How I made my NPCs feel immersive using Unity's Animation Rigging! Tavern Team Devlog 2
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- čas přidán 16. 05. 2024
- I used Unity's Animation Rigging package to make my nps feel more immersive and interactive. Today Im showing an update to my Tavern Manager game where I update the logic for NPCs to add more functionalities such as idle animations and conversations at tables. I also made some updates to the lighting in my scene.
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Twitter: / tjgamedev
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About me -
Hi I'm TJ a developer who is passionate about learning gamedev I primarily develop games on the unity platform but any code is fair game for game dev. I’m still learning a lot but hope you’ll be able to learn from my progress.
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PC Specs -
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
AMD Ryzen 7 2700x
32GB RAM
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Looks like this is gonna be great to play with friends :D Would be cool if you had multiple different taverns where the challenge increase with each. One could have the bar on the bottom floor but the kitchen on the second or something like that. Anyways, good job! :)
I was thinking of starting the player in a simple tavern and allowing them to save up for a nicer tavern. I like your idea though of separate floors. I think I want to add a pantry where you have to go to get new barrels once they run out of ale. Thanks!
@@TJGameDev I see! Will be interesting to see what you come up with :)
I can't believe how much you have done already. Great work. If you had a regular customer that came in, but never ordered anything, it would give you someone to throw your mugs at.
Or have customers that choose to not pay / are too drunk to pay, so a quick mug up their napes would bring them to their senses
This looks like a blast - What a fun idea and fantastic execution so far! Really great video, TJ!
Heeee! :)
Lighting changed the look so fast. Looks way way better already. Keep it up! Can't wait to play this.
Love your Dev Style! Keep up the good work man!
I love the idea of this game. Excited to see how it comes along
I really enjoy your videos! Can't wait to see your hard work pay off in the long run!
Great job on the lighting! It adds so much cozy-ness into the scene!
Cozy is the exact vibe I was going for! Thank you
Lighting update was a huge change. Love it! I like that your customers walk off with their mugs after they finish their drinks. Since you wanted to add multiplayer I would add another system or two so players need to balance things. Like overcooked, balancing washing plates, cooking , plating, serving etc. You could have bar fights that need to be de-escalated, dishes to wash etc.
I'm just getting into figuring out the animation rigging in Unity. This was really really insightful. Didn't know you could randomize animations like that.
The customer conversations at the table look so good!
Damn this is a good devlog! Really feels like it is from someone with way more subscribers 👍
Pretty cool man nice work!
Your editing skills are top of the line. Your channel will definitely blow up
Thanks man, I’m still learning but each video so far has been better than the last
Go on with your work...👍 It's an amazing time to be alive...
Thx for sharing your Video to us.
Congratulations in advance. Awesome devlog!
Thank you!!
wow this is very cool) always wanted to work on such a "live" system, you are doing very well
most underrated youtuber 2022
nice devlog my friend love it , your game looks awesome keep up the good work
Thanks Sterlex!
Searched for "npc interaction unity".
Thank you and have a good one.
Looks great! Keep it up
This is great content! Keep it up! ❤️
This looks amazing
Thank you!
game looking great keep it up
This is a Super cool Devlog!
Thanks!
Man i learn in this video and is also really funny :D god work man!
Thanks man!
your game inspired me to start making a detective game lmao, not sure how I got to it but I did.
Hey there, great videos on the channel so far! Keep up the great content and you'll no doubt be the next DevDuck, BlackthornProd, or even Dani! Awesome stuff! :)
Thanks man, that means a lot
Lol very subtle $420, night 69, nice
Awesome!
Awesome vid 👍
Thanks man
Rare animation suggestions
Laughter through the group,
Wide swinging arm while talking as if raising volume and importance to a part of the conversation
Great ideas
This video is very well made and I love how you explain your thought process. Keep it I'm sure you'll do great and can't wait for further updates
P.S I've just started learning game development and I would like to get an idea on how you went about learning it. Was it a book you recommend a video, a Bootcamp?
I just followed a lot of tutorials on CZcams. Brackeys was great when I first started out.
this guy is the next dani
This guy is doing things better than people with millions of subs
Got you some quite interesting feature suggestions for the game, just for the sake of making it spicier, try randomizing the behavior of the customers, for example (most will behave normally, but some will be impatient while waiting, some more patient, some might be a little too aggressive, one in a bunch will try to leave without paying, and one will try to assault you with a gun and take some of your cash)
The player should have the chance to attack and defend themselves with some weapon against robbers & be able to get killed & lose cash.
Might be a lot of work tho, but honestly, I don't see much to do on serving beverages to customers endlessly.
Dude this game is already amazing! I would also suggest that you could make the tavern look pretty run down at the beginning so that it looks like you are a new business owner or something. Also you would start out with only a few different foods like ale and porridge maybe. Then as you sell food and get money you can buy more food ingredients and also upgrade your already existing ingredients so that you make more money when you sell them. And the last thing is that you could upgrade the looks of your tavern, like better furniture and stuff, so that your customers will wait longer
That’s exactly what I’m doing with the food! I’ll have to think about the run down part. Wasn’t sure if I’d go that route or just let the player buy better taverns
@@TJGameDev I really think you can do a mixture of both. Have a few upgrades per tavern will give you another reason to keep playing
@@heresjohnny7550 great idea
cool
This is so cute
Thank you!
