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[Indiana-Jonas]

This looks really good, and seems very tight, this is a gemmmmm 

[Hue]

This looks really good so far, loving the visual style and the amount of care and attention to detail you're putting into every aspect of the game. Looking forward to this : )

[snackycactus]

Thanks so much! @quantumpotato That video was super interesting! Not super applicable since the game has a fixed angle camera, but its still great stuff to know.

[quantumpotato]

Thanks so much! @quantumpotato That video was super interesting! Not super applicable since the game has a fixed angle camera, but its still great stuff to know.

  I posted the wrong video





Much more applicable, discussing scrolling boundaries eg. Super metroid will change the camera up as you jump but will wait before changing it when you fall. You can move around horizontally in the middle third without moving camera, reach an outer third and the camera will scroll << that kind of stuff seems more applicable.

They step through a bunch of different camera techniques from 2D games.

[snackycactus]

Oh awesome! This video is awesome, thanks!

Also, sorry for not posting in a while, the game is coming along really well, but I'm actually in the middle of moving. I'll try to get a new posting up with a video sometime in the next week or two, but if things get harry with my move it could be longer. Once I'm settled, expect this thread to get a lot more active! :D

[io3 creations]

Looks so colorful and fun!

[Sylph]

This is awesome I love so much retro style, so snes-ish congrats
if you want come some day post in our fb group dedicated to retro indie material !
https://www.facebook.com/groups/913448975388675/?fref=ts

[snackycactus]

Thanks for the link, I'll def check out your FB group!

[quantumpotato]

Oh awesome! This video is awesome, thanks!

Also, sorry for not posting in a while, the game is coming along really well, but I'm actually in the middle of moving. I'll try to get a new posting up with a video sometime in the next week or two, but if things get harry with my move it could be longer. Once I'm settled, expect this thread to get a lot more active! :D

Cool, gl w/ the move!
Hoping to see this game's status update past 0%

[snackycactus]

Hey folks,
I'm still SUPER busy with my move (I'm going out of the country, so there's a LOT to figure out), but I'm still finding time here and there to work on some lil' things.

Today I tackled something I've been wanting for a while, and that's pixel perfect scaling. It doesn't sound that glamorous, but when you're making a pixelated game, one of the most important visual rules is to never have multiple sizes of pixels on screen. That said, I've always wanted to be able to scale objects programmatically– something you can't generally do (especially in Unity)  without suddenly enlarging or shrinking the pixels of whatever you are scaling.

My solution was a bit complex... basically anytime the scale changes, I convert the sprite image into a texture, then blit it to something unity calls a RenderTexture before converting it back into a sprite at the end. (Blitting basically means to manually draw each pixel.)

The guy on the left is showing the character at a consistent, larger size, so you can see detail / pixels as they are added & removed with scaling.
The one on the right is what it would look like in-game, always staying at a 1:1 pixel size.


Moving the project past the 0% mark - THIS WILL HAPPEN! A large reason for my move is to make my life more affordable and happy so that I can finish this project. I'm all in, so it'll definitely happen! Just don't expect to see much progress for another month or so.

P.S. Can anyone recognize where my temporary background art is from?

[SwizzleLLC]

That's awesome looking pixel scaling, good job.

[SolarLune]

Ah, cool, I hadn't thought of that approach to things before. Nice idea - I'll have to bookmark this page to keep it in mind.

[Juliano]

Today I tackled something I've been wanting for a while, and that's pixel perfect scaling. It doesn't sound that glamorous, but when you're making a pixelated game, one of the most important visual rules is to never have multiple sizes of pixels on screen.

Yeeees! This is something that really bothers me, when there's different pixel sizes on different game sprites. Also if the sprite gets rotated and the pixel suddenly rotates as well

I love the color palette and the game looks like a lot of fun! Following!

[irn]

So much color . Keep up the good work!

[Pawl]

How did the move go? Any Juicy June updates? :-)

[snackycactus]

The move is going great, and I'm desperate to get back to work on the game. It's been nearly 2 months without any chance to work. (One month of packing and prep and now a month without my computer at all!)

All of our things were meant to be arriving tomorrow (my computer included) but we just found out that the moving truck hasn't even entered the COUNTRY yet, so it may be a bit longer 

Once it comes I'll probably do a much more comprehensive post about my move, what it means for the project and what will be on my plate next for Go Go Kudamono. Hopefully it'll be soon!

[Pawl]

Sounds good, can't wait! Sorry to hear about the moving truck delay. I guess that means a lot more design-on-paper in the short term

[l0bster]

Looks great love the unique art-style

[snackycactus]

¡Hola, Buen día!

This is my first post since my big move to MEXICO ! I'll be learning Spanish, so expect to see some random Spanish exclamations from here on out as I learn more. (I knew none when I got here!)

The idea with moving to Mexico was to get more for my dollar so I could support myself while working on Go Go Kudamono for as long as I need to make the game awesome. What I didn't account for was the movers accidentally leaving our things at the border, making a whopping 1 month delay in getting my computer and being able to start work. Well, the good news is that everything is here, and I'm all set up and working again!

Right now my current goal is to polish out Barkopolis as much as possible into a finished level. This way I can use it as a quality meter-stick for the rest of the game. Here's a little gif showing some of the progress, new areas, and a glimpse of one new enemy.



I think this may also be the first time anyone has seen the new scoring system...? Well, ta-da! there's scores now!
Here's a bigger gif showing the waiter's attack

[snackycactus]

Hola amigos!

I'm in the middle of adding a new combat feature that's pretty fun so I thought I'd show it off a bit. A lot of the design in GGK is inspired by arcade shooters. This feature is inspired by the "bombs" you'd see in any SHUMP game. Bombs are essential to most SHUMPs as they provide a strategic "get out of jail free" card to the player, allowing them to clear a screen or greatly damage a powerful enemy. I wanted to add an extra element of decision-making to bomb use, so in GGK, your bombs actually ARE your team-mates. So long as you have one team mate following you, you can choose to sacrifice him by throwing them at the enemy, dealing a ton of damage.

I've also added an element of skill by making their blast radius rather small and not stopping time completely while you aim. This means that an unskilled or sloppy player could miss!

What's fun is that currently I don't have the ability tied to your actual team-mates, so I have an unlimited supply of bombs! Here's a lil' gif of me wrecking up the place with em.