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[Ishi]

Please can we keep whatever this otter thing is out of this thread?

Can't stress enough (have I, though?), how awesome Leila's work is, and is going to be, for the game. Also, did you help program for Elite? That game looks boss!

Yeah, so far I just worked on the Xbox One port

The music fits so perfectly! I think its pretty great.

i can agree with that

those tracks are great

If you haven't heard any of her other work, this album is particularly good: https://leilawilson.bandcamp.com/album/planet-aloha-complete

I only have a handful of tracks at the moment but can't wait to request more once the game expands a bit further!

Just joined.  Second game I came across so far.  Lots of pixelated side scrollers it seems.  It's very appealing, though

A most attractive game. Great art and animation.

Great dev log and really fun looking game!

Best of luck!

-Tim

Thanks all for the supportive comments If there's anything specifically you'd like to see me cover in the devlog posts then let me know. I'm happy to go into detail about things if someone will find it interesting.

[Jasmine]

Album of hers that got me hooked:

The Archives of Wyndia

Anyway, glad all the positive energy is keeping your spirits high!

[Canned Turkey]

Please can we keep whatever this otter thing is out of this thread?

Sorry.

The game looks awesome!

[Ishi]

Hi all!

Ropes

Over the last week I did a lot of work refactoring the code to neaten things up. I've improved the way that collisions are detected and handled, which has allowed me to work on this new feature that I've had in mind for a while!



Ropes are basically another kind of platform. My current plan is that you can only travel on them if you're rolling - otherwise you fall through them. This will apply to enemies/fruit too of course (anything that can roll). I like to try to incorporate the rolling mechanic into as many aspects of the game as possible.

This is just a first pass on them. The way they deform when Leilani is on them is a fairly quick + dirty test - I'd like to smooth it out a bit, and make sure it works properly when there are multiple things on the same rope at once.

I'm staying away from implementing proper slopes into the engine for the sake of simplicity, so these ropes provide a way to introduce slopes in another way.

I have a busy weekend coming up so not sure how much I'll get done in the coming week - I might just focus on polishing up the rope collision and animation.

Mahalo for reading!

[gunswordfist]

Sounds like a very neat mechanic!

[NotionGames]

Nice!! Looks extremely cute and fun

[Balrog]

This looks so great.

[SolarLune]

I think you're doing really well so far as it is - the ropes sound like a great idea, and look to be well-executed! Maybe you could have special, differently-colored ropes that also function as springs (where they launch you higher if you jump on them), or maybe ropes could be flammable to allow them to have some more puzzle applications. Just some food for thought.

Anyway, nice work so far!

[Crabby]

Something that would be cool is if there was a boss battle where you have to outrun the boss by rolling on ropes, jumping to different ropes, etc.

[KaiTheSpy]

This game is coming together so well! I think that the suggestions about the ropes sound pretty cool. Any chance of a demo?

[Ishi]

Ooh thanks everyone for the comments Things have gone slowly recently but I should be getting back into development this week.

I think you're doing really well so far as it is - the ropes sound like a great idea, and look to be well-executed! Maybe you could have special, differently-colored ropes that also function as springs (where they launch you higher if you jump on them), or maybe ropes could be flammable to allow them to have some more puzzle applications. Just some food for thought.

I'm thinking about making all ropes (or vines, wires, cables, etc) spring the player higher, as it just seems to make sense especially now I've given them a bouncy anim when you jump off.

I don't want to take the game in too much of a puzzly direction, but flammable ropes is quite a nice idea for making them single-use or something like that. Also I could add classic moving obstacles to the ropes, like electric sparks moving along wires or something. Thanks for the suggestion

Something that would be cool is if there was a boss battle where you have to outrun the boss by rolling on ropes, jumping to different ropes, etc.

Yeah that would be great I'd love to do a chase sequence and ropes would definitely feature in it.

This game is coming together so well! I think that the suggestions about the ropes sound pretty cool. Any chance of a demo?

I'm working towards it! I don't want to release anything that's not worth playing, so am spending a lot of time on it. At the moment I'm still working on level designs which should eventually form the demo levels.

[flipswitchx]

Amazing, really. So clean and vibrant. The roll mechanic looks like SO much fun. I'd be lying if i said I wasn't just a little jealous! But I can't wait to see what you come up with next. 

[EditinLuv]

the animations in this game look incredible (the kick)

[Ishi]

Hi all!

Progress has felt a bit slow recently, but I've begun to pick the pace back up this week.

Spiky Snail Enemy

Here's a first pass at a new enemy - I'm working on a new level and I really wanted to see what I can do with an enemy that's big and dangerous. This spiky snail will roll at Leilani when it sees her, and is covered in spikes so any contact with it is bad.



I need to do more work on the alert phase to indicate that the snail has noticed you and is about to charge - this is early days yet.

I'd also like to experiment with the idea of the creature inside the shell coming out of it - maybe when it hits a wall the shell will shatter and release whatever is inside.

You can also see the springiness that I added to the ropes!

[James Edward Smith]

You probably want it to be some kind of whelk or crab or something, but that little eye ball makes me wish there was a slightly spooky, but generally comedic, Sadoko like mermaid inside of that shell.

[gunswordfist]

A good '!' over the snail's head when it sees you might do the trick.

[Jasmine]

This put a HUGE smile on my face: https://twitter.com/IndivisibleRPG/status/667616445392683008?s=09