Settable Baby Blocks (Freebie)
March 22, 2008 12:12 pm artificial boy, games, photos, products, software developmentSome friends have asked me “When will you release more baby blocks?” To be honest, the original ADZ baby block freebie was just a 3D representation of my 2D logo, which simply spells my first name. I never intended to make a complete baby block set.
| So, my poor friends have been limited to what they can spell with the letters A, D, and Z. Well, no more! I skipped over the step of creating a baby block set. I have created a universal baby block, and released it full perms. You can change the faces of the block to say whatever letters or numbers you want. | |
Here’s how it works.
The block will apply the specified letters to its own faces. Any faces that are not specified (or are given an asterisk) will be replaced with a randomly-selected image of an animal. Each face has a certain color, and the letters are applied to the faces in a certain order. So, “A” makes a red A, and “*A” makes a blue A (with 5 animals). |
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| You can find these blocks for free at A Boy’s Place Mall.
Big thanks and hugs to Seth, who talked me into making a large 1024×1024 map of letters rather than 36 individual textures and for writing the LSL mapping function to relate character code to the correct offset on the map. |
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