Cloning the Climbing of Shadow of the Colossus in Unity | Part 1

Part 1 of an ongoing devlog series!
Incidentally, would you be interested in a new indie Shadow of the Colossus type game? Let me know in the comments :)
If you're wondering what's left to do on this controller, I can tell you a bit of my plans:
Sliding along edges
Intuitive movement
Standing/running on the collosus'
Jumping on and off the mesh
Ledge grabbing and climbing
Better camera movement
Assigning climbable areas
Transferring between meshes
Hand placements
Character Design and animation
Procedural animation/ragdolls

[@JayTheDevGuy]

So glad to have you back dude. You're still the gold standard of devlogs on KZbin and my personal biggest inspiration for everything I put out. I must have rewatched all of your stuff a dozen times by now, and I couldn't be happier there's more coming. Nice work!

[@jn99231]

Jaythedevguy!? On a Robert Thomson video!? Things just got crazy! I love your videos, man

[@patrickplus9815]

Engineer gaming

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[@refreey]

I just binged all ur vids like maybe 9 minutes ago, pwetty epic

[@ScoutOW2]

Engineer Gaming

[@tailmo6349]

it's honestly easy to forget the amount of work that goes to explaining the simplest things, every raycast is stylised and sometimes made sillier like in the cloud hair thing or the plane where it broke in the middle there, it's so much attention to details and i absolutely love it

[@3bomb]

As someone who also has a creative mind and often struggles with the math side of things, this is very inspirational. Excellent work so far. Can't wait to see more.

[@AskAlice_LEGO]

Oh hey! That's me with the Prey for the Gods team. Loved all the great insight they gave and LOVE this video you made 🎉

[@RobertThomsonDev]

Amazing!! I loved that whole interview and it was actually really useful to get ideas of how to attack this problem :) great interview, thank you!

[@OrdinaryLatvian]

So glad to have you back, man. I missed your drawings. I think I speak for many of us when I say we would be 100% interested in a new indie Shadow of the Colossus type game.

[@averagefearoftheocean3005]

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[@IcyXzavien]

That triangle coordinates thing was so interesting that I NEED to give you a prize.

[@lukewhitfield22]

As a fellow maths A-level failure (and then subsequently failing all but one of the compulsory maths modules doing comp sci at university) this is a very reassuring video to see! Think I found a new favourite channel

[@Jejkobbb]

Hes back!!! Im so ready to watch this

[@mirox6271]

Glad to see somebody trying to pull it off

[@sinom]

Barycentric coordinates were found by August Möbius, the same guy who also found the möbius strip. At some point you notice that like 90% of popular maths is named after or invented by like 10 people

[@builderbosc]

Y’know, I was almost worried about you, but luckily your video explaining why you haven’t uploaded recently help kept me sane. :)

[@legome_theog]

So happy to see that you're back and that you've uploaded!! I'm seriously in love with your content man

[@wolfzeee823]

omg your back man your videos bring so much joy and your one of the few devs to actual remain posting after covid thank you man

[@Major_Lag]

Instant like and sub for the Barry Centric joke, at which I laughed far harder than I probably should have…

[@RobertThomsonDev]

Ahaha I had started to think everyone had taken it seriously. Thanks very much dude and welcome :)

[@borbzaby]

I missed you, man. Your drawings and sense of humour make you one of the funniest game devs on youtube

[@RobertThomsonDev]

Aw thank you so much 🙏

[@tt_thoma]

I've looked at the thumbnail and was like "I know this guy" Sure did, and he's even back with more stuff

[@Andre_Sargeant]

Wonderful breakdown and process. Would definitely love to see you pursue this more!

[@joshuasteyn8868]

WOOOOHOOOOOO Rob's back!!! so excited to see where you take this! theres a lot of us rooting for you man, great to have you back and see what other amazing things you have in store for us

[@luckyknot]

Truly amazing and fun presentation of such a complex and beatiful topic I didn´t know anything about, waiting for Part 2 thanks a lot!

[@kironikolov6668]

New viewer here, loved the video, the programming, the editing, the visualizations, the animation, the jokes, can't wait for part 2!

[@CriticalGiants]

OOOH yes! This is literally sweets covered in gold, wrapped in moms pancakes and grandma's hugs for my eyeballs, ears and brain. "We Will Watch Your Career With Great Interest" Wee!

[@AIAdev]

You're the best mather who's claimed to not be good at matching I've ever seen Robert. As an American... I have no idea what grade E is... so I'll just assume it means Excellent.

[@PollenDev]

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[@Soundy777]

When you're making something this advanced approachable you know you're good. Incredible work, loved every second! MORE!

[@hamzahgamedev]

Wow! Thanks to people like you, we can finally understand what goes on behind making these 'Colossal' games! I finished SOC on PS2 three times, and it was one of the main inspirations for me to pursue a career in game development. I am so glad I found your channel ! Looking forward to the next video. All the best, mate!

[@zetophage]

This is my one my favorite game dev channels, welcome back man!

