☺️ ~ 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

Hey #TurnBasedThursday fans! Thx @codered-dev1.bsky.social! Been hard at work on a demo for #SteamNextFest! New features include! 🎥 - Camera Improvements 📍- Focus Icon 💬 - Casual defeat quotes! 🗺️ - Updated HUD! 🕐 - 13 Hour Work Days! 😭 ⭐️- Wishlist now! store.steampowered.com/app/4206930?...

🧼 - After a lot of hair pulling and raging against the UI machine! I finally have an updated HUD! The original was one of the first things I made... So as my ability and skills increased it was slowly left behind. Super happy with the results so far! #Godot #IndieGame #SRPG

Every time I emit a Godot signal with a extra argument I regret it. Then just like a KFC burger box I somehow get mind wiped from the last time it happened and I think its a brilliant idea. 😅

📷️ - The Camera while good, had problems with non XX:9 resolutions. Me: That's fine they can deal with it and move on... Also Me: But the SteamDeck is 16:10... So! New camera system! Fullscreen your heart out! 🔊 - Wait hang on... Do you hear that? #Godot #IndieDev #SRPG

Going for that QUAD FEATURE! The Map Sprites for... The Scout 🐴 The Apprentice 🥾 The Initiate 🛡️ The Crusader 🛡️ ...are all done! ⭐ Wishlist Dyadem! - store.steampowered.com/app/4206930?... #Godot #SRPG #IndieGame #FE

Quick Alert: 600 Wishlists. THANKS! #WishlistWednesday

More directional sprites! The Freelancer 🥾 and the Musketeer 🥾 are done! ⭐ Wishlist Dyadem! - store.steampowered.com/app/4206930?... #Godot #SRPG #IndieGame #FE

New directional sprites for the 🛡️ Vanguard and 🐴 Deputy! ⭐ Wishlist Dyadem! - store.steampowered.com/app/4206930?... #Godot #SRPG #IndieGame

I am now in the mindsets of "Don't let perfect be the enemy of good" and "The best game feature we can give to the player is to ship it." This month is the Steam Next Fest Rush... Wish me luck!

🐭 - I have this silly little feature I want to share. The units on the map adapt to the cursors position depending on what is currently happening. I love it, so I made a little video showing it off... Is it game changing? No, Does it make me happy? Yes! #IndieDev #Godot #SRPG

😅 - ALRIGHT FINE! YOU WIN! HAPPY? 🎨 - I’ve had a surprising number of testers and comments mentioning they love the debug portraits… I won’t tell you how to activate it, but from the next build onward, there will be a way to unlock MSPaint mode. Happy Hunting! #Godot #SRPG #IndieGame

❄️ - Brrrrrrr, it's cold outside! Experimenting with a blend of new shaders to help the map chill out! Next is to work on making the inside feel warmer! #Godot #ScreenshotSaturday #SRPG #IndieDev

🌬️ - *Huff* *Puff* Did... Did I make it... In Time...? Hi #TurnBasedThursday fans! Been working on the event and cutscene systems for my game Dyadem! As well as transitions between combat, preperations, saving and cutscenes! 👉 store.steampowered.com/app/4206930 #Godot #GameDev #SRPG #TacticalRPG

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I had a good friend fly into Australia and have not been working on Dyadem the last few days, I’m shocked to see a bunch of extra Steam wishlists logging into the console this morning! Thank you so much! #Wishlist

🗒️ - Take Notes! Added tool-tips to the combat flow so people can get a better idea on what is happen. I might add a dedicated info box at the top of the screen when highlighted but for now this will work well. #Godot #GameDev #TacticalRPG

🌑 - I hope no one is scared of the dark! Certain maps will be fought in darkness, which makes positioning very important. If you need help with sight lines, the scoundrel class has a keen eye that can really spot the enemy! #Godot #SRPG #GameDev #IndieDev

Triple checked post and discarded the draft by accident and cant be bothered to retry. Don't let this go viral. Changed fast zoom zoom button make things go woosh when button held and added switch to turn off. Me do features good. K bye. #GodotEngine #indieGame #SRPG

🧪 - Received feedback from the new playtest, boils down to movement UI being visually noisy. 📝 - To remedy this, I have connected tiles, omitted impassable tiles and simplified the tilemap visuals. What do you all think? #GameDev #IndieGames #SRPG #GodotEngine

I had a fun time with this playtest! Very polished and fun tactical game. ^^ Looking forward to seeing more.

⭐ - Hey followers and SRPG fans! 🎉 - The free Dyadem Playtest update is here with feedback tweaks, a new map, interface adjustments, and more portraits! I'd love your input to refine it. Sign up for the playtest in the comments below! #SRPG #GodotEngine #IndieGame #GameDev #FireEmblem

🧪 - Testing out the latest build of Mission Three! I'm planning to upload it and get approval for the playtest on Steam later tonight with this updated version. 🪲 - There is a bug in the below video, Can you see it? #GameDev #GodotEngine #IndieDev

Hey all, Sorry for the silence! Thanks to those who reached out to check in, I appreciate it! Currently in a refactoring and data entry stage none of it is very sexy for screenshots. I am still working on the project and the wishlists still keep growing! Thank you all so much! #GameDev #IndieDev

Alright, my first Next Fest is in the bag. Steam gives devs this nice summary of how things went, and I'm very pleased with the results! Especially proud of the 23% played -> wishlists conversion. Thanks everyone who checked out the game! More to come...

Update: I am tired, I did stuff trust me...

♻️ - More reloading tests! Everything seems great! 🔖 - Embarrassingly after ignoring the "await" keyword in gdscript for years thinking it had more to do with multiplayer systems. Now that I know how it works. 🤦‍♀️ Better now than never. #GodotEngine #IndieGames #SRPG #GameDev

🔇 - Sorry about the silence! 🔖 - So many systems, All of them needed to be adapted to mid-mission saves. It has been a slog to try get this working. And still more to go... Ill get there however! #IndieGames #SRPG #インディゲーム #FireEmblem

Don’t really know what to say... This weird little game I thought up decades ago playing FFTA while watching football has OVER 1000 WISHLISTS! Thank you, thank you all, so much! #indiegame #nextfest store.steampowered.com/app/3035460?...

📍 - Interesting maneuver ... 🔖 - I totally broke the enemy end turn function while trying to get bookmark saves working. However, because the seed is based on their interaction on this turn, they will miss forever. 🤣 #IndieGames #SRPG #インディゲーム #FireEmblem