WIP - Inflation
Hello, everyone. Here's a progress update on some inflation stuff I've been working on.
After some trial and error I got floating movement to work, although the controls still need some polish to feel more intuitive. At first, I tried simply removing gravity, but this obviously caused some issues with other physics objects in the scene. I ended up having to write some code to simulate buoyancy and other forces on the softbody so it could float without influencing the rest of the physics system.
Speaking of physics, I also tried to set up a rope and weight system so you could tether the character to other objects, but alas it gave me a ton of grief and even my best results were pretty disappointing. The forces seem to conflict with each other in increasingly janky ways until eventually the character gets flung out of the map and the game eventually crashes.
I tried several methods and tweaked every parameter hoping there might be a sweet spot, but I could never get it to behave reliably. So unfortunately, I'll have to shelve this idea for now since it's already eaten up a lot of time and still refuses to cooperate. However, yanking on the body with the grab tool feels pretty good and is a fun way to move around.
I'm still working on some new body types to go with the inflation mechanics. At first, I used the round fat body, but it didn't feel quite right as a balloon, so I made a much more spherical version of it for this. I also have this long balloon type in the works.
If you have other suggestions for balloon body shapes I'd be happy to hear them. Adding full body shapes like these isn't too difficult so I could probably add a couple more for this update.
I was initially hoping to add a more gradual way of inflating with an air tank similar to the feeding tube, but that would be a bit too ambitious to include in this update. Making full growth sequences is by far the most difficult and time consuming part of development, so I'll have to save it for another time. For now, you'll be able to drag a P-balloon onto the character to make them transform into different shapes instantly. Adding more P-balloons will make them grow until they eventually pop and return to normal.
I still need to fine tune a lot of this stuff and fix collisions on the maps to account for a floating character, but I hope to have this update ready around the middle of February. I hope you all are staying warm and I'll see you again soon!
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could we see an option for the characters to enjoy their transformation? even if that just means a toggle for their facial expressions? Also potential for adding highlights to their hair especially for the pig tail style.
Yeah I will add a mood override option in the next update. And I'd like to add highlights/two tone options for hairstyles in the next cosmetics update.
Where can i get the link for latest version ?
How to change the character like some youtube guys are doing? For example bittersweet or totally spies you name it. Thanks a lot.
You have to use the customization options to make them yourself. Then you can save them as presets so you can switch to them whenever you want
New to this game comming from sultans harem, Feeder simulator and other 3d more visual novel style stuff. Really interesting. Love weight gains. Would love to see a more boob/hourglass oriented shape of growth pattern where eventually the belly takes over. Untill now i think round or wide is my vibe.
I will add more fat shapes eventually including something like that
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Delighted with your work so far! If I were to make a somewhat selfish request, I feel like the best thing to compliment full on air inflation would be some more options for gas/belches, with a wider variety of sound samples, and options for different lengths like the one used for the feeding tube. As for Inflation shapes it'd be neat to potentially see a pear shaped/bottom heavy shape? idk if it'd work with the physics but it could be fun to have the character get flipped upside down and pulled upwards by their lower half.
expanding on this, it'd be nice to have the character react to gas the same way they do for belching, either having an exerted or embarrassed expression
Waiting in agony for a devbuild takess so long
Any quick updates on development maybe :)
I know we have a wide selection and now a belly selection is there any possibility of getting a breast selection where just her breasts get affected
Probably at some point
I love the progress you are making, I was wondering if you would ever consider adding the ability to sit down in the future? If it has arms have the fat go around it and break the chair after a certain weight
I'd like to add sitting and chair breaking at some point but it would be tricky to make it work well with each body type. I would not be able to make the fat mold around chair arms since smaller sizes can't use accurate softbody physics/collision for technical reasons. I will look into it more eventually.
Happy Mardi gras! (fat Tuesday) blobygon! How's the inflation development going?
It's going 'swell' mostly. The new shapes are basically done. I'm mainly focusing on making the controls and popping feel better. Then I'll be adding some sound effects. It should be done sometime this week.
im a solo game dev working with unity to create a game where you have to order food, hide some for yourself to keep your weight from going down, while the npc lady/guy immediately will start eating what youve ordered, while the npc is eating and growing, you hide your food or eat what you can in the time you have while hidden, and she constantly snuffs out where youve hidden food or where you are and steals the food and eats it. ive been struggling for a few months now, and im kinda giving up cuz i suck at model making. i guess heres a pitch for a side game with the same character? cuz im not gonna be able to make it. anyways cool game!
I would kill for a deflation mechanic where you can reverse the effect by letting air out, but you fly all over the place when doing it. Maybe even a "fart rocket" sort of deal?
beautiful comment, pissbucket
I know it's extremely niche, but a head inflation option would be fantastic
Pls add morbidly blob inflation(bigger than blob)
Breast and belly expansion combo?
Looks good so far, unfortunate that the code vehemently refuses to cooperate. A shape idea I had is, something similar to an overinflated party balloon. Most of the body is near spherical, but then the bottom sort of pinches off, sort of like the top of a pear? Could not think of any better of an analogy, sorry.
