Imidlalo ye-Wolfire yethuliwe kamuva nje ngokuthunyelwe kwebhulogi, wenze isinqumo sokukhulula ikhodi umthombo womunye wamaphrojekthi akhe aphumelele kakhulu, "Ukukhula". Ngemva kweminyaka engu-14 yentuthuko njengomkhiqizo wobunikazi, kunqunywe ukuthi kuvulwe umdlalo ukuze kunikezwe abathandanayo ithuba lokuqhubeka nokuwuthuthukisa ngendlela abayithandayo.
Ikhodi ibhalwe ku-C++ futhi ivuliwe ngaphansi kwelayisensi ye-Apache 2.0, okuvumela, phakathi kwezinye izinto, ukufaka ikhodi kumaphrojekthi wobunikazi futhi kudayiswe umsebenzi owumphumela. Umthombo ovulekile umboza injini yegeyimu, amafayela ephrojekthi, imibhalo, imithunzi, namalabhulali asekelayo, kuyilapho izimpahla zegeyimu zihlala zingokobunikazi futhi zisakazwa kumaphrojekthi wezinkampani zangaphandle zidinga imvume ehlukile evela ku-Wolfire Games ( ukuguqulwa kuvunyelwe).
Encwadini yakhe ye-blog, I-Wolfire Games yabelane ngokulandelayo:
Sisebenze kwa-Overgrowth iminyaka engu-14. Iphrojekthi yethu eqhubekayo ethathe isikhathi eside kakhulu, futhi esinye sezizathu eziyinhloko esenze siqhubeke nokusebenza kulo mdlalo ukusabela okuhle kwabalandeli nokulandela. Akukhona nje ukuthi abantu abavela emhlabeni wonke baqhubeka nokudlala futhi bejabulela i-Overgrowth iminyaka, kodwa umphakathi nawo ube nomthelela omkhulu kuphrojekthi. Kusukela empendulweni ewusizo eholele kuzibuyekezo ezingcono, kuya kumamodi amangalisayo anweba lokho ongakwenza kugeyimu, kuya kumaciko anekhono nabadali abakhulisa isitayela nendaba ye-Overgrowth. Lo mdlalo wakhiwe kakhulu futhi waklanywa abantu abawudlalayo.
Ngakho yisiphi isinyathelo esilandelayo? Siwuhlonipha kanjani umphakathi osize ekwakheni lo mdlalo? Siyajabula ukumemezela ukuthi ikhodi yokukhula manje isiwumthombo ovulekile! Hhayi lokho kuphela, kodwa futhi sehlisa unomphela intengo yegeyimu ngengxenye yesithathu emhlabeni wonke, isuka ku-$29,99 iye ku-$19,99 e-US.
Ikhodi kuphela eba umthombo ovulekile, hhayi izimpahla zobuciko noma amaleveli, isizathu siwukuthi asifuni othile owakha futhi adayise i-Overgrowth njengeyakhe. Sisebenzisa ilayisensi ye-Apache 2.0, ekuvumela ukuthi wenze noma yini oyifunayo ngekhodi, ngezibopho ezimbalwa kakhulu. Kulula ukuhlanganisa nokusebenzisa igeyimu esemthethweni ye-Overgrowth usebenzisa ikhodi yomthombo ovulekile, ngakho awudingi ulwazi oluningi lobuchwepheshe ukuze uqalise.
Kufanele ube njalo ikhodi eshicilelwe ingasetshenziswa kokubili ukudala imikhiqizo emisha abeza nezinsiza zabo zemidlalo, njengokusebenza nesethi yasekuqaleni yezinsiza enelungelo lobunikazi lapho wenza izivivinyo noma ngezinjongo zokufundisa.
Ukufakwa kwezingxenye zomdlalo namalabhulali kungadluliswa ngokuhlukene kwamanye amaphrojekthi womdlalo. Ukuzimisela ukwamukela ukunwetshwa nezinguquko ezilungiselelwe umphakathi ukuze zifakwe kumdlalo wezohwebo we-Overgrowth nakho kuyashiwo. Uma kungenzeki ukuhlanganisa izinguquko kuphrojekthi eyinhloko, ungazenzela owakho ama-edishini angekho emthethweni wegeyimu.
Ingqikithi yegeyimu ye-Overgrowth isekuzingeni kukanogwaja we-ninja, ozibandakanya ekulweni eduze nezinye izilwane ze-anthropomorphic (onogwaja, izimpisi, amagundane, amakati, izinja) ngenkathi iqedela imisebenzi eyabelwe umdlali.
Umdlalo wenzeka endaweni enezinhlangothi ezintathu ngombono womuntu wesithathu, futhi ukufeza izinhloso, umdlali unenkululeko ephelele yokuhamba nokuhleleka kwezenzo zakhe. Ngokungeziwe emishinini yomdlali oyedwa, abadlali abaningi bayasekelwa.
Umdlalo ifakwe injini ye-physics ethuthukisiwe ehlanganiswe ngokuqinile nenjini ye-3D futhi kusebenzisa umqondo “wenqubo yokugqwayiza okusekelwe ku-physics”, ovumela ukunyakaza kwezinhlamvu okungokoqobo nokuziphatha okunyakazayo okuguquguqukayo kuye ngendawo.
Umdlalo uphawuleka nasekusetshenzisweni kwezilawuli zangempela ezizwelayo komongo ezikuvumela ukuthi usebenzise amaqhinga okulwa ahlukahlukene, kanye nenjini ye-AI ehlanganisa izenzo ezihlanganyelwe zabalingisi futhi ikuvumela ukuthi uhlehle uma kwenzeka unethuba eliphezulu lokuhlulwa. Kunikezwe isixhumi esibonakalayo sokuhlela amamephu nezimo.
Injini yomdlalo isekela i-fiziksi yomzimba eqinile, upopayi wamathambo, ukukhanya kwe-pixel ngephikiseli ngokuhlehliswa kwe-refraction, umsindo we-3D, imodeli yento eguqukayo njengesibhakabhaka, amanzi notshani, imininingwane eguquguqukayo, ukunikezwa okungokoqobo kovolo nezitshalo, ukujula nokufiphala ngesikhathi sokunyakaza okusheshayo, izinhlobo ezihlukahlukene zemephu yokuthungwa (okuhlanganisa i-dynamic cube mapping kanye ne-parallax mapping).
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