playing around with the updated respawn system in the mines...you can now interact with campfires to set your respawn position making it easier to go back and pick up your lost gold #pixelart #unity2d #indiedev #gamedev

took a break from polishing ranged combat to add a new assassin enemy who wields daggers and can even roll and wall jump making them a lot harder to evade than other enemies...oh and the player now drops all of their gold when they respawn #pixelart #unity2d #indiedev #gamedev

a bunch of performance tweaks and a new weapon class...ranged weapons! i had to expand the projectiles system quite a bit for this which makes me hopeful for more variety in ranged weapons down the line but for now it's just the trusty bow #pixelart #unity2d #indiedev #gamedev

the last couple of days ended up being a lot of polishing and bug fixing potions and enemy AI...including giving enemies objectives outside of combat like using training dummies or mining gold #pixelart #unity2d #indiedev #gamedev

added the last couple melee weapons and set-up some more of the enemy combat system...next up is ranged weapons and the last couple potion effects! #pixelart #unity2d #indiedev #gamedev

got the pickaxe, axe and shield all up and running! i also made a slime shader to finish off a personal favourite poison that 'slimes' targets, slowing them down and making them drop anything they try to pick up #pixelart #unity2d #indiedev #gamdev

added a miner enemy with a roll and a basic pickaxe attack...whilst they aren't quite finished yet i'm happy with how the enemy AI is working so far and i think it's time to re-introduce player combat! #pixelart #unity2d #indiedev #gamedev

spent a bit of time procrastinating making some crate splash effects before adding icons to the potion wheel (which will also be used to indicate enchantments on weapons later) #pixelart #unity2d #indiedev #gamedev

got some more work done switching over to the new art style including updating the knights and crates...i also added exploding mushrooms, more light sources, and a new triggered animation for enemies that's a bit more subtle #pixelart #unity2d #indiedev #gamedev

lately i've been trying to figure out the art direction for this project...whilst i really enjoyed the original style it felt quite cluttered at times and made certain systems harder to work on and i think this (slightly) new style is a good chance to focus more on the gameplay #pixelart #indiedev

it's been a busy couple of weeks but i managed to implement some more poisons...like the stone and gold poisons that turn targets into statues, with gold statues even dropping gold when they take damage #pixelart #unity2d #indiedev #gamedev

mostly been polishing the poison system so you can now 'smash' poison onto walls and it'll no longer go into the air over ledges...i also added honey which removes all effects #pixelart #unity2d #indiedev #gamedev

the last couple of days have been spent adding effects to potions/poisons including making poisons 'smash' when they hit an object creating a poisoned area wherein the player and enemies can be poisoned even if they weren't hit #pixelart #unity2d #indiedev #gamedev

before i develop the combat some more i thought i'd give myself some guinea pigs to test the new mechanics on...for now all they can really do is follow the player and get hurt but i'd say they're still pretty smart for a couple days work #pixelart #unity2d #indiedev #gamedev

haven't had as much time this week but managed implement a shop system for the player to buy weapons/potions/relics...you can also finally drop weapons (and potions)...next up is to fully implement the potion mechanics and UI #pixelart #platformer #unity2d #indiedev #gamedev

got some more work done on the combat system including a weapon bar, fast fall attack, and a second weapon class...shields! shields have a less mobility than melee weapons, but let the player block damage whilst in use #pixelart #platformer #unity2d #indiedev #gamedev

a few years ago i made this free asset pack based on a cool gif i saw on the internet, whilst i'd definetly do stuff differently now it was a lot of fun to work with such a small colour palette kevins-moms-house.itch.io/factory #pixelart #platformer #itchio

what should the theme of my next #platformer asset pack be? Dinosaurs? Space?? A third option??? check out my previous work and let me know kevins-moms-house.itch.io

started work on the combat system...my plan is to have 4/5 weapon classes each with their own move sets, with each type having a set of dynamic stats that can be tweaked to create new weapons of that class (alongside enchantments/effects) #pixelart #platformer #unity2d #indiedev #gamedev

on top of bug fixes and code-restructuring i added throwable pots, which break when hit and drop gold #pixelart #platformer #unity2d #indiedev #gamedev

it took a whole day of tweaks and errors but i got throwable objects up and running, including the unintended feature of being able to spam throw objects when stood next to a 'pile' of them #pixelart #platformer #unity2d #indiedev #gamedev

working signs, text effects, a health bar and poison...it's been a busy couple of days but so worth it! #pixelart #platformer #unity2d #indiedev #gamedev

haven't quite got the hand of text effects yet #pixelart #platformer #unity2d #indiedev #gamedev

the player can now 'die' in multiple (two) ways...meaning it's about time to set up a health system...and maybe even play around with status effects #pixelart #platformer #unity2d #indiedev #gamedev

