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Willis Studios

@willisstudios.bsky.social

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Former math and CS teacher now working on my second game, Belle Citique, a cozy city builder. Check it out here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3445040 My previous game: Halls of Watershot, https://store.steampowered.com/app/2426250

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Willis Studios @willisstudios.bsky.social · Jun 26

Finally got the demo polished and ready to be played. You can check it out right now!!!
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Belle Citique Demo on Steam

Belle Citique is a cozy city builder and design game. Use the joyfully simple building system to make riverside hamlets, alpine castles, bustling cities, and everything in between. No major objectives...

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Willis Studios @willisstudios.bsky.social · 21d

This was actually the product of the new terraforming tool I've been working on
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Willis Studios @willisstudios.bsky.social · 27d

Feeling pretty good about the desert oasis level I've been working on
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Willis Studios @willisstudios.bsky.social · Sep 18

Testing out how much nature the engine can handle, didn't think it would be good with this much.
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Willis Studios @willisstudios.bsky.social · Sep 10

Screenshots of various things I've been working on recently
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Willis Studios @willisstudios.bsky.social · Aug 13

Spent some time to allow player to select completely custom colors for their buildings. People will pick nice colors that go well together, right?
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Willis Studios @willisstudios.bsky.social · Jul 26

A little more with some long arched bridges
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Willis Studios @willisstudios.bsky.social · Jul 25

More work on bridges and canals and archways. Also see the somewhat finished longer bridges in the background
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Willis Studios @willisstudios.bsky.social · Jul 24

I use a pretty simple/standard noise generation, but then pass the heights through a step function like this, which gives the terraces.

Willis Studios @willisstudios.bsky.social · Jul 24

Was traveling a lot over the past few weeks so I made this word spelling points game to play: steve7987.github.io/WordGame/

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Word Grid 4x4

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Willis Studios @willisstudios.bsky.social · Jul 13

Worked a bit on some fancy fountains. Now I just need to work on the effects
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Willis Studios @willisstudios.bsky.social · Jul 3

Got to work on some additional types of connections for houses, allowing for more types of courtyards. Also, look at the people fishing!!!
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Willis Studios @willisstudios.bsky.social · Jul 1

Somehow got distracted building this when I was supposed to be fixing a few path finding bugs

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Willis Studios @willisstudios.bsky.social · Jun 29

Had a lot of fun doing this interview about my first game with @cornellcrits.bsky.social. Funny coincidence: Right after finishing this interview, Chris Wilson posted his interview of David Brevik about Diablo II; quite the stroke of fate.

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Interview with Halls of Watershot Developer Steve Russell! #hallsofwatershot #keymailer #interview

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Willis Studios @willisstudios.bsky.social · Jun 26

Finally got the demo polished and ready to be played. You can check it out right now!!!
#majorupdate
#steam
#indiegame
#cozygame
#citybuilder
#gamedev

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Belle Citique Demo on Steam

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Willis Studios @willisstudios.bsky.social · Jun 24

Been experimenting more with other kinds of grids and tilings. This is two little stars connected to each other. Also demo coming soon...
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Willis Studios @willisstudios.bsky.social · May 15

Trying some more circular based maps
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Willis Studios @willisstudios.bsky.social · May 10

A few things I've been working on
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Willis Studios @willisstudios.bsky.social · May 9

Early mornings at the monastery
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Willis Studios @willisstudios.bsky.social · Apr 23

Experiments with various styles of geometric grids and symmetries led to this.
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Willis Studios @willisstudios.bsky.social · Apr 21

I made everything inside out by mistake, but I also don't hate it
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Willis Studios @willisstudios.bsky.social · Apr 8

The other set of targeters I made, definitely took longer than expected.
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Willis Studios @willisstudios.bsky.social · Apr 4

I now get why youtubers always ask for you to like and subscribe, it works and those things matter to ze algorithms. So wishlist now!!!
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Willis Studios @willisstudios.bsky.social · Apr 2

Tried some shader magic for making some new build targeters
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Willis Studios @willisstudios.bsky.social · Mar 31

Had some fun designing this little castle garden :)

Willis Studios @willisstudios.bsky.social · Mar 28

Been working on some larger sized towns, no gpu fires yet...
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