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For #screenshotSaturday I want to show off something my son has been working on. Its really amazing that he can illustrate such strong emotions like "slug" and "potato". Couldn't be more proud of little man.

Here's DropMap v1.0 a #GodotEngine plugin to make prop distribution and decorating as easy as possible. I'll have a github page up for it later today as well as a download in my discord. Let me know if you have any suggestions for it! #godot #gamedev #indiedev #wip #indiegame

I made some tweaks to the DropMap plugin I am building, you can add and manage collections all in the dock now! These also save to a resource so you only have to make your collections once and you can reuse them in any DropMap node. #GodotEngine #godot #indiedev #indiegame

Hey folks I made a #GodotEngine plugin to make 3d scene decoration easier. It's meant to feel like Gridmap but is based on snapping scenes down to a surface instead of to a grid. I'll have it available in my discord server and github in a few days. #godot #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #3dmodeling

I set up Niki's Quest so I can play it remotely from my PC. Holding it in my hands and seeing it on an OLED screen for the first time feels so wild. For anyone curious this is the Odin 2 Portal I am using. #gamedev #indiegame #godot #GodotEngine #roguelike #pixelart

I added some better lighting in this room and played around with adding terrain around the walls to make the derelict-underground-castle vibe a bit more pronounced. What do you think? I show the room in-game at the end of the video here 🙂 #godot #GodotEngine #roguelike #indiegame #blender #pixelart

I love the leaves floating in front of the UI here, so cozy ✨

Here's another room ported to the new 2.5d system. I could use a few more decorations and probably some more lights 😅 I'm having a blast building this stuff out in 3d. Let me know what you think! #gamedev #godot #blender #GodotEngine #pixelart #indiedev #indiegame #roguelike

If you're curious what the asset creation work flow looks like with these voxely assets here's how I made a basic table in Blender. You can see the table in the dungeon at the end. Should I do more time lapse posts like this? #gamedev #indiedev #blender #godot #GodotEngine #3dmodeling #pixelart

I made a discord server you can join if you want more updates on Nikis Quest. Or if you want to show off your game, art, or whatever you are working on. Also a channel for Godot debugging and work shopping. discord.gg/4wB65E2S #godot #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #roguelike

I was showing my 4 year old son the halberd I made in Blender and he requested that we make a sword. So uh... here's the sword he made. I'm going to have to hide it somewhere in the game right? Sound on for best experience 😉 #gamedev #indiedev #blender #roguelike #pixelart #indiegame

You might have noticed the door opening and thought it looked a bit odd, if so then good eye! I made the door open much like how 2d sprite animations work. I'm hoping to use a similar strategy for my bosses. What do you think of this? #gamedev #godot #GodotEngine #roguelike #indiedev #pixelart

My game page is finally live on Steam! 🥰 You can finally add it to your wishlist! store.steampowered.com/app/3943570/... #gamedev | #indiedev | #indiegames

This is what I've been working on, pivoting the game to a 2.5d style! I'll be adapting all the previously shown 2D areas to this new style. Big thanks to @studioatma.com, their dev story helped me make this decision confidently. #gamedev #Godot #GodotEngine #indiedev #roguelike #cozygame

So I decided to rebuild Nikis Quest with a 2.5d style in a 3d engine. I'll show a progress update soon, I'm really excited about how it's looking. I'll be adapting everything I've shown in 2d to the new 2.5d structure. Anyways here's a model I made of Niki breaking it down. #gamedev #indiedev #godot

I made this little barrel to practice texture painting, I picked kind of an easy subject but I'm pretty happy with the turnout! What do you think? #blender #lowpoly #gamedev

Here's another scene I made while I'm learning Blender. I'm really happy with this one! #blender #lowpoly #gamedev

I've been playing with blender and wanted to share this little scene I made. I'm really excited to grow more in 3d modeling. #gamedev #blender

Here is the charged attack for the Rending Claws, I also added the weapon display for the claws in the top left. Next up is adding special weapon mechanics and relevant ui components for those mechanics. What do you think? #gamedev #indiedev #GodotEngine #roguelike

Just one of the many games I'm vibrating with excitement to play some day.

Here is the basic attack combo for the Rending Claws, charged attack is up next! This weapon has been the most fun so far to develop. #gamedev #GodotEngine #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #roguelike #pixelart

I just finished up the first part of the attack combo for this weapon, I'm calling them "Rending Claws". I've been trying to get a good looking fake smear effect for a while and I think I finally got it right here! What do you think? #gamedev #indiedev #roguelike #pixelart #GodotEngine

This may be premature but I wanted to share progress on a new weapon and mob I am adding to the Castle in the Mountain. I equipped the "weapon" to Niki to show how it moves but you'll typically see it attached to the Shadow Knight. #gamedev #indiedev #GodotEngine #pixelart #roguelike

They say that an unlimited number of monkeys with typewriters can eventually recreate the complete work of Shakespeare... Idk if that's true but three cats and a laptop are responsible for all of the development on Niki's Quest. I just do the marketing. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #caturday

I'm really excited to share this, I have been working on a day/night cycle for my main town. Here's a look at the east side of Woodhurst at night, complete with night time music and ambience! What do you think? #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart #GodotEngine #roguelike #cozygame

As someone who isn't exactly an artist, I tend to opt to tweak other artists work to fit my game better. This tweak came out really good imo. The original is from the highly talented @nauris.bsky.social I just shrunk it down and fixed some compressed weirdness. #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev #ドット絵

I recently made a lot of tiny tweaks and just wanted to share a video of taking a stroll through town. I finally added a shadow for Niki, people have been telling me to for a while haha. I also added some more ambient sounds! #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #GodotEngine #roguelike

My loading times have been getting long so I'm trying out pre-baking my assets. Results are not great so far... #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #GodotEngine #roguelike

Unrelated to my game, but I wanted to share these little 3D vaguely steampunk chess pieces I designed to be 3D printed a long time ago. If the next game I make is 3D you can bet I'll be finding a place for these haha #gamedev #indiedev #3d

I just cleaned up the logic in my stairs and made this little island to show it off. I've learned to appreciate the complexity of stairs in 2D games. It looks simple but behind the scenes they're responsible for a lot of magic. #gamedev #indiegame #GodotEngine #godot #roguelike #cozygame

I just created another 2D game dev starter pack, pt1 got full and some more people wanted in! I'm widening the scope a bit to include artists that tend to create 2D game assets. Comment to be added and plz check if you're in pt1 first! #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart go.bsky.app/JN5b8Pf

Not a typical #screenshotSaturday post, this is a video of the first iteration of Niki's Quest, I built it just in html canvas with my own basic engine. I like popping it open in the browser occasionally just to see how far Nikis Quest as a project has really come. #gamedev #indiedev #roguelike

I should be fixing bugs but I got excited about sfx and added some background music and a couple sound effects. I might change the background music in town but I like the footsteps and waterfall a lot. What do you think? #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #GodotEngine #sfx #pixelart #roguelike #cozygame

I haven't posted in a while but I'm still developing! I've just been in the "Fix the Jank" mode. Nothing visually exciting has been added. Heres my updated to-do list though! #gamedev #GodotEngine #roguelike #indiegame #indiedev

This is from about 3 seconds of having my cat on my lap... How am I expected to develop in these conditions?? #gamedev #catlap #software

I have wanted to add dust particles to the *Castle in the Mountain™* for a while and finally added them! I'll probably make them a little less obvious though. For me the vibe is improved a lot, what do you think? #gamedev #screenshotSaturday #indiegame #pixelart #roguelike #indiedev

Listen I know rocks aren't super interesting to look at, I won't post rocks for a bit after this. I just wanted to share a little improvement I made though, I layered the base of the rocks so it can look like grass/moss is creeping into the cracks. #gamedev #indiegame #godot #pixelart #roguelike

Hey! We've got a #StarterPack going for #JRPG and #RPG #Indiedev teams! If you are an Indie JRPG / RPG developer, reply to be added! We would all very much appreciate if you could help us out with a repost / quote post! #indiegames #indiegame #videogames #gamedev #videogame

I really wanted these rocks to mesh better with the crumbling castle interior so I darkened and de-saturated them while also adding like an impact crater. Do you think it fits in better? Rock asset credit is from @nauris.bsky.social #gamedev #godot #pixelart #roguelike #GodotEngine #ドット絵

Things getting more looking polished ^_^ Abor made some more touches on the map and added textures. Event system and daylight cycle is also working. What do you guys think about the vibe? ^^ #screenshotSaturday #Godot #indiehorror #psxhorror #lowpoly #indiegamedev #pilafpedlar

I don't have much to show for screenshot saturday but I am making a neat magic ring that will be used to teleport around the map and upgrade magic abilities. I'm planning on having it light up and start spinning only when the player gets close. #screenshotSaturday #gamedev #indiedev #godot #pixelart

I finally started designing the town NPC's. Here is Mara, the towns witchy baddie outside her house. I used @ansimuz.bsky.social legend of faune asset as a baseline (same asset as profile pic). What do you think? #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev #roguelike #godot #cozy #ドット絵

Finally added a door to Elle's house so she doesn't have to crawl in through the window anymore. Also added a wiggle to the arrows that stick in terrain for "extra gamer juice" as per @jerebee-av.bsky.social suggestion. #gamedev #indiedev #godot #roguelike #roguelite #gamerjuice

I was cleaning up some hit box and collision code today and decided that it's lame that arrows just disappear immediately after hitting terrain. Instead I made it so arrows stick in terrain and then fade out. It's a small thing but pretty satisfying. #gamedev #indiedev #godot #GodotEngine #roguelike

The target dummies do a little more than just looking pretty now! #gamedev #indiedev #godot #GodotEngine #roguelike

I reset my to-do list today, I need to clean up some half done features 😬 Development has been slow this last week. #gamedev #indiedev #godot #GodotEngine #roguelike

mockup village with my fantasy assets! 🥰 currently in a bundle sale, link in the first reply! #pixelart #ドット絵 #gamedev

Is it weird to have pausing as a game mechanic? I'm thinking of making a blessing called "P2W (pause to win)" that negates the first instance of damage the player would take after un-pausing. Usable once per room. What do you think? #gamedev #indiedev #godot #roguelike #roguelite