Spent the last few hours doing a UI cleanup on scene editor. And adding functionality to the curve editor so you can preview your animation curves easily. #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev

Just finished recording the next video tutorial. Now my least favourite part, listening to my voice for an hour while I edit it together gah😢 #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vndev

Would anyone be interested in a live stream showing how to make games with Mammut and answer any of your questions? #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vndev

Just uploaded the written tutorial for making responsive UI. (adding a clock, lives, etc.) This is slightly harder than the beginner tutorials I have put out, but it includes step by step instructions. noweekend.itch.io/project-mammut #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vndev

Putting together a quick tutorial for an onscreen date/time display within a game. It covers reading and writing game variables and having UI change when it detects one of those changes. #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev

A crazy talented artist looking for a project to work on #visualNovel #vn

Version 0.5.14 just got pushed out. -UI/UX improvements -a TON of bug fixes -The new Animation system for cutscenes etc. -More javascript helper commands Templates will be made public in the next release in a few days! #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev

Due to features being added and updated, I have changed the tutorials available from PDF's to google document links. This will allow me to update them at a faster rate. noweekend.itch.io/project-mammut #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev

A lot of focus over the weekend on building some templates to kickstart your projects. Let me know what style of #visualnovel you would like to make with Project Mammut, and I will prioritise a template for it! #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev

Playing with animations. Bouncy Bouncy Bouncy #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev #visualnovel

Halfway through recording a tutorial I notice my lapel mic has run out of battery and died. It always feels weird talking to yourself recording or streaming, it's doubly so when you realise no one will every hear it. #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev #visualnovel

I have turned on the ability to use your files system instead of the browser's in-built system for your projects. This allows for much better support for version control. But this is only available for some browsers. #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev #visualnovel

Productive day! A second tutorial has gone up, showing how to build game scenes and play your written narratives. This will get you a long way into creating your first game. noweekend.itch.io/project-mammut #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev #visualnovel

Gah, found a bug with the @itch.io version. Because they run Mammut a social way, they have protections against certain activities. So I'm putting in special code again for them. How dare they protect their servers :) #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vndev #visualnovel

For those of you who prefer to read, I have now made a full tutorial document on how to make a branching narrative on the @itch.io pages: noweekend.itch.io/project-mammut This is where you should start for beginners. #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev #visualnovel

Another feature that I am releasing into the public beta. An animation editor! This is actually something I developed in an old project ages ago. The UI needs a LOT of work and there are still bugs, but it works! #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev #visualnovel

Ok I think that's enough programming today, the heat wave is pretty bad, and my laptop is.. not happy.

Just a reminder! If you are interested in making your own #visualnovel and don't know where to start, are afraid of code, or just need help. Please reach out! We can hold your hand and get you creating your sci-fi bl epic furry opera period drama in no time. #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #vndev

Today is clean up UI day. There were so many fields I just threw in to get the beta out. Colour picker popups appearing offscreen, Fields that frankly (after another look) didn't do anything. So today is cleanup day! #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev #visualnovel

Day 2 post project beta: Lots of UI cleanup, and updating the project hub to make the UX easier and more streamlined. Fixed a few reported bugs, and fixed and enabled project icons. And added a requested feature! #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev #visualnovel

Weather: Stupid hot so windows are open. Me: Time to record a tutorial! Neighbours:

I was asked about writing a novel with optional pronouns. This is relatively easy to do with a handful of variables, and some printing. I did add a way to print variables with a capital letter to support this. #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev #visualnovel

Great day today. The launch went well, I got a lot of great feedback. There are a lot of tutorials, templates and examples to write. Lots of code review and big fixes. And a bunch of Uí to clean up. #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev #visualnovels

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Ok. public beta is live! You can now make a full game with #projectmammut. it's also hosted now on @itch.io so you can start making your VN games directly there along with documentation noweekend.itch.io/project-mammut #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev

Today's a good day to write your Visual Novel. Get to it! #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev

My aim of getting the public beta out by last week ran into a few very large bugs that I discovered while recording tutorals. But they are now patched and I am continuing to make templates and will continue recording tomorrow! #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev

Working on the second tutorial for the up coming public beta of Project Mammut. Showing how to set up a scene and use the scene building tools to create a menu. Art from @daniewise.bsky.social Music from @jdsherbert.itch.io #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev

So I have finished the first how-to video for project mammut. This goes through setting up a project and making a branching narratives. Follow for more videos of the more advanced features coming soon. youtu.be/sI1p2e7CIZg #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev

Go support indie VN game developers on bluesky! Who else should be on this list? go.bsky.app/BYywqmT #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev

If anyone has any visual novel art (non ai) that I can use to test features and for tutorial videos for the engine let me know. I'll be drawing more of mine soon once I get my head out of the code. #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev

Not much that I can show over the last couple of days. Mainly bug fixing and streamlining workflows. Also I had to rewrite some of the code for testing and building which slowed things down a tad. But tutorials are being written #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev

Today I will be recording some tutorial videos for the public beta that ... "should" come out this week (bugs allowing) I am keen for people to get their little grubby raccoon hands on the engine and start creating. #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev

I love that I have found other awesome developers making visual novel engines!!! I follow and support them all!! But weirdly, I found one the today that I went to follow and support and...... they had blocked me already? huh.... Now that's going to live rent free in my head. #visualnovels

I spent the day at Ireland's "Run for the border" Gaming meetup. I met a lot of amazing people and showed Mammut to a lot more. I got lots of good feedback about wanted new features, such as Unity/Godot plugins and more. 10/10 #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev

Sneaking in features before the public beta. You can now import #renpy scripts into Mammut. Renpy is a much more complex program, so it won't be a perfect import, but the core of the chapters and the characters should load in well #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev

The last few days have just been making long lists of bugs, working through them, finding more while fixing others, testing again making longer lists of smaller bugs, rinse repeat. 🪲 🐛 🪲 🐛 🪲 🐛 #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev

We are more or less done with fixing the pre public beta errors. Just cleaning up some of the UX and will starting to plan all the documentation I need to write (ek!) Also set up a linter for codings so you can see all your errors. #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev

Improved support for importing Twine files into Mammut. Do you know of any other branching narrative programs that I can also make importers for? #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev

The count of known bugs is down to the teens, and while public beta is just around the corner, I need to write a lot of documents, make video tutorials, and put together some sample asset packs for people to learn from. So close! #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev

It's good to have open beta in sight. The known bug list is less than a page long and things are getting ticked off at a good pace. Next week be working on templates and example projects. And creating all the documentation. #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev

"Feature Lock" means no more new features unless you need to procrastinate on fixing an important bug or if you think of something really cool right?...... right? Good! #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev

How does Project Mammut breath life into the worlds it creates? Through states! Each object can have multiple states, each will be set with its own style sheet and animations. With this setup you can make all kinds of cool effects #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev

Are you currently working on a visual novel, or wanting to work on one in the future?? I want to chat with you! Send me a DM, or say hi below! Please share to help out. #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev

Ok, something I have been working on for a few days, is the Project Mammut stand alone version!!!! This version uses the local file system instead of OPFS so you can use it with GIT etc. Need more testing!! #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev

Showing how you can preview your narrative in desktop mode, you can see where in the chapter you are and play through the story at your own pace. You can also see your font stylings in the preview window! #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev

If you ever wanted to know what a Phoenix Wright court scene looks like laid out, here it is imported into #Projectmammut It's interesting to see how other designers lay out conversations. #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev

Here's the chapter editor with preview, so your writers can just focus on writing and not testing everything in-game. And it even works on a mobile phone for those freaks of you who like writing that way (you know who you are) #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev

Working on the code editor. This is the first time I have showed how you program Mammut games. a lot of work has been done so you don't need to code if you want to make something simple. But still have a lot of power if you do. #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev