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I'm afraid yesterday's post was the last clip I could show off on a daily basis since I pretty much shown everything I've recorded. Any new clips of my game at this point onwards would likely be revealed during the weekends. If I drew any art, I might share them on a weekday as well.

Another infected enemy! Once they see you, they won't stop chasing where you are until they explode on contact! Don't get caught in their blast! #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #gameboy #pixelart #screenshotsaturday #screenshotsunday

Mindfleas. Small critters that can hop high enough to take control of their victims' minds. Don't let one of these parasites get a hold of you. #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #gameboy

The short introductory cutscene of the first stage for my game. #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #gameboy #pixelart #animation

Lizzy Concept Art #3 - The "Zapper" Gun Based on a certain light gun. #pixelart #gameboy #indiedev #aseprite

Another concept art of my game's protagonist, Lizzy. This was an exercise on drawing her facial expressions. #pixelart #gameboy #indiedev #aseprite

Early concept art of my game's protagonist, Lizzy. A mischievous cat who ran away from home for a more adventurous life. #pixelart #gameboy #indiedev #aseprite

Player Palettes. Select a variety of colour palettes (some of which are copycats) to change the look of your character separate from the game's display palette. #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #gameboy #pixelart #screenshotsaturday

Sword & Shield Power-ups With the sword, you can stab your enemies with a quick thrust that even lets you hover in the air a bit. With the shield, you'll be granted two extra hit points with reduced knockback. #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #gameboy #pixelart #screenshotsaturday

It's raining, it's pouring! #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #gameboy #pixelart

The Dossier, or Codex. It's where you can read up pages on every enemy, weapon, item, and location you've come across in the game. #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #gameboy

ChronoVenture, a Gameboy-style platformer shooter with timewarping shenanigans where your actions can impact the future! You can play the demo available here: duckilous.itch.io/chronoventure #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #gameboy #pixelart

Added extra info for the pause menu including kills, secrets, objective, and lives counters seen at the top. I've also added a health bar for bosses, and an unique animation for getting a new weapon. #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker

Watch out from above! #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #gameboy #pixelart

Breakable Falling Floors. If you stand on one of them for too long, you'll fall down yourself! Whacking down unstable floors will also force them to fall immediately and they can be destroyed with bombs. #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #gameboy #pixelart #screenshotsaturday

Intro cutscene for the first boss battle. I redesigned the sprites for the game's first boss and what better way to show it off than having it kick the old version out of the screen during a cutscene? #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #gameboy #pixelart #screenshotsaturday

A short introductory cutscene of the upcoming new stage for my game. #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #gameboy #pixelart

Long after I made that clip demonstrating the Cricket Bat Powerup, I've improved the animation for when the player slams the ground with it. Animation on the right is the latest. #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #gameboy

Swooper Hunt These unfriendly birds have an unique death animation when shot dead by a Zapper. #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #gameboy

Secret Shortcuts. Some of the secrets of a level might even be hidden shortcuts that can only be accessed once discovered. #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #gameboy

Secrets. Every level has them. Try to find them all, they have pickups and powerups that can help you on your journey. #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #gameboy

Secret area for a hidden weapon. Where could it be? #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #gameboy #screenshotsaturday

Reworked the boomerang weapon into homing projectiles that lock onto the nearest enemy. #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #gameboy #screenshotsaturday

Added full outlines to the ground tiles so they're more readable. Looks a little nicer, too. #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #gameboy #screenshotsaturday

Another clip of my game changing colour palettes whenever I jump but this time, it's a different variation of the level. #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #gameboy

My game but every time I jump, the colour palette changes! #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #gameboy

Fade transition was originally just brightening or dimming the display. Now it's more accurate to how a real Game Boy did fade transitions by changing the 4-colour palette. Old fade is left, new fade is right. #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #gameboy

Invisibility Powerup. Enemies won't become aggressive if they can't see you and they cannot harm you while you're invisible. #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #gameboy

Charged Shockgun. By holding down the fire button, you can charge up the Shockgun to shoot out a big piercing lightning bolt that can clear out enemies in a row! #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #gameboy

Setting a record in the new Time Attack mode I implemented for my game! #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #gameboy #screenshotsaturday

Boosted Speed. Whenever you have boosted speed from the boost powerup or from springs, you can attack enemies by rushing into them! #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #gameboy #screenshotsaturday

Introducing a new weapon: The Shockgun. It shoots out multiple lightning bolts that fries enemies. #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #gameboy

Those fellow cats aren't the only ones that fell victim to Mindfleas. Dogs can be infected, too. Don't get chomped when they charge after you! #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #gameboy

Some bug trying to bomb you? Well, give 'em a taste of their own medicine! Deflect by swiping their bombs back at them! #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #gameboy

Cricket Bat Power-up. If clawing isn't enough, batting should do the job. If you can find one, this powerful bat can send your enemies flying! #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #gameboy

You like throwing bombs, do ya? Well, two can play at that game. Introducing Bomb Beetles, or Bombtles. New enemy who throws bombs like the player. #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #gameboy

Inflammable Fire Ants. Tougher than regular ant troopers but prone to getting lit on fire. Can be handy to blow up their allies, just don't let yourself get caught in their way. This is a bonus clip I recorded shortly after the last clip. #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #gameboy

Upgradable Bomb Weapon. Increase the power of your explosives to effectively kill tougher enemies by breaking a special powerup box. #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #gameboy

Main Menu Showcase. I redesigned the menus for this game to give it some flair. #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #gameboy #uidesign

Mindfleas. Small critters that can hop high enough to take control of their victims' minds. Don't let one of these parasites get a hold of you. #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #gameboy

Leaping Ants. They hop towards you whenever they see you and they're small enough to crawl under short areas. Sliding underneath these pests is advised to dodge them. #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #gameboy

Boomerangs. This clip is of an early implementation of a new weapon for my game. #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #gameboy

Slide Attack. An ability that allows you to sweep past enemies unscathed as it damages them, and it could even be used to slide across short areas. #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #gameboy

Locked gates, keys that enemies can carry, and unlockable doors that take the player to another area. #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #gameboy

Wave-based Enemy Arenas. To escape an area, you must eliminate all enemies in every wave. Each wave would have different enemies spawned at different areas. This clip is of an early implementation of this feature in a test map. #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #gameboy

Camera panning demonstration. When on the move, the camera will move ahead of you so you could see what's ahead of you better to help with the screen crunch. #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #gameboy

Claw attack, flamethrower, blocks that can only be destroyed with a certain weapon, and water that could drown you. #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #gameboy

Target practice: shooting smileys in 8 directions. #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #gameboy

Bombs, blocks, explosive blocks, and block particles. #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #gamemaker #gameboy