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[cepnox]

Thanks! We want to give the players option to create custom maps. Therefore, we are trying to make the editor easy to use while giving the players rich options. 

[Alain]

That's cool, I didn't catch that it would be for the players to use too! Making maps for games I love is what got me (and many others here I assume) started with gamedev. It is a nice thought that you might provide similar experiences to others trough your editor for Tendril.

[cepnox]

We have tuned up jumping, so the player has better control while in the air. We decreased maximum horizontal speed while in the air and reduced the gravity during the ascending phase.
As a result, Dragon is in the air longer while keeping roughly the same jump distance.

Old:

New:

We have also added variable jump height, so we will be able to put more precise platforming into Tendril: Echo Received.

[irn]

And just for comparison. On the left is the same jumping from the first page of our TIG dev log. On the right is where we are now. Quite a difference, won't you say? It looks and feels much more organic now.

Often, instead of working on our tasks, we find ourselves just jumping around in our test maps

(OLD) =======> (NEW)

[Alain]

The new jump indeed looks great! Btw., I think the little change in the hue of the belly color also works wonders.

[MetalVent]

Oh i always was fascinated about idea of playing as monster in "alien" terms. This thread looks great-will be following the progress.
Tendril is a nice name. The crawling animation is cute!

[bram_dingelstad]

I really love the artstyle and color choices thusfar. Looks like with some pretty good level design you've got yourself an interesting little stealth game!

Will definitely follow your progress!

[irn]

So we finally have a death animation :D Our Dragon is a demon, so we have a demonic-looking one.

[cepnox]

Today we would like to show you how we implemented gore in Tendril: Echo Received.

Each blood splatter consists of three sprites – left, middle and right. This way, we can generate more unique variations. It also prevents gore from passing through walls by simply not rendering the left/right part if it would result in an overlap.

We are rendering blood splatters in three passes to give them an illusion of covering background objects without flattening them.
First, we are rendering the splatters with a dark color behind background objects.

Then we are rendering the background objects.

In the last pass, we are rendering the blood splatters with a light red color. We are using transparency in this pass to prevent the flattening of the background objects.

[Alain]

That was a cool breakdown! After seeing this I feel like I need to up my blood splatter game a bit.

[muki]

Yeah those splatters are great! 

Game looks amazing!

[Ramos]

You totally nailed the death animation.

The main point is to give player satisfaction through the outcomes of his actions in the game and you totally got this aspect covered.
It is polished stuff like this that makes a game shine between the rest.

 

[irn]

That was a cool breakdown! After seeing this I feel like I need to up my blood splatter game a bit.

The more blood the merrier

Yeah those splatters are great!  

Game looks amazing!

Thanks!

You totally nailed the death animation.

The main point is to give player satisfaction through the outcomes of his actions in the game and you totally got this aspect covered.
It is polished stuff like this that makes a game shine between the rest.

 

Thanks! Very well said. That is exactly our intention with all animations especially with this kill animation. We want them to give satisfying feedback to the player. The more important / difficult the action is, the more satisfaction the player should feel.


By the way, we have a new video with more gameplay elements and, of course, with a lot of blood  

[JobLeonard]

Will there be a "squib intensity" slider in the settings, so you can decrease or increase the splatter factor?

[Ramos]

Just saw the video now.
Indeed you have many mechanics(I like the diversity, that shield-type enemy is a nice addition)
How did you plan your tutorial/ learning curve for the player?

[irn]

Will there be a "squib intensity" slider in the settings, so you can decrease or increase the splatter factor?

Although it would be cool to have a slider "normal -> Doom -> Tarantino" ,but we will only allow the player to turn it on/off.

Just saw the video now.
Indeed you have many mechanics(I like the diversity, that shield-type enemy is a nice addition)
How did you plan your tutorial/ learning curve for the player?

Thanks!
We want to present the mechanics one by one in specific situations. We want the player to learn by experiencing those situations. For example there is a room where there is no direct path from A to B, so the player has to go onto the ceiling. But of course, we might have to include texts as well to better describe those situations. We will see I guess.

[Beastboy]

I like it.
Will such gore animations affect your game rating?

[Beastboy]

Long time since you updated here, I hope your project is still going forward and you are ok.

[irn]

Long time since you updated here, I hope your project is still going forward and you are ok.

Hey! Thanks, yes, everything is going well. Sorry for not answering your previous question. We have been super busy working on our first demo (so excited about that!) - it is taking 100% of our brain power .

About the game rating you asked - we have always wanted our stealth to be bloody - just like The Alien movies. We don't want to be too explicit or too macabre though. There is like a line we don't want to cross. Plus we have always liked this Tarantino-type of gore and just wanted to have this in our game.

[Ramos]

Glad to hear about the demo

May I ask what is your marketing strategy for the demo release? Is it public or private for investors and hardcore fans?