WIP, but I feel like sharing. Here's what I have in mind for the level end screen - it's a photo! :--)
I made Soccer Physics and several other somewhat successful games in the 2010s. Today, I'm a hobbyist game dev focusing on making freeware local multiplayer games using #Godot. https://ottoojala.com https://ottoojala.itch.io https://ko-fi.com/ottoojala
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WIP, but I feel like sharing. Here's what I have in mind for the level end screen - it's a photo! :--)
I think about this a lot. A lot of devs (and players, for that matter) in recent years get hung up on some analysis they saw in a video essay. The point of studying art you love is building your own intuition. Trust your gut. Get weird. Alienate players. That’s how art works.
Took a first pass at a main menu. #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #indiegamedev
I've been hoping for more Linux based consoles, so any news like this is gold. For my own games, I'd only need like 128MB SD cards, I wonder if they still make them...
This is very much WIP :--)
This is the way.
You can probably still talk me out of this, but I'm considering making this game menu-less.
Very much love the idea of this new Linux OS, Kazeta. "An operating system that brings the console gaming experience of the '90s to modern PC hardware and games: insert cart, power on, play." kazeta.org
Also iterated on "big farts", now with a bit more rocket power.
Certainly not the best
What were those again? I've played the original first THPS games, with cheats, but can't remember this :--)
For #ScreenshotSaturday, here's a new console command (and a little homage to that old Flash game: Interactive Buddy).
And the same reversed feed concept for #Godot: bsky.app/profile/did:...
Ship Miner is a relaxing mining game where you can buy powerful 💥 tech to simplify your task and make it more fun too. I call this one: the ball of destruction 😆
Very nice suggestions, thank you so much! I'll give these all a try. Here's a version with fastly made options for time scale and more fart power, to try out if they're fun (I think they will fit the game just fine).
Any obvious console commands/cheats I should add? Bad ideas are welcome, too. #GameDev
They are quite sharp sounding in deed, I might re-record them and flap them with less force. Thanks!
Oh boy I don't remember anymore :--) It was probably some combination I whipped up using FL Studio's 3x Osc. I have a few cheap analogue synths too, which I used for some effects, but can't remember for sure, what I used and for what.
A little extra video to showcase the spawn sound and the trapdoor opening sound. They're a combination of CC0 sounds from FreeSound.org. They could match the materials and their weights better, but for what they are, I'm quite pleased. In Godot, I added an audio bus override area to the tubes, too.
Haven't yet decided on what I'd like this to be, probably a downloadable game, as the web version won't run as nice. I'll put this either on my own site or maybe on Itch, I think. And it'll be freeware, though I should probably think of ways to make it easier for people to find my Ko-Fi page, too.
I was supposed to record my progress on the sound effects (I now have at least placeholders for everything), but instead ended up trying to finish the level in zero gravity. Took me like 30 minutes, so I'm sharing this instead.
A quick reminder that the original Wilhelm Scream recording session is on FreeSound, and it's CC0: freesound.org/people/craig...
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#SoundDesign day 3. Only little progress today with all the thuds and clanks. Added ringing landline phones (and a radio playing some Mozart).
A bit too much echo for my use, but nice still. What I'd really like to find is recordings of someone beating old TVs, CRT monitors or equivalent :--) Perhaps I'll just record myself beating my printer, maybe it'll be close enough (and it deserves a beating anyways).
Very nice, thanks for the link! :--)
Better than the previous vid, at least. Got the filing cabinet sfx from freesound.org, which is incredible. Lots quality CC0 sound effects there.
#SoundDesign day 2. Added mostly just some generic, muffled impact sounds, many sfx still missing. Curious to hear what this sounds like after Bsky's audio compression.
Yes, you can totally have an open platform even if you close it...
developer.android.com/developer-ve...
Google blocking sideloading of unverified apps next year? What a shame. 0% chance I'll start verifying anything for Google.
I trust this inspires you to start working on the next obvious game in your Hyper series: Hyperfart
Troll Dungeon by @kizzagarhu.bsky.social is a masterpiece: kizzagarhu.itch.io/troll-dungeon
Making of
Bsky boosts the impact sounds quite a lot, they're pretty bad originally, too. And they make it obvious the audio lags a bit - got to fix that next.
