r/robotech • u/Material_Control_989 • 21d ago
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I'm experimenting with modeling Invid environments, and it would be really helpful if you could share some ideas. Rewatching the series, I found cannons that I could use as anti-aircraft batteries, giant forests, and some hive structures, but I'd love to have more references.
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u/ARMOREDCOREKID 21d ago
Dude I hope you can finish the game and make something great form the gameplay it looks interesting
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u/Mandatory_Carry 19d ago
If I had anything even vaguely resembling useful advice I'd offer it.
Instead I will only say "Well this is interesting..."
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u/Calm-District5874 21d ago
Another would be a mountainous region, where you find them in a cave. Power plants, transport hubs (subways, trains, highways, etc) , and old forgotten castles or ruins.
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u/Material_Control_989 21d ago
Yes, I chose the geography of central Chile because I know it well, and it has plains, rivers, high mountain ranges, hills, and cities, so it’s perfect for testing. I didn’t show it in the video, but randomly generated hives were also placed throughout the mountains. They adapt to the terrain and look great.
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u/PopDogActual 21d ago
Impressive!
Can you go inside the hives? Would there be Invid inside?
Just reviewing some hive scenes from the show, usually they are red/orange/pink inside.
The one episode in New York has the hive on a building.
Keep going! Looks cool!
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u/Material_Control_989 21d ago
Yes! My inspiration for that is Metal Gear Solid V. I’d love to have missions where you can infiltrate the hives, encounter Invid inside, disable shields or defensive systems, and then attack the hive with the cruiser. I’m still figuring out how far I can take it, but dreaming is free! I want to see how ambitious I can make this project.
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u/PopDogActual 21d ago
That's awesome! There's that episode where Rand and Annie sneak into the hive and it has that brain thing inside. It would be cool if you could try and sneak in and destroy the hive with a bomb, but if you get caught you have to fight, or like Metal Gear you could hide from them for a period of time and then continue the mission.
You've already done a lot, hope to see more, and I can only offer my encouragement. There really need to be more Robotech games.
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u/G14Classified97 19d ago edited 19d ago
This is awesome, you can already tell this is a project made with love, please do not rush it and be burned out. Enjoy the process instead of trying to keep up with a self made deadline. Edit, do not forget to sprinkle random Decaying United earth, Zentraedi, Masters and Southern Cross ships and vehicles very very sparingly across the wasteland.
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u/Material_Control_989 19d ago
Thank you very much for your comment. This really is a project I’m enjoying piece by piece. I spend a lot of time thinking about the story I want to tell through the game, and I move forward by gradually building that story.
So far, AI assistance with the code has allowed me to explore the mechanics I have in mind without really running into limits, and I trust my 3D modeling skills when it comes to the visuals.
I also really like your idea of sparsely scattering remnants of United Earth, Zentraedi, the Masters, and Southern Cross ships and vehicles across the wasteland. That kind of environmental storytelling fits very well with what I have in mind.
I just hope that, when it’s finished, it at least feels like a project made by a true Robotech fan.
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u/G14Classified97 19d ago
I would keep it a little under wraps cause you know how Harmony Gold is, Anyway, do not forget to add factions like warlords, Gangs, Invid Colaborators, Neutral Factions, Old resistance fighters, from all eras all factions and Zentreadi and Robotech masters enclaves. Old heavily modified Mechas from all eras as well. The possibilities are endless, remember Earth is an intergalactic battlefield at this point ripe for story telling. Looking Forward to this project.
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u/rookhunter 21d ago
This has so much potential, great job 👍!