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[nickd3000]

"oh don't mind me, just steppin' on though"

I love this walker, really organic movement. Great work so far on the game, it's looking super interesting and gorgeous.

[JLJac]

Thank you

Update 461

Big worm grass!



Contrary to the small stuff, this is not just a sticky nuisance, it's instant death 

The main difficulty here was performance - originally I thought the worm grass was just going to be here and there in small patches, but James picked up a liking for it and wanted to use it in much larger quantities, which did cause a lot of framerate issues. Also it wasn't quite dangerous enough for the huge fearsome fields he was making. The two birds with one stone solution was to make the worm grass transition to this super worm grass in larger patches, which also works a bit differently than the original worm grass - rather than tracking the pull of each worm it works tile by tile, creating a more classic gamey "lava" effect; basically if you fall down there you die.

We plan on making large swaying seas of this, with the rain deer striding across it. I think it's gonna look really cool!

[Christian]

of course the follow-up question should be, can we ride atop raindeer to safely cross the wormgrass fields?

[Crabby]

of course the follow-up question should be, can we ride atop raindeer to safely cross the wormgrass fields?

This sounds awesome.

[Raku]

Every time I check back at this thread I'm overwhelmed by how amazing this game is getting. That Spiderdeer thing is incredible and disturbing.

[adge]

How would you otimize performance on something like that?

[Lilou84x]

I couldn't help but thinking in Limbo when I look at Rain World. Don't get me wrong, i love Limbo and this ferret-ghost like creature, so it would be awesome to see how will it end. But notice that too

See you!

[Noogai03]

you have to make the walker impale you like in limbo

[JobLeonard]

What if it just looks scary, but turns out to be friendly?

Just like the story that elephants aren't afraid of mice, they're just worried that they might accidentally step on them.

[JLJac]

of course the follow-up question should be, can we ride atop raindeer to safely cross the wormgrass fields?

Every time I check back at this thread I'm overwhelmed by how amazing this game is getting. That Spiderdeer thing is incredible and disturbing.

Thank you! I really like your pixel art

How would you otimize performance on something like that?

Mostly by culling them if off screen, and by having the interaction be tile based rather than worm-by-worm.

Update 462

Puffball spore bombs!



Let me know how horrible an art style breach you guys consider this. The low color count is maintained - it only uses 2 colors, but it uses dithering which I haven't been messing with before.

[ProgramGamer]

Eh, I guess my main complaint is that they don't look very alien. Other than that dithering is perfectly fine for smoke effects.

[chriswearly]

Update 462

Puffball spore bombs!



Let me know how horrible an art style breach you guys consider this. The low color count is maintained - it only uses 2 colors, but it uses dithering which I haven't been messing with before.

Two colors/dither (which can't really even notice) looks just fine. Fits great

So what are the implementations for this item? 'Smoke' is gaseous explosion, and it deters enemies?
Also, the "fuse"/string should be affected by gravity, right? Or just make it a solid rod. Simple lore: the 'stem' grows off trees, and the ball is its flower.
Brb, creating Wiki page

[Teod]

Puffball spore bombs!

I would like to see the same gif, but with a lizard and his vision heatmap.

[Christian]

Update 462

Puffball spore bombs!



Let me know how horrible an art style breach you guys consider this. The low color count is maintained - it only uses 2 colors, but it uses dithering which I haven't been messing with before.

Looks great, although I kind of feel the spores should settle to the ground in a visible layer rather than simply fade away. Or maybe even make the slugcat's hide a bit dirty for a short while if you run through the cloud?

Echoing Chris, what's the use? Some kind of poison/stink bomb?

[adge]

Maybe make them living things. Like living throable exploding jellyfish.

[chriswearly]

Echoing Chris, what's the use? Some kind of poison/stink bomb?

'Smoke' is gaseous explosion, and it deters enemies?

I'm just asking specifics. Is it a visual scrambler, an olfactory deterrent, or simply a scare-tactic that adds just a few seconds for escape? Obviously it's an item for combat, just wondering the affect/effect of using it

Further, what if the player/an enemy fell on top of one of these? Could the force make them explode on impact? Would be pretty funny to see a Lizard fall, then scare its own shit out of it and run away like a startled cat

[jamesprimate]

what fun would it be if we explained everything on the threads?

[chriswearly]

what fun would it be if we explained everything on the threads?

Lol, I know. It was half rhetorical, half I love this game and want to know every nook and cranny of it so I can't stop with the questions

[charliecarlo]

Let me know how horrible an art style breach you guys consider this. The low color count is maintained - it only uses 2 colors, but it uses dithering which I haven't been messing with before.

Personally, I think it looks great.
Perhaps make the stem naturally curve down toward the ground, though, it looks a bit odd jutting straight up like that.

EDIT: Sorry; wrong quote.
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[Octopus Tophat]

The smoke is a very interesting effect. What exactly is going on there? It's not just loads of particles, right?