The new mechanics are really well implemented, and there's been some interesting ideas pitched so far. Could it be possible to implement breast inflation that could happen simultaneously with the fat body shapes like wide and round for example?
An even more bigger bit of tiddie wouldn't hurt a man :)
i was thinking some sort of monobutt or very bottom heavy inflation could be interesting
These look great :) can't wait for the update. As for balloon shapes I have a couple but they're on the goofier side. My first one is the classic football esq blimp shape, then you know how party balloons tend to be a flat disk in shape? Yeah that. Finally, the one I'd think would be the hardest to do out off these, a balloon dog shape. Either or I'm not particularly invested in these options (except the balloon dog cause it's hilarious) so definitely don't have to add any of them. Anyways hopefully these were, kinda, helpful. Looking forward to see what else you add to this update :)
maybe have the belches and farts slowly boost the blimp form in whatever dirction the head or ass is facing
I think that can be arranged
Can we also get boob blimps?
If you mean boob growth by itself, that would need a bunch of special treatment similar to the belly growth mechanics. So not in this update, but I'd like to add that eventually. For now I'll see if I can add a full body balloon shape with an emphasis on boobs.
I realize you're probably getting utterly swamped with comments and replies (people are really excited it seems), so I thought I'd share a simple and hopefully easy to implement idea. Have you thought about adding sound customization in a similar manner to the characters vocal slider? Some people may want deeper expansion sounds, some people might want lighter sounds. Figured it probably wasn't too hard to do, but haven't seen anyone suggest it so far.
Like a pitch adjustment slider for sfx's? that would be cool for sound customization to have.
Since you’re adding a rounder body anyway, could you update the blueberry body to get rounder as it gets too full?
If it could be possible, I think adding the spherical shape as an alternative berry would be a really great addition. i love the default berry shape, but adding the spherical shape to the berry im sure everyone would appreciate.
is this going to include non-fullbody inflation, and 💥?
Still hoping for a more realistic fat morph that's more "all around" than the others. Based on real fat, but taken to an immobilizing extreme. Maybe even with a game mode around it.
I would love to see more customization options for the character, like clothes, hair types, eye types and maybe some body options like bigger chest or bottom, keep up the good work love it so far and take the time you need!
Excellent progress as always, keep up the good work! As for a simple-ish (I hope) body shape idea, how about a non-stretchy limbs version? So as the character inflates, rather than their head, hands and feet moving further apart, they retain their original proportions as they inflate, leading to an 'over-inflated' look as their hands and feet are swallowed up (and maybe most of their head eventually?)
I tried to do something like this earlier in development but there's no good way to isolate parts of the body like the hands and feet anchors to prevent them from growing out with the rest of it.
Still hoping for a funny monobutt/pear shape some day
Take your time Blobygon, everyone probably would prefer you take your time to get the best quality and results you can before updating snackrooms, then you rushing and making mistakes, so just keep calm and keep pushing forward. P.S great work on everything you’ve done so far 👍
I think a very bottom heavy shape similar to the wide blob shape would be very very good
Sounds promising, but a from normal body to fully inflated/expanded sould be a long-term goal. And as for what causes the air inflation should be a soda can like coca cola, dr pepper etc. As for how to animate the air inflation compared to liquid expansion i have no clue. But something I'd like to see is a bit more focuse on butt, boobs and thighs inflation/expansion. Idk how that whould work on the current tech character/rig setup? 🤔
I want to add full inflation sequences eventually. Other methods of inflating like soda cans etc would be cool too, but might not happen in this update. I'd also like to play with liquid expansion at some point.
You could make the spots fixed points to which the ropes can anchor the character in the air in place with a limited range of action. To move, the character could unhook from these ropes and float in the air with a maximum height range. To do this, you would need to literally turn the sky into a roof, as if you were inside a building, to prevent the character from flying too high and causing the game to crash. A bit like the problem with the physics of doors and doorframes, which have to be taller than the character to prevent them from getting stuck halfway through.
I tried connecting the rope to a static object as well, but the results were about the same. As the forces increase and glitch out, the character moves so fast that they clip through any colliders meant to contain them in the level.
Looks great Blobygon! Thank you for your hard work and determination on this!!
Thank you for adding this type of inflation into the game! If your taking suggestions for body shapes, I'd personally enjoy seeing the shape that often appears in full body inflation art, like with the body mostly spherical like what you've already made, but with the breasts larger and inflated, along with the arms and legs inflated to the point that they appear as sort of like bumps on the body? Its sort of hard to explain so I apologize if i'm not making it clear. Also I don't know if this is feasible, but it could also be fun in this shape if the hands and fingers get inflated too, sort of as a way to emphasize how immobile and full of air the inflatee is. Another fun shape could be a "blimp" shape, where the belly is inflated, with inflated breasts in the front and inflated butt in the back, along with the bumps for arms and legs i described earlier. Either way, thank you for your hard work and adding inflation to the game!
