A lot of changes to the player's movement today, lots of small adjustments to make it feel better and snappier. Difficult to show that, though! The biker enemy is a prototype but a small look for you! 😊 #indiedev #gamedev #godot

I re-created the first level of classic Mario! There's still a lot of work left, especially in how jumping works and feels, but it's slowly coming together. This will look very different in a week or two. Here's me speedrunning it! 😊 #indiedev #gamedev #godot

Problem-Man is out! Collect points, and avoid ghosts through four unique mazes based on previous games! Each maze has its own art, and sound effects. Can you beat your own high score? Play it on @itchio: problem-18.itch.io/problem-man #indiedev #gamedev #godot

So far so good, this time I've got a basic enemy (goomba) that keeps moving even when hitting a wall, and is hurt when the player jumps on top of said enemy! You can also choose to bounce off higher if you're holding the jump button! 😊 #indiedev #gamedev #godot

As promised yesterday, voila! The flag pole is there and functional. Making the pipe and flag pole work taught me a lot, as the player and these objects interact in ways I haven't programmed before. See for yourself! #indiedev #gamedev #godot

Now the player can destroy normal blocks, and I also created a well-known feature: the pipe! Tomorrow's the time to implement a flag pole functionality (level ending), and then create some enemies. 😊 #indiedev #gamedev #godot

Today's progress update! I began on the prototypes of the surprise blocks, placeholder art but they are functional! Jumping under them *bops* them, hehe. Eventually, they will pop out a coin or power-up! 😊 #indiedev #gamedev #godot

Learned a LOT today! I made the movement responsive and juicy. Added coyote time (few frames of jump possibility after leaving a platform), and jump queuing (jumping immediately again when close to the floor). As always, have a quick look! 😊 #indiedev #gamedev #godot

Last month, Cheese Chasers was featured on FindNextPlay! A website that features upcoming indie games. It's an honor, thank you! ❤️ www.findnextplay.com/games/cheese... #indiedev #gamedev #godot

Immediately, the first steps of creating a 2D platformer required me to learn new concepts. How to make the guy move and jump, that is. I decided to be cool and made myself a little debug window. 😅 Here's a simple look at what I got working so far! #indiedev #gamedev #godot

With each game comes a development blog post! For this one, we dive deeper into how I learned to implement state machines, godot resources, and more! 😊 Learn more about my work here: problem-18-dev.github.io/problem-man-... #indiedev #gamedev #godot

Game #6 is coming up. I have an idea for this Super Mario Bros clone. It's going to be called "Snack Chads", and represent part of my personal daily routine. Taking a long walk to buy a snack. I'm so proud that I'm halfway through the challenge! 😊 #indiedev #gamedev #godot

Problem-Man is out. Game #5 in the Problem 18 challenge, and a tribute to the previous games. That means an announcement post, and future development blog post will come in as well! Read about the announcement here: problem-18-dev.github.io/problem-man-... #indiedev #gamedev #godot

Problem-Man is out! Collect points, and avoid ghosts through four unique mazes based on previous games! Each maze has its own art, and sound effects. Can you beat your own high score? Play it on @itchio: problem-18.itch.io/problem-man #indiedev #gamedev #godot

I made some progress that I can actually show off! 😅 Here's Problem-Man's main menu, and very simple cut scene between levels. Time to finish the sound effects, fix up some details and Problem-Man will be ready for release. I can't wait! #indiedev #gamedev #godot

After lots of feedback, I added score labels for when fruits and ghosts are eaten. Additionally, the ghosts now "flicker" when they're close to turning back to normal when frightened. Have a look! #indiedev #gamedev #godot

As I'm working on the SFX in the background, I prepared a version of Problem-Man for early testing by friends & family. Pressing space allows to quickly change between level designs. Hoping to get some opinions early! Can't wait for you all to play it! #indiedev #gamedev #godot

