Racingspider Games Development Blog

Right now, I’m getting ready to run a few small battles. I have a few more assets I need for both sides, but its getting a bit closer. The addition of “attributes” that can be attached to units allows for a bit of record keeping. Here are a couple screen shots.

A view from way above

Attached Strength Marker

Virtual Tabletop

Head on over to the forum to get the latest Virtual Tabletop alpha build.

A Low Poly Simple Sci Fi Building

I’ll be making a few Sci-Fi structures (low poly of course) for Virtual Tabletop. These are going to be quite simple and low poly so you can have a fair few of them on the board at once.

The theme will be grey and heavy, I’m not much of a model maker, so they won’t be the highest quality, but they will be THERE.

We’ve just posted the next VT alpha open release, 0.8.2.0

You can get the link to in the forum.

http://www.racingspidergames.com/forum

I’ve finished the table for the VT game we’ll be playing. We’ll be using the Warmaster rule set, and the battle will be between Empire forces and some raiding Gospodar (Kislev).

For the models, we’re actually using ‘paper’ stand-ins (see http://www.juniorgeneral.org) made with VT Paper Model Builder. The paper model builder allows you to create stands from bitmap images. That way, if you don’t have 3d models for a specific game system, you can throw together some stand-ins pretty quickly.

VT Fantasy and 15th century Table

Here is a small screenshot of some halberdier regiments placed on the table.

Regiments

All of the Empire troops that will be taking place in the battle have been created as models, except the cannon. As for the Gospodars, I’ll start making the 2d textures for them pretty soon.

I’m creating a few low poly models for VT. I’m starting with some fantasy buildings. There will be about 5 models in this style. A couple houses, a barn and a hall. They are designed for 2mm battles and very low poly.

The next set I will probably put together will be some kind of science fiction type structures. Again, probably about 5 models to get it started.

While its nothing fancy, it is intended to have many on the board at once. I’ll post an image of  a 2mm table with them when I’m done. The fantasy buildings will be used in one of the VT test games. If you’re a member at the forum, you’ll be able to download the 2mm terrain pack when its ready.

http://www.racingspidergames.com/forum

In some games, the rotation angle is important, as well as WHERE on the model you actually rotate around. With that in mind, we’re currently putting in some rotation options to give a whole lot more control over how your units are moved and rotated.

Below is a screenshot of the control in development. You can choose from some pre-selected angles, as well as put in your own. Also, you can set the mode of rotation, center, front right, front left, etc.

Rotate Options

Battle at Widow Hill

Here is a screenshot of a test game in progress. Three units are visible in this shot, as well as the Widow Hill table. This is a fairly small and simple table, but excellent for this type of game system. Many other units are not visible in this shot.

Here’s a short video showing the current alpha version of Virtual Tabletop. Enjoy!

http://www.racingspidergames.com/playvideos/VTDemo01.mp4

http://www.racingspidergames.com/playvideos/VTDemo.swf