Sol (Solaxia Online MMORPG)⚡

After years in development, my MMORPG finally has a closed alpha date! 🔥 solaxiaonline.com/news/closed-... #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart #indiegame

New character creation improvements: you can now select a skin color, hair style, hair color, and eye color! #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart #indiegame www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sHb...

Every hair style now has multiple different colors to choose from! 💈 #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart #indiegame www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E7J...

Eye colors have been adding, starting with black, blue, and brown! 👀👁️ #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart #indiegame www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKzQ...

I've added secondary weapons to game! Warriors use shields, archers use arrows, mages use books, and rogues use stars. ⚔️🛡️ It will be fun to see what kind of build combinations people come up with! #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart #indiegame www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0vo...

You can now right-click on players to send them a whisper, invite them to trade, or report them! 🖱️ #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart #indiegame youtu.be/rzFHa0ZmTgE

Trade chat has been added! 🗣️ You can now directly chat with your trading partner. This makes it a lot easier to discuss offers and facilitate negotiations! #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart #indiegame www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A00...

You can now directly trade items and gold with another player! 💰 This unlocks the game's economy as now a free market can begin to emerge! #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart #indiegame www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaIx...

You can now send trade invitations to other players using the new "/trade <username>" command! 💸 A notification will appear in the top-left side of your screen, giving you the option to accept or decline. #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart #indiegame www.youtube.com/watch?v=54cf...

I added fog to the game as a weather effect! 😶‍🌫️ It's a subtle effect but it really changes the overall mood of the map! #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart #indiegame www.youtube.com/watch?v=eblO...

I've enabled a lighting system! 💡 I can now embed real lights on the map, allowing for more dynamic and immersive maps! #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart #indiegame youtu.be/Bw2UJaMi-tM

With the new hair system added, you can choose from 8 different hairs to customize your character! 💈 www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6zy... #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart #indiegame

Skin colors have been added and there are now 4 options to choose from! 😀 www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Dnk... #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart #indiegame

Brand new map! ✨ The market map using brand new tiles and music is where you can talk to Fern the Merchant to buy and sell items. 🏪 youtu.be/jTcqv6TdZE4 #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart #indiegame

In addition to holding your items, storages can now also hold your gold! 🪙 www.youtube.com/watch?v=NozJ... #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart #indiegame

The new Quick Access menu gives you easy access to your inventory, equipment, skills, stats, and quests! ✨ #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart #indiegame

You can now move up and down! 🏃 Simple, yet massive update! #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart #indiegame

You can now whisper other players to start a private chat! 🤫 Simply use the /whisper command and a chatbox gets created with them! www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8_v... #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart #indiegame

You can now share your items with the entire world using item megaphones! 🗣️🗣️🗣️ Just drop the item in, leave a message, and broadcast it to everybody! #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart #indiegame

You can now make your gear stronger with the new equip tempering system 💪 Simply select the stat you want to improve and temper! #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart #indiegame

Weapons now appear when you equip them! ⚔️ Simple update yet makes a massive difference. #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart #indiegame

Added damage lines so attacks look cooler! ⚔️🏹 #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart #indiegame

Crafting system is now live! 🛠️ To craft an item, simply select the recipe, and if you have the necessary items and gold, you will obtain the item after a short duration! #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart #indiegame

Recipes form the backbone of my crafting system! 🛠️ You will be able to craft everything from more valuable crafting materials, weapons and armor, consumables and food! #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart #indiegame

Brand new look! 👀💅✨ I overhauled all the tiles in the game, and now I can make significantly more detailed maps now! #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart #indiegame

Equipping and unequipping items now visually changes your appearance! ✨ #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart #indiegame

No more fighting for loot! ⚔️ Everybody gets their own, and everybody is happy. I added individualized loot so your loot is your loot! 😀 #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart #indiegame

Added a new Questlines System! Now quests can be chained together, with one quest unlocking the next one in the chain! ⛓️ #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart #indiegame

You can now complete quests! ✨ Once you fulfill the requirements, talk to the original NPC and get your rewards! #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart #indiegame

Here's a peek at how Quest progression looks like! 🗺️ I've added a live tracker and straight-forward notifications so completing quests are a piece of cake 🍰 #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart #indiegame

I added a Quest system to my game! Here's how you can accept a quest from an NPC! 💡 #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart #indiegame

You can now resize your screen and enter into full screen mode! 👀 #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart #indiegame

I added map hot reloading to my MMORPG! 🔥 I can now make changes in Tiled and see them reflected immediately in-game! #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart #indiegame

You can now zoom in and out! 👀 It's pretty cool to see the game at such vastly different view points (I might limit this though)! #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart

New character art! ✨ This new character art is composed using layers, so the hair, eyes, and clothes are now separated #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart

Here's a look at the character creation process for my game! 🪄 #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart

Here's the character selection screen for my game! You can create multiple characters under the same account ✨ #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart

Here's the title screen for my MMORPG! ✨ #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart

You can now remap your left + right mouse buttons, and add consumables to your hotbar! 🔥 #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart

Thank you for 200 Discord members! 🎉 If you want to connect with other game devs and pixel artists, please join! discord.gg/yGTq9rCS62

You can now change your key bindings to whatever key you want, you're in control now! ⌨️ #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart

The 2 biggest pitfalls of solo MMORPG game dev: 1) scope creep 2) endless-refactoring 🥲

Shops now automatically refresh the stats on equips on a timer, so you get fresh new gear every time you check periodically! #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart

You can now salvage equipment at a blacksmith! 🔨 This provides an alternate to selling items to a shop for gold. #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart

Added Shops to my MMORPG! You can now buy and sell items directly through an NPC. #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart

Added global chat to my MMORPG! 🎉 Feel free to chat to everybody online without a cooldown! #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart

I've added Perfect Rolls to my items ⭐ If you get a perfect roll, the stat is maxed out with a bonus! They are independently calculated, so it is possible to have a perfect roll for more than 1 stat on the same item if you happen to get that lucky! 🍀 #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart

I added item rarities! These are the supported rarities: - Common - Rare - Epic - Legendary - Mythic - Unique Items will glow with their rarity when on the ground 🌟 #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart

RNG will determine the item's stats but the item's level determines how high the range goes. You can get higher level items by fight higher level mob. It's pretty fun to get a drop because you have no idea what the stats are going to be 😀 #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart

Just added hotbars for quick access to skills 🔥 Drag and drop your skills to assign them, super straightforward! Should I support assigning consumables too? #gamedev #indiegamedev #mmorpg #pixelart