Rendering pool balls in Hustle Kings

[MarkVF]

Hey, for anyone that's interested, I've recently posted an article providing a brief overview of how I render the shiny pool balls in Hustle Kings. Here's the link:-

http://www.voofoostudios.com/?p=33

Expect more postings about some of the Hustle Kings tech to follow shortly...

Cheers,
Mark

 

[swaaye]

Wow that looks pretty authentic.

 

[Davros]

could you explain this bit

They are not highly tessellated meshes closely approximating a sphere, but merely screen-aligned quads, sprites if you like.

so they are circles (or rather squares) not spheres ?

 

[Richard]

could you explain this bit

so they are circles (or rather squares) not spheres ?

Yes, they are two polygons making up a 2D plane that's always perpendicular to the camera.

Nice article Mark, thanks for posting. Looking forward to learning about the shadowing.