The first few sound effects are in, very much a work-in-progress, still. All sfx for the objects are still missing, except for the post-it notes. Spent a few hours making the fart loop dynamic. Fart sound provided by my partner - I wonder if she wants to be credited or not... #SoundDesign
squeezing through
Its my birthday so you have to wishlist my game, play the demo, and repost this :) #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #pixelart
this might be one of my favorite visual effects i've made for Cartomantic so far. spin spin spin... #godot
Haha, no, your ideas are always welcome, thanks for sharing! I keep spending hours and hours on tweaking the littlest details, as I find it fun, and I can't seem to get them right the first time, but it takes so much time, I really need to keep the projects tiny :--)
Good stuff, thanks! Would give the game some depth, too! I already thought of having different themed levels, but I'm quite sure I'll go with just the 90s office one, just so that I'll actually get this game done before losing interest. I'm also very nostalgic for all this 90s stuff :---)
Thanks! This tech is straight from the Godot docs :--) I only limited the refresh rate of the TV hoping to make it a bit more performant, and to make the setup look more like it's from the 90s.
Haven't had a lot of of visual stuff to show lately. But here's an attempt to make the damage element explosions a little more crunchy and satisfying to pull off. Have a great weekend 😎 #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev
Whipped up something experimental for #ScreenshotSaturday. Here's a camcorder connected to a TV.
Driving off track gets a lot more interesting with skidmarks. Plus a few new #music experiments on top. #ScreenshotSaturday #GameDev #IndieGame
Or something like in Sierra's old adventure games :--) That's fuel for another project!
Ever wanted an enemy that's like a beholder but has a bunch of mouths from different animals in place of eyes? No? Oh, well, I'm adding it to KOOK anyway! Say hello to the "behunger". Wishlist KOOK: store.steampowered.com/app/2329690/... #ScreenshotSaturday #BoomerShooter
I guess it is!
Trying out a bit more formal attire with a black tie... Made the camera movement more dynamic, too. I know this is just a wienernoid farting in zero G, but to me, this is the most beautiful thing I've done in a while. Really loving working on 3D games after only doing 2D games in the past. #Godot
Thanks, it is! :--)
Got around the bug by setting all rigidbodies to kinematic and back when changing gravity settings. (Farting in zero G is pretty fun).
Reversing or setting the gravity to zero proves to be a more difficult task in Godot 3.5. Reversing the gravity direction once works, but setting it back to normal doesn't. Couldn't get it working properly with global gravity nor using an area override. Will have to RTFM a bit more I guess.
A console feels like really cool thing to add.
Still not sure what to think of this. I grew up playing cool freeware games, and I really like the idea of "giving back" by now making my own (ad-)free games, but the thought of people just ripping off my work for profit feels a bit overwhelming at times. Perhaps I should just turn to woodworking.
The FUCK AI talk I gave at @amazefest.bsky.social is now available for everyone to see. In this talk I explain in layman's terms how the so-called AI actually works so that you can draw your own conclusions. Spoiler: it's dumber than you think. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqP-...
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I just realized I've done the black & white spandex already... Here's Basic Biking, one of my last year's games: ottoojala.itch.io/basicbiking
Biome look dev #godotengine #gamedev #devlog #wildcosmos
One more GIF. The way I see it, this genderless sausage-like creature doesn't really need clothes, but I know this might look a bit too sexy for some without them. With some clothes on, it's also clearer which limb is arm and which is leg. Here's a version with some added spandex.
Sexxxy new filing cabinets!
Actually just any kind of gaming content, to see what sort of stuff people are already publishing on Peertube. My thought was that there'd be a gaming related instance, since gaming videos are a big thing. I'm into all sorts of video making myself, so I'll probably go for a more general instance :-)
One year and four days ago we released the best racing game ever made. You can now get it for a measly 10 US Dollars. Unbelievable! store.steampowered.com/app/1924180/...
I'm giving PeerTube a go next - are there any video game related instances, channels or creators I should know about? #PeerTube
Worked on the fart physics to make it a bit more realistic, in case I end up keeping this in the game... Animated the butt cheeks, too, for your viewing pleasure. Farting makes the game easier, so it serves an actual purpose, too. I could make this just a "cheat code", also.
