#gamedev when I made it so that a properly timed parry will interrupt all in front of you, and not just the attacker, it made things feel better (WIP obviously) not every enemy can be staggered from a single parry, but weak/basic ones can #metroidvania #solodev #animation

#screenshotsaturday Okay I've made it so you can do this little salute by pressing down, or if you press R3 you can "chill". A key mechanic being that while chilling you can move your head around with the analog stick. #gamedev #metroidvania #solodev

friday, chillin' with the homie #gamedev #screenshotsaturday -ish 🎶 #metroidvania #solodev #art

#screenshotsaturday In TSS, holding dpad down doesn't crouch, bc directions are used w/ your attack button for different attacks. But I wanted some feedback when you press down, so I made her stance lower a bit when you do so... and it just looks like she's farting #gamedev #metroidvania #solodev

Very WIP! #screenshotsaturday This special move tentatively called Metal Storm comes from a piece of equipment and it lets you bounce around using your body as a weapon/surviving hazards. Think of it like a clumsy, bouncy screw attack. #gamedev #metroidvania #actionrpg

Here's a longer clip at 60 fps of me beating up these robots. Weak enemies can be locked down and crowd controlled by repeatedly attacking. Note the successful parry of the second enemy from the left, allowing an instant counter attack. #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #metroidvania #actionrpg

WIP! Still messing w the combat system. Few fixes to be made but I think it's already feeling pretty good. If you played Ghost Song, what's most singularly different here is the lack of contact damage. Only actual attacks do damage. #gamedev #art #metroidvania #actionrpg

I very roughly sketched out a cat girl idea, to be a side character in my game. (WIP if its not obvious). Cat girls may in fact end up being canon in this "cinematic universe" #gamedev #art #characterdesign

#screenshotsaturday demonstrating weapon block system I made a while ago. Swords, with proper timing, can parry (big red flash) which allows instant counter attack. It's not an essential thing to do (generally) but is rewarding if you want to play that way. #gamedev #metroidvania #actionrpg

Demonstrating in a test environment a high impact mace weapon that can send enemies flying. #gamedev The methodology of enemy deaths is similar to my previous game GS, but more advanced. Its original inspiration is actually fallout 3! #metroidvania #actionrpg

So there's a "chill" button on the controller and on pressing it you just kinda hang out. #screenshotsaturday You can then use the right analog stick to do stuff, like move your head around. Yes, I have my priorities straight dev-wise. Thank you for noticing! #gamedev #metroidvania #actionrpg

In Ghost Song -- this is never mentioned in game and I've never seen anyone do it -- but the Sprinkler bombs can be directly controlled by the right analog stick if you hold L2 down. I made some odd decisions lol #gamedev I wonder if anyone ever stumbled on this on their own. #metroidvania

Kill all clankers. Never before has this been more relevant. #screenshotsaturday WIP demoing some destruction stuff. Sword type weapons can sometimes cut enemies clean in two! #gamedev #metroidvania #animation #actionrpg

my niece got me this extremely cool Metroid shirt!

Ghost Song is 50% off on Steam, happy holidays! #SteamWinterSale store.steampowered.com/app/347800/G...

in 2008 I was working on a comic called The Silver Sun. It never got finished, but some of the ideas ended up in Ghost Song. This is how Charley and Pasha were designed in 2008. Pasha got aged up a bit for the game, and Charley didn't appear... exactly... #art #characterdesign

I'm Yuki Knoxville and this is metal spin #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #metroidvania #solodev

Ghost Song is 50% off on Nintendo eshop and Playstation store. If you have a Switch 2, it runs perfectly in my tests at steady 60 fps (it had some FPS issues on Switch 1, sadly). Eshop: www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro... PS: store.playstation.com/en-us/concep... #gamedev #metroidvania

#screenshotsaturday It can be hard to tell unless you have a big screen and eagle eyes, but Yuki can smile. She can also turn her head and look around while moving, which took an embarrassing amount of work to make happen #gamedev #solodev #metroidvania

My next game is called The Silver Sun. LMK if you have questions! -Sci-fi game with exploration, action, and rpg aspects -Play as Yuki, a very tough, very cool android girl -Melee focused -Not a souls-like -Yes those are horns -Still pretty early in dev #gamedev #solodev

#screenshotsaturday Heavy attack button can be held for a charged version. This character is made from multiple different 2d skeletons which are sometimes substituted for traditional animation. #gamedev #solodev #metroidvania The goal is to avoid the paper doll or "flash" look as much as possible.

