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[Ishi]

Update

• Added the extra grass tiles.
   
• Added flags for removing borders on tiles, so I can "embed" materials in others.
  
  
   

Fun times!

[Ishi]

Update

• Couple more anims! I haven't posted any anims in a while, but most aren't that exciting, and some are secret. It's largely just covering more collision / movement situations, like crawling off ledges.

Unlikely pose time.

[Ishi]

Update

• Made a start on the third upgrade. Rather more complex to make than the first two. Should have made decent progress on it by the end of the week.

[dek]

Very fluid looking gameplay, nice!

[Ishi]

Update
Rejigged the way things are rendered, so it's easier to draw UI, objects, etc etc. No direct progress on the third upgrade, it'll have to wait until next week.

Thought I'd try and picture the gloves and boots upgrades a bit more clearly.

[Mikademus]

Gread art style. She is pretty and attractive without being hypersexualised, naked or a stereotypical manga girl. She looks normal, which is a compliment and rare in games!

[Ishi]

Thanks! My drawings aren't especially consistent in style or talent, but that's the kind of thing I aim for with Trixie. I try to not make her too stereotypically girlie, despite all the pink. She has a personality in my head, which I can hopefully get across in the dialogue and whatnot.

[richy486]

Thanks! My drawings aren't especially consistent in style or talent, but that's the kind of thing I aim for with Trixie. I try to not make her too stereotypically girlie, despite all the pink. She has a personality in my head, which I can hopefully get across in the dialogue and whatnot.

Seems to come through in the animations anyway, she seems very determined.

[Destral]

Gread art style. She is pretty and attractive without being hypersexualised, naked or a stereotypical manga girl. She looks normal, which is a compliment and rare in games!

QFT. Trixie feels like she's cut from the same mold as other excellent female characters like Samus (before the last Metroid) and Jade (from Beyond Good and Evil, not the Mortal Kombat one).  

[PompiPompi]

This is looking fantastic! Keep up the good work!

[Ishi]

I love Jade in Beyond Good & Evil, so that comparison makes me extremely happy, Destral!

Update

Added a minor animation and progressed a bit on Upgrade 3 by implementing that bit of UI I was working towards last week.

Just getting back into the groove of working daily after a busy weekend away from home. Reading everyone's support makes it much easier, very inspiring, thanks.

[Ishi]

Sorry for the lack of updates. I've not really had a day of doing nothing for about a month, and ran out of energy. Made some progress today though!

Update

Did a bit of secret code. Secrecy makes for boring devlog updates unfortunately, but I don't want to reveal every aspect of the game or there'd be no surprises.

Also did a first pass on some new tiles. I feel I've been getting a bit bogged down in the idea of keeping the game's setting sort of realistic. I was going for a mediterranean sort of location, but I don't work that well if I have to try and work from references and fit it all into tiles and stuff. So I'm thinking of going for a more fantastical, vaguely tropical feel where I can pretty much do what I want. It'll allow me to vary the scenery up more across the game's map, too.



The background is rather rushed but it should give a general idea at least.

[happymonster]

Does it have to be realistic? Mario and other games in that style are more abstract with their map architecture and graphics.

[Chris Polus]

This looks super cute. I'm sure my niece will like it. She's just learning using computers. She doesn't yet know what _exactly_ she is doing but she can already play simple platformers And very well so! Looking forward to your game (also for playing it myself, hihihi)

Best,
Chris

[Ishi]

Does it have to be realistic? Mario and other games in that style are more abstract with their map architecture and graphics.

Well it doesn't have to be super realistic, but I don't want it to be abstract either. It has to feel like the same universe as Treasure Treasure, and as a Metroidvania I think a more believably detailed world is more interesting to explore.

This looks super cute. I'm sure my niece will like it. She's just learning using computers. She doesn't yet know what _exactly_ she is doing but she can already play simple platformers And very well so! Looking forward to your game (also for playing it myself, hihihi)

Unfortunately this isn't really a simple platformer, though don't let that stop you letting her try it! It's not like it'll use more than directions and a couple of buttons, but it's not just left, right and jump either.

[Chris Polus]

Unfortunately this isn't really a simple platformer, though don't let that stop you letting her try it! It's not like it'll use more than directions and a couple of buttons, but it's not just left, right and jump either.

I'll report back, this will be great fun I wonder who'll play more, her or me 

Just FYI, last time I saw her play a platformer was almost 6 months ago (she then was a little over 2 years old). She jumped on platforms, found "secret passages", jumped on monsters. I wonder what she can do by the time your game comes out, you know what I mean? Kids are learning with lightspeed. I just say it's amazing what kids do these days when they grow up surrounded by computers.

What's your planned release date btw?

[Ishi]

I do know a girl who's about three I think and can do all the walljumping and stuff in Mario Galaxy.

No planned release date, I'm just chipping away at it. If I can keep decent momentum going, then maybe about the middle of next year? Who knows! Probably best not to think about it...

[Ishi]

Update

Today I improved and refactored some of the code, working towards adding scenery entities. I added some scenery to my previous mockup.



All of the bushes and stuff would be individually placed. Scenery will also have the ability to animate.

I've decided that the day-night cycle that I did a quick prototype of near the start of the project isn't feasible. I didn't have any gameplay ideas for it, so it's not a great loss. I just decided that I'd rather spend the time adding more variation and details to the scenery, instead of coming up with four different palettes for everything in the game.

[Relix]

Really liking the vegetation, makes it look like old ruins instead of tourist attraction ruins.
Do you plan to add some harmless small animals and bugs too?

[Ishi]

Yeah I'd like to get some wildlife in there too. Not given it a lot of thought yet though.

Looks like this week at work will be a crunchy one, so my productivity may suffer yet again.