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Nathaniel Jones @nathanieljones.au · 38m

You know it! I have such a love for those old GBA games that I wanted to try create my own. 🫢

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Nathaniel Jones @nathanieljones.au · 45m

*Steam demo creation intensifies.*

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Nathaniel Jones @nathanieljones.au · 1h

The scoundrel is now my favourite sprite I have made! 🎨

These unique infantry units lack the ability to attack, but their swiftness allow them to counter fast and hard. With their nimble dexterity locked chests and doors won't last!

#GodotEngine #IndieDev #IndieGames #GameDev

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Nathaniel Jones @nathanieljones.au · 17h

🎨Been working on new chapters, It is nice to be at a point of development where the focus shifts from features to content!

⚔️Here's a peek of Chapter 5, News spread that the enemy has taken over a small region, however its not the enemy they thought...

#IndieDev #IndieGames #GameDev #GodotEngine

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Nathaniel Jones @nathanieljones.au · 1d

I need to do a big sit down and update the camera for my game, organise boundaries and snapping it to unit movements. Thinking of sitting down and making a stream out of it. Anyone interested in hanging out in chat while I hash out a crucial feature for my game?

Nathaniel Jones @nathanieljones.au · 2d

Pro Tip: If you ever find yourself overwhelmed by the enemy army. You can use the advanced strategy of holding F2 and killing all the enemies on screen via debug cheats. 😎🤡

I can't believe after a year I only made this debug tool today... 🤦‍♂️

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Nathaniel Jones @nathanieljones.au · 2d

The engine and tools are now solid…

Now it’s content time. I need to spend the next month building together a demo that the world can play. Wish me luck. 😅

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Nathaniel Jones @nathanieljones.au · 4d

I've been creating a new forest terrain sheet as I was not happy with the previous individual sprites, This version should allow me to paint multiple tiles into lovely linked chains.

Still not 100% done, but progress has been made!

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Rockalot @rockalot.bsky.social · 5d

The game I'm making, Bumper Bout, is finally up on Steam! 🎉

Local versus pinball in the style of Puyo Puyo Tetris! Pick characters and stages.

PLEASE WISHLIST!!! It goes such a long way! Thank you!!!

#indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #pinball #partygame #unity

store.steampowered.com/app/3938260/...

Bumper Bout on Steam

A multiplayer pinball party! Battle local or online across a mix of quirky and colorful arenas each bursting with hazards and surprises. Master every character’s unique Super Ball move to turn the tid...

store.steampowered.com

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Nathaniel Jones @nathanieljones.au · 5d

The "Squire" sprite was the first I made, and its also one of my favorite I've made. 😍 Thanks, I am glad to hear you like it! 😊

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Nathaniel Jones @nathanieljones.au · 6d

Been playing around with the idea of being able to run around camp in between missions to manage and have conversations with your army. Made a rough little prototype and I can see the potential.

#GodotEngine #IndieDev #IndieGames #GameDev #SRPG

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Nathaniel Jones @nathanieljones.au · 8d

Tweaked Shader makes it really simple to hot swap out colours, I am playing around with the idea of making the players army all their character colours. 🎨

With an option to switch to "Classic Mode" for Blue vs Red in the menus. 🔵🔴

What do you all think?

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Nathaniel Jones @nathanieljones.au · 9d

My New Default/Error/Failed to load portrait feels like nightmare fuel.🎭
Conversation editor tool is done! Way faster to create dialog! If there is a specific #FE support you want to see remastered, drop a follow and comment which one!🔖

#GodotEngine #IndieGames #IndieDev #GameDev #FireEmblem #SRPG

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Nathaniel Jones @nathanieljones.au · 10d

Sounds like we are both in the boat of "Screw it, I'll do it myself!" 🤣 Thanks for showing it off, I'll give it a look sometime!

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Nathaniel Jones @nathanieljones.au · 11d

Sorry Everyone, A little less sexy [Or maybe more??] of a post today! 🔖

Manually going through JSON lines to create the dialog is a bit of a pain. So I created an editor! Should soon be able to just load the conversation file up and tinker it on a second screen! 🥵

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Nathaniel Jones @nathanieljones.au · 12d

To flex the new conversation system, I remade one funny support conversation from #FE GBA! 💬

Few things I need to correct, spacing on the . ' characters and the pop in flicker of the text box. However all in all its going well! 🤩

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Hector and Serra C Support - Conversation System Example

YouTube video by Nathaniel Jones

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Nathaniel Jones @nathanieljones.au · 13d

Wow! 200 Followers! 🫢💦

You are all awesome, Thanks for thinking that’s [“an interesting project”, ”a cool artstyle”, ”a nostalgic feeling game”, ”a damn hunk/cute guy”, “an indie dev like me”] and pressing follow! 🎉

I am blessed by your interest in my work, I don’t take the support lightly! 🙏

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Nathaniel Jones @nathanieljones.au · 14d

There we go, now we blink and mouth words! 👀👄

In the script's dictionary key all I have to do is add a record and I can change the way the character's mouth moves and eyes act! Almost completely done creating the player side system. 🎉

#GodotEngine #FireEmblem #IndieGames #IndieDev #GameDev #FE

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Nathaniel Jones @nathanieljones.au · 14d

The event manager in my game can now take conversation events! I need to be careful with this... The urge to create #FE 💩-posts is real.

Nonsense aside! It goes as a great example on how flexible the system is! 💪 What do you all think?

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Nathaniel Jones @nathanieljones.au · 15d

Thanks Lage!
You are right!

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Nathaniel Jones @nathanieljones.au · 15d

The conversation event system is now more robust, feels better now... 😌

📦 - Speech boxes are resizing to text with a maximum of three lines!
💬 - Tails track the speaker, They also follow during movement in the conversation!

#GodotEngine #IndieDev #IndieGames #GameDev #FireEmblem #FE #SRPG

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Nathaniel Jones @nathanieljones.au · 16d

Please ignore the engaging dialogue even if it gives Tolkien a run for his money! 🤣
In conversation, I can now add a flag to place portraits from 0.0 to 1.0 on the screen!

#GodotEngine #Godot #IndieGames #IndieDev #GameDev #FE #SRPG

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Nathaniel Jones @nathanieljones.au · 19d

I love that I was in the dark, and I was able to piece together the majority of this situation from this indirect post.

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Nathaniel Jones @nathanieljones.au · 19d

Currently writing my own from scratch. There are a few unique use cases I want to account for in regards to animating the portraits as well as creating tools to community-sourcing the game into other languages. I deemed creating my own dialogue system to be the best way forward.

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Nathaniel Jones @nathanieljones.au · 19d

Started working on getting the dialog system put in place, I want to lean into the classic style of dynamic portraits and speech bubbles. Starting with the text box.

So far, I think It is looking rather nice!

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