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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · 2h

🎨🖌️Before & After 🖌️🎨

👀Here's a look back at the first pass of the Raven Scribe:

👘Biggest change is the robe style for all NPC scribes
✂️Bit of a haircut to make those feathers pop more
👁️Also has movable eyes so can look at you 👁️

#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #gameart #gamecharacter

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · 1d

🪶📖 Raven Scribe 📖🪶

🎨🖌Art pass on the raven bird scribe!
👘Now has similar robe style as the vulture scribe too.

🪶Bird Scribes are the NPCs of the Library of Lost Tales
📚They'll give you rewards for returning captured folktales

#indiegamedev #gameart #creaturedesign #creatureart

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · 2d

🎇The bounciness of everything in the game adds so much charm!
⭐Great animations for the trailer btw!

Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · 2d

✨Thanks for hosting this #TurnbasedThursday event!

🐺Hunt for the Lost Folktales
🐾follow pawprint & scent trails
⚔️turnbased battle folklore beasts
📚capture their long lost tales

🎵Starting to get SFX & Music into the game!
🎧Have a listen of the combat music and creature sfx:

Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · 2d

🦇🔊 Dingbat SFX 🔊🦇

🔊SOUND ON🔊
🦇Preview of the Dingbat combat SFX
🎧Sound Design by @leonartmann.bsky.social

🦇With a bat-like appearance & a bell on their tail, Leon brought these Dingbats to life through their sound design!

#indiegamedev #turnbased #indiegame #gameaudio #gamesfx #madewithunity

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · 2d

🦇🔊 Dingbat SFX 🔊🦇

🔊SOUND ON🔊
🦇Preview of the Dingbat combat SFX
🎧Sound Design by @leonartmann.bsky.social

🦇With a bat-like appearance & a bell on their tail, Leon brought these Dingbats to life through their sound design!

#indiegamedev #turnbased #indiegame #gameaudio #gamesfx #madewithunity

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Forge of the Fae @forgeofthefae.bsky.social · 2d

🤩 Excited to officially host this week's #TurnBasedThursday

All #GameDev and #IndieDev reply with your turn-based games and use the TBT hashtag☝️above

Also be sure to @ anyone who should be in this thread to share the love! 🥰

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you!
Clothing is always tough for me so sticking with creatures/beasts for all the game characters.

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · 4d

🐺🎨🖌️ Lycan Huntress 🖌️🎨🐺

🎨Did an art pass on the main player character🐺

🧥Now has clothing tied to their hunter backstory
🏹Arrows are tied to secrets in the 3 Woodland areas
💍Buy Trinkets to add charms to your neck chain

#indiegamedev #gameart #creaturedesign #creatureart

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · 8d

🎵⚔️Battle Music ⚔️🎵

🔊SOUND ON🔊
🎧A sneak preview of the Battle Music
🎸Music composed by @octoberstereo.bsky.social

🎵Been great working with October to bring music to the turnbased battles in the game!

#gamedev #turnbased #indiegame #gamemusic #gameaudio #madewithunity

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · 12d

💀⚔️ New Battle UI ⚔️💀

🎨🖌️Art pass on the Battle Popup:
🦷More of a Bite to the screen overlay
⚔ Displays which Team has the 1st turn

🚨Enemy detection gives them the 1st turn
🐺Player ambush gives you the 1st turn

#gamedev #indiedev #gameUI #gameHUD #madewithunity

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · 26d

🔊🎶SFX Preview🎶🔊

🔊SOUND ON🔊
🎶First audio pass on Sniffing Trails using Wolf Sense
🎧Sound Design by @leonartmann.bsky.social

🐺Gameplay is starting to feel good with all this audio feedback for the player actions!

#indiegamedev #turnbased #indiegame #gameaudio #gamesfx #madewithunity

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · 28d

ℹ️🔍Closeup of Tooltips🔎ℹ️

👀A closer view of the Tooltips display👀
🗝️Some tooltips have Highlighted Keywords🗝️
ℹ️Which is displayed in an secondary info boxℹ️

#indiegamedev #gameUI #gameHUD #madewithunity #ScreenshotSaturday

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · 29d

🔎🎨 Tooltips Art Pass 🎨🔎

🎨New coat of paint on the Tooltips Popup:
📈Larger Font Size
🔠New Font Style
🔳Added Box Border
🃏Added Title Underline

👀Now looks polished compared to the 1st implementation.