[@bivouac__]

your content is inspiring really! love your videos glad you're back

[@DarkDax]

I have no idea why I didn't get notified that you uploaded but by god am I glad to know you're back! Missed your content mate!

[@Itsa_Me_Jay]

the bit where the raycast comes down, kills mario, and then ur bean turns into cloud spinning the arrow had me in tears

[@joeroeinski1107]

Glad to see some technique behind this. I remember setting up my own SOTC clone in unity and accomplished it by making a raycast and then using the triangle index and barycentric coordinates to calculate the target position. Because the system ran at a fixed interval, it handled extremely fast moving skinned meshes (like a giant bird that flaps and spins in the air). Added some procedural animation by making a pendelum with two spheres like the original game did too. Really interesting how they made it work on the PS2.

[@thomashardy6769]

This is looking really cool so far! I'm curious how you'll handle crossing from 1 polygon to another polygon when they aren't touching. Like across the fingers of a fist, or from one hand to another if his hands were touching. Either way though I'm looking forward to the next video

[@AetherXIV]

welcome back! I love this format with more in depth explanations

[@TSK_Silver]

love these videos, good to see your still around

[@johnpaulporven4732]

I honestly was trying to do the same thing but my progress didn’t get anywhere near as far. This brings so much more insight on my questions. Great video as always!

[@maurogoitea288]

nice! you always bring me lots of joy, hope to see more devblogs with this idea

[@Jopter]

I've been looking for something like this for AGES, thank you so much for the thorough breakdown!

[@protowalker]

MOUNT MARTIN IS BACK LET'S KICK IT glad to have you back :)

[@Mistereee]

Awesome video! I love the visualisations you have made

[@MultsElMesco]

Looking great! Can't wait for the next part

[@OfflineOffie]

I missed you! You're still just as funny as I remember! It's great to see you back!!

[@IngoLingoAnimations]

Took me a couple of months but I have finally caught up to this video! I've also figured out how to cut the planecasts down to 3 for the first one and up to 3 for every edge after that.

[@Arrynore]

I'm so happy you are doing this. I've been thinking about the programming aspect of SotC for way too long

[@dortuff]

I was waiting for this day. I'm glad it came and was even better than expected! Good work, I'll be back for next one.

[@IDontReadReplies42069]

Incredible, as someone who has a huge complex about math but still pushes through both game dev and systems progamming, I gotta ask were there any times you almost gave up during this? The problems you're solving and lessons you're learning are pretty next level my man.

[@RobertThomsonDev]

Ha actually this (and the bits that you will see in future videos) was incredibly hair pulling at times, there always seemed to be "one more bug" after I thought I'd solved everything. But seeing how it was basically working and the feeling of being so close to the finish line - it was impossible to stop at that point, it became almost obsessive. Thanks for the words of encouragement, it's nice to know others out there also don't find it as easy as your typical genius coder but are motivated still :)

[@DocGeraud]

Yeaaaah, he's back

[@pawots6448]

So happy to see you upload agian, I'd love to see this become a gamre or even just video series of you making things you think are cool! I adored this video!

[@lekdo1285]

Ok, my internet went down and the video began to charge right at this moment 7:55 and I legitimately waited 30s in front of my screen thinking "you won't have me like that, i'm gonna wait as long as I need to" lol, I'm really exited to watch your next videos great work !

[@kagunslinger767]

New to the channel, but it's amazing Can't wait for part 2 !

[@AlexBlackfrost]

can't wait for the next one. Also congrats on +100k subs!

[@--Paws--]

I love the scripting and the editing of this video. You making coding more fun for my potato of a brain. I feel like I can comprehend it better.

[@Xneuz]

You’re pretty spot on at 4:03 :D also the editing was *chefs kiss*

[@captainkawaii666]

I love the idea of Shadow of the Colossus-esque indie game! It's one of the games that I feel like could have a lot done by taking the concept in different directions. It'd also be great to see indie games inspired by Mario Galaxy

[@SAP1201]

thanks for making this series on my birthday i love these huge bosses

[@Kav_Games]

This is incredibly underrated. Ive loved shadow of the colossus for years now, unfortunately when it was made i was in my fathers balls, so not quite the OG fan. But when it came out on ps4 i loved it to death! Watching this video makes me wish there were more games devs like you.

[@CosmicComputer]

Man I’ve miss you! Awesome video, thanks!

[@kkibi]

this is reallllyyyy cool!! i played your "death by ai" game a lot with my family and they all seemed to enjoy it! i'll let them know that you're making another great-looking game!

