- FlowScape News and Events - 31 January 2021
Its 2021 and things are already looking up. We in Australia have had a ton of rain and not much wildfires, no Covid cases in 2 weeks, Vaccines are going out in the rest of the world and some billionaires are being owned on wall street. Could not have asked for a better start to the year! I am working on some optimizations for the current version of FlowScape, since adding a lot of D&D content has pushed the memory consumption a little high. So i want to make sure it runs on every system. So stay tuned it shouldnt be long. FlowScape V2 is also progressing, last week i was creating Lower level of detail for objects in the distance, so that the size of the landscape doesnt slow you down at all. Every few month Unity comes out with a few new features, so i tested out Raytracing and path tracing to see what can be achieved with that. Currently its very unstable, does a terrible job with tree…
- Trick or Treat Challenge - 29 October 2020
Let the power of Halloween take over and do its magic. Hope you have a pleasantly frightful night and succeed in trick or treating. Happy Halloween! Come join our Trick or Treat design challenge on Discord. The winning entry wins $100. https://discordapp.com/invite/HwRN2k8
- Whats new in the world of FlowScape - 16 September 2020
Hey beautiful people This is a little update for those that dont visit our Discord, which is the main hub around FlowScape with a lovely community, weekly competitions, a place you can ask questions and showcase your work. Invite to Discord Currently we have the Ancient Ruins Challenge, where you can win a $100 prize If you are new to FlowScape there are a ton of great little tutorials covering most topics on our Youtube Link to the playlist A few little sneak peaks at what is happening behind the scenes with underwater creatures. Got some fancy new birds that properly flock and avoid the terrain Working on solutions for much larger Terrain Check out Flickr where i upload my favourite images i see. Maybe yours is already there? Link to Flickr While its been a while since an update has come out thanks to all that is happening in the world, i will keep sharing what i have planned for the…
- Tutorials, Sneak Peaks and Challenges - 28 June 2020
Today we have a little sneak peak at a VR Prototype i have been working on. It is taking a while to develop as taking a headset on and off so many times in a day can be quite exhausting, but it sure is promising! and so much fun to play with as you are essentially the camera, making navigation a breeze. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpyUq87bL-k Last weeks Storybook Challenge was won by Kiki with her creative entry. Congrats! This weeks challenge is "Temple of Doom" A big thank you to Cynthia who runs the challenges on our discord every week. Join the Discord to enter We have some great new tutorials that were created by AlanSmithee, Check them out, maybe you might learn a trick or 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-C5Zm5FiiA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaaFCXWIlH0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwWnWrqcehQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wdpji7yHjr4 https://www.youtube.com/watc…
- Story Book Challenge - 18 June 2020
Design Challenge Tales of Adventure What would your storybook look like? If you were a powerful mage that could make stories come to life, what would be buried between the pages of your tales? How would you show the stories of a tale untold? Use the storybook landscape for this challenge, and blow us away with your daring tales of adventure or fortune! Enter on our Discord before June 25th, 1pm CEST to win a $200 paypal prize Click here to enter
- Sneak Peak of Upcoming Features - 2 June 2020
Development of FlowScape is back on track as things are looking much better here in Australia and most importantly, the kids are back in school! I finally have time during the day to put into development again. Thought this might be a good chance to show some of the features in the oven, a lot of them are done, some need a bit more polish, but it shouldn't be too long until i get an update out. If you ever feel like a challenge, head into our friendly Discord where you can learn new tricks, get help if you are stuck and we have weekly art competitions with a $30 prize. https://discord.gg/HwRN2k8 Hope you are all well and taking care of yourselves
- Desert Biome - 19th September Update - 18 September 2019
The last update was rather wet, so to keep a nice balance we have some desert plants and trees for you today. A few bug fixes also: Sun lines up with the reflection Ocean button disappearing when taking a panorama is fixed The rain follows the camera now instead of just being over the terrain for those ocean storms The Physics boats were not saving in some circumstances and that should be fixed found a bug that stopped sky rotation from saving Enjoy!
