small Goldenheart "QoL" patch this morning to v1.2.4!

New Gaming Video! Goldenheart is a game developed by @millenniapede.bsky.social that mixes a bit of Zelda with King's Field, and is a great reason why you should always lurk your Steam Activity Feed to see what your Steam Friends buy: youtu.be/U3sPSuhj2Lc #pcgaming

all morning = 2 functions and 1 struct lol #SoloDev

@tomlooman.bsky.social is my hero for sharing this "local outlines" shader. I've had problems lighting my new game in UE and this outline is going to be a big part of my solution, since it will give me selection feedback and make interactive objects and characters stand out. #UE5 #indiedev

What a day. I woke up in crisis mode but after a whole lot of pacing around the house I think I figured out what to do. In unreal engine I find the lighting system to be a tad inflexible when it comes to stylized games. Well, it forces us to get creative, doesn't it? #indiedev #UnrealEngine #gamedev

4 eye shapes * 6 eyebrow shapes + 1 winky face * 11 mouth shapes = 275 ways to feel! #solodev #indiedev

5 minutes later: character #2 ... making a character generator is already worth the sweat and tears xD

Here is the first completed (modeled and textured) result of the Millenniapede Character Generator - a procedural tool I'm developing to help streamline the creation of my big new project. #indiedev #gamedev #solodev

Still painting clothes but making progress.

flirting with the idea of streaming fun game dev stuff... what do we think?

I'll give you something to raise your eyebrows at.

first batch of base layer textures... oooh, scandalous!

finishing touches

Millenniapede Character Generator is now producing complete meshes! Moving on to the texture library, then animations.

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Character Generator Update: The Head portion of the generator is coming together really nicely. You'll notice these test heads all have the same skin color, eyes, mouths, and hair color currently. I'll move on to the body for now and come back for texturing at the end.

21 Incremental saves later: My character generator is starting to inspire some confidence... Muahahahaha! What a nice little world I will create! Too bad someone is going to DIE! ... Maybe too much confidence?

Since OEHOD will require about 100 unique characters I have decided to take a stab at procedural modeling. [Left: 5 hand-modeled prototype characters] [Middle: Geometry Nodes: Powerful but mysterious (to me)] [Right: A base mesh from which I'm learning to generate variations]. Challenging but fun!

To Toggle Or Not To Toggle.

Goldenheart has just gotten its 50th review! This is a big accomplishment for us. Not just because it upgrades our review score to "very" positive, but also because we were able to hit our target benchmark of 50 reviews in our first year. This bodes well for the future of Millenniapede.

New Game Microblog #1: "Olin Earl, Hand of Death" Working on Death: We will have a friendly death character. Not the Scythe-you-up type. More so, the follow-the-light type. An avid reader.

Millenniapede's on Bluesky.