This looks pretty good all things considered. I love the long balloon shape, can’t wait to see what other body shapes you have in store hopefully something pear shape/monobutt and Uber Inflation related. ^^
A wonderful piece of work, I love it. Right now I can't think of any other balloon shapes for the character, but I'd like to see more ways to inflate it. For example, the character could be inflated by holding in burps or farts, or with Mentos and Coca-Cola.
Perhaps you could add buoyancy options so it's like a balloon or a bouncy ball. Also, minigames where you can use the character like a basketball or make it jump through hoops like in Flappy Bird
First off, just wanted to say thanks for including that cloth tear toggle I requested in the last patch, I didn't expect you to add it that quick. Second: in terms of other inflation shapes, would a mostly round shape with some limbs sticking out work? I'm talking about something like the Police girls from the Ryukendo episode with the balloon monster, or the Roly Poly episode from Enmakun. I like the mix of the round body with the uninflated limbs flailing about as they float.
That would be interesting, but would need some special setup and new animations for the limbs. I could probably do that eventually, but not sure if it'll make it in this update.
Looks fantastic! I hope it has gassy deflation!
That would be neat. Not sure if I'll get to that for this update, but it'd be cool to have someday
Looking really good! I'm a fan of the bodyshapes you have chosen, and dragging the person looks fun! Maybe you could a hourglass shape, thats sound perfect! Thank you for all you dedication and hard work into this game! Hopefully you enjoy it also, like all your fans does!
for some more balloon shapes, i could see one where it's just the boobs blown up and her dangling from them. though, by the sound of these issues, likely not doable. However, hyper hourglass sounds doable. a shape where her boobs are super blown up in the front, and her butt super blown up in the back. would be like 4 sphere's, so relatively simple shape. Another shape would be a 3B (breast, butt, belly). Imbapovi has some good refs for a 3B shape, and some for hyper hourglass. Could search "Imbapovi" on rule 34.
This would be very interesting yes!
This looks amazing!! I wonder if the inflation shapes will have their own sound effects for collision, & movement, with an option to change slap fat sfx's to balloon bump sfx's. Also on the suggestions of balloon Body shapes, hourglass & blimp shapes could be good for inflation if possible. While its probably been asked or already planned for the future, will their be a slider to adjust how floaty/bouncy the character is? & would we be able to use it on existing rollable blob shapes? for example: cube, belly, blueberry, etc...
Yeah, I plan to have a different set of sounds for these inflated body shapes. It'd be cool to have the other rollable shapes float as well. Not quite sure how I'll handle that yet though.
A bit more tiddie wouldn't hurt a man :)
i think the original round shape would be nice to have anyway
These look so good, blobygon! Like Aaron P. said, I would love to see a belly-centric inflation type. 🥰
It looks absolutely awesome ! I wonder if a full body mostly spherical but with even more inflated boobs, butt and belly would be possible. Not sure how to describe this shape with words ahah
I could probably do something like that.
Hype!! Excellent work as always. I'd love to see some belly-specific inflation in the future, but seeing this on its own is very exciting :)
You need to add that balloon animal dog, that would be hilarious.
Uber_inflation would be cool. Basically the default spherical, but with bigger hands, feet, and cheeks. Also, would love a feet size customization, buuuuut that's mostly my weird thing. ;3
That's not really my thing, but I might consider it sometime in the future. Maybe I can add a similar toggle to the fat face/limbs setting.
Just posted a link to a body shape for recommendation; but this is damn awesome work
https://www.deviantart.com/otoarton/art/CM-Beyond-My-True-Size-1-2-1280098801
Fantastic! Really looking forward to messing around with this, and super excited there will be the ability to pop from this form! If you're floating, do you respawn in the air and fall, or on the ground?
You'll respawn in the air and fall, most likely.
THIS LOOKS SO FUN, I love the shape and can't wait to see more!! Would def be fun to see a progression eventually but totally understandable given how much work that is. Overall this is a fantastic addition and I can't wait to try it out!!
Oh I did want to ask, I love the look of the free floating a lot, but will there be a way to adjust her weight/gravity in any way? To, for example, make her bouncy or a grounded orb while shaped like she is?
It’s looking good so far! When it comes to other shapes, the only other one I can thing of is maybe a oval/teardrop-esqe shape, similar to a birthday party balloon.
Cant wait to see how this ends up. Will you eventually add even more fat shape/paths? I rly love your fat models especially the morbidly obese ones. Id be fun to see a bunch of ways to fatten the characters. I love slowly fattening them up. Some more stages/paths is always fun for me. And your waddling animation are rly nice. Keep up the good work!
Yes, I want to add more fat shapes eventually
Glorious! I think in terms of more inflation body types, I can only really think of a sphere with emphasis on the chest or a complete sphere with no/little deviation in curves. I don’t think they’re insanely important to have in the game, just ideas based on some people’s preferences
I would actually like the complete sphere with no real curves option. It gives a nice, taunt, pressurized look.
This update looks fantastic 😍 I can't wait for it to drop as always blobygon take your time no rush and remember to take breaks when needed and blobygon you are a very amazing person and a game developer thanks again for everything keep up the outstanding work blobygon🤝💯🫡🩷😇
Looking good! I assume more goofy balloon shapes will be added later on like with the candies.
Yep, most likely