This looks so neat, like the feel of the game! I had no idea what animation rigging was, wrote custom code using Vector maths to have my characters look at a target, lol. What did you do for when the NPC's are just about to sit down after their NavMeshAgent is disabled? I have my characters sitting nicely and walking great, but the transition between the walking state and the sitting down position can be smoother.
Kinda just comes down to getting a sitting animation that works well. Mine isn’t great and I’ll revisit it in the future.
The one I’m using is from mixamo
Glad i'm not a bartender, i have a different perspective after this :'D
u fokin love this! its so well edited and fun to watch!
+1 sub and +2 likes!
Would be fun to add a dishes component. So instead of them walking out with their drink, they leave dishes at the table. And if you don't pick up the dishes in a certain amount of time, customers get mad and start complaining.
Yeah I’m thinking about adding a limit to the number of mugs so that you have to collect and wash them
@@TJGameDev Btw, you showed up in my recommended. Hopefully that means a big channel push for you!
the tavern need a brawl event when the customer is drunk and start a fight~XDDD
Couple things:
In a small bar, the bartender is also the bouncer, the in house psychologist, the matchmaker, the arbitrator and the in house entertainment.
You also have to berate foreigners for not tipping, even though they know they're supposed to and just use their status as tourists as an excuse to be stingy a$$holes.
hmm, am I right in guessing this was expected of the bartender at your previous job lol
@@TJGameDev it's kind of an expectation of all bartenders, but is skewed based on the type of bar, clientele, etc. For instance in a large club environment, the bartenders are selected for volume and crowd handling skills, and the other stuff is less emphasized. In a dive bar, it can be the other way around. But all those skills lead to a successful bartender. I make it sound combative, but being friendly and giving good service can't be downplayed. It's the bedrock of the skillset.
that new package : Now We're Talking! might be nice to use for your project (I'm not part of their team :) )
You are the third person to recommend that to me haha, it does look really cool so I might try to grab it on a sale. Thanks!
I away love tavern game, I love the atmosphere it brings, want to chat and learn their stories. But there aren't many games like that, hope you can :) sr for my bad english
Same! I love them as well. Your English is good don’t worry
This is pretty rad, man. So when you gonna add bar brawls?
Haha this game actually started as a dumb chat I was having with one of my friends and we agreed bar fights will have to be added at some point
This a great game! having lots of adventurers around it and I have a idea that a event that some groups or clan will come by to celebrate their hunt or battle which will give you a lot of gold! This may be overwhelming but this is another way to give it life! I have a lot of ideas for it so ask me if you want!
That actually sounds really immersive and cool. Thanks
@@TJGameDev Yeah and I already have a lot of ideas! Like a noble come by either if it a good person or a bad evil person and you choice can affect your place either the good noble like your traven or the bad one either make a mess of your place having to pay for it.
@@TJGameDev also I'm a expert in a fantasy-like!
@@Greenst4rX cool! was thinking of doing this with different races like elves and dwarves. If you want, join the discord and throw your ideas there
@@TJGameDev sure!
Hey Tj, do you mind to make a video, how you created the community and how it all started?
Thx in advance ;)
Just started making videos and this happened
This video was made a while back, but how did you make your character models? Did you follow any guides? What program(s) did you use?
They’re from synty studios
Found this in recommendation
Bro this game on mobile would be cool
Dnd vibes
Imagine this game in vr
Maybe one day 😉
@@TJGameDev i have no vr headset so it would be very sad for me xD
@@kackbiene1398 yeah I want to get it finished first for anyone then go back and add extras like VR
How long did this take you holy crap
like a week or two
I'm not sure how the game calculates "score", I'd imagine is profit. When I saw that dude leaving the tavern I notice he had the mug on him and found it funny. Maybe mugs could be a mechanic. You need to clear the table taking it back for the next customer. Maybe some customers would steal and leave with it, that would make you lose some profit. If that's the case, policing and stopping that from happening could also part of this mug mechanic. Mug stocks? Too much? Could just be a pain, could be fun, dunno, brainstorming here! =)
All of those are great ideas! Will definitely implement mug stocks and require you to pick them up and wash them or something.
@@TJGameDev this is the first video I watched on this game (coming from the 2-year journey video), so I don't know much of the idea.. But it's a multiplayer, did i get that right? Overcooked style? If so, you could probably lean on the comical side of things, too. Throwing mugs around to teammates on wash duty and missing miserably sounds like a fun experience haha
@@TJGameDev picking fights with people stealing suff or being picked by people hit by stuff being thrown? Embrace the chaos! Hahaha
Sorry, im high af rn tripping on this game. I love the idea, can't wait to play!
How Can we download it?
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It’s not done yet
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The tavern is too clean, also does the costumer just leaves with the mug? 😂
Maybe haha. I’ll have to work on a mechanic where you clean up after them
Anyone else notice what night it was?
wagie in real life, wagie ingame
Haha “Wagie wagie get back in your cagie”
How big is your team or is it just you?!
Just me for now
@@TJGameDev wow that's impressive!!!
This is looking great, my one advice is to remove the gender specific animation, it could be much more fun seeing the whacky combinations that could bring.
Just wondering why this human style is so similar to literally everything made by alda games :/
Synty studio assets 😉
@@TJGameDev oh thanks, for a second there I thought that alda stole your characters
cool