[@MicOfWhy]

So I think (if there will be part 2) the whole idea is to assign (state of the physics) "floor", "wall" and "roof" to the mesh's triangles. [now only on "active" triangles] We fire raycast on the y axis down (it is easier for me for it to facing the ground and triangle being "point (0;0)") from each triangle and where it's facing, calculate the angle between these two and depending on angles the triangles get they can change their states. If angle is (idk it is more to the feeling and gameplay but I am just theorizing) 0° - 60° it changes to "roof"; if angle is 70° - 120° it changes to "wall"; if angle is 120° - 180° it changes to "floor". It should work easily with "materials" as each material have to consider/read only state of triangle not again calculating whole angle - let's go with "ice" surface: as "floor' it make character slide a little, as "wall" it makes player to slide down (fast), as "roof" it is impossible to grab. Now I am actually curious if that will work (It is just my theory I have no experience whatsoever)

[@fashvr9961]

3:00 "you go Only Up and than wonder why you didn't take this game further"💀

[@Cjoudan]

Im excited to see where this goes, I love SotC. And im a beginner game dev. Good luck on your journey.

[@devtimer9731]

I love your devlogs so glad your back!

[@BlueAndy_]

Damn i really missedyour videos, i really enjoyed. Keep up the great work

[@nise6148]

Love the technical terms in the video

[@nameno7032]

very good explaination dude, love the way you present the informations

[@arrowsdev]

Alomst Perfect editing , great humor , i dont use unity but i loved watching you talking really good stuff

[@vaepuer2290]

I'm so glad you're doing this. I've also been reaaaaalllly interested in SoC style gameplay. and I too, have doo doo brain

[@mash_my_buttons]

pov: Finished watching robert thompson's new video immediately proceed to rewatch it 😂 but seriously man I love you so much keep doin what what your doin

[@ashtonmadsen9278]

Yes :) keep uploading. Got 2 vids in the past 3 months 🎉 I want to see you make games. Absolutely love your content

[@froodlenoodle]

damn i forgot how good these videos are, great job!!!

[@oculicious]

thank you so much for this video, you finally made me realize how I could make one of my game design projects work!

[@semirionu]

I just remembered about your channel a day ago, and you're back yipeeee

[@bigkebizino8970]

Hello again, its been a while but its good to have you back man, arguably casting a collosal shadow over youtube, yep

[@ScoutOW2]

Amazing video as always! Honestly though, im here for the comedy but daaaamn thats impressive. You even optimized it really well! For the too fast speed issue, could you not times the speed by world delta time or use fixed update? Iunno i use Unreal.

[@mundane.]

YYYYYYAAYYYYYY ROBERT SI BACKKK!!! Love your videos dude! Missed your devlogs

[@eboatwright_]

The legend is backk!! Very excited for this series

[@spreen_co]

man your video creation & editing skills are so good it really makes me wish you uploaded more this is a really good video

[@merlinnotupforit7380]

His back….best start of the year!!!!🎉

[@Tenchinu]

im am at tears knowing that i might never manage this, but inspired to try

[@tactical_slime4608]

Sotc is just a technological marvel of a video game

[@JuhoSprite]

Robert Thomson trying to not make the most complex system in a 3D videogame challenge (impossible)

[@rasmusazu]

Good job. You made this entertaining and engaging.

[@Greendogblue]

your visual explanations are really amazing

[@supercyclone8342]

Really cool video as always!

[@NUCLEARxREDACTED]

Man these videos always make me giggle.

[@shawneebushatz1963]

I think it'd be dope to see you make a indie game inspired shadow of the colossus

[@smol.TomatenSuppe]

yea you right. why he not just do that? maybe for the next video? .n.

[@sunfire2614]

I have zero knowledge of programming and I struggle to even get stick figures right, but I have always wanted to make a shadow of the colossus type game. This video makes me want to start, like, right now. I think I will.

[@LuizMoratelli]

So glad to see a new gamedev video :D

[@extremecaliber2662]

So long as it looks unique, has a fun gameplay, and something for a story, I'd be down for it. I havent played through shadow of the collusus yet but i probably will now since its just been at the back of my mind

[@BobbeDev]

I love you and your fonts more than my own 2 kids

[@DangerDurians]

Figuring out how collisions for this kind of stuff work (and implementation) has been in the background of my mind forever. That and multiplayer moving platform collision (like sea of theives)

[@gabrielmedeiros9880]

No way! I've been rewatching your videos the past few days because i really loved the way you animate and draws silly guys, and i was wondering if you would ever come back. Amazing video, your videos are always so unique and always a blast

[@TheManOfPenguin]

I've missed you. Thank you for feeding me once more

[@haydenap]

The FF7 Victory Fanfare bit at 3:12 killed me. (and Mario)

[@benreber6321]

Highest quality devlogs on YT

[@ericocypriani2308]

last video: making levels in games is hard guys, forget about the cute robots. this video: Let's remake shadow of the colossus.

[@Alexldev]

omfg you're alive. thank your for making another video 🙏

[@tboxfinn]

I love shadow of the colossus almost as much as you do

[@thatboikatz]

Finally some good content to eat food to (glad to have you back)

[@spkbreadroll]

why does he keep showing up randomly and dropping the greatest devlogs known to mankind

[@NaughtyKlaus]

You can't possibly love SotC more than me.

[@BarryBebop]

I am interested in which direction you take this, as well as a possible finished product! ;)

[@tosstt9936]

the animation in this video goes HARD