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signal latch
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There we go

primal night
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yo

signal latch
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If you're interested in my game I can keep you updated

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Progress is gonna be pretty slow though, since I'm pretty busy and about to go on vacation

primal night
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it looks neat. im not sure how much id contribute if anything lol

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i like brainstorming ideas

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ive been playing games for 37 years lol

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primal night
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This is one of those games that can cause people to devote tons of time to

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if the goal is speedrunning and you can integrate it with speedrunning websites or whatever...

signal latch
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Just so you know I 99% won't implement your ideas, just because I'm really trying my hardest to keep the scope of the project small, but I'll try to stay active on it

signal latch
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Gotta get some levels in first

primal night
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i honestly think the #1 thing you need to do is just make it so scores are recorded historically

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everything else... who cares

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i want my circle to that square AFAFP

signal latch
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I've got a huge todo list before I can get to thinking about leaderboards, but it's a good suggestions

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primal night
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if i cant compare my score to your score... i wont play it more than once or twice

signal latch
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I spent a good couple months making a polished character controller, I think that's focus #1 in these kinds of games

primal night
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theres no incentive

signal latch
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But yeah leaderboard is cool

signal latch
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But once that's done it would be awesome for leaderboards

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Gonna be working on a demo pretty soon

primal night
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you could avoid writing the NPCs altogether

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its just client-side player runs and scores compared against each other in a list

signal latch
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That's a big jump imo

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If you want to try the demo I can let you know in a couple of months

primal night
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Cool

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Ill let you get back to it 🙂

signal latch
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It's still far from completion, got so many levels to make and features to implement

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primal night
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What all do you have left aside from making more levels?

signal latch
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Well, I was gonna try to focus on making some more polished looking environments

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More particles, and game feels

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"Juice"

primal night
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i assumed that fell under "making more levels"

signal latch
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I've got a few little bugs to fix, and I also need to properly set up the menus so that they look good

primal night
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ok

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well on that note, id recommend setting up the platforms and stuff and then skin it after

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you talked about the control system

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you're gonna wanna get that flushed out before you make it pretty

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that way you also know how many levels to make, what assets you can reuse, etc.

signal latch
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Then I have a few other little features I'd like to add, like unique art for each area, better fonts, decorations, and then all of the music and sound effects + management for audio

signal latch
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About 7 months in on this project working 5-10 hours per week

primal night
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thats a single working session for me lol

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not meaning full time job

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just cant work for an hour or two only a day or on something once a week

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would go nuts

signal latch
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Yeah, same here

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I usually set aside an entire day to work on it

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Maybe 3-4 hours in an evening on Thursday or Friday and then another 6-7 hours on the weekend

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I was working more at the beginning, but sort of slowed down, still going though

primal night
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Theres more than just whats in the video, ya?

signal latch
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Content-wise, not much

primal night
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and a lot that im not seeing/aware of

signal latch
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Only thing I didn't show was a secondary forest location, a few different houses, and then menus

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Just test scenes to see what the game would look like

primal night
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so what would you say consumed the largest portion of the time thusfar?

signal latch
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Content-wise there isn't a single level that'll be in the final game yet

signal latch
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Can't be sure

primal night
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what thing specifically

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working on player movmenet? environment design?

signal latch
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At this point though I've got a lot of what I'd consider content to make. Sounds, art, music

primal night
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for that stuff, im not an artist or designe

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i rely on assets for that 😛

signal latch
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Yeah same here

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I'm using mostly free art from online

primal night
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i dont mind paying for assets. i got a really nice hero editor on sale as well as that ui asset pack

signal latch
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I'm going to try my hand at the soundtrack though, since I've always had a mind for music

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primal night
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heh best of luck with that

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sound composure is a beast on its own

signal latch
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Recently bought a massive poly pack that I'm planning on using for a later project

signal latch
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Tbh it doesn't have to be amazing, just passable is good for me lol

primal night
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lol yeah

signal latch
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This would be my first commercial game

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I've got quite a few smaller projects published, but nothing I'd ever imagine paying for

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Hoping to make this my first commercial 🙂

primal night
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i hear ya

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my idea currently is a card game but i havent started anything

signal latch
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Those are interesting

primal night
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ive got a few other ideas as well

signal latch
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Haven't played many deckbuilding games but I know that they can be really good

primal night
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pokemon came out when i was a kid so i got into that

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also got into magic

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worked for curse reverse engineering hearthstone

signal latch
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Yeah those are the classics

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Never really played many classics, I'm too young for those

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But I've always looked up to them for game design inspiration

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Nowadays we have our newer classics. Celeste, Hollow Knight are two big ones that really inspire me

primal night
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lol

signal latch
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lol

primal night
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this game had a solid copyright system too

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you had to go to pages in the manual and put in the logo it asked you for to confirm you actually owned the game

signal latch
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Anyway, I've got to go, good talking to you. I'll try to keep you updated on the progress of my game through some posts here, so keep your eye out if you're interested

primal night
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so you had to keep the manual around

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Have a good one

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primal night
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it was a great game

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look up some footage

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there's a remake i think on steam too

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primal night
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honestly id just get squadrons at this point 😛