💔 - I knew #Godot would eventually betray me :( 🎬 - Just another cutscene day for my #SRPG #IndieGame. It is always funny seeing temporary assets pop up in serious cutscenes! 🤣 On another note! Thank you everyone who has tried out the play test and given feedback, I have been going through it all!

Massive sigh of relief… My timeline is safe. 🫣

🧙‍♂️ Blood Bowl meets Final Fantasy Tactics! 🏈 Fantasy Football Tactics is my magical and turn-based tactical football RPG... 🤗 Single Player RPG Adventure ⚔️ Local/Remote PVP 🎱 8 classes 🎮 64 abilities 🏕️ 16 playfields Wishlist and demo below: ✨ store.steampowered.com/app/3035460?... ✨ #PitchYaGame

Mina the Hollower is very good.

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I tried #Dyadem by @nathanieljones.au! Despite bad luck with my levels and growths, I had fun with this one! I came in because it looked like #FireEmblem, and left enjoying its difficulty and its approach to tactics RPG gameplay! Give it a try if you can, and enjoy the video! youtu.be/5R8XRxTVLA0

✅️ - Now that my #SRPG #IndieGame playtest is out and updated, time to get back to work! 🎬️ - It is fun making #GBA #FireEmblem-style cutscenes, The hardest part is now actually creating the writing and stage directions. I swear, developing the conversation engine was easier!

🥳 - The new Steam Playtest Build is live! I would love everyone's thoughts on the state of the game! #IndieGame #SRPG #Playtest youtu.be/d7rNPHOp3bY

The cerebral puzzle showcase is on!! Stig is 30% off until June 4th if you want to check it out! @puzzleshowcase.bsky.social store.steampowered.com/app/2834830/...

I just had my Nephew and my Brother play through the playtest build. A few red flags but overall looking green to update on steam soon! :)

🏳️ - RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY!!! The above kinda speaks for itself actually... 🤭 Updated the "Retreat" behaviour in my #FireEmblem-like #SRPG #IndieGame! In some scenarios you may cause enough panic that the whole army may turn tail and run!

🏠️💬 - What do the people think? 🔖 - Here is an example of the visit action in work, perfectly helpful for gaining hints and advice from the locals! #IndieGame #SRPG #Godot

🎬️ - Cutscene chaining in my #SRPG #IndieGame seems to be working rather well, Here is a clip from the mission that will featured in the new playtest! It is still a work in progress and I still need to smooth out the edges, but all in all I am rather happy with the results so far!

🔧 - Updated the classic menu style since the new modern menu recently got a bunch of love! Also a repeat example that you can also change the diary/menu theme just like #GBA #FireEmblem. #IndieGame #SRPG

Hey all, I had a twitter post blow up and I am happy to announce that I have now gone from 700 to 1.3k Wishlists! :D

My recent #Godot experiences...

🔧 - Updated the combat forecast in my #SRPG #IndieGame support the help system! You can press the help key/button at any point to get a description of any piece of UI you are unsure of... My hope is to make everything so clear you don't need to search online for a thing! 🤭

🖥️ - With my #SRPG #IndieGame, I want to make it feel like a #GBA game. I chose the resolution 320x180 because it scales cleanly to modern displays! 🎨 - Artwork is rendered on a separate layer so it remains high-res! Want to pretend you’re on mGBA? Go ahead and minimize!

⚔️ - Updated the combat screen in my #FireEmblem-like #SRPG #IndieGame. Previously, Capture had its own menu. Now you can switch from lethal to non-lethal attacks on the fly! Additionally, I added UI to indicate you can swap weapon! I am very happy with the results so far!

Everyone I need emotional support -.- I just worked out the audio bus on Godot... after rigging my own audio system to control the volume of all the sound effects and music. Turns out I could of just added them to a bus and changed that. Oh well good experience and learned alot... Still... sad...

I've been meaning to study this game's jump physics a bit more. This post reminded me so why not do it now? :D #Zelda #gamedev #LinksAwakening

🎮 - It’s more of a minor side quest after a long days work on my #SRPG #IndieGame more than a major feature. However, the #PS5 #DualSense light now changes colour depending on the active team! #Godot actually made it super easy to implement with only a few lines of code.

💃 - I have an announcement in the only form I know how... Dance. ... and because none of you want to see that here is a form you may be more interested in! Thank you everyone! It is so amazing to see my little #IndieGame get 700 #SteamWishlist 's!

⭐ - All together now! 🔬- The new #SRPG level up screen is integrated into my #IndieGame 's combat! The stats are being added to the character and it's pausing after combat to show the level up! I love how easy #Godot makes it to string these events together.

So proud of my amazing and talented wife on her new book deal! Follow along if you like Rear Window/Disturbia and #thriller novels! 📚💙 #booksky

🎉 - It's DONE! My #SRPG level up screen is complete, it's the best feeling when you're super happy with work on your #IndieGame! I just need to import it into the combat #Godot scene. 💬 - It even comes with character comment's depending on how big the level up results are!

🔧 - Still slowly chipping away at my #SRPG "Level Up" screen. Not 100% done. However, I like how "Juicy" the stat upgrade animation is, it should be good to pop in my #Godot #IndieGame soon! My friends who are #FireEmblem fans also really like it!

