====== Mutts (working title) ======

nbjp 'Mutt' is some name that just popped into my head. Dunno if people might dislike it. I've ben thinking about this idea for a while, but I don't think I've ever come up with a good name. 'Mutt' could be an acronym for 'Make yoUr Truest True Self' ... ... ...\\
nbjp I may move this page/idea to the [[gamemakingtools]] wiki.

An idea for system for creating and sharing avatars for games and virtual worlds, like a version of [[Nintendo]]'s [[mii]]s, but anyone who creates a game would be able to use them.

Key elements:

  * The basic idea is to create a piece of software for making a game avatar.
  * That data is exported as some kind of standard format like [[XML]] or [[JSON]], and people can import that file into compatible games. Any developer is free to include //mutt// compatibility.
  * Each game that supports //mutts// would interpret that data to suit, so a game with stylised, cute characters like //[[animal_crossing_series|Animal Crossing]]// would render the character differently than something with more realistic proportions like [[OpenSimulator]]. Developer might want to import data then build on it with their own character creator.

===== Names =====

  * Mutt
  * Mitt

===== Mutt Maker =====

Would have two or more preview modes, to get an idea of how the creator's //mutt// might appear in different contexts. Potentially these preview modes could be tied to something like 'basic' and 'advanced' modes too, with one having more fine-grained control, with say more body parts (like parts of arms instead of just arm). Could also be a just-head mode.

Could have a brower-based version.

Would probably be made in [[Godot]], so people could incorporate the 'Mutt Maker' into their games too.

===== Data =====

Basically, you have a bunch of predefined pieces, and you specify their position on the body and how they are scaled, and also can specify different material types for different body parts.

RE 'material', I imagine things like skin, but also fur, glass, moss, cloth, metals, etc.

  * **head**
    * shape, material
    * **hair**
      * colour, shape, material
    * **eyes**
    * **ears**
    * **nose**
    * **mouth**
    * **eyebrows**
  * **neck**
    * length
    * material
  * **torso**
  * **arms** (left and right  different? separate arms into parts?)
  * **hands**
  * **legs**
  * **feet**

{{tag>mii videogames character-creation avatar project}}