Oak the Wise

The Steam page for my other project I have been working on is live on Steam feel free to check it out and wish list it. It's a rogue-like using the Japanese Hanafuda cards with a base gameplay similar to that of Koi koi. store.steampowered.com/app/3250410/... #Hanafuda #rogue-like #Steam

Oak City Indie Games TOMORROW‼️ Check out the steam page for the event and show some love to the NC indies! (That includes me 👉👈) store.steampowered.com/curator/4564... #IndieDev #IndieGame #SoloDev #Hanafuda #koikoi #UnrealEngine #NorthCarolina #SteamEvent

- 2 days until Oak City Indie Games 🗓️🎉 - Trying to get more hanafuda players to test and give feedback (if that's you please do 🥹) - Nothing fun to show because I have mostly just been making performance improvements (not in demo yet) #IndieDev #IndieGame #SoloDev #Hanafuda #koikoi #UnrealEngine

In preparation for the Oak City Indie Game conference I have updated the demo. This includes a new practice mode, a simplified deck style option and general polish. store.steampowered.com/app/3570690/... #IndieDev #IndieGame #SoloDev #Hanafuda #koikoi #UnrealEngine

I recently heard back and turns out that I'll be showing off Yaku Slap at Oak City Indie Games on Oct 24th. I have been working hard on polishing things up a creating better onboarding for learning koi koi. @oakcityindie.bsky.social #IndieDev #IndieGame #SoloDev #Hanafuda #koikoi #UnrealEngine

Taking a short break from some dev work to try my hand at a new trailer. I hope you folks in enjoy my fledgling attempts at marketing 😅 time for more ☕ www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7VQ... Please let me know what you think in the comments! #IndieDev #IndieGame #SoloDev #Hanafuda #koikoi #UnrealEngine

☕ZOOOOOOM! Coffee Break!!☕ ♾️🎴!🎉 Alright Endless enemy is in and Endless mode is a go! Continue if you dare because the Endless mode scaling is going to be TOUGH. Update: - Endless Enemy ✅ - Endless mode ?✅? (in but needs testing) #IndieDev #IndieGame #SoloDev #Hanafuda #koikoi #UnrealEngine

Alright, we are making this a thing! Quick update while I grab some coffee ☕ MNFR(Completed minimum needed for release) -Enemies->MNFR✅ -Attacks->MNFR✅ -Items->MNFR✅ Next on the list -Relics -need more -Spells -need more -Endless mode #IndieDev #IndieGame #SoloDev #Hanafuda #koikoi #UnrealEngine

Alright! Who is ready for a Quest?! #IndieDev #IndieGame #SoloDev #Hanafuda #koikoi #UnrealEngine #SteamDeckbuilderFest 🌸🎴Go here to complete the quest 🎴🌸 store.steampowered.com/app/3570690/...

Anyone who wants to see the game and watch a fun play through can stop by my Buddy Bartending Tango's Twitch stream for a Dev stream of Yaku Slap!!🎴 Live now!! ☕🎊 www.twitch.tv/bartendingta... #IndieDev #IndieGame #SoloDev #Hanafuda #koikoi #UnrealEngine

When score go up, coin go bing! Get your hit of dopamine right now by checking out the Yaku Slap Demo on Steam for NextFest!! store.steampowered.com/app/3570690/... #IndieDev #IndieGame #SoloDev #Hanafuda #koikoi #UnrealEngine #SteamNextFest

Welp! Next Fest has officially started and numbers sure do go up... and they're bots. So here is Uncle Sambot telling you to get out there and do your part! Claim my game! #IndieDev #IndieGame #SoloDev #Hanafuda #koikoi #UnrealEngine #SteamNextFest

Celebrating my demo release for Next fest (Starting tomorrow) with a fun video. #IndieDev #IndieGame #SoloDev #Hanafuda #koikoi #UnrealEngine #SteamNextFest

The time has finally arrived for my demo release! 🎴 Try out the Yaku Slap demo on Steam now! Please leave a review. It's not perfect but it's mine and it's out and I can share it with you! store.steampowered.com/app/3570690/... #IndieDev #IndieGame #SoloDev #Hanafuda #koikoi #UnrealEngine

Hey, it's been a minute or 14400 give or take but two things I have been working on are updating some of the visuals to try and bring everything in line and adding a highlight to cards in hand when there is a match on the board. Let me know what you think! ☕🎴 #indieDev #IndieGame #SoloDev #Hanafuda

No screenshot for this one but I now have a playable version of my demo running on Android. Still need to modify button sizes for readability and such but it’s looking like my plans for a mobile release are looking good #mobilegames #indiegames #indieDev #soloDev #Hanafuda #Android

As with hobbits I will be giving out presents to others on my B-day! Comment here (I will DM you a key) to get an early look at my up coming demo for Yaku Slap! (First 200 only). If you get one please leave a review! #Birthday #GameDemo #SoloDev #IndieGame #IndieDev #Hanafuda #Koikoi

Back from a small break! I have a new effect to show. This goes off for each item on a card when that item is activated. This includes other items that trigger other items. #IndieDev #IndieGame #SoloDev #Hanafuda #koikoi #UnrealEngine

Sorry about the lack of updates recently. I have just been pushing to get my demo together and setting up a second steam page for it so that I can get reviews. I hope to have more soon. #IndieDev #SteamDemo #SoloDev #NothingToShow

First Draft of my "Thanks For playing" screen for my demo. Looking for feedback on how I can improve it. #IndieDev #IndieGame #SoloDev #GameDemo #Feedback #Hanafuda

Now that my tutorials in a playable state I'd like to get a demo out there (next couple of weeks) I really want to build up a community. Let me know if that's something that would interest you. #ScreenshotSaturday #IndieDev #IndieGame #SoloDev store.steampowered.com/app/3250410/...

