Have enough game now in #goblingirlgame that I made a little demo with a tutorial so I can throw it in front of friends.
I do a regular library work session with
@matthammill once a week, and we've been referring to this state as our respective projects being "game shaped now"
New character for #GoblinGirlGame. Why are humans so tall!?
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Late night #screenshotsaturday!
Getting back to some gameplay portrait fun, adding this quick toothy grin for picking up chests and other important items.
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If you're wondering, did I animate a version of this grin with all her portrait damage states, for both attacking and defending? Yes, yes I did.
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Haven't posted about it, but I was able to work full time on #GoblinGirlGame over the summer thanks to a grant from Ontario Creates.π
I submitted my final report this week, so I'm back to balancing dev on #GoblinGirlGame with contract work. That means updates will be a little slower for awhile. Though I'm hoping to keep up the regular Screenshot Saturday posts if I can!
Been mostly doing behind the scenes work on #GoblinGirlGame this week. Stuff like refactoring most of the in game text to work with Chatterbox. So here is a set of cute cactus enemies from my "enemy ideas sketch file" for #screenshotsaturday.
Razor Shroom, the next enemy I'm animating for #GoblinGirlGame
This week I'm sharing an older mockup I haven't shared in full before for #screenshotsaturday. This is 1/2 of a two screen character respec menu you access between dungeon floors in #GoblinGirlGame
Gaze into the fire and think of home...
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This fall continues to do everything it can to slow down dev (RSI wheee!) so for #screenshotsaturday here's another #GoblinGirlGame early mockup I haven't posted, showing off a potential outdoor tileset for the dungeon.
For #GoblinWeek: a whole bunch of the portrait expressions I've drawn of the goblin girl protagonist for my still untitled, Tower of Druaga-like. Love drawing her so much!
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Humans, officially too damn tall.
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Had to add a new function to my Chatterbox/Yarn based dialogue system for this. I can now interrupt dialogue to have a character portrait perform an animation. In this case the human kneeling down to the goblin's height.
As usual here's the yarn script for this scene:
She switch from defense to attack!
Mushrooms grow in dank dark places... like dungeons!
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The feeling when you have to touch the collision code again.
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The feeling when you wake up and completely destroy that pesky collision bug.
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It's funny the contrast between how low-key a screenshot Saturday video can be vs how productive the work behind it was.
Eg. This week's simple spiked barrier represented:
Made a little zoo to test out enemy pathing for my #GoblinGirlGame!
Bonus version with some debug visualization turned on. I like that each monster type already feels pretty distinct just from how they move around the map.
Mushrooms can kill! Learn the signs!
Proper fungi identification can save your life. πβ οΈ
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Smart goblins know when to come in swinging, and when to use their shield!
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The initiative stat determines how quickly you swap between attack and defense.
This can have a big effect on how easily you can take out some enemies!
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Doing a double Saturday post today because these two mechanics are so linked. Getting missile attacks and shields in has been a big milestone I've been looking forward to. Up until now there wasn't much risk to constantly running and attacking. Now you have to be strategic!
Also in big, kinda related news, you can now play the NES version of Tower of Druaga if you have Switch online!
#GoblinGirlGame is more inspired by the newbie / home console friendly, PC-Engine remake of Druaga, while the NES version is closer to the original arcade game.
Just remembered I'd started pixeling a mocking up for a Cave Noire-like a few years back. Some of the ideas I had for this are ending up in #goblingirlgame now.
Also I guess I've been itching to create a micro dungeon game of some sort for over half a decade now?π¬
Didn't manage to have a #GoblinGirlGame screenshot Saturday ready this week. But just made a big improvement to my object spawning system. Can now easily do stuff like spawn a bunch of mushrooms in specific locations and have 2 of them randomly be monster mushrooms.
Made new hint screen dioramas for #GoblinGirlGame and decided the hint screen intro needed some JUICE!
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Getting some playback issues with that video for some reason, also the downside of posting video of a screen intro that fades from black is that the thumbnail is just a black screen.
So here's a close up of that new diorama!
Posting another recent #GoblinGirlGame hint screen diorama for #screenshotsaturday.
I deliberately designed the side tower to have multiple "theatrical stages" I could pose the characters on and it seems to be working well so far!
Here's the close up of that hint screen diorama.
Remember! "A healthy goblin, is a stealthy goblin!"
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Long week, sleepy goblin.
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Introducing the treasure moth!
Acquire this little friend to help you locate secret chests when they spawn off screen.
Cute little insect buddy!
π€€ .oO( I wonder what it tastes like?)
Oh no. That is WAY too many mushrooms!
Designed a new level, which also means I need a new riddle diorama screen! Close to finishing up a modest #GoblinGirlGame demo for #torontogamesweek
I'm going to be sending out a Spooky Squid Games newsletter about Summer events in the next week and plan to include some writing about the inspiration behind #GoblinGirlGame as well.
Subscribe if you want some in depth Goblin dev insights!
Almost forgot because I'm eager to run off to TCAF. Detail of the diorama section for smaller screens!
AHHHHHHHHHHH! I got Goblin Girl Game fan art over on Bluesky! Sharing it here so y'all can see it!
Original artist is DollBlank here's a link to the post.
https://bsky.app/profile/dollcomics.bsky.social/post/3mnps6rqqrk2l
There's also a 3D rotation video!
https://bsky.app/profile/dollcomics.bsky.social/post/3mnpsa6gmn22l
@brhfl This is a very good policy!
I wrote long series of Tweets about Cave Noire's design back when I drew this and that site wasn't quite so dire. Thinking I may have to hand migrate that thread at some point.
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