Currently developing a game about being a sausage.
I think I'm gonna take it in the direction of Getting Over it.
Let me know if you have any ideas or questions 🙂
#Weenie Devlog
violet lintel
stone herald
Hah 😂
Ok, i will just ask, is the sausage using some kind of special animation system or something, or its just good old skeletal mesh?
violet lintel
Skeletal mesh!
violet lintel
Figuring out the camera and some more level design ideas. The controls will need tweaks!
Also, it now takes place in a museum. The sausage is art 🌭 🎨
shell bison
you should have a giant seagull that occasionally tries to snatch the hot dog for an antagonist
astral scaffold
Perhaps the goal of the game is to get eaten.
astral scaffold
Perhaps the goal of the game is to get eaten.
somehow sausage-vault your way up onto someone's plate... but if you get too dirty they'll just throw you out
violet lintel
That's already the concept of I am bread, I want to go with something a bit different. But I'll keep that idea in mind!
violet lintel
Some more progress on this project. Exploring some simple level design ideas
stone herald
but why some museums, it should be some kitchen, things like that
it tries to run from being made a hot dog or something
violet lintel
I like museums
quaint gull
lmao bro needs a bun
shell bison
maybe the story is that the hotdog was originally sold at some vendor at the museum entrance lobby, and one day it decided to escape and check out the pieces late at night
violet lintel
My idea right now is that you are one of the many gallery pieces and you're trying to escape
mental bluff
women everywhere: "actually, we are against this use of jiggle physics too"
huh maybe you could alternate between rolling like a stick, and an inchworm, hmmm snake movement lol
blissful edge
at the end someone duct-tapes you on the museum wall because he thinks you're a masterpiece
mental bluff
i imagine you have escaped from the food court
violet lintel
at the end someone duct-tapes you on the museum wall because he thinks you're a ...
Yesss
real depot
Very interesting
violet lintel
https://alvarop.itch.io/sausage Hey here's a prototype for the controls of my game. Would be down to get some impressions on this.
violet lintel
New updated version up with improved controls. I think we're getting close to what I had in mind. If any of you try it let me know, I could use the feedback!
mental bluff
Hot-Diggity-Dog!
hot narwhal
🌭
violet lintel
Jumping on the YouTube devlog thing. Didn't take long to make and it's a quick look on what the game is about and progress so far.
Check it out if you're interested!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88RUIz8keyA
violet lintel
The whole game is a freudian slip
violet lintel
Made a mockup for the type of "art museum" narration I might add to the game as you go into new rooms. What do y'all think?
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PvKnkcyXsbg
violet lintel
New build is available here : https://alvarop.itch.io/sausage
Try it out and feel free to give me your impressions!
mental bluff
ROFL
dude
That "mouth swap" of famous painting meme, except its swapping all people in a painting/sculpture (SCULPTURES!!) with hotdogs haha!
mental bluff
What a great portrait, she looks lovely with that mustard scarf ;D
violet lintel
Haha yeah I'm thinking of doing multiple of these
mental bluff
the "thinking man" but its a hotdog
hm, without arms not sure it would be clear enough a reference
maybe a famous statue, with a hotdog riding a horse, or hotdog god Sistine chapel
last supper hotdog, eating hotdogs
violet lintel
mondrian but just one of the rectangles is hot dog coloured
ceci n'est pas une saucisse
violet lintel
Hello fellow hot-dogs! 🌭
Quick announcement regarding the new build of the game. There's been a lot of tiny features and tweaks added so that the game resembles more and more the final product I've been envisioning.
Changelog
Added Camera mouse support (can be inverted)
Added Gamepad support
Added Audio SFX (placeholders, need improvement)
Added Main menu (wow!)
