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Afterglow
@afterglowgame.co.uk
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A soft sci-fi sandbox RPG set a few years after the disappearance of exactly 66% of the population. Society now lives in the afterglow of what was once great.

Game inspirations: SWG, OSRS, Morrowind, & Outer Wilds, & many old MMOs.
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Afterglow @afterglowgame.co.uk · Jun 20
I decided it was time to make a website for my game. I found myself thinking wow this actually looks good then remembered it should - I am in fact a professional web developer. Let me know what you think!

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An image showing a website for the game 'Afterglow'. Multiple images can be seen on the website depiciting a pixelart RPG. The colours are teal & pink. It says Announcing: Afterglow.
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Pretty sure my irl cat had an existential crisis watching me animate this. And occasionally had a swipe at it 🐾🐈

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November 8, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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One of the most important steps that any game developer ever makes. Adding a cat to the game.

Ginger because I too am ginger 🐈

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It's a ginger pixelart cat.
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Melding, also known as skill learning/forgetting. This is probably worth watching with volume turned up.

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November 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Who said learning a skill had to be dull?

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October 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Welcome to the Melding chair. Learn skills through absorbing the knowledge that others already possess. Of course you still have to prove you should have access to that knowledge. Cannot be used without a skill pass!

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October 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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16 skills have now turned into 12 professions, which consist of many skills. Saved my sanity, as well as feels better game wise.

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A view of professions in a pixelart game consisting of: Brawler, Sharpshooter, Longblader, Pistoleer, Nanotech, Tamer, Bounty Hunter, Survivalist, Seeker, Artisan & Tamer.
September 26, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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I've been in programming hell for a month, and now I'm back.

Anyway, here's a giant lizard chasing me.

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September 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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How to lose 3 weeks of time:

1 - Create a new animal for your game as a fun side task.
2 - Discover sprites in general are using too much vram to be loaded at all times.
3 - Move to addressables so you can dynamically load in both sprite atlases & animation clips.

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a man in a suit and tie is standing in a hallway with a sign that says ' cbs ' on it
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August 15, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Decided to do something entirely different this weekend and make a very big lizard (think house size). The slowless hopefully shows that off a bit. Need to pixelate it and put it ingame next.

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July 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Added a subtle object highlight 🟨 & a new radial menu for when you open up additional options on objects. It's fun finishing a huge feature like a character creator & then getting to these little bits that add a lot of character themselves.

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July 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Finally, a fully working character creator. Full UI sound effects & music. Very glad to have this done. Need to add in default clothing options next but this is a big milestone hit.

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July 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Who knew making a UI keyboard for controller support would take so long. Happy with the result though. Music was my own creation too.

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July 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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A still work in progress but much further along Character Creator. All the changeable bits are in place, what you see is what you can actually choose. I'll be hooking it up to the actual data & model tomorrow 👀

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July 5, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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A very much work in progress character creator. Quite fun to build so far. You'll be able to change quite a bit, and not be locked into those changes. The technology exists to change virtually anything in the world of Afterglow.

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A character creator in a 2d pixelart game. It shows a character on a platform with a body and skin picker to the left.
July 1, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Added trails to Nanoflow abilities as well as improved bullet trails. Unfortunately (for them) the dancers have turned into my target dummies.

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June 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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New additions: hit impact effects & trails to bullets. Also made bullets glow a bit more. The colour of a weapon's projectile will probably be customisable, or at the very least change depending on which weapon you're using.

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June 27, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Rifle skills. Obviously not complete but it's the most fleshed out skill thus far. I was going to make the ability icons coloured too but the monochrome sort of fits the UI.

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A game UI showing skills on the left and abilities on the right. The selected skill is Rifles, and the selected ability is volley. Other abilities such as grenades and bashes are also visible. Ability information like damage numbers are also shown.
June 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Added a knock-back animation & tidied up the pistol whip. I'm so glad I added pistol combat, it already feels satisfying to use. Next up is making the actual projectiles a bit prettier.

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June 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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The very basics of pistol combat. I'm happy with the intial gun model & shooting animations. The pistol whip needs to be a bit more satisfying though!

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June 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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New skills! Unarmed, Swords, Pistols, and Rifles.

Seeing as my animation pipeline is much more efficient than expected, I've been able to separate combat into more distinct paths like these. Which is great because I love variety.

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An image showing skills in an RPG game. The skills are called: general, unarmed, swords, pistols, rifles, nanoflow, bounty hunting, taming, survival, meditation, mining, felling, artisan, chef, trading, and a secret ???
June 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Thanks to everyone who signed up on my site www.afterglowgame.co.uk already. It's very encouraging when strangers show interest in something you've personally created. It also happens to be my birthday so it's a nice little treat!

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Afterglow - Sci-fi Sandbox RPG
A soft sci-fi sandbox RPG set after 66% of the population suddenly vanished. 16 skills, 3 combat paths, endless possibilities.
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June 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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I decided it was time to make a website for my game. I found myself thinking wow this actually looks good then remembered it should - I am in fact a professional web developer. Let me know what you think!

afterglowgame.co.uk

#indiedev #gamedev #pcgaming #rpg #indiegamedev
An image showing a website for the game 'Afterglow'. Multiple images can be seen on the website depiciting a pixelart RPG. The colours are teal & pink. It says Announcing: Afterglow.
June 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Time to meditate and potentially ascend to a higher plane of existence?

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A character meditating in a walled garden in a pixel art RPG.
June 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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🔫Ranged combat. Still a bit buggy and some animations need tweaking but it's definitely getting there. Also added very short shorts. Some may call them hotpants.

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June 14, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Watch entertainers to get inspired & buff yourself up before going out on your adventure 🕺💃

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June 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM