Project Mammut

As I am writing a lot of tutorials and guides at the moment, does anyone have any good suggestions for blog articles and tutorials for making Visual Novels? I want to compile a list of useful resources for new ppl. #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #visualnovel #indiedev

Sooo, big bug with the last release, if you downloaded it, please go and download the fixed version: 0.8.24 Yay, software development!

Version 0.8.22 This is the LAST version before 0.9! And from there all that will be done is UI fixes and a BUNCH of testing making a better engine. Visual novels creation reimagined! If you're interested raise your ✋ #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #visualnovel #indiedev

The amount of good games being made hasn't changed, it's just now become a problem of discoverbility amongst the slop noise. We can all do our part by following, supporting and sharing real artists and developers. We are all in this together, let's normalise passion.

1400 followers and counting! Feel free to say hello any time. I have been hard at work writing the new in-engine tutorial system, it's taking a lot longer than I thought it would, but it should be out later today! #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #visualnovel #indiedev

You want your engine to be able to upload STRAIGHT to @itch.io , now you can. With the 0.9.x release around the corner you can build you web playable or downloadable versions straight to your itch page with a click. #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #visualnovel #indiedev

Minor update of 0.8.12 just uploaded. This fixes some flagged bugs, and also a BUNCH of quality of life fixes when writing narrative. The new tutorial is not quite working yet, but VERY soon. #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vndev #visualnovel #indiedev

The worst part of making a whole game engine by yourself is... The whole game engine part. It's a Mammoth task (pun intended) If anyone is interested in helping with testing and feedback please let me know. I'll love you forever. #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #visualnovel #indiedev

You're doing a good job, don't listen to the haters. Keep it up!

THANK YOU EVERYONE for 1300 followers! We are working hard to make a great game engine that everyone can use. Thanks for your support, questions and feedback. Love you all! #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #indiegames #vndev #visualnovel #indiedev

More chibi reveals when I hit 1300 followers (3 more to go!!)

Here's a better view of Mammut School showing you how it steps you through how to make a Visual Novel game one step at a time while highlighting where you should be looking etc. #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev #visualnovel #indiedev

I've never drawn Chibi before, but here is Mangmo in her cute tiny form getting ready to teach you how to make Visual novels!! I think I will try a few poses for her to swap between while she teaches #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev #visualnovel #indiedev

People have told me that learning a new game engine is hard and scary. For 0.9.X I'm adding Mammut School. In-editor tutorials that steps you through making a Visual Novel, it also highlights the areas that you need to click #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #indiegames #vndev #visualnovel #indiedev

If you haven't seen this yet, a fantastic free 2D animator for games. Exports out to a number of file types. Great for visual novels and more. Go support good free software!

I’m working on mesh deformation for #SpriteLoop and I’m curious what kind of mesh bending would actually be useful for your game animations? What would you want to animate with it? Would love to hear some real use cases? #2d #animation #gamedevtools #indiedev #solodev

Version 0.8.7 is now avaliable. Lots of bug fixes and and improvements to workflow. Visual code editor now in beta. Feedback on missing folders. backend work for upcoming features. www.projectmammut.com #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev #visualnovel #indiedev

Last progress pic before bed. I think I am about %75 of the way where I need to be to be happy with how it works. This is half of the script in the template project. I want to replicate 100% of that script. #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev #visualnovel #indiedev

Writing the code editor has been very challenging, there are lots of weird edge cases that need fixing, and I am sure you all will find a lot more. In the end it doesn't need to be perfect, just do 95% of tasks #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev #visualnovel #indiedev

I've said this before. But if you are using AI to impersonate a human on here you are a part of what is making the internet an objectively worse place. We all can tell. Bot accounts should be marked as such (in account settings) and shouldn't be messaging people without them promoting the bot.

I have been working on the visual code editor, It's coming along at a good pace. There are a bunch of outlier cases that I need to catch and I also need to do a UX pass to make it more useable. #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev #visualnovel #indiedev

Mammut has been in the media lately. For those of you who speak German, there is a mention in the China Tagebuch Podcast. Thanks for your support @sventetzlaff.bsky.social ! Audio: diary.umlauts.de/?podcast=284-kalte-waesche Video: youtu.be/iY8fAqsMrwA #gamedev #indiegames #visualnovel #indiedev

I'm currently away on holiday for a few days and came back to check on the account and wow!! 999 followers! So much love!! #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev #visualnovel #indiedev

More shots of 3d Working with 2D Next is making the built games work

While people are working with the stand alone versions of the app, I am continuing with the side quest of adding THREE.js support for 3d scenes. This is turning into a full game engine at this point. #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev #visualnovel #indiedev

The desktop build pipeline has been refined, now builds are automatically uploaded to @itch.io with each update now. Please help support the project before I make the builds free down the line. #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev #visualnovel #indiedev

While I've been away working on the next build we passed 900 followers! Welcome, I love you all! #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev #visualnovel #indiedev

Making a visual novel is a lot of work. Pre-made assets, especially backgrounds and music, can make the process much more approachable. We’ve compiled a list of recommended sources for free assets to help you get started routevn.com/en/blog/reco...

Version 0.7.2!! noweekend.itch.io/project-mammut Lots of updates and additions! Turkish languages has been added along with other settings. next large update is STAND ALONE BUILDS! #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev #visualnovel #indiedev

Thanks to the hard work of @lukaoncloudydays.bsky.social we now have TURKISH added to the list of languages we support in Project Mammut! If you want to help with other languages please reach out! #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev #visualnovel #indiedev