CheesenessHere's the even-more-late-than-last-month "mid-month" status update post for March \o/ https://www.patreon.com/posts/80800973
And the accompanying video, which includes a visualisation of the flow of fossil chunks through the game's various gameplay phases now that the bare bones (ho ho ho) version of the Research phase is implemented.
#gamedev #indiedev
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wwu7GPdw8tI
#gamedev #indiedev
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wwu7GPdw8tI
Fossil Sweeper Progress Update X
I've been a bit slack on posting progress to social media. Not much has been happening that's visually interesting (and balancing contract work has been tricky). Here's a little something I did today. The temp chunk selector UI for the Research phase is now paginated (loads way faster) and has a nice spinny effect when mousing over chunks
Running very late again this month, but here's the regular mid-month progress update post. Topics include the Research phase background and a few quality-of-life tweaks https://www.patreon.com/posts/82270020
And here's the accompanying video talking about development across the first half of April
#gamedev #indiedev
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3AKwIrxt5E
#gamedev #indiedev
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3AKwIrxt5E
Fossil Sweeper Progress Update XI
I've been slack with posting #FossilSweeper progress lately. Amber now gets rounded/polished after being sorted, and might have some different things (still placeholders for now)
Almost on-time with the mid-month progress update post this time! Topics include misc fossil gameplay and Research phase UI https://www.patreon.com/posts/83235903
And here's the accompanying video talking about the past month or so's worth of development #gamedev #indiedev https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVIVji_6c6U
Fossil Sweeper Progress Update XII
Between Hive Time's World Bee Day update #LinuxGameJam2023 and #AdvJam2023, *and* contract work, progress has been pretty slow on the Fossil Sweeper front for the past few weeks. Have been working on display cases for misc fossils, though!
Here's the mid-month progress update. Not a lot of work over the past could of weeks thanks to other commitments, but I was able to make a little forward progress on some important museum stuff
https://www.patreon.com/posts/84750897
https://www.patreon.com/posts/84750897
And the accompanying video - a nice short one this time!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYF-yVBGck4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYF-yVBGck4
Fossil Sweeper Progress Update XIII
Getting skeleton mounts into the game
Rodney! RODNEY! You're too big, mate!
Initial Rodney clip from yesterday's stream (I hadn't considered that Rodney might be a diamantinasaurus)
Shipped new test builds for the first time in over a month last night. Nearly got skeleton mount and display case interactions behaving
Here's the mid-month progress update for July! Specimen placement/positioning is in much better shape.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/86482874
https://www.patreon.com/posts/86482874
And, as always, the accompanying video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-lnSqHI6zM
Fossil Sweeper Progress Update XIV
Been working on being able to select multiple items at once in edit mode. Makes rearranging things a lot more comfortable!
Today I spent time on drag selection. Turns out that Godot's camera's far clipping distance to project_position() technically represents a point outside the frustum and gives weird values - makes sense, but it took a while to realise what was going on :D
I spent some time earlier this week improving my click and drag box selection implementation. To avoid redundant calculation, when multiple input events are received per tick or when no relevant input events have been received, but I'd forgotten an important line :D
Still need to do some stress testing with a ton of objects, but it's already a lot snappier than it was!
Here's the mid-month progress update for August. Avatar footsteps, new music, and museum interactions \o/
https://www.patreon.com/posts/87884067
https://www.patreon.com/posts/87884067
And as always, the accompanying video with my handsome face doing handsome talking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJH2M7VlncI
Fossil Sweeper Progress Update XV
As part of assessing how the current museum music implementation is likely to scale/map against a growing museum with a diversity of themed rooms, I put together a little example museum with a dozen or so rooms full of placeholder models and varied the lighting a little.
I think walking around the extended space does a better job of communicating where this is headed, but still feels empty without customiseable light placement and wall displays. This'll do for now though!
Here's the September mid-month progress update for Fossil Sweeper, a palaeontology game I've been making in #GodotEngine for a while now. Mostly museum work again this month! https://www.patreon.com/posts/89483806
And as usual, here's the accompanying video
#indiedev #devlog #GodotEngine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_Pch1djf20
#indiedev #devlog #GodotEngine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_Pch1djf20
Fossil Sweeper Progress Update XVI
Here's the (late) October mid-month progress update for my fossil diggy-uppy game Fossil Sweeper. Mostly focused on museum music UI and implementation stuff this month!
https://www.patreon.com/posts/91445864
https://www.patreon.com/posts/91445864
And as usual, here's the accompanying video #indiedev #devlog #GodotEngine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSk8pnk77PA
Fossil Sweeper Progress Update XVII
Put together a little marquee implementation for long names in the music track selector today
I also updated the temp lighting controls to work like the music HUD so that lighting can be changed while walking around the museum and looking at the specimens affected by that lighting.
Here's the November mid-month progress update for my fossil diggy-uppy game Fossil Sweeper. Composer Peter shares some thoughts on music process, and I've been doing more museum UI work https://www.patreon.com/posts/93156944
And as usual, here's the accompanying video #indiedev #devlog #GodotEngine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLBaOpbeUXU
Fossil Sweeper Progress Update XVIII
Got temp UI for viewing info on the individual bits that make up a skeleton - where they were found, when they're from, etc. etc.
