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Agnar Thor | dreymari

@dreymari.bsky.social

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he/him | technical game designer | average game feel enthusiast currently working on http://chainshotgun.com/ and probably some other stuff I mostly post about my personal projects here and about game feel/game design

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Agnar Thor | dreymari @dreymari.bsky.social · 8d

we just released our demo for CHAIN SHOTGUN for Steam Next Fest
a game about adding an absurd amount of barrels to your shotgun, among other things

check it out!
store.steampowered.com/app/3970990/...

#retrofps #indiegame #gamedev #FPS #indiedev

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Agnar Thor | dreymari @dreymari.bsky.social · 2d

some payloads fire in a sustained mode
and we had the obvious idea of adding a "beer barrel" to our shotgun(haha) - as a payload

also doubles as a jetpack!
#gamedev #indiegame #retrofps

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Agnar Thor | dreymari @dreymari.bsky.social · 3d

the sidearm does a funky animation when loading it with new payloads

#gamedev #indiegame #retrofps

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Agnar Thor | dreymari @dreymari.bsky.social · 4d

double laser

double_laser
#gamedev #indiegame #fps

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Agnar Thor | dreymari @dreymari.bsky.social · 7d

before/after
did some lighting adjustments to our levels for our steam release

turns out just cranking up your ambient lighting isn't a good way to light your levels
#gamedev #indiegame #leveldesign

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Agnar Thor | dreymari @dreymari.bsky.social · 8d

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Agnar Thor | dreymari @dreymari.bsky.social · 20d

working on a movement shooter with some immersive sim elements where your only weapon is the Chain Shotgun, a chaingun shotgun essentially?
but it can hold up to an infinite amount of barrels which can shoot just about any type of projectile

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjHN...
steam page coming soon!!

Chain Shotgun Gameplay Trailer

YouTube video by Big City Wizard

www.youtube.com

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Agnar Thor | dreymari @dreymari.bsky.social · Aug 26

beam weapon
revamped my shooting code to allow for beam-like payloads so now I can do things like this, still not sure what it should do outside of combat though 🤔
(also did some sound design 🔊)
#gamedev #indiedev #gamefeel #retrofps #indiegame #boomershooter

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Agnar Thor | dreymari @dreymari.bsky.social · Jul 11

also I've made the payloads pretty modular, so some tweaks to the spread pattern and wow, we have a bridge tool thing?

something like this feels like it could be a game on it's own tbh

Agnar Thor | dreymari @dreymari.bsky.social · Jul 11

I will never forget the immense disappointment I felt when I noticed I couldn't jump on the harpoons from HL2

anyway, this is the harpoon payload, it sticks to walls and you can jump on it! I generally try to make payloads do more than just "kill enemy better"

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #games

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Agnar Thor | dreymari @dreymari.bsky.social · Jul 11

the interact payload can do fascinating things! such as pressing a button or booping enemies

#gamedev #indiegame #retrofps #gaming

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Agnar Thor | dreymari @dreymari.bsky.social · Jul 11

the cutter payload can cut through things like fences, and now enemies as well

#gamedev #retrofps #games #indiedev #gaming #gamefeel

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Agnar Thor | dreymari @dreymari.bsky.social · Jul 9

just released chapter 1 of Chain Shotgun on Itch
a movement shootery FPS where you can add a whole bunch of barrels that do a bunch of wild stuff to your Chain Shotgun

bigcitywizard.itch.io/chain-shotgun

#gamedev #indiedev #retrofps #gaming #games

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Agnar Thor | dreymari @dreymari.bsky.social · Jul 9

decided to have each barrel type come with their own attachments and now the weapon looks absolutely ridiculous, in a good way!
this is just at 11 barrels, current max is around 20 barrels, so far
#indiegame #retrofps #gaming #indiedev #gamedev

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Agnar Thor | dreymari @dreymari.bsky.social · May 31

i am of the opinion that all games should have jump pads
#retrofps #indiegame #screenshotsaturday #gamedev

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Agnar Thor | dreymari @dreymari.bsky.social · May 31

thanks!
the inspiration is sort of early 2000s creature design mixed with some biopunk aesthetics

Agnar Thor | dreymari @dreymari.bsky.social · May 30

finally got around to doing some sound design for the basic enemies in the game, now it feels even more like bullying:(
#indiegame #gaming #sounddesign #retrofps

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Agnar Thor | dreymari @dreymari.bsky.social · May 17

big spinny thing, also doubles as an "elevator" that literally shoots you out of it
#gamedev #indiegame #retrofps #gaming #indiedev

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Agnar Thor | dreymari @dreymari.bsky.social · May 17

made a wall tool to speed up level design, of course I had to add some gamefeely elements to it as well
#gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #leveldesign

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Agnar Thor | dreymari @dreymari.bsky.social · May 14

tried to make my leaves to rustle a bit when moving through them, yeah wow looks very "natural" imo

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #games

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Agnar Thor | dreymari @dreymari.bsky.social · May 12

of course it didn't take long to add it as a potential ammotype as well

Agnar Thor | dreymari @dreymari.bsky.social · May 12

feature from a while back - you dash into boxes to launch them at whatever you're aiming at, still very happy with the feel of it
#gamedev #gaming #retrofps #indiegame

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Agnar Thor | dreymari @dreymari.bsky.social · May 6

i felt that instead of using a key to open the door it's better if you load it into your gun and shoot it at the door, of course
#gamedev #retrofps #indiegame #gaming

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Agnar Thor | dreymari @dreymari.bsky.social · May 5

explodable walls could work as ambush thing as well
#gamedev #indiegame #retrofps #gaming

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Agnar Thor | dreymari @dreymari.bsky.social · May 5

made explosives break certain walls
#retrofps #indiegame #gamedev

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Agnar Thor | dreymari @dreymari.bsky.social · May 4

i try to take a systematic approach, so anti-gravity ammotype affects props & debris (and the player as well!)