Just a cat in a box~

Veronica here! I''ll be posting about my game dev journey here. Currently learning and polishing game making skills.

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While adding stuff to the catchable critters I encountered a problem in my code that needed to be fixed, so I spent the last two weeks refactoring some systems I hadn't touched in a while. 

 Here's a video of me making sure things still work 👀

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The Apprentice can now catch critters!! 

 I still have to tweak the settings a bit but I like how it is turning out. Also, I finally added a script so that objects between the camera and the player fade.

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I added some more expressions to the Apprentice and can now use them while in dialogue. 

 Also, meet the Master Potionist! 🧙‍♂️🍵

 (The dialogue text is just for testing and I know, I know I should make a new scene already 😅)

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I started designing critters that the player can catch (tackle??) to get items or the critter itself. 

 Meet little crybaby maybe-called Mandroot. The name is a placeholder for now.

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Now the facial expressions change with the character's animation 😎

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This month I'll pick up where I left off my project The Potionist Apprentice! 

 I did some changes to the character controller so it now uses a finite state machine and resolved some issues I had when jumping/diving :D

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The Bookworm Way of Life - Postmortem - The Bookworm Way of Life by nyxinabox

Hi, Veronica here! This is the first postmortem I've written and it's somewhat long as I dive into how it all started, what I learned and what I would change. If you're interested, keep on reading :)...

Some days have passed since I released my game The Bookworm Way of Life, so I wrote its postmortem. Hopefully, I did it how it is supposed to be. If you're interested in knowing the process I followed to develop this game, check it out!

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I just released The Bookworm Way of Life! 

It is a time-management typing game where you play as a bookworm. Also, it is the first game I've done and released outside of a jam :D

You can play it here.

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Next week, I'll finally be releasing my time-management typing/bookworm simulator game. 

 I based the books in the game on ones I've read. Some titles are easier to recognize than others. 

 Can you guess which books are these?

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To read books, you have to type words related to it. 

 Of all the things, choosing the words for each book was the most time-consuming.

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Give your cat some belly rubs and play with them! 😺

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I added a lot of stuff to the game, but a cat was missing, so now you can adopt one! It will make things a bit harder for the player, but they're cute.

Meet Pudding 🤗🐱

Her speed is not quite right but she's trying

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The best type of mail is cat mail 🐱

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Made some changes to the work mechanics and UI and added some mini tutorials throughout the game. 

 I have already entered 50 books of the total 100+ so it seems I can reach my goal of finishing this game in February.

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Here's a little peek of what I did this week. 

Now the game has a book release system, a book deals system and a mail inbox to get notified about stuff :D

I started adding books to read and somehow 50 turned into 100+ books o.o

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Finally added food so that players can restore their energy without going to sleep and now they can read more books in a day! 

 I just need to add (at least 50) books and maybe a book-release system and/or deals.

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It's been a while, but I've been slowly making some progress. I want to finish a few of my little projects before starting new ones and continuing with The Potionist Apprentice. 

 For now, here's some of the art I did for my bookworm simulator game.