Just Hope practicing her axe throwing skills in Dusklander. #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #survivalgame #indiedev #goth #survival

Yes, you'll be able to throw most weapons in Dusklander. It's nice to be back to making content for the game instead of promo content for the reveal at last^^ #indiedev #gamedev #pixelart #goth #indiegame #survivalgame #axe #throw #animation

I haven't shared any new content for a while because I was busy with game's reveal. But I actually have something cool to showcase - basics of my melee combat system :) Each consecutive strike of the combo deals more damage. #indiedev #gamedev #survivalgame #goth #combat #indiegame

Can you guess her nationality based on a couple of voice lines? What gave her away? #indiedev #indiegame #survivalgame #dusklander #goth #voiceactress

The announcement of Dusklander went great :) I'm so happy with all the positive responses and all the words of encouragement. In case you missed it, here's my short trailer and if you like it, wishlist on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/4386890/... #indiedev #indiegame #survivalgame #reveal

I announced Dusklander yesterday and as usually I'm not sure how to feel about the results. I am getting wishlists and it's more than for my first game but also probably not enough for it to be a hit. On the other hand it's still super early so I shouldn't overthink it... #indiedev #gamedev #reveal

Please help this post reach as many eyes as possible! Dusklander has finally been announced and it could use all the visibility it can get. If you're into survival games don't hesitate to wishlist it on Steam :) store.steampowered.com/app/4386890/... #indiedev #gamedev #survivalgame #announcement

The announcement of my survival game is going to happen on May 20th. Only 6 days left... I must admit I'm a little nervous about it. Anyway, here's a sneak peek of my key art. Stay tuned for the announcement trailer :D #indiedev #solodev #gamedev #survivalgame #indiegame

It's the last animation I needed for the announcement trailer. I'll probably go quiet for a week or two doing final preparations and putting together a trailer. Then I'll drop the Steam page with big announcement news. Stay tuned! ^^ #indiedev #gamedev #pixelart #run #survivalgame #indiegame

Testing some new content. A new mechanic - mining and also a new armor crafted from chitin shells. Better protection than her default dress for sure. #indiedev #gamedev #mining #animation #indiegame #pixelart #survivalgame

A little change of scenery this time. I'm working on the opening scene for the game. A little voice over sneak peak too! What do you think? Does it remind you of anything? #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #survivalgame #awakening

Foundations of my combat system: Parry & Counter. Timing can be a little tricky for charging enemies but once mastered it's really satisfying. Don't feel sorry for the moth. It picked the fight. #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #survivalgame #parry #counter #moth #combat

A little sneak peek of another strange creature inhabiting this dark place. Is it moth? Is it ram? Who knows... #indiedev #gamedev #pixelart #survivalgame #indiegame #goth #blonde #moth

First attempt at combat mechanics. Parry using a magical Light shield followed by a counterstrike when the enemy is stunned. Still a long way to go to have it working in-game but the animation is always a crucial fist step :) #indiedev #pixelart #indiegame #goth #parry #animation #survivalgame

Just a quick follow up to my previous post. This is the final implementation of bloom and highlights that I came up with. I'm leaving the values as they are for now ;) I'm really happy with the way her hand light looks now. #indiedev #gamedev #lighting #indiegame #goth #blonde #bloom

I need your opinion on this one. I modified how the light sources glow (Hope's hand light, fire and sparks). They now feature a Bloom effect that's supposed to make the light more visually striking. Do you think it looks better this way? #indiedev #gamedev #survivalgame #bloom #indiegame #goth

I've spent way too long iterating it but I'm finally happy with the result. The final version of spear hunting and harvesting loot from a spider enemy^^ Not all spiders are gonna be impaled by a single throw. The proper combat is coming soon ;) #indiedev #indiegame #survivalgame #goth #hunt #gamedev

I wasn't exactly happy with the first version of this spear throw so I tried to make it better. I changed a couple of things to increase the impact and make it feel more powerful. The spear trajectory was the most tricky to get right #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #survivalgame #goth #spider #hunt

Ok, this one was tougher than I expected. This week I worked on implementing the spear throw in-game. It turns out that doing it in 2.5d so that it looks decent is not that easy :D Also, you can have a peak of my first corporial enemy - the spider. #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #survival #goth #hunt

Back to tradition when I'd post raw character animations without gameplay context. I'm working on the hunting mechanic and this spear throw is the first animation I'm going to need :) #pixelart #goth #blonde #indiedev #gamedev #spear #throw

100 days ago I created this project and started cooking. I had no idea if anyone was going to like it back then... Now to celebrate 100 days of development I'd like to share a video that shows everything I've implemented so far :) #indiedev #gamedev #survivalgame #survival #goth #blonde #indiegame

Important update this time: Cooking! You can cook while sitting safety at the campfire and chill out a little. What's more relaxing than cooking some marshmallows over the fire? ^^ Or... you can leave it at the stick and come back once it's done. #indievev #gamedev #cooking #survivalgame

I know it's an early stage of development but I want to get the mood right from the start. Voice Over is a really important part of it so here's the first ever Voice Over test of my protagonist. What do you think? #indiedev #gamedev #voiceover #goth #protagonist #survivalgame

This week I focused on animation and visuals task. I added transitions to sitting by the campfire. It's gonna be a safe place for you to cook and craft items. The ambience doesn't change yet but it's going to reflect that safety soon. #indiedev #gamedev #survival #goth #blonde #survivalgame

A quick update this time, because the last one wasn't actually complete without this feature.You can now replenish your Light at campfires by absorbing their power. It banishes the Shadows for a while... Until the Light starts to fade again. #indiedev #gamedev #solodev #survival #light #shadow #goth

