Checkmage! weekly devlog 9 oleogustus.itch.io/checkmage/de... #godot #indiedev #gamedev

my chess pieces are cooked wtf help

Checkmage! weekly devlog 8 oleogustus.itch.io/checkmage/de... #gamedev #godot #indiedev

quadratic bezier curve for spellcasting trails. also testing the game in a forbidden "portrait mode" #godot #indiedev #gamedev

thanks for 750+ wishlists! if you haven't played the demo, give it a try! store.steampowered.com/app/3706230/... #gamedev #indiedev #godot

Checkmage! DEMO OUT NOW! Play it on Steam or Itch! tell me what you think! store.steampowered.com/app/3613550/... #indiegame #gamedev #pixelart #checkmage

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YOUR TAKING TOO LONG #gamedev #godot #pixelart

Checkmage! weekly devlog 5 oleogustus.itch.io/checkmage/de... #gamedev #godot #pixelart

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when you make the main character run around, he really exerts himself... you should let him go at his own pace unless you gotta get somewhere quick. #godot #gamedev #pixelart

🌻Fourmiworld is OUT NOW on Steam FOR FREE! Immerse yourself in a surreal alien dimension and find all sorts of strange things along your journey! #indiegame #indie #games #gamedev #indiedev #godot

character customization (excuse for me to draw one hundred new sprites) #pixelart #gamedev #godot

diving deeper down into the well-well #gamedev #pixelart #indiegame #godot

Checkmage weekly devlog 3 - Checkmage! oleogustus.itch.io/checkmage/de...

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giving gwendolyn the levitate spell makes her knight a lot more dangerous but she still keeps cornering herself #gamedev #godot

Checkmage! devlog with pretty pictures and ideas #gamedev #pixelart #godot oleogustus.itch.io/checkmage/de...

the further down you go in the wellkeeper's well, the more difficult the battle layout becomes... a lot of these end up being fairly interesting puzzles #gamedev #pixelart #godot

the wellkeeper is one of the last few characters im making for checkmage. he spends his time drawing faces on cardboard and pretending to have friends. his battles are all randomly generated and its kind of a lategame way to get cards and experiment with weird pieces #gamedev #pixelart #godot

this is the earliest video of checkmage i have i think. the sprites have stayed the same this entire time #gamedev #pixelart #godot

not making it to the june nextfest was a bummer, but i am still diligently working on checkmage. keeping my head down and fleshing out the world #gamedev

That one Zelda game where the light is running low #zelda #deltarune

aseprite has been very useful for keeping sprite sheets organized and editable. probably the easiest recommendation i could give for software. #gamedev

customizer

i made a video of me talking passionately to da camera about kill gameplay, the end of gameplay, a little bit about the droqevers. it'll premiere tomorrow (15h from now) if you want to watch it with me & others? and when it ends, The End of Gameplay will be released. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH45...

you can use this to your advantage sometimes. some pieces like pawns "promote" to a stronger piece when they reach the enemy's spawn tile.

the spawn tiles (places where you and the enemy can place chess pieces) are now determined dynamically, and can change as you add or remove tiles from the board. #indiedev #gamedev

i just put out an early build for my new game Checkmage! currently looking for playtesters before the demo releases during the steam nextfest in june. check it out on my itch page NOW! leave feedback or bug reports in my dms or in the discord linked in my bio. oleogustus.itch.io/checkmage?pa...

its not disrespectful to walk away from wizards while they are talking. its not disrespectful to grab their text bubbles and shake them around mid-sentence.

finally adding some necessary debug tools for testing some specific weird interactions #gamedev #solodev

Babushka's Glitch Dungeon has just been released!!!! by me!!! I released it!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH store.steampowered.com/app/1876850/...

MY VIDEO GAME IS.... not out yet, but it's got a new name and new logo! wishlist it now on steam please! #indiedev #gamedev store.steampowered.com/app/3613550/...

steam page is NOT up yet but will be soon, gonna go back to developing the game now that I'm back home in the pnw

scary

chess pieces in my brain i gotta get them out

working on one of the minigames. this one will probably be pretty familiar to some of you #solodev #gamedev #pixelart

statue glow up #pixelart #gamedev #solodev

in addition to removing agency, randomness can also destroy the pacing of a game if its present in an environment not designed for it. it's a great fit for roguelikes where the point is to engage with random challenges (randomness serves as an unpredictable difficulty spike)

i realize that when i'm alone, i sometimes commit to bad ideas and have to change my mind too late. booster packs will not make it into the game. having packs that give random card rewards takes agency out of the players hands. i have something more devious planned. #solodev #gamedev #pixelart

Experimenting in a new style for a new project 🦙 @oleogustus.itch.io

passing by

here's a small collection of gameplay clips for the game i'm working on, tentatively titled "how to Waste Time as a Wizard in the Chess Dimension". there's no audio for the video yet, so just use your imagination for now #solodev #gamedev #pixelart www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOEo...

enjoying garbanzo quest

scott is irrefutably cool. he's one of the wizards who shows you around the skatepark that was constructed inside of a massive crater. #solodev #gamedev #pixelart

the information side bar will get a visual overhaul soon, but this a good general idea on what info you can glean from hovering over cards/chess pieces #solodev #gamedev #pixelart

working on some of the pixel art for the world map. there are a total of 5 maps, and each map is associated with a certain "type" of chess piece. The library is associated with knights and similar pieces that make clever use of leaping. #pixelart #solodev #gamedev