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Dakota // Syncaroonie @syncaroonie.com · 22h

Slime channel form in game, plus an updated look at how things are coming along.

When Monster-type enemies are defeated Claire absorbs their essence in the form of skills :D

In this example, killing a Slime drains some charges of the Sticky Punch skill.

#godot #gamedev #indiedev #rpg

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Dakota // Syncaroonie @syncaroonie.com · 1d

Working on a new Channel form for Claire; Slime themed for poison skills.

I've done a bunch of UI work lately as well but I'd like to wait til I've done a bit more of the art for it just cause it's not super pretty right now, even though it's important and functional :)

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Dakota // Syncaroonie @syncaroonie.com · 24d

I'm still around and still working on stuff but I un-social-media'd my phone so now I forget to post sometimes. Big things coming, perhaps even the same size as as the normal things I post...

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Dakota // Syncaroonie @syncaroonie.com · Sep 1

Been quietly working on environment art.

#godot #gamedev #indiedev #rpg

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Dakota // Syncaroonie @syncaroonie.com · Aug 26

I still haven’t found the time to get to it but the more I hear about it the more I want to just drop everything and play it haha

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Dakota // Syncaroonie @syncaroonie.com · Aug 25

Idk enough about video game ratings, if I show someone smoking tobacco in my game am I now automatically at a mature rating and can use swears to my hearts content?

I would hate to write in no swears hoping for PG or something only to be slapped with an MA 15+ cause someone smoked one time.

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Dakota // Syncaroonie @syncaroonie.com · Aug 25

Very much in the same position, if I make time to play anything it’s usually my gamedev time that has to suffer 🥲 Paradoxically I want to play more RPGs to broaden my understanding of the genre but they’re all so long that it’s basically impossible.

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Dakota // Syncaroonie @syncaroonie.com · Aug 22

Hmm, I think by allowing players to disable encounters you might run the risk of actually encouraging grinding, as they won’t be accumulating as many experience points or resources from random encounters. So they’re more likely to get walled by a mandatory fight.

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Fang💡 @fangeese.bsky.social · Aug 21

not done yet but demon allies fight alongside you using their own action card decks

#aLt-Project #aLtProject

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Dakota // Syncaroonie @syncaroonie.com · Aug 20

My RPG* of course the genre has them lol

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Dakota // Syncaroonie @syncaroonie.com · Aug 20

RPG has random encounters now. I want to workshop ways of making them less frustrating to normally people who aren’t desensitised smt doomers but for now we got nocturne encounter rate.

Next is levelling up and then I can start balance testing the first little slice of the game!

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Red Veril👽💀🖤🔞🌈 COMM OPEN- VGen LIVE! @redveril.bsky.social · Aug 15

SPEAK UP!!! WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER FRICKIN SOCIAL TO NUKE NSFW CONTENT ONCE THEY GOT ENOUGH USERS! CENSORSHIP ALWAYS LEAD TO BANNING QUEER, BPOC, DISABLED PPL IMPORTANT CONTENT NEXT!

Bluesky @bsky.app · Aug 14

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We’re updating the language in our terms and policies to better explain our approach and provide more detail.

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Sam Drake 🦇 @fuzzwool.bsky.social · Aug 16

Magic Trickery! 🐇🐇🐇🐇 This week's sneak peek -- Someone's attic and/or basement

#gamedev #GodotEngine #godot #indiegames #screenshotsaturday

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Dakota // Syncaroonie @syncaroonie.com · Aug 14

refactoring a major part of my game for the third time this month got me feeling like the “yes honey” Wojak.

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Dakota // Syncaroonie @syncaroonie.com · Aug 14

Really loving these beauty shots you’ve been working on for the trailer, especially this one with the sound effects and the ambience just feels really polished!

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gynura - developing a JRPG @gynura.bsky.social · Aug 14

Part of the intro cutscene, Steam page and teaser trailer coming soon

#gamedev #indiegame #rpg

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Dakota // Syncaroonie @syncaroonie.com · Aug 14

I think that as long as you make something that you would love, and that you would be obsessed with, then there’ll be people out there who have the same interests and like the same games who’ll love it too.

The hard part is reaching them in the first place, but that’s what social media is for ;P

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Dakota // Syncaroonie @syncaroonie.com · Aug 14

It’s a tough thing to contend with. Not many other mediums have to deal with the colossal time sink that is game development; especially for a new indie who doesn’t normally earn a cent until their project is finished.

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Dakota // Syncaroonie @syncaroonie.com · Aug 11

It probably is but I also think shortening it in any way would negatively affect the flow of that part of the game so I think it’s fine.

As long as everyone promises not to say the full game is a ripoff because a third of the content is in the free demo 🥲

Dakota // Syncaroonie @syncaroonie.com · Aug 11

I reread this and wonder if “3 more bosses” on top of the existing midboss is possibly too much for the demo, especially considering that the full game isn’t going to be *too* long (the current plan for the demo is about 20-25% of the full game, not counting some optional content).

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Dakota // Syncaroonie @syncaroonie.com · Aug 11

Environment art will take a good month extra at least on top of that, and cutscenes will take even longer. I'm guessing cutscenes and writing are going to be the bulk of development time for the whole game. I might need to take some time to make some tools to speed it up...

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Dakota // Syncaroonie @syncaroonie.com · Aug 11

There's actually surprisingly little left until the entirety of the first act (the stuff that'll be included in the demo) is playable in an early state. Maybe a handful more rooms, three more bosses and about 5 or 6 random encounter enemies. At that point, gameplay wise, it's done.

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Dakota // Syncaroonie @syncaroonie.com · Aug 11

I have very little to show of my game at the moment but basically you can play through up to the first miniboss. The levels are all greyboxed at the moment and there's about 10 different cutscenes of varying complexity missing, but it's there.

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Iantos @iantos.bsky.social · Aug 5

NCOSE is an anti-porn, Christian morality group that used to be known as Morality in Media. They have campaigned against gay marriage and sex ed. They published an article called "Connecting the Dots: The Line Between Gay Marriage and Mass Murders". So yeah...anyway, KEEP CALLING PAYMENT PROCESSORS!

Ana Valens | 🔞 | COMMS: (3/5) @acvalens.net · Aug 5

NCOSE takes a swing. As I predicted, they're a key player in all of this. They've been obsessed with Steam since 2018, when Steam actually opened the door to adult content after NCOSE tried to get a ton of visual novels (like HuniePop) pulled

NCOSE commenting on the Collective Shout situation: "This isn't about censorship, it’s about protecting women and girls by not promoting games based on the sexual torture of women and children". Check out the full blog, from a gamer's perspective, link below! 🎮
https://buff.ly/wKD2z7i

#gamer #videogame #steam #NCOSE #endexploitation #sexploitation #explicitcontent

Image shows a gamer inf ront of a monitor running a Nintendo Switch 2, seemingly. "Hundreds of Rape and Incest Games Removed from Steam: A Gamer's Perspective" is listed

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Dakota // Syncaroonie @syncaroonie.com · Aug 1

Little firey guys.

#gamedev #indiedev #godot #rpg

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