

[@Sagebrush061]

I absolutely need this game oml

[@ryancridge9910]

is it going to be free?

[@lee1davis1]

I'm proud of you Tamara. Way to stick with it even when it got hard.

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Thank you! That's very nice of you to say that 😊

[@DreamTitanGames]

Honestly, you're so incredibly impressive

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@kostariev_vadim]

It seems that there will be a new version of water in the new version of Unity

[@TamaraMakesGames]

I'm curious to see it then! I wonder if it's going to be similar to what Unreal has 🤔

[@aahijustalice8112]

I also have a cat, so good to know I'm on the right track for the future

[@Putrefrye]

This really helpfull lad

[@khalidsaker727]

This is a dream come true to many people. Such a great idea! I have small question tho u already experienced the migration from unity to UE and i just downloaded UE any recommendations to get started?

[@Salix.]

Maybe you should research the earth bending game and how it constructed its bending in order to get a good and engaging game like that one.

[@TamaraMakesGames]

You mean RUMBLE? That game is one of my inspirations! I think the developers did an amazing job and I hope I can come close to that

[@esotericgamedev]

Awesome video

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Thanks!

[@Netryon]

This thing is more a game than you thought about just finding a setting as 60 year old gamer making it understand the gaming and apply it to game creation.

[@Novex-101]

This along with Rumble brings us one step further to an immersive ATLA game.

[@AyushKumar-ci2pl]

Full Support, whatever u make, even if u dont make! full Support!

[@animetexture7564]

There are tons of documentation about niagra fluids just not the official ones this UE Resource are in different launguage and slidesshare UE another region channels and also some of the non official conference about game dev

[@TamaraMakesGames]

I might have stumbled across some of these resources but honestly they're kind of hard to find. So if you have any useful links that you can share please come by my Discord server - discord.gg/dCJBpe2meg

[@StephenHarperRaptagon]

Glad to see you are still making games! Your s's are spiking in audio. You should crush your s's with audacity or something

[@TamaraMakesGames]

Thanks for letting me know! I'll look into it. I've recently changed my editing program so I'm still figuring things out 😅