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So today there was another small – but important – step on the sniper game. It finally shoots, OK, honestly the bullet looks like it was hurled. But it works, it works…

Now I should make it cast smoke/dust when the bullet hits something. But that’s for another day…

Yes, I’m lazy.

So, I spend a few days working on a 3d model of one of the buildings – with the interior and all that shit – was starting to texture it when my brain tells me: “Dude…there’s something wrong with the layout of the apartments.”, I answer: “Nah, nothing wrong with them, see, there’s the bedroom, the living room, the bathroom and the kitch…wait…where’s the kitchen?”.

It’s not that the kitchen was a fundamental part for the gameplay, it’s just that I completely forgot to include it since the initial layout sketches. The bathroom isn’t essential either and I didn’t forget it.

Meh, back to the beginning.

All I have to say is: Sniper game thingy development is on hold for now. Reason, waiting for Unity 3, that and I’m getting bored and I’m trying to learn how to use Blender (even on 2.5x the GUI is…evil looking, yet, I’m perfectly fine using 3ds max)

Meanwhile, I’ve nearly finished the 3d model of one of the buildings – yes, ONE of the buildings – does that mean I work slowly? Probably, but it mostly means I rarely plan stuff before I start.

On the bright side, I’m very ‘modular’ friendly, so my building is just that, the building, everything else – the doors, windows, furniture inside the apartments – will be different objects, which means that every single 3D model can be re-used either on this project or on a future one. Some people would say that’s lazy and I agree, but it works most of the time.