This update is all about refining the experience of Figure Drawing Garden to make your drawing practice smoother. Whether you are stepping into your personal garden for a quick gesture session or settling in for a longer study, these changes are designed to help you focus on the art.
Tutorial & Loading Screen
We want Figure Drawing Garden to be accessible to everyone, even if you're unfamiliar with video game controls. To bridge that gap, we’ve added a new tutorial. This guide focuses on software navigation rather than drawing technique, such as statue selection and toggling between Dynamic Lighting and Simplified Form modes.
We’ve also overhauled the loading sequence to set the mood. You will now be greeted by rough sketches and wisdom from masters like Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Giorgia O'Keefe —a small touch designed to get you into the right headspace to create before you even enter the garden.
'Simplified Form' Improvements
We have made significant improvements to the 'Simplified Form' mode. This mode is designed for beginners learning to see and understand volumes, or for experienced artists who are feeling a bit rusty and want to warm up by breaking the figure down into basic shapes (cubes, spheres, and cylinders).
The update adds consistent coloring to the different limbs and joints. This makes the overlapping shapes much clearer to read, allowing you to understand the structure of the pose at a glance without getting lost in the details.
A More Immersive Garden
There has also been some small details added to your garden too. New ivy adds a touch of organic life, the 'Maze' tile has been updated with more variations, and a new interactable gate adds a little more immersion and interactivity to your exploration.
Changelog:
- Added tutorial
- Added loading screens
- Added gates
- Added ivy
- Updated 'maze' tile
- Added selection particle effect
- Improved 'simplified' mode
- Created mouse manager
- Removed initial landing sound
- Fixed mouse lock bug
- Fixed UI clickthrough bug
- Fixed cursor offset bug
- Fixed zoom bug