Ghost Song is 50% off on Steam Autumn Sale! store.steampowered.com/app/347800/G... It has spooky parts for your halloweeny needs #metroidvania #gamedev #solodev

one of my steam library categories 🤠 #gamedev

Ghost Song was originally created as a different game in a different engine before I scrapped almost everything about it and started over in 2019. The original version was different in quite a few ways, but to sum it up it was darker, edgier, and had a silent protagonist. #gamedev

my pet project that I may or may not ever make is a fantasy beatemup rpg. Sometimes I doodle ideas for it. #gamedev For a bit I was considering making it my main project, but I felt that business-wise beatemups are too risky to create unless you have a popular ip attached. #art #characterdesign

I made a 2d model (like in Ghost Song) that makes things very dynamic. Unlike GS, however, is that I switch to traditionally animated frames when needed to make the posing more exciting. Ie, these weapon attacks are all traditionally animated #gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity #madewithspine

Ghost Song is 50% off on Nintendo Eshop! www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro... --- Switch 2 has been a huge upgrade for it. I captured some 60 fps footage directly from the system. #gamedev #metroidvania #switch2

Ghost Song is 50% off for the #SteamSummerSale store.steampowered.com/app/347800/G... #gamedev #metroidvania #gaming

Ghost Song is 50% off on Playstation systems for a few more days store.playstation.com/en-us/concep... --- #metroidvania #gamedev #ps4 #ps5

Footage of Ghost Song running at a stable 60 fps on Switch 2. I feel like the game's legacy on Nintendo has been secured, in a way #Switch2 #gamedev

Ghost Song is running at a pitch perfect 60 fps on Switch 2. 🙌 I was never quite happy with its performance on Switch 1. If you're a Nintendo player and are interested in my game, this is a great time to play it! #switch2 #metroidvania

Holy crap

spent the past day trying to improve the look of Yuki's dress a bit. Tricky getting it to move right. Also -you'll see this soon enough- she can equip various weapons, hold them, swing them, etc. #gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity #indiegame #characterdesign #art

#screenshotsaturday Hard to notice if you aren't playing on a big tv, but Yuki has emotional states during gameplay and sometimes smiles #gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity

Animated Yuki on the status screen. She'll stare into your soul as you decide on stats and equipment. #gamedev Do you like Yuki? I've been working on her in various forms for quite some time. There's still a lot more to learn about her, stay tuned! #indiedev #indiegame #unity #madewithspine

An early look at Yuki in my game The Silver Sun. #screenshotsaturday Note the asymmetrical right shoulder detail, hair and clothes that can blow in the wind, and various head details. I finally get to make a character with a visible face 🤓 #gamedev #gaming #indiegame

My game, Ghost Song, is 50% off on #SteamSpringSale. store.steampowered.com/app/347800/G... #metroidvania #gamedev #gaming

This animated background water in Muramasa... #gamedev #art #gaming

Super Metroid's attract mode always sparked my imagination in a huge way when I was a kid. Why don't games do this anymore? I want to put attract mode into my next game. #gamedev #supermetroid #metroid #metroidvania

Any other artists/creators put tasks off because you've got high expectations for the results of a given piece and you fear the negative emotional experience of working on it and it not being immediately awesome? And so putting it off becomes easier... This plagues me #gamedev #art

Modretro Chromatic (basically a nice remake of the game boy color) next to my original childhood game boy, which no longer works. Sometime as a hobby I'd love to get into making Game Boy Color games... What a cool challenge that would be! Anyone used GB studio before? #gamedev #gbstudio #gameboy

Old Singer death sequence. Doing this stuff was tedious in GS because each enemy had to have separate 2d ragdoll(s) created and fenagled into place for a seamless transition. Most enemy deaths in the game were bespoke. #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #metroidvania #unity3d

Gears 1, 2, and 3 came out within a 5 year span. Mass Effect 1-3 same thing... I know graphics get incrementally better over time but so do tools. Feels wrong that one of these now takes 8 years.. New Vegas was made in 1.5 years. Can we go back pls? I don't care about graphics #gaming #videogames

A closer look at Devilwink's model and run cycle. She's kind of a blue elf-like alien species. #gamedev I like this model, but like with many things it was made so quickly as to be a blur. It's crazy how productive I get when I have a week to do something #unity3d #animation #solodev #metroidvania

Surreal seeing your own game creep up in price on ebay due to scarcity. I feel important somehow. #gamedev Random thought, this version will be fire if Switch 2 allows unlocked framerates in BC games to run at 60 the way PS5/Xbox Series do.

A cut monster from Ghost Song. I still think about him often. I love how gross he is #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #unity3d (was cut because the model was overcomplicated and too hard to animate, basically)

This enemy in Ghost Song used Unity blend trees to easily create variation in the posing. Value Blend2 blends between several idle pose animations, and Blend blends those with a walking motion. #gamedev #indiedev #unity3d #solodev

Got this Masamune Shirow art book for Christmas 🙌There's some wild stuff in here... (not pictured) 😅 #art Hope everyone had a good one! 🎄

I demand you guys watch this if you haven't

A big dumb selfy with my new Space Maria shirt