Back working on SOE again! 🔥
After a stretch of tool dev I’m jumping back into gameplay — tuning combat before getting back to the platforming magic.
Already spotting things to polish, but it feels great to be back building the game again ✨
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Finally feeling settled in 🇮🇪✨
The cottage is cosy, my workspace is alive again, and I’m slowly drifting back into the things that make me 💜
Hobbies are back on the table, SOE dev is waking up.
But for now… here’s a look at my Hive Tyrant progress
Feels good to create again.
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Sunday Morning Warm Up #art #anthro #anthroart #pinup
Mandy now throws fireballs + triggers finishers off combos 🔥
Feels amazing already, just need better input feedback + combo confirmation UI.
Devs/players: flashy combo popups or subtle indicators?
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hay hay! just a lil reminder that you can wishlist Scarf of Embers on Steam 💙✨ it helps way more than you think!
also fun question:
do you prefer Kingdom Hearts style combat or Devil May Cry style combat more? 👀
store.steampowered.com/app/3889980/...
#GameDev #IndieDev #Platformer #HackAndSlash
hay hay! been updating the lock-on a bit more 👀
added a soft lock so you can see what Mandy will attack without hard locking — still tweaking values but it’s feeling really nice!
happy days, baking dem beans ✨
#GameDev #IndieDev #Platformer #HacknSlash #UE5
combat polish dayyy ✨
tweaking knockback, tightening movement, abusing my curve alpha maths until it behaves lol
slowly getting that juicy hack ’n slash feel ✨
what makes combat feel GOOD to you in games? 👀
#GameDev #IndieDev #ActionGames #UE5
hay hay! been tweaking hitboxes so they behave with all kinds of attacks, all that good stuff… mostly to save future-me some pain 😅
now I’m tempted to extend melee a bit… finishers? special moves if Mandy’s surrounded? gap-closers? all the fun stuff 👀✨
#IndieGameDev #ActionGame #CombatDesign #UE5
air combat + ground combat are both working nicely now, and Mandy swaps between combos seamlessly
still thinking of cool ways mixing them changes gameplay, but wow… it feels SO nice
lots of maths behind this one 💙
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Testing special combo chains for Mandy today ✨
They flow beautifully mid-combat, but I’m debating:
Combo finishers only?
Or equip-style command deck system?
Devs & players, mastery of inputs, or custom loadouts?
#GameDev #IndieGame #UE5 #ActionCombat
OKAYYYYY COMBAT TIME 😤
melee feels GOOD, lock-on feels GOOD, I’m just out here bullying imps for fun now 😂
finishers soon™ + fireballs are coming back 🔥
but tell me...
specials you equip… or specials baked into combos? 👀
#IndieGameDev #ActionGame #CombatSystem #Platformer #UnrealEngine
Hehe thank you! I was thinking of a mix, so the mastered combos have no cool down and the equipped ones will have a cool down timer or mana usage.
Thank you so much! I am very happy with how it's been going! Can't wait to make more stuff to show off.
Testing special combo chains for Mandy today ✨
They flow beautifully mid-combat, but I’m debating:
Combo finishers only?
Or equip-style command deck system?
Devs & players, mastery of inputs, or custom loadouts?
#GameDev #IndieGame #UE5 #ActionCombat
Hehe will see what I can come up with.
OKAYYYYY COMBAT TIME 😤
melee feels GOOD, lock-on feels GOOD, I’m just out here bullying imps for fun now 😂
finishers soon™ + fireballs are coming back 🔥
but tell me...
specials you equip… or specials baked into combos? 👀
#IndieGameDev #ActionGame #CombatSystem #Platformer #UnrealEngine
Thank you very much!
Well one thing was that physics was my enemy, so tossed that out the window, next was having air puff and knocking my enemy up be based on my current combo (and with a limitor so we don't go flying forever lol) and this helped clean up things. Hope that makes sense :p
air combat + ground combat are both working nicely now, and Mandy swaps between combos seamlessly
still thinking of cool ways mixing them changes gameplay, but wow… it feels SO nice
lots of maths behind this one 💙
#GameDev #IndieDev #Action #UE5
hay hay! been tweaking hitboxes so they behave with all kinds of attacks, all that good stuff… mostly to save future-me some pain 😅
now I’m tempted to extend melee a bit… finishers? special moves if Mandy’s surrounded? gap-closers? all the fun stuff 👀✨
#IndieGameDev #ActionGame #CombatDesign #UE5
Ohhh yes thank you for the info! And really glad you are liking what you see! Mine still needs some tweaking and clean up but it really got a great update today to be more consistent.
Ohhh 100% they can be tricky to pull off and it's so hard to get the values and timing right!
combat polish dayyy ✨
tweaking knockback, tightening movement, abusing my curve alpha maths until it behaves lol
slowly getting that juicy hack ’n slash feel ✨
what makes combat feel GOOD to you in games? 👀
#GameDev #IndieDev #ActionGames #UE5
Dark and edgy
hay hay! been updating the lock-on a bit more 👀
added a soft lock so you can see what Mandy will attack without hard locking — still tweaking values but it’s feeling really nice!
happy days, baking dem beans ✨
#GameDev #IndieDev #Platformer #HacknSlash #UE5
hay hay! just a lil reminder that you can wishlist Scarf of Embers on Steam 💙✨ it helps way more than you think!
also fun question:
do you prefer Kingdom Hearts style combat or Devil May Cry style combat more? 👀
store.steampowered.com/app/3889980/...
#GameDev #IndieDev #Platformer #HackAndSlash
no more always having two big demon claws out (All the time)
also fixed a weird lock-on bug and honestly? very happy with how it’s feeling now 💙
question for gamers: what’s your favorite kind of lock-on system?
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A map of the intro zones of blood & flames, the buried valley and great Caldera
a map of the pyrewoods in blood&flames
A map of Cauldron Cove in blood&flames
A map of the ashen highland in blood&flames. The uncolored areas are currently not made or incomplete.
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I tend to work with these "boxmaps" when i design my levels to get a feel of the level design and keep tabs on developpement progress.
dont plan to make them available in the game itself through. Its mostly for my own enjoyment
No rigs. no baked anims. just ✨maths✨
the scarf itself, the claws, the motion, all procedural. (Mandy’s punches are normal anims, but everything else is maths wizardry 🧮)
and yes… I’m absolutely gonna spam this on some enemies 😈
#GameDev #IndieDev #ProceduralAnimation #Platformer #UnrealEngine
Thank you!glad you are liking it.
