Toyed with a bunch of shaders to give the clouds some movement, then surrounded the screen with it Have a specific theme I'm going for The title screen should introduce it and the prologue should influence it🤔 Need to redraw it for a real test #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

Figured map controls out! Left/right, zooms the map in and out Up/down, is the menu items Hold the action button down and you can move the map around All this for nice neat little dungeons you can probably just memorize🤣 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #screenshotsaturday

Alrighty... I added map functions to zoom in I'll also add controls to shift the map around. But, I need to figure out the most comfortable way to control it🤔 The math for my map system looks like Sephiroth trying to summon his meteor🤣 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

I just realized I can just clip rooms from the IDE for the map. Even syncs up the coordinates, so in game I'm exactly in the right place Too small, Have to work on visibility🤔 Zoomed a clip in to show it off though, I love how well it works😆 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

Can actually sleep in the beds Doesn't heal energy, that regens naturally Doesn't heal HP, need tech for that Doesn't do anything with time, story's on a fixed timeline Doesn't buff you or anything... 🤔 But it DOES do something 😆 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

Forgot I arbitrarily put a critical hitbox in a hallway to test it out at first Made me jump when I went through the hallway later 🤣 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

And weapons are exactly like items. If you don't take it Meek will Then if your on his good side you can swap them any time you want Strategic element will be more for a bad playthrough, where you don't have Meek and a lot more bosses #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

Added in the weapon swap. Like the items you can only have one, so if you find one you need to swap it out Later on I'll add stats to both the item and weapon swap menus So you can compare them by more than just the pictures 😆 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

I do have crafted weapons Basically, every chapter I wanted a normal sword, a tech sword, and a joke sword Tech sword you'll have to find 3 parts and it has an effect. Like lowering skill cost Logic's in, but no sprites at all😆 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

Toying with title screen background Always wanted this done ASAP, but had to stick a pin in it till I was sure about the direction I do like the cloud idea. Hint something I cant show, food for thought Will also work well with the prologue🤔 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

While I'm down this dialogue rabbit hole #screenshotsaturday I linked everything together. Everyone, can say anything, anytime, and it can freely swap between characters at any layer All with just a few lines of code Made my life way easier😆 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

Oh, and I updated the dialogue progression to use the language tables and update whenever it needs to Now I can just put it right in the option menu instead of the title screen👍 Here's a badly translated Japanese test again 😆 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

Fixed up the dialogue progression. Mostly back-end stuff. But you can kinda tell here it works pretty well😆 Really need to redraw this guy... Mainly drawing the human portraits at this point, but the animal characters will also get refresher🤔 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

Wasn't liking the way the game handles zoom-in/outs Changed the way it functions. Made it much more smooth & dynamic. The in-game screen is so much better like this. Like your actually watching a little TV😆 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

Youtube shorts get a lot of views quickly Wanted to toy with them and tiktok so tried two different video ratios, 1:1 and 9:16 I think the 1:1 works a bit better🤔 Hard to tell though, want more polish before I spread around to other platforms #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

Got Japanese working! Localization's a long shot, but still a goal, so I want the system working👍 Fun fact: Mire's inspiration has nothing to do with foxes or folklore. Just a coincidence I tested it with him His inspiration is a long story🤣 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

Oh, my bad. Forgot to zoom the camera in There that should be better Yeah... I don't want to include magnifying glasses with every game I sell... Unless I can design it or make it look like a character or something... That'd be kinda cool🤔 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

Added a system to the dialogue to listen in on characters in other places Realize I can just draw them on the little screen Pretty funny that the logic actually worked🤔 But yeah, it needs some major fixes and tweaks😆 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

Done! Saves, loads, copy, delete, everything seems good👍 Swap was a pain in the neck... Cant just open the file and copy the results, need to iterate through it That way if I add anything new the old saves aren't broken🤣 Moving on to boss🫡 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

Can't overuse my shockwave shader so made it a bit more dynamic and use it less But now I have to make sure I don't tune it up too high when I do use it 😆 Or maybe it's just right🤔 Sometimes its hard to tell when I like it 🤣 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

Still cleaning up my data structures Have the item management working again! One pocket one item Bag is full of tech you find while searching around, don't have access to it during battles Bit of a strategic element #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #screenshotsaturday

What a headache😵‍💫 I changed all the data structures behind the scenes. Have to tie up some lose ends, but the worst of it is over. Like Meek's menu works again 👍 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

Got all my keys straitened out... I am glad to see the title screen again...😅 Now the irritating part... Swapping the data structures 😱 Time to live up to my name!!😎 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

Going through all my in game flags to make them more descriptive is soooooo boring😭 So many little things to keep track of 😵 But, on the good side it seems to work and read very well now. So I can have more scenes like this hinting things to come #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

Also, I didn't forget this The animals where an afterthought that took on a life of their own, so these are more meant to fill out Chapters after 1 But I need one more scene in chapter 1 for some story context so the Porcupine can make a cameo #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