You start to notice them after leaving the safety of your campfire. Shadows drifting aimlessly in darkness. They circle around you like vultures then your light begins to fade. They dissolve in your ring of light but what happens when it goes out? #indiedev #gamedev #survival #goth #light #shadow

This week's update: Fire Starting. I started with a timing-minigame but I like this approach more. Each consecutive strike has a higher chance to start the fire. The fourth one always succeeds. If you're lucky you can even start the fire with 1 hit and 1% firestriker^^ #indiedev #gamedev #survival

This week's update - Crafting System. Nothing too fancy. I aimed for an intuitive and simple experience. It's based mostly on the way Valheim handles it with a touch of Don't Starve. #indiedev #gamedev #crafting #survival #goth #blonde #solodev

Prototype of wood chopping mechanic. The tree needs some impact animation for sure and visual progress that it's getting cut but I wanted to get the whole loop working first ;) #gamedev #indiedev #woodcutting #goth #survival

I guess this passes for the first real gameplay video from my game :D Collecting sticks and stones is a core mechanic in every survival game after all. I experimented a little with ambience and SFX here to build the atmosphere. Still very early WIP. #survival #indiedev #solodev #gamedev #goth

Making a mock up of my HUD. Going for something simple but stylized. I wanted to put all survival-related stuff in one place and have the readable hotbar at the bottom. I'm quite happy with using the lantern as indicator for thirst, light and hunger. Fits the theme :) #indiedev #hud #ui #survival

This is gonna be the last post about light and shadows for a while. Time to do some actual gameplay :D That being said, I'm really happy by how this hybrid soft shadows turned out :) #pixelart #shadows #lighting #indiedev #gamedev #solodev #goth #survival

Proof of concept for my 2d hard infinite shadows. Eventually I'm going to turn them into soft shadows and also have the vegetation cast and receive shadows... but it's gonna be a different technique. For smaller objects I don't want the shadow to be infinite ;) #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #shadows

Testing the shading of my voxel-based objects and how well they blend with the pixel alrt sprites. I guess it starts to look quite decent. Next step - the actual shadows on the terrain :) #pixelart #voxels #light #shadows #goth #blonde #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #unity

WIP version of my lighting model. Still no shadows but I'm getting there. Forcing sprites to look like they have some depth sure was a challenge but also a lot of fun :D #indiedev #goth #blonde #lighting #solodev #2.5d

My last post helped me break the magical 100 followers barrier. This is huge for me as a solo developer to think that there are over 100 people interested in what I'm cooking. Thank you all for being here! :) It's truly encouraging to see that others find my project promising ^^ #solodev #indiedev

As promised the first look at my protagonist in Unity. Screen cropped to 512 px to focus on Hope. There's still no sprite lighting so they're dommed to look flat but every project needs to start somewhere, right? #pixelart #2.5d #animation #unity #indiedev #solodev #blonde #goth #survival

Aand finally the side idle. I'm done with the basic animation set. I promise the next thing you see here will be rendered in Unity :) Time to get this project rolling. #pixelart #animation #goth #blonde #indiedev

Nothing too fancy this time but wanted to share consistent progress nonetheless :) This time it's back idle loop for my protagonist. Still 100% done in Aseprite but in-engine renders are coming soon! #pixelart #animation #blonde #goth #survival #idle #indiedev

I'm not a big fan of the classic pixel art bobbing idle animation so I tried going for something different. This is my take on a natural idle pose with weight shifting and subtle looking to the sides. #pixelart #animation #blonde #goth #solodev

Let's play a guessing game in the comments. See how well I can communicate my idea through this design. 1. What is the genre of this game? 2. What do you think is going on here? 3. What can you tell about the protagonist? #pixelart #indiedev #guess #campfire

The day has come. After half a year in early access Abyss Chaser is finally live in v1.0. IT was a wild ride. I learned a lot and gained a ton of new skills. So happy that it's done! See my launch trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YggS... #solodev #roguelike #indiedev #roguelite #gamedev #fullrelease

I've finally tried to place her into a target environment and test the sprite in a context animation. I hope that the next animation I post will be captured in-engine. #pixelart #animation #woodcutting #goth #blonde #indiedev #solodev

This time a scene from Abyss Chaser - the game I'm hoping to push out of Early Access soon. This is Lady Astarte. A demon with cryptic motives and Abaddon's most important ally. #pixelart #demon #blonde #animation #idle #indiedev #solodev

By far the most challenging walk angle I've done so far. Skirt and hair sway are intentionally exaggerated to make her stride feel more confident and dynamic. What do you think? #pixelart #goth #blonde #walk #walkcycle #skirt #animation #indiedev

This time I tried my hand at animating side walk animations for my protagonist. The animations are symmetrical except for hairstyle, axe and the glowing mark. What do you think? #pixelart #pixelanimation #indiedev #solodev #goth #blonde #walkcycle

First animation of my protagonist: Hope. This was lots of fun but also quite a challenge. I never tried 8-frames female walk cycle before. Let me know what you think about it! #pixelart #walkcycle #indiedev #solodev #goth #blonde

Can't decide on the hairstyle for my protagonist. Which one do you like best? #pixelart #indiedev #solodev #goth #hairstyle

This feels like an early birthday present for me! Rogueliker decided to review Abyss Chaser and in a very favorable tone too :) #indiedev #solodev #roguelite "Abyss Chaser is a crunchy, sword-swinging action-RPG, and it just got a hellish update rogueliker.com/abyss-chaser... "

Progress on my protagonist. Trying different perspectives to make sure that the silhouette works at every angle. Gives a cool "spin" effect if animated. Still not sure if the pixel count is enough... #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #goth