I wanted to better highlight where fossil chunks are within an assembled skeleton, so the chunk icons are now clickable. It's neat!
#gamedev #godotengine #indiedev
#gamedev #godotengine #indiedev
Updated how selecting nearby items works for gamepad and keyboard controls to make it less fiddly - being able to select something you're near to without having to walk around to make it the *closest* nearby item is heaps nicer
Here's the December mid-month progress update for my fossil-diggy-uppy game Fossil Sweeper. Dig site size tuning, temp museum UI work, and some more TTS support https://www.patreon.com/posts/94804689
As usual, here's the accompanying video #indiedev #devlog #GodotEngine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2u2MW_THMI
Fossil Sweeper Progress Update XIX
Updated the edit menu buttons to use the same focus cycling controls as proximity items in interact mode, which unlocks a bunch of museum functionaly that wasn't previously accessible with gamepad controls \o/
The January progress update video is running a little late (January's been busy in general, and this video is a bit bigger than usual). I've still been doing bits and pieces though.
Today I finished implementing size variation for skeletons across the assembly phase/museum. Not sure to what extent I'm going to try to express ontogeny, but regardless, it's cool to have every skeleton be unique now \o/
Still unsure on expressing ontogeny in this, but if I do, smaller will have younger features
Better late than never, here's the January mid-month progress update for my fossil-diggy-uppy game Fossil Sweeper. More temp museum controls for keyboard and gamepad, and some reflections on the second year of development https://www.patreon.com/posts/97815055
As usual, here's the accompanying video #indiedev #devlog #GodotEngine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzLuqfWBiMw
Fossil Sweeper Progress Update XX
Poking around with approaches for non-square dig site shapes
Still needs some work, but already that's a lot more interesting than a boring rectangle.
Expanding the perimeter by one tile in cardinal directions helps get rid of the single-tile "protrusions" seen on the far left side of the previous screenshot (those tend to be awkward/more likely to require a guess, which is less-interesting gameplay).
Still need to think about what all this means for coordinates when playing with TTS (don't think I'll do anything special, but there's a big amount of "wasted" coordinate space in the top left and bottom left).
Because these are generated, I get a bunch of variation for free. I don't think that variation feels like "content," but it helps make digs feel less samey, which is a big deal for the sort of game this is.
I've still got a bunch of other stuff to wrap up before I can start focusing in earnest on content and variation density, but it's exciting to on the cusp of.
I mocked up some museum floor textures for the last video, and variation there from such a minimal change is more than I expected.
All that said, I think I'll probably add an option for square dig sites for any players who want that.
I spent some of today's stream poking around with hotloading meshes and attaching them to existing skeletons (for character customisation).
I already do this in places with skeleton fossil chunks, and I'd done some previous experiments, but it seems I'd overlooked that vertex group information seems to get broken/stomped on if meshes are exported separately - and not consistently (if they're *imported* as separate files, that's fine). A little frustrating, but I think I have something workable.
While working on a visualisation of the new non-square dig site generation stuff for the upcoming dev log video, this shape came up and made me think of a steg. It was nice to take a break and draw this little friend for fun
#PaleoArt #PixelArt
#PaleoArt #PixelArt
Been doing some work on nailing down a better camera angle for museum editing. This not-quite-isometric view feels like it's working better/is simpler than just moving the third person camera around independently of the avatar
Here's the slightly late February mid-month progress update for my fossil-diggy-uppy game Fossil Sweeper. This time, making dig sites and skeleton assembly feel less samey
Edit: Forgot the URL -_-
https://www.patreon.com/posts/99212430
Edit: Forgot the URL -_-
https://www.patreon.com/posts/99212430
As usual, here's the accompanying video, which goes into a little more detail on new non-square dig site generation stuff!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJwTAGkNX8A
#indiedev #devlog #GodotEngine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJwTAGkNX8A
#indiedev #devlog #GodotEngine
Fossil Sweeper Progress Update XXI
Here's a quick look at how I'm doing non-square dig site generation. More detail in the previous post's video! #gamedev #indiedev #GodotEngine
Another slightly late mid-month progress update for my fossil-diggy-uppy game Fossil Sweeper. This time, looking at a new dig gameplay option, some assembly fixes, and more museum editing interface work
https://www.patreon.com/posts/100631563
https://www.patreon.com/posts/100631563
And as usual, here's the accompanying video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYzmPomh9CM
#indiedev #devlog #GodotEngine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYzmPomh9CM
#indiedev #devlog #GodotEngine
Fossil Sweeper Progress Update XXII
Finally getting back to working on wall placement. Everything feels a lot nicer/more manageable now that I'm working from a camera angle that isn't *inside* the room (UI is very temporary, and it'll automatically switch anything that can be placed on walls to a wall-specific mesh)
Got a placeholder wall mesh in place, and automatic rotation (which proved to be a hurdle since I can't tell Godot 3.x intersect_ray() calls to ignore backfaces - ended up brute forcing a workaround by raycasting down and looking for the floor -_- )
Some initial work on moveable museum lights
Added some quick and dirty flares to my lights and fixed some wall placement bugs
Another slightly late mid-month progress update for my fossil-diggy-uppy game Fossil Sweeper. This time, more dig music, and finally implementing wall and ceiling placement for museum items
https://www.patreon.com/posts/103006066
https://www.patreon.com/posts/103006066
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