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Incremental update today but I simplified my casting animations so they could blend better together and fit the gameplay style im going for. And added options for particle and lighting effects while casting #solodev

Added a few spell archetypes in there (list in attached post). Earlier work is paying off #GameDev #IndieDev #SoloDev #BevyEngine

- A single target physical melee attack - A slow moving fireball that does AOE damage - A fast moving ice bolt that does single target damage - An aoe heal - A physical damage buff All configured through a few json files (tags to define gameplay data, and spells). Editor forms coming soon.

Today I was an early bird. Particle effects using sprinkes spawnable using an "effect" and triggers on my tagging system. Here is the result after combining these: impact particles, on death and on spawn particles, respawnable dummy. #GameDev #IndieDev #SoloDev #BevyEngine

Lunchbreak, then onward to more spells. These might be more spell-like than the punching spell lmao

Finally got started on more gameplay oriented elements. Tomorrow I'll start adding casted abilities, projectiles, etc. Still tweaking the data format before I commit to it and create the forms in the editor. #GameDev #IndieDev #SoloDev #BevyEngine #screenshotsaturday

I thought docker's name generation made a typo, but I read on their naming convention and turns out the second part is always the name of scientist or hacker. I assume this one refers to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lois_Ha... what a nice rabbit hole to tumble into

Still polishing that editor up, it's getting there performance wise. I also added an actual import/export flow as well so people can share their map (or use the exported data in their game. It's all JSON and image files). I'll be starting gameplay elements soonish #solodev

I was reading on some old philosophical concepts I once entertained and found the perfect articulation to base a villain on, and it fits the mechanically simple storytelling I wanted to go for. Damn 18th century french philosophers, they were up to something.

The great library-fication is complete. Moving unto my Bevy 0.20 migration. Thank you to all the contributors, you are doing great work. I'm seeing quite a few things in the patch notes which might be useful for my project ^^

Another afternoon tidying, it do be like that sometimes

Nothing to show y'all this afternoon, it is code tidying time.

Checkmate, flat-earthers. (Globe-ifying my world allowed me to do some more aggressive culling and improve some issues I had with lighting, and helps with the "scale" feel. 32x32KM with 361k trees. Solid 60 fps on the ground, a bit shakier from the air) #GameDev #IndieDev #SoloDev #BevyEngine

Did some more water improvements so it all blends together better. With mock transparency and a wet shoreline, I think the goal has been achieved. #GameDev #IndieDev #SoloDev #BevyEngine

And this is it during in day time. The urge to add palm trees is strong

Scotty, beam us up! You can now click on the minimap to instantly move there, doesn't take much time at all for the detail level to catch up #GameDev #IndieDev #SoloDev #BevyEngine

Upped my water game with ripples and star reflections, applied on the sin wave based water plane I already had. Insomnia has its pluses I suppose #GameDev #IndieDev #SoloDev #BevyEngine

Spooktober vibes

A few views showcasing today’s work

Building upon yesterday's biome: Automatic vegetation placement + procedurally generate trees. I'm rendering 20K of these guys so far, still working on optimizing them :) (lil dude is minister of silly walks when you crank the speed up lol) #GameDev #IndieDev #SoloDev #BevyEngine

It is optimized enough, I've loaded half a million of them now at a solid 60fps. The world is starting to feel pretty alive!

A view of the different biomes in my new procedural generation. You can specify continents, their zones, and the zones' biomes. Boundaries between zones are marked by rivers, or mountains. #GameDev #IndieDev #SoloDev #BevyEngine

I’ve been experimenting with a more directed procedural terrain generation, so you can specify continents, zones, biomes and all this fun stuff. It is still very early on, but it seems worth exploring

RIP Blue capsule, you were a real one. Still a temporary model, but it's still kilometers better #GameDev #IndieDev #SoloDev #BevyEngine

Started a new "vibe test" little village while hammering the last major issues with the building mode, an inn seemed an appropriate new addition. #GameDev #IndieDev #SoloDev #BevyEngine

Today I'm adding some variety to my building blocks. The test village must grow. #ScreenshotSaturday #GameDev #IndieDev #SoloDev #BevyEngine

A first iteration on a "blueprint" functionality, allowing you to save the current state of a building a paste it elsewhere. The cursor chugs a bit, but it's functional. Maybe it is good enough for now. #GameDev #IndieDev #SoloDev #BevyEngine

Fixed a lot of the quirks and finished integrating assets. Here's my little test house now, so cluttered. #GameDev #IndieDev #SoloDev #BevyEngine

Recovering from severe brain exhaustion, your scheduled updates will resume soon

12 Sept

Still quirky and in need of polish, but here is the latest development in my build mode: Furniture! #GameDev #IndieDev #SoloDev #BevyEngine

12 Sept

I realize I've never shown the true scale of my map. Here it is, the whole 256 square kilometers without fog :) Cameos from past post experiments included lol #GameDev #IndieDev #SoloDev #BevyEngine

10 Sept

The cult of Test's new building has some ominous vibes at night, I'll need to ask the HOA what we can do about that.

10 Sept

New fire effect just dropped. On one hand, I'm unsure it fits the cartoony vibe I'm going for. On the other, it's super performant vs the particle effects is used previously. I fear further tweaks are in my near future #GameDev #IndieDev #SoloDev #BevyEngine

Just freeing my inner pyromaniac #GameDev #IndieDev #SoloDev #BevyEngine

God damn it, the little house is gone in smoke. #GameDev #IndieDev #SoloDev #BevyEngine

Just set up this nice little heart. Hopefully nothing bad happens

Stairs are mostly done, built this little two-story house to show them :) #GameDev #IndieDev #SoloDev #BevyEngine

6 Sept

A little demo of how my building mode functions. Today I will be polishing things up a little, make all the blocks fit nicely together #GameDev #IndieDev #SoloDev #BevyEngine

2 Sept

Finally fixed an issue that's been plaguing me for weeks, where the shapecast would clip through the terrain. Feels so much less glitchy now