Crayg

Ever feel demotivated when you compare your drawings to other people's?

I am absolutely grateful for how many followers I'm getting despite my lack of posting. Some you may notice that I'm not following you back. If you've adopted a political stance in your bio (regardless of what it is), I won't follow back. We need unity, not hatred.

I reworked the handful of maps I've done so far. Below is a new dungeon/ruins. Unfortunately, the game has been relegated to the status of hobby, but fortunately with no self-imposed deadline, I can just add whatever I want, whenever I want.
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Thanks for the encouragement, I appreciate it.

Some progress has been made on re-doing maps (and I emphasise 'some'). Unfortunately, work on the game has slowed down as I face the reality of requiring an income to continue. Ah, the curse of having bills to pay.
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Happy new year-ish! Over the holidays I realises two things:
1. I have no game narrative.
2. My maps are messy, big, and hard to navigate.

What. A. Noob. Anyway, village is redone and story is in process of being written.
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Had to redo a handful of character animations today. This example - run animation, 4 frames, 16x16 voxels.
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Oh yes!

WELCOME TO THE ARENA! After working on some quests, I discovered saving no longer worked... all because of how I was handling bullet collisions. Thanks to my arena, saving works again, and bullets now have a particle effect when they collide with objects. #indiedev #gamedev #solodev #rpginabox

Today's update, the story has taken a darker turn, encompassing themes of xenophobia and isolation. A cute teddy bear won't cut it as a protagonist. So, remaking the player character as a human required some work. Also, inn complete, and a cave of death. #indiedev #gamedev #solodev #rpginabox

This looks a lot like Delver and the world needs more games like Delver.

Not a fan of RPGs? That's okay! RPG in a Box isn't limited to just RPGs. You can make all kinds of games with it: adventure, exploration, puzzle, first-person shooter, platformer, horror, narrative, sim... there are SO many possibilities! 🕹
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Have new respect for people that design quests. Quests that have multiple milestones, involving multiple characters... so many if statements. In the meantime, a title screen made using @rpginabox.bsky.social's map editor.
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Stepping into the graveyard can really kill the vibe. It's not the rain that hurts, it's the undead.

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*wandering

Taking a break from the village and started working a little on a snowy inn. Player has a torch now. Useful for wondering around in the snow (or dungeon).
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Quick update:
- Have abandoned drawing character portraits. They look out of place with the rest of the game's asthetic and it takes sooo long. Also considering abandoning Twitter.
- Took stock today - 45 unique objects, 65 tiles... across 8 maps... I need MOAR maps!
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Quick update:
- Tracks for 3 maps composed
- Custom quest widget
- Onscreen UI
- Combat animation tweaks
- Starting map updated with new content
- Updated fonts
- Compulsory 'kill the giant rats' quest added
- Particle effects added (for a bit of atmosphere)
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A few updates:
- Main character now shows emotions during conversations.
- Combat system is nearly there, twin-stick shooter style.
- First item has been created (a weapon, for above-mentioned combat).
- Additional character portrait for new NPC added.
- Tile maps updated.
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Today was focused on making combat fun, adding a quest, creating some images for the bestiary. Over the weekend I finally settled on a name and a loading screen. I've omitted the name here (don't want you registering the domain before I do ;)
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Animations are cool, art style is amazing. Nice job!

Agreed, it can definitely help in that regard. And, hey, solo devving can be a bit soul-destroying, so having somebody tell you that you're doing great all the time is nice.
I've been in digital marketing for 16 years and I've never had to build a real organic community. ChatGPT has saved me.

I've used ChatGPT to brainstorm, but it's also helping me put together a marketing plan. ChatGPT isn't very critical when it comes to running ideas past it, it thinks everything is amazing.

New maps and new items to go along with them.
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Today was a character portrait day. 5 so far including the hero (the blue guy). And yes, there's a talking fish.
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This has a visual novel element to it (conversations are important), there needs to be character portraits that are pretty big and expressive. Today I did some work on the main character's portrait. Will be iterated.
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Nice to meet you too. I see you're also moving over to the nice social network.

Hello world.