Improved physics and player controls
Added camera transition on jump pad
Camera fix on tight spaces
As always, I'm looking for playtesters and people to give me feedback!
violet lintel
Who said sausages can't fly?
mental bluff
yesss
needs more jiggle physics
pov: hotdog hunches over, strains, superman launches self to face-slap a painting (+1000 innuendo points awarded!)
if you land on the ground hard enough, your hotdog spits out juice .. from his .. casing seam 🤔 o.o maybe he can slide around at a slow rate with a slime trail ... man i want to work on your game now not mine lol
severe saffron
the goal of each level shoud be a bun
violet lintel
Hahaha wow
dry python
late niche
he slowly attaches things to his body to make body parts. Like roll in glue then googly eyes now you can see. Then arms like pencils or anything really.
mental bluff
well, im not sure about katamari hotdog
but if he had to faceplant to aquire googly eyes, or like mr potatoman ears, via raw physical trauma, as a puzzle sort of thing ..
i can imagine physicsy puzzles like to roll around in red white paint then fling yourself onto pollock canvases or something
@violet lintel is it just me or are you imagining something like stanley parables narrator, but its the audio tour, reactive to what your near, and increasingly concerned that there is a hotdog defacing art
violet lintel
<@110848134153805824> is it just me or are you imagining something like stanley ...
Yeah exactly, but not the last part. It's just like you're playing with the audio guide on
violet lintel
Looking for feedback here. Gonna post on social media and wondering which gifs are the best to get people to come to try out the game!
shadow trellis
I have several concerns:
- why is the end of each level not jumping into a hotdog bun?
- why don't you have the ability to squirt yourself with ketchup or mustard to power up?
- why are you like this?
mental bluff
the first one, first row, and also the middle row, left and center ones seem the most polished
but thats mostly just not having a grid texture
violet lintel
yeah totally
mental bluff
going along the tightrope is good, though theres a bit of gif artifact towards the end
i kinda wish he could inchworm, or maybe slither
shadow trellis
from a purely feels perspective i would say 2 where its launching and showing off the jump, 5 where its crossing the gap and gives a good show of the jiggle and maybe the one where it rolls underneath
violet lintel
Yeah I think the launching one looks cool, like more action oriented
shadow trellis
although i feel like to be able to sell the game visually its missing something
mental bluff
just imagined the hole in the wall was like a 2 shape you had to lean into lol if that type of movement is even possible
violet lintel
although i feel like to be able to sell the game visually its missing something
go on
shadow trellis
perhaps the hotdog needs to be juicier
mental bluff
wetter, raw dog
shadow trellis
no, more shiny and make it look like its either leaving grease or squirting a little when it lands from jumps/moves
mental bluff
not visual but one wonders what the dog sounds like
shadow trellis
yeah the sound is going to be very important
mental bluff
i imagine little moans and grunts
violet lintel
uhmmm yeah good call
shadow trellis
i imagine little moans and grunts
wait what
i meant the wet hotdog slap sound while it lands and moves
shadow trellis
yeah i could see it having sound effects like the old worms games
mental bluff
not every time maybe, but for a powered jump, idk
the impact sounds are better idea tho
shadow trellis
i feel like any game where youre controlling a food item it should on some level be messy or slightly gross for comedic effect
violet lintel
The reddit thread was a success, really happy to see people's reaction!
violet lintel
https://streamable.com/94394c made a trailer, thoughts?
mental bluff
https://streamable.com/94394c made a trailer, thoughts?
looks great!
hmm, i just had a portal flashback and this phrase, "The Bun is a LIE"
violet lintel
It's getting wet in here
mental bluff
Getting there!
Aside: UE ambient occlusion/shadow noise kills me T.T
Hmm, some light depth of field might actually be kind of nice in this game. Just random thought.
violet lintel
Yeah I agree
violet lintel
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3230820/That_sausage_museum_game/ Steam approved my page. Would be very helpful if you wishlisted the game 😄
violet lintel
Working on the main menu!
midnight galleon
I'm going to be... FRANK with you... I'd buy this game.
young rock
This sausage going wild
midnight galleon
Will you also create different versions of the hot dog, each with unique physics? Like, a bacon wrapped hot dog, a polish sausage, or the larger, more intimidating bratwurst sausage? You could even make a challenging sausage links character.
mental bluff
Will you also create different versions of the hot dog, each with unique physics...
Ironman mode, aka Raw Dog
mental bluff
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3230820/That_sausage_museum_game/ Steam appro...
Some proofreading of the steam page's text:
Ever wondered what it’s like to be a sausage in a museum? Now’s your chance! Take control of our oblong[1] hero on their journey through a surreal art
exhibitionexhibit. Facefacingbizarre challenges, gravity-defying sculptures, and mind-bending installations inhighly intellectual adventurean adventure for the most intellectual of art connoisseurs.
[1] accidental double space
mental bluff
Just saw a random ticktok that made me think of you