2 weeks ago i discovered obsidianMD and in proper AuDHD fashion went full hyperfocus, moved all my game-related scribbles and notes over and customized the vault to my needs, lol. loving it so far! Back to gamedev now! :D

decided to move the categories to the other side. having to move across the whole screen to change a category was bad UX, lol. Going to work more on the item object and its placement before i finish up the menu though. #godot #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiedev

aaand another update :) starting to look like something! there's still some minor bugs that need fixing, i want to add another "window" to display item details and i'm still unsure about the layout (but that can be changed at any time) #godot #gamedev #indiedev

Progress on my catalog system! I'm completely unsure how the GUI will end up looking, i honestly can't decide. But the basics are there! The (sub-)categories are currently generated based on folder structure :) Now onto updating the theme to actually look nice! #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine #wip

#pixelart practice! needed to work on something other than the game, so i made this practice piece :) well, still kinda for the game, i want to incorporate something similar, but no spoilers yet! Used Frieda Lepold's design as reference, check out her gorgeous work! #art #indiedev

update on the smooth foldable container :) I think i fixed most of the bugs, but i'm gonna take a break from it and focus a little on assets before i'll add more features. I think the coolest thing so far is being able to see the tweens in editor ♥️ #godotengine #gamedev #indiedev

wanted the folding in and out to be smooth, so i made my own control. there's some reparenting magic going on just to keep my scenetree a little bit more organized, too. I plan to add more options to manipulate the tweening and then bug fixes :) #godotengine #gamedev #indiedev #wip

The secret to "mastering" godots UI System: You probably need another container! 🫠 Been working on a catalog mockup! i actually started the project with implementing place-able furniture and stuff, but the GUI was terrrible, haha. #godotengine #indiedev #gamedev

It feels like i could get the game mechanics finished in the next 2-3 months, and then it's probably 2 years of content creation & balancing 🫠 #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine

currently working on changing scenes :) the node for fading in and out of black is always existent and only fades out when the new level child is ready added some extra delay for testing purposes, the scenes are currently too small to require real loading time #godot #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

update on my start menu :) i'm kinda proud about the focus switching back to where it's supposed to be (had a little bug there for a while) #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine #pixelart

tweens tweens tweens, i love 'em! playing around with timings :) #godot #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

i love this corner so much already! #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev #godot #animation

current title screen update! spend most of the day on the anim of the little stream and started getting more familiar with tweens :) Now i'm trying to get as much nature done as possible before i put the art on hold for the next week #godot #pixelart #indiedev #gamedev #solodev

the past week was pretty art and asset heavy, i plan to focus more on coding next week. i have some scene management stuff in mind that i want to implement, so i'll be spending my weekend working on a pretty title screen :) #godot #aseprite #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

wanted to draw something bigger than sprites, so i started conceptualizing a potential steam capsule, lol. it's still waaaaay in the future that i'll actually need a capsule, but i needed some size restrictions, haha. #gamedev #indiedev #godot #pixelart

added a little animation to the card and am pretty satisfied with how the font is turning out :) #gamedev #godot #pixelart #indiedev

not really sure where this is going... am i making a card game? initially i was just playing around for some menu backgrounds, but now i'm thinking i might include some card mechanic for the fighting... maybe, haha. going for some art nouveau tarot feel here #pixelart #godot #indiedev #gamedev

i did not finish the inventory, got distracted shortly after starting by this: yal.cc/tools/pixel-... couldn't find a pixelated font to replace my placeholders, so i guess i'm drawing one myself :D had to play with the export and #godot import first, now onto lettering! #indiedev #gamedev

programmer art but in pretty, haha. currently finishing up the inventory functionality. there's already various options for drag n drop (split in half, move one, move all, etc) buut, click and drop still needs some work. #godot #pixelart #indiedev #gamedev

