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

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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

When I needed an enemy that could mutate into a big form, for efficiency I decided to just make one model in Spine2D. Then I made an alternate animation where he's folded up into a smol monster. Then use Unity blendtree to blend between the versions at runtime. #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #unity3d

Old Singer in Ghost Song. Originally there was an Old Singer storyline that involved her kids and Lua! Sadly the realities of gamedev on a publisher schedule means things have to get done on time no matter what. I learned a lot about scoping! #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #metroidvania #unity3d

I finished playing Ghost Song by @mattwhitedev.bsky.social today, and it was an entertaining journey It's easy to lose yourself in the desolate and decaying beauty of Lorian V. The story of the game was finely written, with a gripping cast of characters and intriguing world-building I will miss blue

My game Ghost Song is in a 48 hour metroidvania bundle now! www.humblebundle.com/games/metroi... Great opportunity to get some great games #metroidvania #gaming #gamedev

Ghost Song is 40% off on Steam right now. Wouldn't it be funny if you finally bought it? 👉👈😳 Just kidding... unless? store.steampowered.com/app/347800/G... Mutt drawing by Devil #gaming #metroidvania #videogames #steamsale

Star Wars Outlaws has really impressed me so far. I had low expectations going in and was met with a good game that absolutely excels in environment design and atmosphere. I'm just drinking in the worlds and ambience. #StarWars #StarWarsOutlaws #videogames #gaming

And here's Mutt's flower easter egg. Sound up to hear him 🔊 To recap, the player can get a gun that grows flowers on impact. Some NPCs will react to this in various ways if used at specific moments. #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #metroidvania #unity3d

Mutt tanking for us in Ghost Song. I wanted to have a massive fight with dozens of creatures at once, but the reality of performance made this impossible (esp. on Switch). There should be larger crowds of enemies in my next game. #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #metroidvania #unity3d

One of the most extra things I did when making Ghost Song was the on fire fx. Fire sprites line each body part and then the debris of the enemy remain on fire as it dies. It was a pain to set up but I was weirdly obsessed. #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #metroidvania #unity3d

Hi this is the #gamedev who makes every game you've ever played that's about a weird unexplained entity residing inside of a blue robotic suit

Xorogon is an optional boss in Ghost Song. He jumps in from the background and then has many lines of dialog that play out over the fight. The encounter was inspired in part by Oceiros from Dark Souls 3 - Entering into the middle of a story. #gamedev #solodev #metroidvania #indiedev #unity3d

Another water thing from Ghost Song. This one specific body of water has this dirt cloud effect that gets kicked up if you walk around on the bed. It didn't show up elsewhere in the game for... No real reason. I kinda just forgot. LOL.. #gamedev #solodev #metroidvania #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

In Ghost Song our character reacts to giant butterflies. This was originally meant to be a running gag through the whole game (with a payoff) but ended up limited to a couple instances due to time constraints. C'est la vie. #gamedev #solodev #unity3d #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #metroidvania

body of water in Ghost Song. It's made up of surface splashes, air bubble particles, and some physics changes. Also did some layered 2d sprite trickery to try and make the water look 3D. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #metroidvania

This tree has a pseudo-3D effect as it spans the background to the foreground. I shoulda done this more often. See my post below for an editor view of how the tree is assembled #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #metroidvania

This weapon has a running uppercut attack that doesn't have much purpose. It has the quirk of being able to send these enemies flying if they die to it. Melee in Ghost Song was less detailed than I would have liked. My next game will address this... #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #metroidvania