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Sanctum Bile @sanctumbilegames.bsky.social · 21d

Making my first ever game build for Unreal.
Trying to make build lean and small is basically a devil's bile.

If someone know how to keep in build only needed stuff from asset packs in UE, give me a hint about your workflow.
#UE #indie #gamedev

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Sanctum Bile @sanctumbilegames.bsky.social · 24d

Hooray! Critical strike have been completed and working!
Under the hood it's kinda ass, but it shall not concern the player.
It just harder to change animations for me.
#indie #gamedev #devdiary

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Sanctum Bile @sanctumbilegames.bsky.social · 26d

Looking great, similar style to old game of mine

Sanctum Bile @sanctumbilegames.bsky.social · 26d

You just have to playtest it, honestly. Test released feature, periodically playtest full loop.

Unit tests can't do sh*t unless you kmow specifically what you're looking for (for example some specific error keep appearing over and over and over and over)

Sanctum Bile @sanctumbilegames.bsky.social · 27d

I made a critical strike today.
All of the logic, damage calculation and so on.

All that's left is to connect an animation properly. Am I a lazy bum for leaving it for tomorrow?
#gamedev #indie #devdiary

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Sanctum Bile @sanctumbilegames.bsky.social · Oct 5

Today is a #screenshotsaturday and I have sinned.

On one hand people prefer hand-drawn programmer art to the AI-generated.

On another - right now above me hundreds of TNT-equiped drones, and I'm too anxious to draw even the ugliest art of my life.
So I did placeholder. For a placeholder.
#gamedev

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Sanctum Bile @sanctumbilegames.bsky.social · Oct 4

You have mega-awesome visual guys, love it

Sanctum Bile @sanctumbilegames.bsky.social · Oct 4

Yeeeeeah. State machines are awesome.
The more I use them, the more I like them

Sanctum Bile @sanctumbilegames.bsky.social · Oct 4

Looks great!

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Sanctum Bile @sanctumbilegames.bsky.social · Oct 4

Congratulations! They are publishing great games

Sanctum Bile @sanctumbilegames.bsky.social · Oct 4

Tbh I think silksong is also kinda mid.
Great story, art, improved direction flow, a lot of great stuff.

But they waste player time in unfair ways.
In the Elden Ring being stuck on the boss feels incredible. Just respawn at statue and try again.
Here though you have to cross 3-4 rooms and it sucks.

Sanctum Bile @sanctumbilegames.bsky.social · Oct 4

Making system games is hard.
I was walking in the dark, not even sure if what I'm doing will be working or not. Just throwing bits here and there hoping they will stack.
And now pieces click together. I'm not even finished yet, but I can see what to put next.
And It's fascinating
#gamedev #indie

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Sanctum Bile @sanctumbilegames.bsky.social · Oct 2

Some quality updates.
Fixes random jiggling of circled map points.
Now they behave properly like a good bush strokes.
(Had to move generations from Blueprints to C++)
#gamedev #indie #UI

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Sanctum Bile @sanctumbilegames.bsky.social · Oct 2

Hey, thanks a lot, that's a very valid point.
Approximating feedback from different sources , it drowns down to what feedback to prefer:
- "Why did you use this generic, horrendous machine?" , or
- "Why did you draw a brown turd on fire? 🤣"

Sanctum Bile @sanctumbilegames.bsky.social · Oct 1

Thanks a lot!

Sanctum Bile @sanctumbilegames.bsky.social · Oct 1

Added a rest camp screen.
It's less then a doodle, but I call it programmer art. And I'm not proud of this one.

The question is, what is less morally wrong?
Show people my horrendously drawn placeholder, or use AI-drawn placeholder?

Both options seems equally bad
#gamedev #indiedev #AI

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Sanctum Bile @sanctumbilegames.bsky.social · Sep 29

Art used from Heartstone card Spot the Difference

Sanctum Bile @sanctumbilegames.bsky.social · Sep 29

I feel it may be uncomfortable posting video of scene, which looks basically the same except few minor differences.

So maybe it's worth to do daily updates in text, and post videos only once in a week or two.
#gamedev #indiedev #marketing

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Sanctum Bile @sanctumbilegames.bsky.social · Sep 29

Good job!

Sanctum Bile @sanctumbilegames.bsky.social · Sep 25

Added enemy generation for every level.
Next milestone - increase enemy stats with levels, and make testable prototype.
#gamedev #indie #solodev

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Sanctum Bile @sanctumbilegames.bsky.social · Sep 21

IT"S ALIVE!
Base map flow is finally ready.
Add enemy generation for empty levels, and will send it to #epic megagrant.
#gamedev #indiedev #devdiary

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Sanctum Bile @sanctumbilegames.bsky.social · Sep 21

Working on playable prototype. I need just a few system features to finally complete it.
But they are the hardest to implement, due to piramid of complexity.
#gamedev #devdiary #indiedev

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Sanctum Bile @sanctumbilegames.bsky.social · Sep 20

If you're making a game with simple AI behaviour, the checkbox "Generate navigation only around invokers" can save A LOT of time for you and player alike.

#Gamedev #AI #unreal

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Sanctum Bile @sanctumbilegames.bsky.social · Sep 20

This issue have been fixed, but will have to tackle more

Sanctum Bile @sanctumbilegames.bsky.social · Sep 17

Working with the map today.
Some weird issues happens - map points losing color after restart.
Need to force set color when updating map elements on map.
#gamedev #indie #devlog #unreal

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