- FlowScape Update with Ocean and Volumetric Fog - 15 September 2019
Hey Folks We have a new Ocean setting in this update, its in the main panel just click on that and play with the settings. In the boats section there are some physics driven boats now that will bob up and down with the waves, this is an experimental feature, so it may do funky things, especially if you scale them small or large, so for best results keep that size slider in the middle for now. In the water tool, if you scroll through now you have a bunch of river objects you can place and maybe piece together like a slot car set. Volumetric fog can be accessed through the little arrow next to fog, have a play with these settings and see what you can come up with, its another experimental feature, hopefully its useful. A few pieces of furniture are now available. Remember you can use Alt + mouse wheel to resize, Shift + mouse wheel to rotate and Ctrl to place on objects such as the floor.…
- FlowScape Update 1st September - 1 September 2019
A lot of you guys are pushing FlowScape way beyond i ever imagined and it really warms my heart. I have been saving the best things i can find to our Twitter Go check it out! We have some new things to play with and we have some new tools as well in today's update. Over 50 new castle and village buildings and accessories. A dozen satellite captured terrain pieces for backgrounds. By popular request, a rainbow. Falling leaves that can be placed under a tree. Fluffy pollen to give the scene some atmosphere. Visibility layers so that you can toggle off flowers or plants or trees while you are building massive scenes. More save slots. When importing you can press place, to drop the imported object on top of your landscape. and a few bits and pieces im sure you will discover yourself. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSYNTqw6P5Y
- FlowScape update 27th August - 27 August 2019
Painting calmed the chaos that shook my soul ~ Niki de St. Phalle In today's update we have Breathtaking Auroras, Fluffy Clouds, Magical Unicorns, Climbing Lianas and Beautiful Lanterns. Check out the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luR5ybaOaGg New things: You can toggle a house onto the Rock layer by pressing R, so you can paint on it. Copy Paste has had some thought gone into it, simply press Ctrl C and then you can place the copy one by one, then right click to cancel. You can invert an object by pointing at it and pressing I. Resizing the moon is now possible with the transform tool. We have a water object now, but i highly recommend to only use 1, it has performance issues with too many, and also you might see some glitches, This dev cant wait to try those RTX cards to bypass these limitations. Rotating the map in Ortho is now possible. In settings you can switch to AZERTY ke…
- Another little update - 24 August 2019
The best part of my day is waking up and checking out the new images posted to our Steam Gallery You guys blow me away! Then i head to Reddit where there are even more fantastic things to see and then Discord where there is always a competition happening and users helping each other out. Twitter has an amazing community of Japanese users and its always neat to see what they are doing. You guys are amazing. So whats new? Fixes: A little bug that didn't register an undo step when you painted off the landscape. Camera settings now save. New: a new social button for Weibo. Added dozens of images from our users on the steam screenshot page to appear randomly on startup. I have added 16 new large rocks that are great for backgrounds. 14 dead trees and stumps that are great for wasteland shots. Steam store page has been translated for Chinese users. Happy painting!
- FlowScape has a little update - 21 August 2019
First of all i want to thank each and every one of you who got FlowScape over the last week, seeing the amazing creations you guys are making puts a smile to my face every day :) Check them out on our Steam Gallery Japanese and Chinese language support for the Ui is now in! New pan system for middle mouse that is more responsive. Fixed some bugs in animation record not stopping Texture panel ui highlights properly Ultra wide monitor fixes for the startup scene Ui Undo issue fixed when in transform mode it would delete plants Fixed default shadow distance as it was too close in ortho mode First person button added to top tool bar Snow is saved Added Social buttons for Reddit, Twitter, Discord, Youtube and Steam screenshot gallery Happy Painting!
- Make pretty, living nature scenes in FlowScape - 17 August 2019
I wasn’t ever one of those people who could just spend hours creating beautifully detailed houses in The Sims or days getting things just right in some FPS level creator, but I sort of wish that I was. So catch me staring longingly at FlowScape , a design em up that launched on Steam this week. I could show you the trailer, but I think this collection of screenshots from its first day complied by the developer is a better sell. (more…)
- FlowScape is Now Live - 15 August 2019
It has been a wonderful journey to finally be here on Steam. Looking forward to the amazing pictures you guys are going to create! Come join us, share your work, ask questions, enter competitions and mingle with the friendly community on Reddit and Discord Check out the amazing images created over the last 24 hours by our users! 中文很快就会到来！- 日本語はすぐに来ます！
- Screenshot Saturday Sundays: Storybook scenes, missed moments, and rolling robots - 4 August 2019
Screenshot Saturday! A day for getting out the crystal ball and peering in for an indistinct look at a future that may come to pass. Also known as a chance to see some video games that are currently development through glimpses provided by their developers. This week: a very gorgeous pastoral landscape, a swing and a miss, and a robot on a mission. (more…)