I know what the ladies like... 😎👉️👉️ Adaptive Input UI! Right? R-Right??? Been busy trying to give my #SRPG #IndieGame UI additional support for all types of inputs, It also works for #SteamDeck Glyphs! However clip is on my Mac so no example for that... 😅

🔧 - Finally working on a proper #LevelUp window for my #Godot #IndieGame. So far so good! 🎰 - Level Ups are the exciting bit for #SRPG's so I am trying to make it fancy. We do love it when numbers go up brrrrrr.

☺️ ~ Look who has Dyadem running on a SteamDeck! 🎮 - It is funny, I have been making this #IndieGame to feel like it is a #GBA game and this is the first time I’ve played it on a handheld. I think it found itself quite at home :) #SRPG #GameDev

How it feels to look at your button sprite sheet after a days worth of work. 😵‍💫 #IndieDev #PixelArt #Sprite

Hey everyone quick update! Was aiming to get the next playtest out the door Friday. However, simultaneously linking controller input alongside mouse and keyboard input has caused a few design challenges. It is coming along nicely but requires more polish! My apologies! 🙏

🪲 - Still more #Godot UI work and bug stomping today, Controller support is taking longer than expected :( ⏩️ - I recently improved the Fast Forward, During enemy turns in my #SRPG #IndieGame you can hold the left trigger to speed up the game! See below!

Final verdict, I understand the #Godot Translation system. It is versatile and it can load translations from the user:\\ folder. | Plan is: Put ground work in for translations but still ship with English, follow the next best wishlists locations. allowing space for fan translations as in-between.

Oh, Things are getting spicy! 😎 I'm doing the biggest learns at the moment.

🎓️ - Still working on Help UI in #Godot! My goal in #SRPG #IndieGame is for players to have access to all the information they need without needing to look anything up online. Also made this cute little hand pointer that follows you around the screen to point at all the UI!

❓️ - What does this do again? Currently implementing a help system in my #SRPG #IndieGame to explain what actions and items do what. I was really dreading this task but I found a way to implement it in #Godot super quick and easy with minimal changes to the existing code!

🐭 🎹 🎮️ - Still working on getting all the input types to work in harmony in #Godot! Here video of my #SRPG #IndieGame with each input type! Mouse and Keyboard Style 1. Using Keybinding 2. Mouse Clicking Action #FireEmblem Style 3. Analog Selection 4. DPAD Selection

📆 - The next play-test is slated for Friday (1st of May), Which I am dubbing "The Controller Patch." If you have a PC capable of running Steam and a Controller. I would appreciate you testing it out! My steam demo needs to be finalized by the 31st of May, So weekly Friday updates will be coming!

🧪 - A Tester of my #SRPG #IndieGame noted a bug that AI units were entering water tiles. After some thought, I deemed it communications issue, I never taught the player water traversal was possible. 🛟 - My solution, In #Godot I made a cute little floatie as a visual cue!

I now have a footstep system in place in my #Godot #SRPG! Now I need to find some permanent sound effects to replace the placeholder ones! Does knows of any decent commercially suitable #GBA-ish effects for my #IndieGame?

made the ui colors for enemy and ally units changeable in the settings #GodotEngine #pixelart #indiedev #gamedev

🚩 - The new HUD bar in my #Godot #SRPG #IndieGame allows for better controller support! It adapts between controller and mouse input. Displaying shortcuts and highlights when needed! Needs a little more work but I am slowly getting there! The next playtest will include it!

🤤 - I really like the HUD in the newer #XCOM games, All tightly packed and with keybinds. So in my #IndieGame, I decided to adopt it! Via context you can equip, attack and use items all in one click now! Don't worry #GBA #FireEmblem loyalists! There is a classic option!

As a BIG #GBA #FireEmblem fan this is feeling a little cursed however my play testers keep requesting it. 😅 ♻️ - You can now switch weapons of the same range in the forecast screen... Also I got a random crit while recording this update so that is cool. 🤣 #Godot #GameDev #IndieDev

I am not sure how to proceed with doing posts on both BlueSky and Twitter. Which is making me question if I should continue to post my daily-ish updates... I was hoping to be getting a little more reach but maybe I am expecting too much?

🧪 - Been updating the inspect menu. Now that you can change the resolution on the fly it was causing issues with its shape. It is not 100% complete yet but it is flying along nicely. 🔖 - I particularly like the animated bookmarks poking out on the side! #Godot #TacticalRPG #SRPG #IndieGame

🎯 - Have a big job today, need to disconnect the audio and music systems so they could work between... *Whisper* Huh... whats that? *Whisper* It's done? But it took like 2 minutes?? ✅ - Well there you have it! Seamless audio between cutscenes! #Godot #TacticalRPG #SRPG #Indiegame

Still working on the Steam Next Fest Demo! The new cutscene code is working great :) It allows for some really easy plug and play creation! Including branching paths in case an objective was missed or an ally has been defeated. #Godot #IndieGame #SRPG

How this morning has felt... #gamedev #indiegames #shaders #shader