The new update should ship mid July to the demo. I've added a much requested feature called assignments (really quests lol) #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev

"The dullest stones keep the brightest interiors" #indiedev #gamedev

"A man who studies old rocks knows a thing can be old and ruined and still have value." #indiedev #gamedev

Spent the weekend adding reactivity everywhere in the upcoming update to the demo. Depending on how you approach Amara in chapter 1 she changes the way she talks to you. She also asks where to meet unless you bring it up first. This should make the characters feel much more alive. #indiedev #gamedev

A few weeks away from the update to the demo. Among the new character is Najwa: #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev

You gotta eat somewhere. #indiedev #gamedev

Built a tool so I don't have to edit json myself and keep all the scene node connections in my head. It's still a bit baroque but gets the job done. Now I can bang out a template of a scene then come back and make lots of changes.

The colonists still kept copies of Lina, even twenty years after the disaster. "With what shall I console myself -- no kin, no homeland, no companion, no cup, no rest" #indiedev #gamedev

A promotional poster for: Askar and Yasmin the first two colonists on Mars.

Working on the update to the demo. I'm adding more deduction sequences with better gameplay. Here Fuad is discovering 10,000 year old dust on a planet that has been dead for 2 billion years. #indiedev #gamedev

Been remixing some of the tracks in the game. Working hard on the update to the demo. This is the remix of the intro track: "The Uses Of Emptiness (The Private Reserve Remix)." #indiedev #gamedev

Almost done with the UI updates for the upcoming open world update to the demo. There are a few more elements to add/tweak. It animates now on calls from the comm, and has a "quest" tracker. #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev

Experimenting with more of these small vignettes. #pixelart

"He was not wrong and it would not improve him to say so." #indiedev #gamedev #pixelart

This weekend was productive. Got a lot done on the open world update to the demo. Soon you will be able to explore Bab Al-Hadid and the northern reach on Mars. In the meantime I backported all the voice acting to the demo that's up on itch. #gamedev #indiedev

"I explained that Mars was not the end of the world" #pixelart #gamedev #indiegamedev

Working on the new UI for the open world update to the demo. I added time periods to the game as first class flags. Even though this takes place inside a habitat, characters go about their business on a schedule. #screenshotsunday

Spent the day redoing the narration voice until it came out right. I think now I finally nailed the intro. #indiedev #gamedev

The demo now has tooltips explaining terms that I got feedback on. There's a in-game codex as well. I did third pass on voice acting for chapters 1 and 2. Still working on the big chapter 3 open world update for the demo #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #scifi

Voice acting good or bad? If you've played the demo does this make it better? #indiedev #gamedev

"Great winds come to those with great resolve" -- Al-Mutanabbi

Adding more locations and characters for the upcoming open world update to the demo. There's an old souk now and stores surrounding it in the arab quarter. #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart #godotengine #narrativegame #scifi #screenshotsunday

Beginning to experiment with making the game more open world. Allowing the player to move between locations and not just fast travel. I've added about 50 more locations which I am slowly constructing. #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart #godotengine #narrativegame #scifi #screenshotsaturday

"Something opened in the centre of my chest. Hot, specific. I had not felt it in years — that low-grade certainty that runs ahead of the words for it. Farafra, before my supervisor talked me out of being right."

With the recent update to the demo we've introduced Namra an new character. She has an important arc in the game. #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart #godotengine #narrativegame #scifi #screenshotsunday

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Pushed out a new big update to the demo! Try out this riotous noir narrative adventure set in an arabesque future on Mars. alsakin.itch.io/red-weight #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart #godotengine #narrativegame #scifi #screenshotsaturday

"Petrov did something complicated with his face. The kind of expression a man arrives at when the question is correct and not what he wanted to hear."

Working on a major update. Higher res graphics. More choice and consequence. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart #godotengine #narrativegame #scifi

Working on a new update to chapter 3. More reactivity, consequence and story. #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #visualnovel #godot