I'm also thinking of re-writing the dialogue system from scratch🤔 One of those things that been updated so much it's logically sound but a mess Refactoring will be difficult, might be better off with a clean slate Tough decision🤔 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

Oh and these type of attacks used to knock you down to 1, then beat you if you get hit again in the state Now it will hit you down to 1 and just renew the state Healing items will remove it Still does a ton of HP damage though, like this scene #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

I know I should be posting more🙄 Just organizing story logic better I cant make every decision split the story, need combinations or key decisions to do that Any death is a big one💀 Want a bit more clarity in the code, this can get ugly fast #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

This is technically the tutorial fight. Haven't begun working on the visuals yet Think I am going to take away the spoon feeding, leave him difficult Then the best part? If you give him a good fight, he won't challenge you anymore in new games #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

Missing in action for a bit, not doing much outside of small tweaks here and there. Couple of sketches and redesigns I just realized the in-game screens are picking up every projectile😆 Glad it works so well though🤔 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #screenshotsaturday

Just realized I can just adjust focus on the in-game screen Outside of actually going over the screen itself, which is quite mesmerizing...It leaves plenty of room for fine controls😆 Weapons is cool, but the in-game screen mechanic is important #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

Added in a flame like effect and adjusted the colors back for this capsule I'd have to adjust a few things and finish it But I do like the simplicity of it🤔 I also like the complexity of it, but that's invisible🤫 That's super cryptic🤣 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

Just had to test something, yeah the screen stays on the projectile if you quit out of it 🤣 I should probably destroy it when you lose control over it..maybe?🤔 Why did that gun stick to the wall... hmm🤔 On the bug list it goes🤷 #gamedev #indiegames #screenshotsaturday

Really wanted the camera to always be focused on the player for the narrative. So... I changed the fly-by-wire to use a screen instead. But... It's so freaking difficult controlling it like this🤣 Cool though😁👍 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #screenshotsaturday

Did like this capsule art Without context it does give off the wrong impression🤔 Have to get the click, but it would be better if its the target audience clicking it Really need to figure out who my target audience is, hard with a niche game #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

Could also swing back to the stained glass capsule art🤔 Vague though, can't really tell what kind of game it is. Also kind of busy Hard to make the most of that little rectangle 🤔 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

Drawing, so I don't have 100 dumb game videos to share daily😅 Think I need a new capsule though, this ones too busy. I can use it for something else Going to have to figure out something simpler and more visually striking🤔 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #wishlistwednesday

I promise I wont do things like this when you try to deflect things 🤣 Or maybe I will if it becomes a mechanic that seamlessly adds to the gameplay in a meaningful and respectful way... Or maybe I will if I just suddenly feel the need🤪 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

Oh, Just like most things you can defend yourself with your sword Can't smack it back in their face like the faster projectiles. But you can avoid the hit... I guess you can pick it up and manually throw it back if you feel the need🤔 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

Fixed some logic and made it so the item throwing enemy is very accurate I love how this guy just picks up everything and starts chucking it at the player😆 It also reminds me I have to remove that explosion script from the weasel dummy 🤣 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

Some bad news and good news Bad news is the slash mechanics code was terrible. Didn't do well with stress testing🤔 Good news is I scrapped and rewrote it👍 Then I re-tested it with multiple angles 🤣 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #ScreenshotSaturday

The actual speed of these slashes But, IF I use it... I'll have to change the design compared to the other type of slash And find a boss to introduce this type earlier Can't introduce a new attack type in the endgame Let me think about it🤔 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

Added in a slash delay! Hard to decide which way I'll use it🤔 Activate it during the slash itself or I can lay out patterns and then set them off I'll have to balance it out later, so we'll see Nice having the logic in already though 😁👍 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

Sketched out another character and added him to that other capsule art Also, that month off drawing helped quite a bit with the overthought. Guess it gave me time to forget anything that wasn't important🤔 Can get back back to practicing again🎉 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

Haven't drawn anything in like a month in a half Wasn't burnt out, I was actually feeling like I was making headway and learning a lot. But I was thinking way too much while doing it Can't wait to get back into it, I wonder if the break helped🤔 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

Debugged, balanced, toned down, and added in the actual hit👍 Back to back slash test🤔 Test was standing in the middle, Only the last one should've hit... And it did! Mission successful 😁👍 Time to actually move on! #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

New #wishlistwednesday post Toying with steam page visuals I tried splitting a video into 4 for the "About This Game" section Looks cool, but might be information overload🤔 Can check it out if you'd like👇 s.team/a/2146940 #indiedev #gamedev #IndieGameDev

Going to change the one-hit attacks a bit for balance Instead of a 1-hit, they leave you with 1hp and no natural recovery for a moment Still rare Still obviously something to avoid But gives a chance to recover #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

Oh wow, it does look good now Scary, definitely get the point across that you don't want to get hit. Very end game attack, but with Xavier being included in chapter 1 for a special beta ending I'll actually need it sooner #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

I figured out a bit of trickery with surfaces/alpha to make the slash appear like its behind the main screen More convoluted then I like things to be, but logically sound and very little overhead Randomized effect here, but it can be anything #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames