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More screenshots of Cross Quest!
An upcoming indie game I'm working on...CROSS QUEST
Made with RPG Maker MZ; a turn-based fantasy RPG starring the cocky Dragon-Knight, Steve Cross! Many laughs and many scares are to be had in the challenge and mystery of Steve Cross's adventure! Coming this year 2024.
An upcoming indie game I'm working on...CROSS QUEST
BTS:LD Aimer sprite
Motion design concept stuff I did for my game project I Have Lived ♥
Hysteria is finally finished and available on itch.io!!
K is great at making cute games! Stay tuned for our pleasant robo game
making a robot game!
I decided to do NaNoReno this year since I’ve been getting back into working on Ren’Py games recently and thought it would help push me to finish a project. I’ve decided to work on a cute little scifi game called Grandma June’s Robot House since I love robots haha. So here’s a little info about my project so far. Good luck to everyone else who’s working on NaNoReno games!
Synopsis June is an old lady who has always loved robots and has collected many of them over the years to help her around the house. You play as the Artificial Intelligence in charge of running the household and wrangling the other robots. The game takes place one day when June tells you she’s expecting a special guest and wants you to prepare everything so the evening will be perfect. But a lot can go wrong when you have to manage a whole house of robots with a wide range of ages, talents, and personalities. Team I’ll be working on art/writing/programming, @somonasticwill be helping with some things too, but I’m not sure yet how we’ll divide things up. I haven’t done much with music/sound so I’d probably find some free stuff to use.
I’ll update once I make some progress on this!
@azaraih and I are back on our bullshit, and by bullshit I mean having a good time making games together again. Been a while since we’ve posted about game making!
Currently, we’re trying to make the smallest possible VN that still feels personally interesting for us to work on, and basically it’s turned into Awkward Lunch Conversations: The Game. Here are some sprites I’ve been making for one of the characters you can interact with in the game. Unnamed at the moment, but non-binary with they/them pronouns.
I’ll talk about the game more soon, but pretty much my thought process was “What are VNs great at? Character interactions like conversations. What’s a super small, limited character interaction you could do? Having lunch with one other person. How can I make this more interesting for me? What if you don’t actually remember who you’re meeting for lunch, and why.” And that’s pretty much how our game started. Current title is Lunch with J.
Thanks for reading!
NOBODY’S COMING, PRIEST.
Oh, me interesa. 👀
Un juego que espero y que voy a jugar en cuanto salga. Ahora también voy a estar pendiente de estos cómics.
🔮 The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood ✨ release is getting closer!
We'll publish one comic a week expanding the game's universe in preparation for launch day!
The first one is by @ivanpapiol, the game's concept artist and character designer.
Meet Jasmine, the Gardener Witch! 🌿
~Day 9
~Throw
Rain World fanart vs the actual Rain World game itself:
HOT GAMEDEVS DON'T GATEKEEP
Inspired by this post by @midwinterhunt, here's a compilation of all the game dev resources I have come across, most of which I use fairly frequently. Most of these are free, some are paid but fairly cheap. Feel free to add your own resources. ✌️
Important reminder: When using basically any works or programs someone else created in your games, make sure you thoroughly understand the licenses and terms it has been shared with. If you don't know what the terms are, reach out to the resource and ask. Don't be lazy about this; it's not only dishonest but it can come back to bite you.
Engines
Unity - Best suited for mobile and multi-platform.
Unreal - Tailored for shooters and high-fidelity experiences.
PICO-8 - Virtual console for simple games
Godot - Open source and free!
GameMaker - Good for 2D games
Bitsy - Great little engine for making simple games and experiences
Construct - Never used but have heard nice things
Scratch - If you've never coded before, this is the best place to start. Great for young devs and those who want to get their feet wet.
Adventure Game Studio - Best suited for adventure games
RPG Maker - Best suited for top-down classic JRPG style games
Twine - Text-centric games like Interactive Fiction
Assets
OpenGameArt - Many assets, various licenses, and plenty of CC0 content.
Unity Store - For Unity only. Some free.
Unreal Store - For Unreal only. Some free.
Godot Asset Library
Jean Moreno's Toon Effects - Some of the best effects available on the Unity store. Unity only but I've used them in basically every project.
Steamworks.net C# Wrapper For Unity - Unity only C# wrapper for integrating Steam compatibility to your game
Itch.io - Plenty of free art assets and game dev resources
Kenney - Kenney makes tons of open-source assets for devs to use.
Art
Mixamo - Generates rigs for your humanoid models and lets you apply a library of free humanoid animations to them. Super helpful for prototyping. Adobe.
Blender - Free, open source and fully featured 3D program.
XNormal - Free offline normal map generator
Normal Map Online - Free online normal map generator
Crocotile - Cheap tool for building 3D models from sprite sheets
MagicaVoxel - Free voxel modelling tool
Piskel - Free online sprite drawing tool
Aesprite - Paid sprite drawing tool
TurboSquid - Not always great quality, but can be good source of free placeholders.
Textures.com - Limited texture downloads per day but free for personal use.
Pexels - Free stock photo resource. Most are free for commercial use. Check licenses.
Clipstudio - Good for illustration or graphic design. One time payment.
GIMP - Image editing program a-la Photoshop. Free.
Audio
Audacity - Free and fully-featured DAW/audio editor.
sfx.me - Free 8-bit synth-style sound effect generator for games.
CastingCallClub - Easy forum to find amateur voice talent for your project (p.s.: you should pay them).
FreeSound.org - Free sounds, searchable by license. A go-to for my audio needs.
Incompetech - Royalty-free music by Kevin McLeod.
Scott Buckley Music - Royalty free with conditions. Generally more on the cinematic side of things but very good stuff!
SoundCloud - 'Search -> By Track -> Filter: Use Commercially' leads to songs posted with allowance of commercial use. Always reach out to the artist to understand their terms and confirm that it's okay to use with your project.
Project Planning
Keymailer - Handy for mailing keys to influencers (don't expect a lot of traction unless you're paying for some of the features though).
Trello - Kanban board. Great for organizing tasks, managing bugs, etc. Free.
Notion - Private text and wiki page editor. Good for project organization, note taking, and fleshing out ideas. Free.
Obsidian - Alternative to Notion, with similar features.
Miro - Free whiteboard for organizing thoughts, images, brainstorming, etc.
Wave - Free Bookkeeping site. Great for keeping finances organized.
WIP of the chibi sprite!! Gonna work on the mascot of the game first :p hopefully I can get a fake trailer animated once this is done !!
Concept for a game I’ve been sitting on for a while, crossposted from TikTok. I’m very passionate about it and more updates will come soon! Some demo animations and placeholder art will probably be next
Mockup for a little tower defense game I may or may not make, It'll be pretty slow-paced and only have 10 waves that'll be pretty easy
BACK WITH SOME NEW ART ‼️🪥🩻🪓
New ask blog! Get to know my cryptid character Girafficus outside of his indie game!
THE BLOG MAY CONTAIN HORROR ELEMENTS... and maybe funnies, depending on your asks.
But, yeah!! GO INTERROGATE MY EVIL IDIOT SON!!!
Today is literally the perfect day for trans eggs, y'all Share your trans eggs TODAY!!!!!!!!
GUYS I FINALLY FINISHED THE UPDATE (DIDN'T MAKE A NEW CHAPTER, BUT ADDED A LOT OF STUFF TO THE GAME IN ITS CURRENT STATUS! :D) AND IT'S ON SALE FOR FREE UNTIL 2024 SO GRAB IT WHILE YOU STILL CAN Funny and lore-heavy SPOILER image under the cut!
Guys he's gonna be nice during December2023; I promise. (This is false.)
Let him in; he's brought You something nice. (Don't let him in. He's just holding a neatly-wrapped box with nothing inside.)
He just wants to be your friend. (Questionable. Need more evidence. Perhaps true?)
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