did character design this week

just more level progress

new gimmick for stage 1-2: mag zip-lines

New 3D world map/level select (all location names, 3d models, and stage graphics are temporary of course)

new pause menu and de-pixeled the UI

new main menu

Added footstep noises and magnet ambient noise (AKA aeromagnetism ASMR)

started working on wide tree, and added the fade in/out for the foreground graphic

zip line

All I did was design more level this week so heres some plans i have for stage select: The music is a simple loop but the lead plays the main motif from the stage you are hovering over (example features stages 1 and 2)

I LOVE QUICKTIME EVENTS

New alternate spring that disables your input briefly so you have more leniency when turning around

New break point magnet shader ( the final color will be blue to imply that the magnet has the opposite polarity to koiku, and will thus attract him, but the backround is blue soooo)

messing with more layer switching and rotational magnets in level design

We've decided (and by that i mean that i just declared) that music for the platformer stages will emulate the style of various retro games. Here is the city platformer theme that mimics the style of Mega Man X.

New thingy where if you are moving fast and jump off it you go real fast (im really good at game design if you didnt notice)

The Third Cover youtu.be/rrV-6qdbYwk

Added one way platforms (I know godot has a default option for this but it took SO long with my custom physics)

"Made more level progress" would not be a particularly interesting game update this week, so I covered Black Knife by Toby Fox in the style of Aeromagnetism. I have many more covers planned for weekly updates so stay tuned. youtu.be/SFou-ifJNNM

More SFX, Level assets, and mostly finalized gameplay style

basic enemy framework (this week was supposed to be a cool 3D model reveal but im too dumb for blender)

new custom camera system (intro segment as an example)

youtu.be/Q3Z0W2mxXAs OST TEASR!!!!

New triple loop intro for the new 1st level (I WAS SO BUSY THIS WEEK IM SORRY ASKJMN#ERDMNVCM<>)

New end level sequence (I've yet to think of something cooler than a sign to end the level with)

sliding down and running off slopes now fully function with magnets. Now that magnet physics are mostly complete, I can start working on cooler stuff (like an ost demo :o)

Magnets now are mostly omnidirectional and work around circles.

added grind rails (this will make more sense in context of the level lol)

added big tree with a cool vine that you can run down (this is very cool)

Fixed up tilemap to path based terrain collisions and added more level design (sorry this update is lame I was sick this week)

New magnet rotation and ceiling collision (you stick to ceiling when magnets push you into them)

New vine-like terrain that can be placed anywhere via a path 2D. (also I really like the song I made for this)

New intro animation w/ WIP graphics obviously. My dumbass was abt to show off the level select progress but thats spoilers for every single location of the game so heres this.

New speed effects (purple trail + speed lines) and a speedometer.

Ground dash thingy to build speed fast and take out grounded enemies. (I have NO idea what the in universe reason koiku can do this is)

New spike obstacle (will probably be switched to thorns or smth but thats way harder to draw) + more level

New parallax backround (with placeholder assets lmao)

uhhhmhm uhhhh new magnet attack without gravity because its my enemy and i hate it

Added running down walls if you fall fast enough.

Health system + death + new SFX

Added the ability to hold down a button to toggle whether the player is a magnet or not. Also added a sick effect for it.

New song on my YT! (yes this is the weekly game update i didnt have a lot of time) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddve...

Reworked sliding so that it has advantages over running now. Basically with the power of mag-lev BS there is now zero friction when you slide, and you get twice the acceleration down slopes, so with a good combo of running and sliding you can reach some crazy speeds.

I made a boost pad which is fine or whatever but I also discovered new tech i accidentally made!!! if you dash you can redirect all you're horizontal velocity the other way, so you can build a bunch of speed by just chaining slopes.

New magnet dash thingy visuals/collisions. Gonna be struggling to not cram one bajillion of these things in every level I have way too much fun playtesting this part.

We here at arch studios or whatever its called are proud to announce that we're the first people to ever put a loop-d-loop in a video game. Its never been done before and we did it. congratulations to us.

New magnet visuals (BESTAGONS LETS GO)

New collectable!!!(mind the placeholder image) I'm hoping to have these be incentive for the player to interact with/learn level mechanics and maybe restore health. Also I have to lock in and make them something not generic like coins/gems/hearts.

New Sprites + New Squash & Stretch + New Rounded Collision + Ratio

incredibly wip test level also enjoy 16 seconds of the new level 1 song aaaflkjfnsffdsf