#gamedev #indiedev #gameUI #gameHUD #madewithunity

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · Sep 15

🎵📢 Music Preview 📢🎵

🔊 SOUND ON 🔊
🎵 Preview of the Woodsmoke Pines Music Track
🎸 Music composed by @octoberstereo.bsky.social

🎧 Happy to be working with October to bring music to the game, which adds so much atmosphere already!

#indiegamedev #turnbased #indiegame #gamemusic #madewithunity

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · Sep 8

🩸📖 Defeat Popup Screen 📖🩸

👀A look at the "You are Dead" popup screen!

🩸Tread carefully when exploring the woodlands,
🐾or your journey may end earlier that anticipated.

📖Stories never die if a tale continues to be told...

#indiegamedev #turnbased #indiegame #gameUI #madewithunity

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · Aug 31

😅 Or could be the video capture software. Anywho still more iterations for that main menu so will figure out a transition that doesn’t make it so abrupt 🔍

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · Aug 29

Thanks 🙂
Yeah it’s strange but the menu buttons fade in for 1 sec while the others fade in for 0.5sec 🤷‍♀️
🤔 Might be the white text appearing in the dark background feels more jarring.

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · Aug 29

🏕️🌕Moonlit Woodlands🌕🏕️

🖥️First pass on a Main Menu scene!

✨Hoping to capture that feeling of...
🌲Being lost in the woods
🌙Moonlight bright in the night sky
🔥Stories told by the campfire

#indiegamedev #turnbased #indiegame #folktales #madewithunity

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · Aug 26

My guess was “Hammer Head” like the shark 🦈

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · Aug 25

🎨🖌Updated Exploration HUD🖌️🎨

👩‍🎨Art Pass on the Exploration HUD!

💫Wisp Abilities are shown along a wisp trail.
✨Now auto-selects matching wisp ability.

🐺Player Actions are shown on a wolf mantelpiece.
➗Helps separate which is wolf vs wisp actions.

#gamedev #indiedev #gameUI #gameHUD #madewithunity

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · Aug 19

❤️💜Character Stats Bar💜❤️

🔎A close up view of the Character Stats Bar🔍

🕰️Before - displayed separately which didn't show the connection of how Fear affects your Health

🆕After - overlay on top to show the connection of Fear = Damage to your Health

#gamedev #indiedev #gameUI #gameHUD #madewithunity

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · Aug 18

💜❤️Updated Fear HUD❤️💜

💜Now displayed on top of ❤️Health Hearts
🗡️Fear represents the Damage dealt 🗡️
0️⃣ 0 Fear = No Damage taken!

🧮Less calculation on guessing Damage output,
🧠More strategizing on your team's actions.

#indiegamedev #turnbased #indiegame #folktales #madewithunity

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · Aug 14

🥳 Congratulations on your game launch!

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · Aug 14

✨Thanks for hosting this week’s #TurnbasedThursday showcase!

🐺Hunt for the Lost Folktales
🐾 follow paw & scent trails
⚔️ turnbased battle folklore beasts
📚 capture their long lost tales

📊 Been working on getting party character upgrades for their stats by paying with bones, skulls, and claws:

Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · Aug 12

🦴➡️🎨Party Upgrades🎨⬅️🦴

🦃Vulture will take those 🦴old Bones you find.
🎨In return, they will paint Upgrades for your party.

🦴Bones for ❤️Health
💀Skulls for 🛡️Fear Shield
🦞Claws for ⚔️Combat Actions

#indiegamedev #turnbased #indiegame #gameUI #madewithunity

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · Aug 12

🦴➡️🎨Party Upgrades🎨⬅️🦴

🦃Vulture will take those 🦴old Bones you find.
🎨In return, they will paint Upgrades for your party.

🦴Bones for ❤️Health
💀Skulls for 🛡️Fear Shield
🦞Claws for ⚔️Combat Actions

#indiegamedev #turnbased #indiegame #gameUI #madewithunity

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