"in-game view" or something like that haha currently updating the actual player sprite to fit the style and then i'll have to get back to do some menus #godot #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev #animation

still not fully satisfied with the current idle, but i'll fix it in the next iteration, too much other work to do :) #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #animation

i did not anticipate how much i'd struggle with the idle animation, lol. this is the third version and it's kinda getting somewhere. i wanted it to be dynamic (not just a simple breathing) but instead it's coming out really wobbly. gotta smooth things out some more #gamedev #pixelart #indiedev

and we have a base! haven't decided on a staff design, so i'll keep it as is for now. now onto adding idle, hurt & death animations :) then i'll need to actually implement the fight mechanics, haha #gamedev #pixelart #indiedev #animation

progress on my animation, currently at 11 frames :) #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev #animation

been sketching some attack animations :) #gamedev #pixelart #animation #indiedev

i added a normal map to the stone tiles and i am OBSESSED, it looks so much better. gotta add normals to aaaall the sprites now, haha #gamedev #pixelart #indiedev #godot

spent the day working on some dungeon tiles to properly present the new halloween assets :) #pixelart #indiedev #gamedev #aseprite #wip

more halloween / autumn themed items! I'm in love with the foliage and kinda obsessed with drawing pumpkins haha #pixelart #indiedev #gamedev #halloween #spritesheet

something's cooking! working some more on my halloween asset set :) #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev #wip

Spooky season is upon us! Been drawing some seasonal items :) #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev

worked some more on the animation and i think it's starting to look like a wobbly walk now. gotta focus on something else for a while though to reset my eyes, lol #gamedev #pixelart #indiedev

why did i decide to give them 6 legs, ugh.. spent the whole day fighting with the leg animation... i think i'm finally getting somewhere, though #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev #wip

i really like this concept sketch i made, but i'm questioning my life choices animating those legs... i hate spiders, so i can't really look up references, haha...

hi bluesky, long time no post, lol. i scrapped my platformer idea and been working on something new. it's actually the game i always wanted to make! nothing fancy, just another farming sim with rpg elements, but that's the kind of game i love :D #godot #gamedev #pixelart

Every game has to have a ghost house level, right? This one even has a spooky basement. Wishlist Flora & Fang on Steam this #WishlistWednesday if you like old school single screen arcade adventures like Bubble Bobble and Rod Land. #IndieGame #PixelArt #GameMaker #IndieDev #GameDev

I made a staircase in my game with a blue light effect for more mystery about what lies further deeper AND I LOVE IT :3 #indiegame #actionrpg #godot

adding knockback functionality has been coming along great, lol #gamedev #indiedev #godot

This is how it's currently looking :) Skipped the tilemap and love it, though it's more time intensive. And now... I can't procrastinate working on the UI any further. wish me luck! #godot #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

Just released an early alpha for my current project, "This Time"! I aspire to get some feedback that will help me navigate development 🎮💻 Want to know what's on the other end of that portal? Link in comments/bio! #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine #gamedev

although drawing the levels by hand will take a lot more time than using tilemaps, i just love the look of it so much more! #gamedev #indiedev #aseprite #pixelart

When you draw something traditionally and regret not having layers

Some coloured pencil warm up sketches 😎

Great thread!

uff, i'm debating whether to lose the tilemap or not. It saves a lot of time, but i don't like the current look AND there seems to be some buggy behaviour re: collisions. Getting false wall_only positives 'n stuff #godot #gamedev #indiegame

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lol, these are already way too many sprites for a little bit of background... i initially wanted to keep decorating the level flexible, but i guess i should combine some of these textures. #godot #indiegame #solodev #gameart

ooh, i like where this is going! But do these thorns read as "do not touch, will probably hurt" for you? #gamedev #gameart #pixelart #indiedev

I really like the beginning stages of a project. There's so much to do, if you're not feeling a task, you can just procrastinate it with another!

Today's tasks, since we're doing assets anyway: - Basic Enemy Animations (walk, attack, death) - Basic Player Animations (hurt, fall, die) After that, I'm going back to basic functionality and "special" platforms (moving, breakable, bouncy, that stuff) #godot #indiegame