An Aubergine Devlog

He/They/It - aspiring gamedev

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👾Intro Post👾

Hey, I'm Will, and I'm a beginner gamedev trying to figure out how to do this because goddamn coding is hard.

Programs I Use

Krita/Acesprite (Assets)

Godot (Learning)

GameMaker (Haven't used in a bit)

Ren'py (Learning)

RPGMaker VX Ace (looking to replace with MZ at some point, I just grabbed this when it was on sale)

RPGMaker MV (yooo I got it but wow is this different)

Projects

Charon Sim (Godot, Ferryman of the dead, side scroller)

Dave Quest (RPGMaker, Dsaf RPG fangame, sequel to Dsaf 3 good end)

Check It Out: House (Godot, Undertale clone walking simulator gift for my sibling)

Ideas For Future

RPG based on All For One's (From MHA) backstory (Godot or GameMaker)

Visual novel based on "Little Women" because I love works in the public domain. (Ren'py or RPGMaker)

Patreon (if you wanna help me out)

Gamejolt

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Stupid NPC Dialogue Draft for DSAF World (aka. Dave Quest)

(taking place inside a house that looks a lot like the FNAF 4 house/Edwin's Mansion)

Dave: I think I recognize you from somewhere

NPC: Yeah, I think so too, you monster.

Dave: What? Me? A monster? I'm a reformed man, I'll let you know! Left all the cocaine behind me.

Okay, most of the cocaine, but still.

NPC: What? No, I wasn't talking about that, dingus. You seriously don't recognize me?

Dave: Not in the slightest.

NPC: You were literally in the jury at my trial yelling "sentence that man to death!", and the Judge said "fair enough."

You must remember sentencing someone to death.

Dave: Okay, to be honest, I don't remember a lot of things from when I was alive. Especially causin' deaths, I did a lot of that.

NPC: Then you don't remember me from the circus either, Mister Henry's right-hand-man? You dont remember his original right hand man? The Lion Tamer?

Dave: Wait, you're the original Kiddie Strangler?!

NPC: What!? No. And I have a name by the way. It's Edwin Murray.

Dave: You see, not my fault you had a forgettable name. I wouldn't take that in marriage.

NPC: I had a wife, by the way, who took my name, and a child, with my name, thank you very much.

Dave: Where are they then? Prove it.

NPC: They haven't died yet, dingus. I've had to build robot copies of them so I'm not lonely.

Dave: So what are their names? Wait, you said they were yours, nevermind.

NPC: Not their full names! Just their last names. This is my robot wife, Fiona, and my kid, The Mimic.

Dave: That's a weird name for a family member.

NPC: I know, I shouldn't have called her Fiona, that's too on-the-nose.

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Sorry about the lack of updates, I've been doing a lot of artfight and college related stuff! I have been considering going back to RPGMaker VX Ace, though, mostly just because I already worked to make a bunch of assets for it 😅 Maybe I'll make another Dayshift esque test game on MV though, at the Diner location.

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Missing VX Ace's ability to process Mp3s rn frfr... But at least I can pan the audio now! That's cool!

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I got RPG Maker MV! This will require some asset resizing, but I should be able to more faithfully recreate the feeling of the DSAF games now!

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Updated the title screen so I don't confuse anyone on whether it's official with the numbering- Motivated after reading DirectDoggo's last post about dsaf on the Gamejolt page. But the project name itself wont change for some reason??? Lmk if anyone knows a solution.

Also tried to implement a battle, but struggling to find a way to make them look like the flipside battles without using an overcomplicated script (I'm kinda terrified of them haha ^^')

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Made some things to put in the world

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So... An invisible third pillar of Fazbear Entertainment has arrived to the FNAF scene...

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Started making an intro cutscene. Need to replay the games again and get a hold on their character writing.

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Made some icons and figured out some tilesets, (some things spoiled for spoilers)

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I feel bad for asset artists more than ever right now. I'm just making icons for things but there's so many like goddamn. Will I ever need any of these? I don't know, and that's the problem- I'll just copy the ones I'm specifically making into another layer.

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Alright y'all, I sized down the sprites so it didn't look like Dave was moving too slow, he's gotta actually be slippery, am I right? But lmk if everyone's too small.

Also got another room in here with my first functional version of a tileset! Looks very FNAF World V1 so far and considering that's the game I kinda wanna parody with this (as all the DSAF games parodied a specific gameplay style), that's awesome. Just gotta fix how that pathing looks cuz its a little strange.

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Was going to try and figure out autotile sets and make one for the soul realm after The Flipside in Dave Quest, but I literally got sick yesterday during my graduation (very unfortunate timing). I think I can binge tutorials before I go to con tomorrow and try again on Monday bc I think I used enough acetaminophen and citrus to scare it off.

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Almost have a kinda finished plot synopsis. With the concept I'm going for, I feel like I've strayed from the formula a little farther than I would like. Maybe I'll have to introduce some more familiar antics, like I should have a classic Dayshift visual novel format segment rather than it being almost exclusively Flipside-style RPG gameplay, I'm just not sure where to implement it... Also dumb deaths, lots and lots of dumb death opportunities and endings.

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Started writing out a story for Dave Quest, we'll see where it goes. So far, looks like it'll be fun characterizing Blackjack more.

Other than that, I would definitely want Henry flashbacks or smth but I'm having so much trouble figuring out how to get his TTS. There's a site that offers the voice with a bunch of emotions for $50 but I have no idea if it's legit.

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Whatcha lookin to make? rpgs? Visual novels?

All of the above, really. Whatever I can manage y'know, but I will definitely stray more towards story-focused games because I like writing more than anything. (So, Visual novels moreso) Thanks for sending in an ask!

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Ah yes, my gamedev dream, a fan game of a fangame