Okay, so I got addicted to Elden Ring and lost track of time... BUT! 😅 I'm mostly done with the art for all levels, all that's left is sound effects and the menus and I can finally release Problem-Man! Can you recognize each of my previous games? #indiedev #gamedev #godot

More or less finished with the Tricat level for Problem-Man! It's not perfect, but that's also not the goal! 😁 Got three levels to go. After that it's time for SFX, UI and the game will ready to be played! #indiedev #gamedev #godot

New update for Problem-Man's art! It's still a WIP but here's a looong gif showing off the art for each level. Take a look at the pellets, fruit, powerups, ghosts and pac-man himself! It'll look awesome when I'm finished, please look forward to it! 🙏 #indiedev #gamedev #godot

Art's coming along step by step, don't mind the contrast as the maze's design will change appropriately as well. Made the player and ghosts for Tricat, Keybricks, I need to go & Cheese Chasers! #indiedev #gamedev #godot

Apologies for lack of updates but life's busy! Here's what Tricat's level will look like (still WIP!). Pac-Man becomes Tricat, the ghosts become witches. Not sure yet how far to go in terms of the maze's art.. 🤔 #indiedev #gamedev #godot

It took me way too long to figure this out, dude.I can now change the maze's color (and thus its art) on command. Damn, that feels good boyyyy! Improved HUD, added a start countdown, and a death animation. Gameplay is finished, now time for art. 🫡 #indiedev #gamedev #godot

I am happy to say I'm 99% done with writing the gameplay loop and algorithms of Pac-Man. Today I added the start countdown timer and tomorrow's up for game over and next level handling! Problem-Man's coming along well in the background. 😊 #indiedev #gamedev #godot

Slow but steady progress. Implemented the ghosts' system for being eaten and respawning after a certain time. Ghost gets eaten, they rush to jail, then wait a certain amount of seconds before joining back in. Here's what that looks like! 😅 #indiedev #gamedev #godot

I'm still around, had some irl stuff to do! Pac-Man's system is tricky but I got it! I'm back to it yet again and thus here's a small look, lots of progress made and to be made soon! #indiedev #gamedev #godot

Back to it after the weekend. The game's logic behind the scenes is more complex than I anticipated, it's quite difficult! At least I can control the ghosts' states by events now. First a short wait, then scatter for 7 seconds, chase for 20 seconds, .. #indiedev #gamedev #godot

Despite lack of time today, I added the pellets, scores and fruits! It's placeholder art, I know it looks goofy. 😅 Using these newly learned patterns like event bus, state machine, managers, ... Has made my code so scalable, I love it. #indiedev #gamedev #godot

Created the specific behaviors for each ghost! Explored the event bus pattern and now I can tell them all to switch to a specific state with one press of a button. It's so cool! I'm making good progress behind the scenes! 😁 #indiedev #gamedev #godot

TIL finite state machines are awesome! Separating the ghosts' logic for what they should do, when, why, and how is separated per state. I'm still learning how to utilize it properly, but I am getting there. Short look at the red ghosts' four states! #indiedev #gamedev #godot

Today's task was to make the maze's art more consistent and to align it with the original game's maze. I managed to fixed the ghosts' jittering and improved their navigation & behavior. Tomorrow's time to learn about state machines! #indiedev #gamedev #godot

I figured out the ghosts' behaviors! 🤔 Red: directly chases Pink: chases four positions ahead Orange: chases if far away Blue: chases double the distance of red's distance to player It sounds simple, but I am not having an easy time, lmao. 🥲 #indiedev #gamedev #godot

Cheese Chasers' announcement got a record 40 likes! Thanks to everyone for sticking with my journey, every game brings me a little more attention I never thought I'd receive, and for that I am very grateful. #indiedev #gamedev #thankyou

Figured out Godot's A* navigation, it's very neatly put together! I was able to figure out some basic ghost AI, and while not perfect (notice jittering), I am very proud of it. Got to re-iterate, it feels so good to make your work move. Have a look! #indiedev #gamedev #godot