Thanks! I've been using the same color limit shader for some 2D projects as well, and really like it, too.
Sektori (week 204): There it is. The final "Making Of" video. Last 4+ years of my life. Game's not "done done" yet, but nothing to show left to do really. #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev
Speaking of "game juice"... I actually got myself a Quest 3S just to try out making Godot games for it, so watch what you wish for.
Had to try it...
I'll probably get all the needed voice sound effects for the character just by recording myself playing this...
My first thought was that this style would only work using an orthogonal camera, but I think I got this looking fine using perspective projection, too.
I think I'll replace the big fan with smaller desk fans anyways, as it's hard to visualise the area affected by the air stream, nor does it feel fun :--/
I'm so sorry (not sorry). Obviously I could turn this into a jetpack, too.
Is adding a nauseating amount of sideways tilt to your first-person shooter camera the newest trend in adding "game juice" to your game? (Perhaps consider including an accessibility option to toggle that off, at least).
And who wouldn't!
A Stairmaster is worth trying out, thanks for the idea :--) A bigger, upward moving escalator might be fun too, if only I could fit it in the small office room...
Thank you, Kimmo <3
I know I'm taking shortcuts - using low resolution, limited colors, basic capsule shapes for the character and relying heavily on the physics engine, but making a 3D game feels super fun to me. Still searching for the type of games I want to be making in 3D, but I feel like I'm getting closer :--)
#ScreenshotSaturday Slowly moving towards a minimum viable product. I'm challenging myself not to overscope, keeping the features minimal and focusing on tweaking the core gameplay to make it as fun as possible. Random seeded levels is the biggest new feature I'm still considering. #Godot3 #SoloDev
forgot about this idea in the prototype for a map you have to draw yourself using blood of the fallen creatures. not sure it will stay though but i might revisit it #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame
Starting a new GIF thread for random bugs in my games. No context, no alt text. (Just mute this thread).
Thanks :--) Just some minutes actually, they're damped, and added some random forces to based on their speed and direction.
I'm obsessed with how coins feel in games. Currently polishing the ones in Slots & Daggers to feel as physical as possible. Anybody have good "coins in games" references?
Floppy disks and (not-so-)sticky notes.
I very much like how this game looks like a cool postcard :--) The lightning strike like effect when switching holes is cool but perhaps quite different from the other, very chill transitions in the game?
Still very much enjoying the default theme of my 3.5.2 ...
Today's GIF.
Does this happen to you too?
I at first had the fan sucking instead of blowing, by accident, and it was fun, getting pulled towards a point :--) Some sort of a vacuum might be fun in this game, too. But do check out Heavenly Bodies, if you're at all into games like that - it has airlocks and all.
The AMA David, @adamscott.studio, and I did is up on YouTube!
Changed the way all the cables are drawn. They now use dbp8890's LineRenderer, which seems to work really fine. github.com/dbp8890/line... Grabbing things hanging in the air in a game that uses an orthogonal camera isn't of course ideal, but here's me trying to grab a gym ring of sorts... #Godot
Blêktre 2081 is a commercial failure — and that’s excellent news because it will free up development while staying true to its original vision #gamedev #indiedev #solodev store.steampowered.com/news/app/304...
Matt found the original "brainstorming document" for FTL - Written on a big roll of paper in his apartment in Shanghai over beers. You can see a lot of the foundational ideas there, but this was before we even pictured having ship-to-ship combat.
I've been reworking the character's stances (keys 1-7). Stance 7 is going to be a good one - you can do these cool bunny hops when switching to it :---) I also made the character's "fingers" bigger so you can see them moving when trying to grab on to things...
So, I get a lot of questions about generating procedural environments, but I was never great with the whole "show your work" thing in school, so let's try something: if you got questions, ask them here and I'll try to answer them* because learning is fun. *Answers not guaranteed to be interesting.
I just realised my current project at least distantly resembles Heavenly Bodies, perhaps my all-time favourite local multiplayer co-op game, and an actually really fine physics-based game. Go give it a look, if you're into these sort of games: heavenlybodiesgame.com
There goes my biggest fan.
The fps of the gif makes the fan look really wonky...
My biggest fan. Needs more work still, but might be a fun feature. Color coded the characters wrists, too - makes it a lot easier to figure out, which button to press...