Animated Texture Water Example
I was recently Looking over my old water example, and I decided I could make something that looks a little better. So I dove into Game Maker (and Photoshop of course) and produced, what I feel, is a much nicer and more realistic water effect.
This water still doesn’t use any other geometry other than planes to create the effect (ie, no actual wave effects), but the new animated texture adds a new level of detail that my previous example just couldn’t pull off with only a few layers of static textures. I used a similar texture in my old fishing game demo, and I am planning on posting a full tutorial on how to create the effect in Photoshop soon.
The 3D example also includes code for a skybox (courtesy of Yourself), and I will post a tutorial in the future on how to create compatible skybox textures with Terragen as well, too.
Anyway, the zip includes a 2D and 3D version of the example, for both GM6 and GM7. I’d appreciate that you use this for learning only - so don’t use the artwork (animations / skybox) without obtaining permission from me first, please!
Download here (3.68 Mb) and enjoy!
Tags: Examples, Game Maker, Photoshop, Terragen, Water
August 20th, 2008 at 7:58 PM
That was awesome Fred. My was score was in the 50’s most of the time. ::lmao::
August 20th, 2008 at 9:21 PM
Very nice. You cheated with the specular highlights but the results speak for themselves.
August 21st, 2008 at 2:32 PM
Really nice effect. A impressive improvemnt on your previous water effect.
August 22nd, 2008 at 10:09 AM
Thanks guys, glad you like it. It’s an effect I’ve kind of held under wraps for a while, since I haven’t really had a need for a water effect like this yet… it works from an old animation technique I discovered for CGI use many years ago, which turns out to look pretty decent in GM as well.
It uses a lot of frames of animation, and relies on pulling textures every step, so I can’t say it’s 100% system friendly, depending on your setup. Works well enough, though.
August 22nd, 2008 at 2:04 PM
Amazing! Looks much better than your old water example!
Chris94
August 27th, 2008 at 4:11 PM
It’s missing something… like a… um… OH! Like a bottom of the skybox!
August 27th, 2008 at 9:29 PM
It doesn’t need a bottom. I know the images don’t do it perfectly, but they should all fade to the same color at the bottom, so the empty space can just be the background color.
September 13th, 2008 at 4:24 AM
ok, jesus christ, my folks thought i was good at gmaker, but you guys, holy anal retension, you guys r de bomb, can one of u help me wid my game?