Modular Objects + Chalet Furniture Sneak Peek (Patreon)

Hi there!

Anna again, reporting on the Mission: Chalet!

As you may know, we’re very busy with the chalet video these days. Sadly, some secrets (including the date of the video) cannot be revealed yet, but we’re making good progress and we’re very excited to see all that shaping up.

Right now, we’re integrating new objects, testing the build mode, fixing bugs related to features and to the object modding tools. These last tweaking steps can feel like we’re all on every front at once, fixing things and breaking things all at the same time, but it’s also really motivating to see all of it coming together!

Here is a little sneak peek at some fresh new objects. You might recognize them from the sketch Léa made a few weeks ago:

Here’s what Léa’s sketch looked like, as a reminder:

One very cool thing about this living room is its couch, which allows us to introduce a feature: modular objects.

This L-shaped couch is made of 4 pieces that are the same object in the catalog. For each of this piece, there are 4 parts that can be toggled on or off independently: the pillow and the three bolsters. It allows you to make cool custom combinations! You will also be able to choose different swatches for those 4 pieces, as you can see in the picture above.

I bring you some of my alternative ideas for a chaotic living room to illustrate this better:

(Disclaimer: these couch configurations were created for fun, some of them might not be entirely functional. We are working on a way to alert players when this will be the case)

This feature will allow us and modders to create other types of combinations, for example, a bowl of fruits with different types of fruits inside, a shelf that can come both with and without premade objects inside, or even plant in different pots. The kitchen cabinets that you already saw in this video work the same way: in this case, the handle is not an optional object, but there are different options for them. We could also have premade groups of objects for people who don’t want to assemble their couch themselves

These couch assets and their parts combination settings were integrated into the game thanks to our mod tools. Then, when placing and snapping together the couch objects in-game, the customization interface (not captured here) lets you choose which part (bolsters, cushions) to put or not. And voilà!

What do you think? Do you have ideas of modular objects that this feature would open new horizons to? Tell us in the comments!

With this, I wish you a beary good week-end!

Anna

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