I figured it out! I got a fully functional tile-based movement system for the player character done, it took quite a bit of research, and a lot of trial-and-error but I'm very happy it works! The maze is a placeholder, for now. 😊 #indiedev #gamedev #godot

I discovered that it's best to use "tile-based" movement for a game like Pac-Man. It's interesting how there's so many ways to fix the same issue in game development. I have no idea how that works, so I'll focus on studying that tomorrow. #indiedev #gamedev #godot

Next in the Problem 18 challenge, "Problem-Man"! You'll enjoy the classic Pac-Man gameplay while traversing through the worlds of my previous games. Each level will portray characteristics of each game. Please look forward to it! #indiedev #gamedev #godot

Objects appearing for the first time causes stutters in Cheese Chasers. I believe this is due to a web export limitation and incorrect particles system choice. A bummer but a productive lesson for future games nonetheless. Thank you for playing! #indiedev #gamedev #godot

Help needed! I've received two reports of the game lagging when objects appear on screen for the first time. A fix has been attempted, looking for volunteers to quickly test it out. Could you take a look? I'm very thankful! 🙏 problem-18.itch.io/cheese-chasers #indiedev #gamedev #godot

With a new game comes a new development post! It's quite technical as I dive into many concepts I learned while creating Cheese Chasers. Thanks to @emmettfried.bsky.social for their advice when I needed it! Give it a read! problem-18-dev.github.io/cheese-chase... #indiedev #gamedev #godot

My learning continues and game #5 approaches. A Pac-Man clone, not sure about my twist on it but I'm excited for learn how to make it. The AI behind the ghosts is scaring me, already. Let alone making these ghosts move the way they should. 😅 #indiedev #gamedev #godot

Game 4/10, Cheese Chasers is out! This game has taught me a lot of new concepts, improved my skills taken up in previous games, and gave me insight into different coding patterns for the future games. Read the announcement blog: problem-18-dev.github.io/cheese-chase... #indiedev #gamedev #godot

Cheese Chasers is out! What an adventure! Defend yourself from floating mice in space, each wave comes at you stronger, but power-ups should help you stay alive as long as possible. Can you beat your own high score? Play it on @itch.io: problem-18.itch.io/cheese-chasers #indiedev #gamedev #godot

Further improved the UI and HUD with a new accent color and a splash screen! Oh, and a small scoreboard! Tomorrow's focus is SFX, going to watch some sound design tutorials to perhaps make better sound effects than my own voice in different pitches. #indiedev #gamedev #godot

Cheese Chasers being my fourth game, I want to put more effort into the UI and HUD. I'm still learning but I've cooked up a little something that I'm very proud of! Take a look at the main menu, button styles, in-game HUD and pause menu! 😊 #indiedev #gamedev #godot

Not much time today, so I made some simple animations for the main menu! A slide-in here, cheese flying around there... It's fun! Tomorrow I'd like to focus on the game's HUD, then audio, and development will slowly come to a close for Cheese Chasers! #indiedev #gamedev #godot

Today's focus was improving player's movement and shooting, improving the cheese hunters' art, better power-up placement. Lots of learning in the background. Concepts like lerping, angle measurements, .. and it never ends, it's so fun! 😅 #indiedev #gamedev #godot

Reposting/wishlisting a bunch of stuff from next fest if you've got a game out there. Would love to help other indie devs get seen, even if I've got a pretty tiny following lol

The mice now have a new ally, the cheese hunters! These guys fly in once in a while to shoot some lasers at you. Why not? This game has more lessons than the previous games combined, so much new logic and usage of @godotengine.org! HUD and menus are next! #indiedev #gamedev #godot

After a short break, back to learning! I am busy fine-tuning some effects as well as providing more feedback when the player picks up a power up. This game is taking me much longer than previous games, there's a lot to learn making this game! 🙏 #indiedev #gamedev #godot