Swingside

The official development blog for Swingside, an indie RPG about.. well.. a rabbit!

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Forest Study, for a recent idea on how to reimagine the overworld.

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This is positive rabbit culture please continue to give my people a good name

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Tossin’ turnips.

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An assortment of new enemy designs. There are so little actual enemies currently, I really needed to create more!

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Redesigned Leonel, the third (and final) party member. He has electric ENS (magic) and wears gloves after some mishaps in the past where he would accidentally shock people.

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New battle background. The idea was to create a pinball-esque look to complement the pachinko mechanic. There'll be more backgrounds like this, each with their own variety of illustrations!

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Finally updating Laura’s sprites! They’ve gone mostly unchanged since 2016, and were in a real need of a touch up. They’re a lot more accurate to her current design now too.

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I think it’s about time this old enemy’s knight getup was retired, it doesn’t really fit in with the world anymore. Their new police uniform looks a lot nicer on them!

This wardrobe change will also be applied to all other knight-related characters. What do you think? I'd love to hear your thoughts!

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Laura loves to garden!

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Playing around with some new dialogue portraits.

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Improvements to the battle results and leveling up visuals.

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Sorry for the inactivity!! Progress will resume soon!

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Don't ever give up. Look past your worries and just keep on trying!

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Contrary to popular belief, watermelon slices are actually Laura's favorite snack, not carrots!

Because of this, Laura is the only party member who gets an added health bonus from eating them. Delia and Leonel also have their own favorite snacks that work in similar manner!

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In a sudden change of plans, Project Rabbit's development has been shifted over to the NES. Now you’ll be able to enjoy the game as it was originally envisioned!

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Happy Easter everyone!! Hope you all have a great one!

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Doing a ton of behind-the-scenes overworld and battle code optimizations. There isn't really any way I can show them off visually unfortunately.