Finally finished up the first drafts of all my tutorial maps to help teach the player the various things they need to know. Now I am tracking down bugs with them and seeing where I can make it more engaging. Need more ☕ #IndieDev #SoloDev #IndieGame #Hanafuda #NeedsCoffee

Still working on tutorial maps. I have broken them into 4 sections and I am about 70% done with all of them over all. That being said this only took me a couple of minutes but it's just so satisfying. #IndieDev #SoloDev #IndieGame #Hanafuda #Satisfying

Update on the Fight Tutorial for my game. Almost finished with it. Need to polish it up and add a few more things but I think it's looking pretty good. If it looks cool feel free to help me out with a wishlist 👉👈 #SoloDev #IndieGame #Hanafuda #IndieDev #KoiKoi

Mostly just working on my Tutorial level and getting everything to work with the very specific scenarios I will be using to teach the player. I based the look off of the camp site image in game. #SoloDev #IndieGame #indieDev #UnrealEngine

Thanks! @airiesummer.bsky.social Super cool streamer with an ongoing indie game developer series ♡ stream together featuring Me and my game ‘yaku slap’ date & time: 2025.02.07 @ 11:00 a.m. et twitch.tv/airiesummer #indieDev #SoloDev #Hanafuda #UnrealEngine

I need your help! My bunny baking game releases in two weeks and I'm trying to get it before the eyes of anyone who would enjoy it! If you could like or share, it would mean the world to me! store.steampowered.com/app/2794830/... #solodev #cozygames #bnuuy #bunny #gaming #steam #indiegames

Basically spent my day tracking down a bug that caused a soft lock... turns out to be a stale reference to a widget that had been removed. Some days just be like this.

So far today: - Added sounds to buttons - Added highlight effect to buttons - Added scores to Yaku Tostie - Added effect for shops to show when things can't be bought (not enough gold) #Devlog #SoloDev #IndieDev #Hanafuda

A cool streamer @pxpetals.itch.io will be playing through Yaku Slap beta today at 8pm EST Stop by and show some love. (in about 5 min. from posting) #SoloDev #IndieDev #UnrealEngine www.twitch.tv/pxpetals

Tackling some bugs from last nights stream - Fixed Split cards not being calculated correctly in the score zone - Fixed Stun not firing off - Fixed Flipped cards dealing damage when they shouldn't - Fixed attacks not showing on Flipped cards - Fixed the count down for locked cards double ticking

Check out I am the pagefile king, all bow before me and my glorious memory allocation | Marvel Rivals -> Luminance -> Yaku Slap www.twitch.tv/nalamare #solodev #indiedDev #UnrealEngine #GMS2

Got hung up on tracking down a "bug" with the gold just to find out I forgot to set a bool back to false after testing :sigh: - Added an effect and sound for when the player earns gold - Sussed out a "bug" where the payout of gold was too high

I asked my community what kinds of spells they want to see and @nalamare.bsky.social suggested a Scrying spell. BAM! What else you got?! (The gif is quick but the middle card is selected and the selected card goes to the top of the deck) #SoloDev #UnrealEngine #Hanafuda #Steam

Hey, I am thinking of creating a starter pack for cool people who play and stream indie games for small/solo developers. I have a couple of people in mind like @nalamare.bsky.social and @pxpetals.itch.io If anyone has suggestions (including yourself) let me know.

Today's update: The number spells have been falling behind other features - Added spell to return a target card to the deck - Added spell to trade life to draw a card, it also heals you for half the score - Added spell that trades armor to double the end score #soloDev #indieDev #Hanafuda

When you learn you need a couple thousand wishlists to appease the algorithm.

Oh yea! A couple of days ago I added a red ripple animation to the cards when a card is chosen for an attack and added attack animations for all damaging monster abilities (see example in gif) It's been fun learning Niagara (particle effects) #SoloDev #IndieDev #UnrealEngine #Hanafuda

📆 Happy #WishlistWednesday, and… wait… what’s this? 🤯 It’s the GAME (not) OVER trailer, ready for your viewing pleasure! 🥳 And it even has a RELEASE DATE! 😱 Please please please, do reshare this, and wishlist it! 🙏🥰 🛒 store.steampowered.com/app/3124320/... #gamedev #solodev #indiedev

As a starter here is a small taste of my dev log. Working on adding in new enemies. - I have created a new boss who's named Thumb One. They are all a little Zany.