on top of adding a lot more tile variations i added water that the player can't swim in, but can still cross with the help of floating crates...oh and there's a cute splash animation for when the player falls in #pixelart #platformer #unity2d #indiedev #gamedev

alongside new level assets like fallen trees and tree stumps i made it so only 1 action emote is displayed at a time making it a lot easier to tell what you're interacting with...i also made the emote animations a bit smarter #pixelart #platformer #unity2d #indiedev #gamedev

moved a bunch of small foliage to the foreground and made them fade out when the player or any crates are behind them...next up i'd like to create some more level assets to try and diversify the scene some more #pixelart #platformer #unity2d #indiedev #gamedev

you can now bounce on crates bouncing on mushrooms...just be careful of stacking too many crates as they might become too heavy to bounce #pixelart #platformer #unity2d #indiedev #gamedev

added a roof to this little tower that you can walk 'inside of' and a training dummy for when i start on the combat mechanics...i also added polish to the player movement and crates with dust effects and screen shake #pixelart #platformer #unity2d #indiedev #gamedev

bug or feature? turns when you jump up through a mushroom instead of ignoring the collision you get super bounced #pixelart #platformer #unity2d #indiedev #gamedev

started work on a new game and managed to fix a bunch of bugs in the player controller script i made for the mines_ [8x8] demo in the process...really excited to see where this project goes! #pixelart #platformer #unity2d #indiedev #gamedev

finally got around to publishing the mines_ [8x8] demo on #itchio...check it out kevins-moms-house.itch.io/mines-8x8-demo #pixelart #platformer

Version 1.4 of mines_ [8x8] is officially released and i have to say this is easily my biggest asset pack to date and i'm so proud of how everything has turned out...check it out now kevins-moms-house.itch.io/mines-8x8 #pixelart #platformer #itchio #assetpack

new slime cave mock-up featuring the new and improved slime tile-set and the new animated crystal spikes...including the new crystal wall sprite that i thought could make for some fun level design #pixelart #platformer #itchio #assetpack

4 down 1 to go...new lava cave mock-up is done and is probably the least-changed mock-up since i haven't added many new assets for this environment #pixelart #platformer #itchio #assetpack

new crystal cave mock-up featuring the new crystal golem...i think of all the environments this one could use some more unique features, maybe a crystal plant? #pixelart #platformer #itch #assetpack

the new lush cave mock-up for mines_ [8x8]...featuring glowberries and my all time favourite mushroom animations #pixelart #platformer #itchio #assetpack

making new #itchio stuffs for mines_ [8x8] today so i can finally release 1.4...this is definitely my most complete asset pack and Version 1.4 includes a lot of stuffs to round off gameplay and environments like items, UI, decorations and more! #pixelart #platformer

now that i've finished updating the bitByBit_ series it's on to updating mines_ [8x8]...featuring a bunch of new object sprites, animations, UI and more! #pixelart #platformer #itchio

on top of updating bitByBit_ [8x8] i also updated bitByBit_ [8x8, Desert Expansion] including a big revamp of the desert tilesets kevins-moms-house.itch.io/bitbybit-des...

took over a year and a half but i finally updated bitByBit_ [8x8]...after working in this style for over 2 years my goals for this asset pack changed a lot and whilst i still have a lot i'd like to add this update did a lot to achieve those goals kevins-moms-house.itch.io/bitbybit

despite being pretty quiet on socials as of late i'm still hard at work on updating bitByBit_ [8x8] and mines_ [8x8]...both of which i hope to be done with within the next week or so! #pixelart #itchio

old (left) dance animation for the Goblin King vs new (right)...it's nice to see i've improved over the past 2 years :) #pixelart #sprites #topdown

still working on some new animations for bitByBit_ [8x8]

had to take some time off to focus on life stuffs but now i'm back and updating all the sprites for bitByBit_ [8x8] #pixelart #topdown

back working on version 1.5 of bitByBit_ [8x8], finished updating all of the tile-sets and objects and now it's on to updating all of the sprites #topdown #pixelart #itchio

definitely still a little buggy but i got some more work done on the enemy scripts including making it so they'll attack each other...but only if they don't like each other #pixelart #platformer #indiedev #unity2d

check out castle_ [8x8] now on #itchio at kevins-moms-house.itch.io/castle ...this is smaller asset pack built around some cool fantasy sprites i made for Rave Runner last year #pixelart #platformer #fantasy

mock-up for the new castle_ [8x8] asset pack #pixelart #platformer #itchio

finally got around to animating all of the sprites for castle_ [8x8]...including some more of my favourite sprites from kevins-moms-house.itch.io/raverunner #pixelart #platformer #fantasy