Thanks guys! And yes its a 2D open world survival game on an alien planet, il share some more info on the gameplay once I got more finished stuff to show ^^
And yes I am "programming" (its really more like event or node scripting) it myself in construct 2 - a free 2D game engine. - https://www.scirra.com/
Oh hey, Erik! Weird running into you here after seeing you on facebook all the time. Is it weird that I somehow stumbled into you here on polycount as soon as I registered? No matter how many times I rewrite this paragraph I can't seem to make it come across as anything but creepy, but I promise I'm not stalking you!
Anyways, I remember you mentioning construct 2 being a great way for artists to develop their own games if they know nothing about programming. I'm really interested in doing that myself, so I'm definitely going to be following your progress here. Can't wait to see what you make!
Oh and I must ask you a question. I am a 3d artist but more recently I've really been interested in 2d ,do you happen to know any good tutorials or rresources online that teach hiw to make animations such as the ones you have above.
Thank you!
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Sorry about the spelling im writing this of my phone and it not working so well 😕
Thanks guys, I currently have a lot of cool environment stuff up and running but I need to optimize it more for the mobile, current FPS is a bit to low, Il post more when I got it up and running smoothly.
Oh and Immanu'EL Segol: Just use Photoshops timeline, its really basic stuff. If you just google making 2D sprite animation in Photoshop I know you will find something, I just learned it myself.
Improved some spawning behaviour and optimized a bit more, looks pretty cool il post some new stuff when I have something that you can hunt in the game :P
really awesome man it reminds me of Hyper Light Drifter but ye really like it man. makes me really want to make something like this.keep up the good work
Just some tiny updates, been a lot of other stuff taking time latley. Atleast I fixed up the interface a bit and finished the AI behaviour for some of the herbivour animals. There is so much stuff left to do though :P
Here is some screens and some crappy camera shots of me playing the game on a phone (while filming with the other hand)
Eventually the character is getting a re-design, for now im just trying stuff out.
Hehe thanks guys, yeah hes probably gonna be white/grey/yellow later, it will pop better than green and orange against the warm colors. Also im thinking off keeping white as a "man-made" color. so stuff like robots, buildings, vehicles, suits, etc.
Honestly just keep the stripes and add one at the bottom of his poncho. Stripes are an old graphic design trick to make a shape stand out in-front of every other value.
Your concept looks nice. It feels both intriguing and evocative, good job there!
The UI feels tiny on a mobile phone, but I'm looking forward to seeing what you can come up with.
Thanks guys! Yeah I got all the functionallity in now (You can, and have to hunt, collect food and make fires during the night to survive)
but There will probably be a proper rework of the GUI as well as simplifying and streamlining a lot of the gameplay and GUI features. Less is more as we all know.
Since I got all the core features in now though I will first focus on getting the environment for the first part of the game more or less done, so a few more concepts will probably pop up here.
Once that is complete I will sleek out the gameplay, add a basic tutorial and then put a demo up here for everyone to play.
dude love the concept's man and that in-game enviro pic looks pretty cool . hopefully we get to ses creatures running around and being able to kill them and skin them or something.
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can you tell us something about the game gameplaywise? right now im guessing survival rougelike...
also, do you program it yourself?
What engine are you using?
And yes I am "programming" (its really more like event or node scripting) it myself in construct 2 - a free 2D game engine. - https://www.scirra.com/
If you want another army of one dev hit me up man. it can be a lonely en-devour.
PC release would be cool, and I guess it would be really easy to convert considering you're making it on the PC anyway?
Iciban - Thanks dude Really great to hear, much apprechiated! and yes im coding it myself, check the comments above for more info
Allan - You know it bro, had a kickass artist friend help me out with those
Anyways, I remember you mentioning construct 2 being a great way for artists to develop their own games if they know nothing about programming. I'm really interested in doing that myself, so I'm definitely going to be following your progress here. Can't wait to see what you make!
During night It can be a good idea to set up camp if your cold, low on food or just want to avoid trouble during the night.
It will keep you warm, fill up your stamina a bit and the fire will keep predators away. Sleeping will also make morning come all that quicker.
Setting up a fire will help with the cold, and smaller predators + it also allows you to eat any food you found during the day.
- Next up to fix, inventory.
I just need to get the inventory stuff sorted out and then il finally start on the environment (the thing that really interests me)
I have done a lot of work on the interface, making sure that the base for the survival stuff is working.
I have also finished creating a methode for how to spawn the environment, creating the art for that should be up next.
For now, here are some random concept art sketches of the environment:
Thank you!
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Sorry about the spelling im writing this of my phone and it not working so well 😕
Oh and Immanu'EL Segol: Just use Photoshops timeline, its really basic stuff. If you just google making 2D sprite animation in Photoshop I know you will find something, I just learned it myself.
keep it up
I demand daily betas to be injected into my brain.
same here.. but wish you the best.. loving it so far!!
Improved some spawning behaviour and optimized a bit more, looks pretty cool il post some new stuff when I have something that you can hunt in the game :P
I just solved a really tough AI problem (been wrestling with it for a few days now)
So hopefully I will have some new stuff up this week!
Here is some screens and some crappy camera shots of me playing the game on a phone (while filming with the other hand)
Eventually the character is getting a re-design, for now im just trying stuff out.
The green character pops the best from the background imo and that triangle head is boss
This is looking awesome man, loving every update
Only problem with the green is that for a colorblind person it doesn't pop. If it werent for the darker stripes i'd loose him.
Keep it up!
Add option for it in menu haha?
The UI feels tiny on a mobile phone, but I'm looking forward to seeing what you can come up with.
but There will probably be a proper rework of the GUI as well as simplifying and streamlining a lot of the gameplay and GUI features. Less is more as we all know.
Since I got all the core features in now though I will first focus on getting the environment for the first part of the game more or less done, so a few more concepts will probably pop up here.
Once that is complete I will sleek out the gameplay, add a basic tutorial and then put a demo up here for everyone to play.
cant wait for another update!
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