game dev is very hard

game dev sideblog for @snailpass

[snailmakesgames]

Hello Hi Hello

This is my blog for my silly little games and related stuff, you'll find both quick screenshots/gifs/videos and longer devlogs here!

This is a sideblog so you'll see likes and such from @snailpass, not @snailmakesgames!

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Frequent Tags:

#my posts - just my posts #reblogged - other people's posts #devlog - longer devlog posts #preview - shorter showoff posts

Current Projects:

#crashlander - farming-style game but with aliens and repair/building mechanics instead (and a conlang to learn!)

#freegarden - cozy farming game with cooking, exploring, and being a silly little guy! small-scale multiplayer, too

Previous Projects:

#mana defenders - NES Jam entry, short magical tower defense game #kenney jam - Rollerun, entry for Kenney Jam 2024

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OK but imagine the apocalypse happened and you had to flee Earth and you couldn’t take any animals with you, and then when you finally came back to see what’s become of the world, there’s your cat sitting next to your rebuilt house like “I fixed it for you. I knew you’d come back if I did.”

Anyway I’m very much enjoying Pokemon Pokopia.

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It's been a while since I posted anything here whoops

Here, have some little guys from my current main project

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Title screen for Godot Jam #3 !! I'm actually so happy with how the UI stuff turned out, I've never had enough time in a jam to focus on that aspect much!

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Assembly Blitz by snailpass, Avery

Welcome to Snail Co. Manufacturing!

It's done!! 🥳🥳

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Title screen for Godot Jam #3 !! I'm actually so happy with how the UI stuff turned out, I've never had enough time in a jam to focus on that aspect much!

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Some minigames from a current game jam project !! The theme is "assemble" so we're going for a Wario-Ware style game themed around factories :)

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itch.io is currently down for an indeterminate amount of time because of a bullshit AI-based brand protection software report, which definitely doesn't set an incredibly concerning precedent for corporate overreach at all /s

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fyi for the time being

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itch.io is currently down for an indeterminate amount of time because of a bullshit AI-based brand protection software report, which definitely doesn't set an incredibly concerning precedent for corporate overreach at all /s

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Learned how to handle HTTP calls within Godot for interfacing w web APIs and now I feel like I've unlocked an entirely new area on the game dev map

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Workin on object interactivity !! I want players to be able to pick stuff up and throw it and move it around - Still debating if I'm gonna keep the standard rigid body physics or if I wanna tweak things but it's good as is for prototyping purposes I think :3

Also added blob shadows and I love the way they look So much more than the rendered/calculated shadows! Works with the unshaded materials much better

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Screenshot saturday !! character model + customization screen for a project I'm currently tinkering on :)

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Playing around w the idea of making a classic-style roguelike rpg where u play as a post-apocalyptic cowboy .. Gold rush prospector except you're unearthing the remains of the old world and selling them for scrap ..

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every time I feel self conscious about my code and the way it impacts my games I remember that the entirety of Undertale's dialogue is stored in a 1000+ case long switch statement and I feel a little better

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I love when games are in the really shitty prototype stage and I can just put whatever I want in them for placeholders

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someday I will complete more than half of the game jams I enter instead of hyperfocusing for one day and then dropping it

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the horrors of trying to work collaboratively

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Day one complete, got basic tetris gameplay running! I want to implement wall-kicks at some point but I couldn't quite get the kick tables to cooperate with me so they've been put on the backburner for now.

Gonna work on implementing the roguelike stuff up top next - I'll probably keep the two separate until that's working well on its own and then connect them up via signals. I already have signals being sent to an overall game controller for line clears, topping out, etc. so it should be relatively easy to connect those later :)