I somehow implemented fishing before fishing rods... www.youtube.com/watch?v=obcD... #ElysianEclipse #Spore #GameDev #IndieGame

The Future of Elysian Eclipse 🧵 This post is a bit more personal than usual. As you may know, it is my dream to create virtual worlds for others to enjoy.

we lost our way when disk space started allowing for fully-voiced game protagonists. the only things i want to hear out of my character's mouth is "uhmf" (jumping) or "oueurghh" (mauled by bear)

Surprise! There is something BIG happening right now that will heavily affect my life and Seven Ducks Studios. I probably won't be able to post much this month. But don't worry, it's something great and #ElysianEclipse will benefit a lot from it! You'll see!

The notification system is here! It will show you when you get an item or when one of your actions fails. It will also be used to display achievement progress in the future. #ElysianEclipse #Spore #GameDev #IndieGame #Deltarune #Spamton #Pipis

Many different fish and other edible sea critters can now be obtained from fishing! Additionally, new cheats to instantly acquire items and lock the time of day have been added. #ElysianEclipse #Spore #GameDev #IndieGame

Cool app, definitely worth 500 billion dollars!

*creature noises* #Spore #Meme

Who needs a fishing rod when you can just cast the line from your mouth? Fishing will be the first levelable skill and will also be used to test loot tables! And no, it won't have a minigame yet, lol. #ElysianEclipse #Spore #GameDev #IndieGame

The Elysian Eclipse website is functional in the UK again! 🎉

Bluesky is getting worse and worse. Meanwhile the CEO is acting like a little child in response to any criticism, just like a certain Elongated Muskrat. 🧵

Uhh, we have a few problems. The EE website is partially broken in the UK (bacause of the OSA?) and I have multiple half finished game features lying around. But I'm also stressed thanks to real life stuff right now and won't be home until the 9th... Fixes have to wait, I guess...

It is time to dissect Waluigi, I guess. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN4A... #ElysianEclipse #Spore #GameDev #IndieGame

Wahahee! In V 0.5.3 it will be much easier to position body structure parts in 3D space, allowing you to make even more complex body shapes! ...and get sued by Nintendo. I might also make a showcase video for this. #ElysianEclipse #Spore #GameDev #IndieGame

#ElysianEclipse V 0.5.2 is here! This version is available to test for aquatic tier or higher supporters and will become completely free once the next version drops. Patchnotes for all 0.5.x updates: www.elysian-eclipse.com#/wiki/V_0.5_... Supporter Download: ko-fi.com/post/Version...

Take a look at the amazing leaves @roseae.bsky.social created for the plant editor! They will be abailable in a future version and can be applied to a variety of different foliage parts! #ElysianEclipse #Spore #GameDev #IndieGame

If you're an indie developer, you should hang this screenshot on your wall and use it as inspiration to never give up

There is a big charity bundle on @itch.io again, where the proceeds go towards humanitarian aid in Palestine. For just $8, you get a total of 382 small indie games! You can check it out here, if you are interested: itch.io/b/2979/play-...

His name? Gorfl. His mission? Lasaga. #ElysianEclipse #Spore #GameDev #IndieGame #Garfield

Here are some new plant editor features: Seeds will allow you to pseudo-randomize some editor parts to add more variety to them. You will also be able to resize the "joints" of plant parts to completely alter their shape! www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2zB... #ElysianEclipse #Spore #GameDev #IndieGame

The plant editor prototype is a mess right now, but can already make some really cool stuff. I know there hasn't been an update release in a while, but I want to keep working on V 0.5.2 for a little longer. #ElysianEclipse #Spore #GameDev #IndieGame

Kar #ElysianEclipse #Creature

A new part category, "Minerals" will be available in the hut and plant editors soon! It will allow you to decorate your creations with different rocks to better integrate them into the environment. #ElysianEclipse #Spore #GameDev #IndieGame

While we're still working on plant editor shaders and textures on Discord, I already started planning one of the editors for mediaval stage. It's already on the roadmap, but not 100% confirmed yet. trello.com/c/dmHkdJBE #ElysianEclipse #Spore #GameDev #IndieGame

Worked a bit on the Quaxel Engine this weekend. It can render animated 2D characters in 3D space now! #Quaxel #GameDev

Wind animations have been added to the foliage! The intensity can be changed at runtime for certain weather events. #ElysianEclipse #Spore #GameDev #IndieGame

I spent some time to create development tools, to help me better organize the project. Here for example, I can lookup groups of status effects to see by what abilities or environments they are caused. #ElysianEclipse

Here is a more advanced example of the foliage shader, where it forms a bush that gets colored with a world-space gradient. #ElysianEclipse #Spore #GameDev #IndieGame

Here's a first look at one of the new foliage shaders! This is just a quick example. It can be used with different types of leaves and will support wind and color effects. #ElysianEclipse #Spore #GameDev #IndieGame

Started working on some fancy foliage shaders for the plant editor. #ElysianEclipse

The editor will soon allow you to create high quality renders like these of your creatures, plants and buildings! You can combine this with the camera alignment key (C) to make them perfectly front-facing. #ElysianEclipse #Spore #GameDev #IndieGame

Elysium Ellipse fanart #ElysianEclipse

Visual effects have been added to the health bar! Instead of instantly updating, it now highlights the taken damage in a darker shade and will drain with an animation, similar to Dark Souls. #ElysianEclipse #Spore #GameDev #IndieGame

Since the new shaders allow recoloring, I added paint regions to all the existing hut parts! I'll of course also do the same for the upcoming plant editor parts. #ElysianEclipse #Spore #GameDev #IndieGame

I don't have much time to work on the update right now, so take this blurry picture of Flocki instead.

The Elysian Mesh shaders have been further improved and now support normal maps, giving them more depth. In the before-after image, you can see the effect very well on the clay roof. The textures also have a lower contrast now, making it look less messy. #ElysianEclipse #Spore #GameDev #IndieGame

Something went wrong while testing the new shaders and I ended up with a meat hut. A Blorb sits inside. Is the house made of flesh, or is he made of house? He screams, for he does not know. #ElysianEclipse #Spore #GameDev #IndieGame

🌱 My Plans for the Plant Editor 1/3 🧵 Version 0.5.2 will be focused on new shaders for the editor, including fluffy materials for leaves, but also more detailed and customizable hut materials. Future editors will also benefit from this. #ElysianEclipse #Spore #GameDev #IndieGame

I keep jumpscaring myself with test exceptions...

is art i draw am excited for everyone to play deltarune!!

Yay!

wow deltarune tomorrow

Deltarune............................................................ tomorrow!

I removed some legacy limitiations of the editor and updated how creatures can be named! It now supports multi-word names that can contain dashes and apostrophes, aswell as certain umlauts! #ElysianEclipse #Spore #GameDev

Happy pride month, everyone! Flags are boring, so here are some creatures instead! I hope all homophobes and transphobes will have an awful time. 💜 #ElysianEclipse #Spore #GameDev #PrideMonth

Whoops forgot to tag the last post. Bluesky really needs an edit feature.

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Update posts - like this one - will now be shown on the title screen of Elysian Eclipse! I'm not sure if this is a good idea, because it depends on a third party service and requires internet. But here we go. #ElysianEclipse #Spore #GameDev

This post will be visible in Elysian Eclipse. #ElysianEclipse

The Bluesky search API seems to be down now. The tech industry just doesn't want to let me make a news widget, lol.