Something I work on meanwhile..

BigDave

IF it loads to slow on your browser try here:
http://gph.is/1VzqA06

Two.E

I really like the style.
It has also been a fascinating journey watching your progress as a developer from day one. I feel like this one will really be a big step forward in your journey.
I look forward to more details.
Best,

Dues

Looks cool Moore info please

BigDave

@Two.E thanks! good motivation boost.
@Dues unsure yet haha. I think the gameplay will be creepy like as he can shoot magic already.

The difference will be that the player is locked in place while it is casted for around 1.5 seconds. So I am brainstorming on how the game play will have to adapt.

The main difference is that the projectile will also just hit if you aim correctly.

Dues

@BigDave said:
@Two.E thanks! good motivation boost.
@Dues unsure yet haha. I think the gameplay will be creepy like as he can shoot magic already.

The difference will be that the player is locked in place while it is casted for around 1.5 seconds. So I am brainstorming on how the game play will have to adapt.

The main difference is that the projectile will also just hit if you aim correctly.

Altight, cool

Braydon_SFX

Awesome! Who is your artist?

BigDave

@Braydon_SFX
doing it myself

BigDave

and some misty particles for the shroom forest. End for today

BazookaTime

Nice art!

Braydon_SFX

@BigDave said:
@Braydon_SFX
doing it myself

Dannnnng man. That's really good stuff!

BigDave

Ok further tuning on the core game mechanics has been done.

You can now shoot during walking - It just felt to restricting before
You can now switch between lower and upper floating lane

So the gameplay can take place on 4 different corners.

This results in the player being able to dodge enemy projectiles as well as doing strategic decisions which lane to clean up first depending on the enemy type there.

https://media.giphy.com/media/3oGRFCXokeN20fdFII/giphy.gif

Dues

Cool

frd

Looks great!

BazookaTime

Looking great!

BigDave

Hope I annoy no one with this thread I just use it as my dev. journal if thats ok.

Today the first enemy got created.
A ground attacking basic goblin.
Also I speed up the overall controls/movement and attack frequency / speeded up the animation. I just want it all to feel right before advancing to far.

if it loads to slow here normal speed:
http://gph.is/1S0LSPF

iamcartez

Looks really good.

Icebox

looks nice i love your art

Hopscotch

@BigDave said:
Hope I annoy no one with this thread I just use it as my dev. journal if thats ok.

I think it is inspiring for others, also getting early feedback is good for you. Would be great if more devs do this kind of thread.

Looks cools so far, as we have come to expect from you! No pressure

Franto

@BigDave Not only is the pixel art great, but you get the added benefit of also being incredibly efficient with both the processor and loading times.

BigDave

Daily update

Today I worked on a spawner object as I had in creepy.
Let's call it Goblin Tunnels.

After implementing I realised that often you could kill the Goblins and the Tunnel to quickly.

So I made the Goblins do their block move 100% on suffering dmg on top of the Tunnel.
It should also be understandable for the player as they are defending their tunnel more effective being close to it.

Note: They also do a block move away from the tunnel but less often.

So as a player you want to either move quickly above and shoot from behind at the blocking Goblin and the Tunnel or wait until the Goblin is out of tunnel range where the Goblins is less likely to block and easier to kill.

(figured how to implement gifs in normal speed now, using the url instead of uploading it)

AngryBoi

Do you make your own pixel art???

BigDave

@AngryBoi
yes

BigDave

So after letting my girlfriend play I figured the blocking guys are creating no fun at this state (level1) for the player. I will put the shielding goblins in a later level in combination with some other goblins.

I made these chargers instead.

BigDave

Also there is now cave decoration and healing potions right after the first harder encounter as a mini reward - you deserve it

BigDave

BigDave

intro scene done
I am happy with it.

Icebox

@BigDave This reminds me of a wii pixel game , adventure of pip , love the graphics good luck

BigDave

@Icebox thanks i check out some lets play maybe something useful to get from it

BigDave

Testing around on the background color for the app icon.
Which one?

MentalDonkeyGames

The left and right icon bring out the character more clearly, so maybe one of those. I think the left is best.

BigDave

3 blue
2 yellow
2 unsure

so far thanks