#devtober

[arthreena]

Devtober Update day 3

okay, so, i didnt do much work today either but

i did find a png pack with a little guy i used and put it in the game now. So i have something i can actually show :D

there are bugs still like, sometimes the dash is like 3 times longer than it should lol. and idk y the visuals are so blurry ;w;

but yea ive mostly worked on the movement till now so still have other stuff to do, like the other main mechanic in the game x'D

obviously art isnt final, litterally just grabed it off itch from here https://penzilla.itch.io/hooded-protagonist

its probably pretty obvious but yea the movement is hk/ss inspired. im kinda debating if i want combat at all lol but we'll see

[zombuddies]

Hello! I am lovely_dru ❤ I am the composer of music for Zombuddies. Some facts about me: programming is my day job and I have a lot of hobbies - most of which aren't really relevant to music writing. I do play some instruments though: piano, ukulele, a bit of guitar, and I've also been self studying bass.

I am very new at this music composition thing when Zombuddies started. For the game jam, I decided to just do loops instead of full music but now that we're trying to finish the full game, I'm trying to make longer compositions for a better experience. Music sets the atmosphere and the mood of the game and I don't want to ruin the players' immersion by doing it half-heartedly.

For Devtober, Wings asked me to make a halloween song for the main menu. We considered making a halloween version of the classroom music (For context, I didn't bother making a proper title for each song during the game jam and I stubbornly stuck with that practice for this project). We also considered making a halloween version of Maya's mini game song for the music. But in the end, I ended up making the halloween version of the original main menu music (see video for comparison or better yet, download the prototype and Zombuddies Halloween for the full version).

To make the halloween music, I simply changed some of the major chords into minor ones. I also removed the ukulele and added a violin. Since I'm not an expert at this, I actually just played around until it sounds okay -- which is my work process ever since I started doing this. In the future, I hope to be able to learn more and share more.

Do try Zombuddies Halloween! It's a fun and relaxing game. I hope you enjoy playing it.

[neonbreezeon]

Part 9! Honestly I kinda winged this animation and it ended up being one of the smoothest in the game

[shackhal]

Devtober - Day 4

Hello everyone.

Today I put the game design aspect to the side and decided to finally put the first lines of code of Hoperay.

As I said before, I'm using GameMaker for the game. I know how to use Unity and I could use that instead. But, for the old times, I chose the first one. And, as I expected, I forgot how to use it... But nothing like the manual to remember the basic stuff.

To begin with, I created the player's spaceship using basic sprites, with the basic actions: move and shoot. I make the code in the easiest way I can think of. And put it on the default room to test it.

It works! Cool! So for the next days I'll set the gameplay basics and polish the code. Then the graphics comes after it. That's the plan for now.

See you later.

[bloomzeye]

Meet Leafette! They are the main character for my itch io Devtober game jam entry (currently) titled, Foliage Conversations. You can read more about Leafette on my blog, here!

Leafette is a resident of Foliage Falls, a cozy little town known for its beautiful lakes and rivers.

Although well-known by the locals, Leafette can be a bit shy around new people. And with a love for books, they are a familiar face at the local book store, the Cozy Reader.

[Image Description: On the left is a pen sketch of a character with a leaf for a head and a human body wearing a sweater and ripped jeans. On the right against a light brown background, is the pixel art drawing of the same character with a brown colored, leaf for a head. They are wearing red earrings with a dark green knit sweater that has light green patches on the shoulders, cuffs, hemline, and collar. They are wearing blue jeans with heart-shaped patches at the knees and red shoes. END ID]

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[thewakingcloak]

DEVTOBER 01 - 04

Hey, so, yeah, it’s Devtober! I forgot to mention!

I joined last year when working on ProtoDungeon: Episode II. Essentially it’s “work on your game every day” for the month of October to build good habits. I kinda do this already, but it’s always fun to join in with everyone!

Anyway, in lieu of a monthly newsletter for October, I’m gonna be posting (mostly) daily on ProtoDungeon: Episode III’s development. Enjoy! Here’s days 1 through 4!

[01] I started decorating! Not just so it's nice to look at, but so I can figure out how to place these dang cliff objects, lol.

[02]  Did some more decoration work today. Feels good! Then I bit the bullet and updated my region sprites. Now it's easier to see where one area begins and ends and not block half the screen lol. I'd rather not show you the PD3 map yet, so here's PD2 before/after.

Before:

After:

[03] I drew this! Inspired by a design by one of the server regulars.

[04]  Dog woke us up at THREE IN THE A.M. so I got up at 5 (after not being able to go back to sleep) and did this.

More to come! Maybe stuff will work! Who can say!

[kingdomoffae]

Here’s some Magi designs for screenshotsaturday!  Including:  - A bubble tea bear! - A popsicle otter called Otterpop!  - A sundae monkey! 

[val-gaming]

Combat, Zones, and Traps

When it came to figuring out combat, I was really, really done with strategic positioning as a concept. I’ve played Pathfinder and normal DnD a lot, and it was always the strategic positioning that caught me out. Especially when it came to hurting your allies on accident. Like it always felt awful when I was trying to figure out what to do, and think that I figured it out, only to get told that I’m about to roast a teammate.

So one of the major things that my players and I decided on was that friendly fire for the players was going to basically be turned off. Unless something went particularly wrong, your allies won’t get hurt by various attacks.

But the other core element was to switch to Zone Based Combat, a style of running combat that I saw in games like Fate Core, as well as talked about in various articles about running RPGs. I thought it would be something that I could much more easily wrap my head around, and would allow me to more easily create some truly wild encounters that I could keep track of. It makes for very flexible story telling in these combat encounters, letting your players and yourself describe some truly fantastic actions in combat without having to worry as much about the technical narrative.

As I play around with it more and flesh out the mechanics of these various monsters, combat encounters, and traps I’m building new mechanics that play around with those zones.

Such as the Ancient Mage Constructs, whose magic can literally transform zones to make them into difficult terrain, dangerous traps, or even outright hazards on the battlefield.

Or a dangerous chase with a humongous birds chasing after the players, diving through water to deliver deadly pounce attacks that can pin a player down.

Or even a giant stone creature that can attack and grab enemies the moment they get too close by stepping into a nearby zone.

Unfortunately a lot of this is a lot more rough and not really well written down right now, I’m still trying to flesh this one out, and at this point it’s more about writing down what I’ve been using so I can really start to flesh it out.