Devlog #1 is out: how St. Pölten's OpenStreetMap data became an RTS map, and everything that broke on the way. My street network once fell into 132 pieces. youtu.be/_2iPKSrtoPQ #indiedev #gamedev #OpenStreetMap #unity #indiegame

I Turned a Real City Into an RTS Battlefield | Hardpan Devlog #1

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#ScreenshotSaturday: my street map once fell into 132 pieces. I'd split bridges from the roads under them by level, and every bridge became an island. No unit could cross one. Now it's 4. The whole story is devlog #1, tomorrow. #indiedev #gamedev #OpenStreetMap #indiegame #unity

City #1: St. Pölten, Austria. Every map starts as OpenStreetMap data. Units only drive the street graph, so a collapsed building removes an edge and every route re-plans around the block. Which city next? Comments decide. #indiedev #gamedev #OpenStreetMap #indiegame #unity

#ScreenshotSaturday: tower hits. A unit hitting a tower used to be a thin line and a spark you lost past mid zoom. Now every hit throws light streaks and chunks, sized to the view so they read at every zoom. Half speed, then full. Too much, or not enough? #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #unity

Every unit and tower in HARDPAN is build with Blender and has been remodeled based on new sketches. Last week all eight were rebuilt, and the towers now sit into the roof and face the street. Which one would you build first? #indiedev #gamedev #unity #osm #indiegame

#ScreenshotSaturday: a bug fix. The ground mark under a fallen building stayed pale because the scorch and lighting never reached it, so it showed as pale shards (it's in last week's clip). Now it has its own dark hatch. Ever shipped a bug in your own trailer? #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame

Every level starts as OpenStreetMap data: 2,535 street segments and 1,673 building footprints of a real Austrian town, baked into a battlefield where units drive the actual streets. Would you hold the old town or the station? #indiedev #gamedev #OpenStreetMap #indiegame

Roofs now come from OpenStreetMap: where the map tags a roof shape or building type, the game uses it instead of guessing. This hall was a sawtooth guess; OSM says commercial, so it's flat now. Mappers: do you tag roof shapes? #ScreenshotSaturday #indiedev #gamedev #unity #indiegame

Ground units only drive along real street edges, so closing one edge is a real event. Here a strike drops a building onto the street and every route bends around the block. Would you block it, or leave it open as a trap? #indiedev #gamedev #rts #indiegame #osm

Reworked the artillery strike this week: playtesters couldn't spot the impact once zoomed out, so it now leaves black scorch, smoke and an ember glow. Second image: the collapse closes the street and the route bends around it. #ScreenshotSaturday #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame

The convoy in this clip drives through a real Austrian town's street network. HARDPAN builds its levels from OpenStreetMap data, so every block and junction exists. You defend your streets while pushing a convoy into theirs. Pre-alpha. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors #indiedev #gamedev