Happy (barely) #screenshotsaturday! Here's a side-by-side of level concept art (left) and current state of building it in-game (right)!
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Keen viewers will notice that this update is SLIGHTLY different to yesterday's! More room building today, jokes aside. Dailies keep me honest, but sometimes I feel like I'm posting the same thing over and over again
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WIP: More room layout. I did a concept design for this area before building the tilemap, and it's been really beneficial in highlighting how much more flexibility I've been wanting in my level design (and I still want more)
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More WIP: Ocean animations are varied enough now where I’ve got enough to handle different water-meets-shore scenarios!
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Extremely WIP room build. Experimenting with an animated tileset refactor for the waves to make them more configurable
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I'll stop posting rain videos soon, promise. Now with SOUND And controller parameters updated to allow for greater variation in amount of rain ️
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️ More rain! Now that I’m satisfied with the method of doing this, I built a controller for the rain that only creates it within the camera view (with a lil buffer). Also made the darkened sky layer into a tileset. TL;DR: Looks rainier, is more efficient
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Happy rainy #screenshotsaturday, everyone
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Had a first go at rain! Areas where it’s raining will have a darker palette than this generally, but all told I think this is working pretty well
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Here's the animation cycle I've been working on implemented in the falling platform object in game!
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Respawn animation added! (And some real weirdness discovered in my player re-creation code to be dealt with soon.)
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Still struggling to find the time this week, but here's another #wip shot of some new #Straycloud environment art for #screenshotsaturday!
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HUD refactor update! I gave the object the ability to switch sprites conditionally, so I've added creation sprites to the spirit gauge (top left)
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I’m refactoring the health/spirit/element system to more easily allow HUD animations to be added. The HUD is an area that I’ve been meaning to get to for a while, and it’s sorely in need of some love. Anyway, here’s a buggy in-progress shot of where it’s at (keep an eye on the gauges at top left)
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Further expansion of the map! This snapshot covers the area present in the game so far
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A quick sketch!
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Much the same this week! A bit of work-in-progress on the map
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Hey folks, it’s been a while! We are still looking for a publishing partner, so admin is taking up most of the time I have to work on the game, but I’ve begun reworking the map as a fun change of pace!
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As we move into the next phase of development, I'm reflecting on how far we've come! Here's a fun before and after
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Hey all, #Straycloud is heads down atm as we get ready for the next phase, but stick around! Weekly updates will resume soon. Thanks for following along!
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