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Solo Dev making a game about creatures & cards.

Check out my last game, Jurassic Gym:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3695640
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Steve @megadwarf.ca · Sep 13
Can you pet the dog?

You can, in fact, pet 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆. First pass of the Dynamic Petting System! You even crouch to pet the small ones!

@canyoupetthedog.com
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My endless hatred for UI programming continues to burn brightly. But now I have drag and drop support for your team + creature storage!

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November 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Playable Arcade Machines!

I like to take "breaks" from my main games to dabble in other genres pretty often. So why not do that in the same project and slap 'em in arcade machines?

Lots of abilities, bosses with special attacks, items, etc. Now back to the real thing!

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November 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Animated creature portraits! This one took a while but static images felt so lame in comparison.

[Temp UI, as per usual]

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October 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Blackjack in an underground parlor!

I got carried away after the whole Slot Machine thing. It's basic (no splitting and whatnot) but cute!

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October 20, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Slots!
(Simply ignore I that I am testing them in a toxic dump environment)

The first area is a resort town so I thought I should add some classic resort activities like losing all of your money.

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October 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Since I started adding Traits, I've wanted one that spawns a temporary ghost with its own cards when a creature is defeated. Dispels after a set # of turns/on revive!

Tons of work for a single trait - oh well, still cool!

[Generated card art is temp for prototyping]
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October 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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I can now trigger different swim animations per body of water! You don't have to let your legs drag through sewer water anymore!

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October 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Conditional Dialogue and Animations! Also my first time blabbing over a video, so enjoy my dulcet tones.

[Generated card art is temporary for prototyping]
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October 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Got distracted blocking out the sewer area and decided I needed interactive garbage...

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October 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Simple Wait for Time of Day mechanic. NPCs don't have schedules (yet?), but creatures have multipliers on their spawn chances based on the time of day.

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October 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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I said Character Creation was a later thing... But what if instead...?

Was a doozy to get working with the save and load system, but it's all done and moderately polished.

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October 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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The catch mechanic now has visuals! Needs some more 𝘰𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘩 still, but it'll get there. Anything obvious immediately stand out as missing to you?

This took me forever as is... so let's call it good enough for now 👍

[Generated card art is temporary for prototyping]
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September 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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You can now attempt to flee battles (only as your first action per turn)!
Animation needs some love, but I'm happy with it 🏃

[Generated card art is temporary for prototyping]
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September 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Scribbles are my ✨ aesthetic ✨

Back to the UI grind... This time, first pass at a pause menu (and refactoring how saving/loading works). Lots left to do, but enough for now!

Feel free to ignore the save timestamps that say how late I stayed up to finish this.

#GameDev #IndieDev #Unity #Pokemon
September 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Combo cards! You can enhance effects of cards if the last card played did a certain damage type or applied a certain status. Along with a visual indicator that the combo is ready.

[Generated card art is temporary for prototyping]
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September 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Phew, got multi-targeting abilities working.

Needs some feedback and polish love, but the core is there and I can take a long break from it now!

[Generated card art is temporary for prototyping]
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September 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Finally got around to (very painfully) adding UI animations for 'On Draw' card effects for both teams.

You can actually kind of tell what is going on now! Before, every card just popped its effect instantly and all at once.😬

[Generated card art is temporary for prototyping]
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September 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Can you pet the dog?

You can, in fact, pet 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆. First pass of the Dynamic Petting System! You even crouch to pet the small ones!

@canyoupetthedog.com
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September 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Silly intro sequence and the first iteration of equippable clothing (at some point there will be full character customization but I got bigger fish to fry).

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September 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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It wouldn't be a game made by me if there wasn't some kind of dress up mechanic...

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July 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Added coloured rarity backgrounds to the overview. Now to think of more stats that I should track.

store.steampowered.com/app/3782040/...

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June 15, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Phew. The weekend is here to save the day from daily wishlist decay.

Try out my demo!
store.steampowered.com/app/3782040/...

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June 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Added a much needed overview screen (now live in the Demo on Steam!). You can now access a list of all your equipment and dinosaurs so you don't have to look around your gym. AND everything updates in real-time.

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June 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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If you're looking for a cute little desktop idle game about running a modern day gym for dinosaurs, then you have very specific tastes and I have a demo for you to try.

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Jurassic Gym Demo on Steam
Run your own dinosaur gym on the bottom of your screen while you stay productive! Hatch new buddies, train them up, send them to competitions, and spend your winnings upgrading and customizing your Ju...
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June 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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store.steampowered.com/app/3782040/...

Jurassic Gym Demo is live for Steam Next Fest (a wee bit early, because why not). Give it a try!

#GameDev #IndieGame #NextFest #SteamNextFest
June 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM