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Software dev, hobby gamedev, I like bouldering

Making a swimmy metroidvania
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Concept for the more abstract version for generating geometry, I placed those control points manually and I'm going to have to figure out a way to do that automatically.

I might need to study splines again...
Godot3.5 interface displaying a planar graph consisting of a loop of 6 nodes and 1 node sticking outside in the bottom left. The nodes have various sizes and the size is displayed with a circle. Edges are drawn between connected nodes. Two blue curves, on the inside of the loop and around the entire graph, such that they smoothly touch all the circles. On each side of the curve are generated curves displayed in various colors.
December 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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More shroom
October 3, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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Shroomposting
October 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Getting some stealth mechanics to work :)

#gamedev #indiedev
swimmy metroidvania level. In the top left, a red enemy in the shape of a diamond with a single eye is hitting the player (in the center) with a flashlight. The player is exiting a body of water hoping to quickly escape the gaze of the enemy. The background is dark, there is a moon visible in the top-right
August 30, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Obviously a metroidvania needs some upgrades to collect :)
August 28, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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I wonder if I can make some funky mechanics with the moon in the background.

#metroidvania #gamedev #indiedev
The moon framed above a torch in a swimmy metroidvania level. There is water on the sides of both the torch and the moon. The moon has a slight orange tint.
August 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Sketched out this level earlier, time to test it out.

#godot #indiedev #gamedev
July 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Projectile redirection is fun

#gamedev #indiedev
May 10, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Experimenting with some enemy design. Here a projectile you can redirect, enemies that use this can then be defeated by their own projectiles :)

#godot #gamedev #metroidvania
May 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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And I can pan the camera now :)

still godot 3.5, so no phantom camera available...
May 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Placing the particle effect in the brazier mechanic. It looks quite interesting like this.

#metroidvania #gamedev #indiedev
April 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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And I’ve been trying some things with the background
Preview of my game with water on the bottom and left and a vibrant orange background with round shapes that disappear in the orange fog.
April 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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So experimenting a bit with that crescent particle shape.
April 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Messing around with the UI a bit

#godot #metroidvania #gamedev
January 18, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Got something on the map functioning :)

#indiedev #gamedev #godot
December 27, 2024 at 2:31 PM
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Working on a map system

#indiedev #gamedev #godot
Metroidvania demo-level map. Background is in black, the outlines of the level are in white. In-bounds the skies are colored purple and the water parts are blue. There is a slight blur effect over the water.
December 22, 2024 at 5:00 PM
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Experimenting with the gate animation

#indiedev #gamedev #godot
December 21, 2024 at 11:53 PM
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Little concept of special gates (unlocks challenge/miniboss/whatever I come up with later), going to have to experiment with animating unlocking this.
Yellow player character in a 2d cave system. There are two vines blocking the way from the bottom and top, the two vines are connected by a spiral vine structure that vaguely resembles a heart (rotated by 100 degrees counterclockwise) with three purple orbs on it.
December 21, 2024 at 6:58 PM
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A little clip probably shows a bit better what I'm going for for touch controls now.

#indiedev #gamedev #godot
December 16, 2024 at 10:30 PM
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Virtual joystick sucks, so I made a virtual d-pad instead. Much better, and I also tested it on my phone (thanks web builds)

#gamedev #indiedev #godot
2d sideview of a colorful metroidvania level. A yellow square shaped character with hands is swimming in water. Four white diamonds making a bigger diamond are located at the bottom left.
December 15, 2024 at 10:52 PM
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Working a little on adding touch support. Realizing that I absolutely suck at playing with virtual joystick, makes the game a lot harder.

#gamedev #indiedev #metroidvania
December 14, 2024 at 12:18 AM
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Hmm, working a bit on the edges, I think this is better although I'm not set on the colors yet

#indiedev #gamedev
Part of a swimmy metroidvania. Edges are made from grass, now on a layered rocky surface (light brown getting darker in 3 stages).
December 12, 2024 at 10:43 PM
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Full profile picture colored line art :)
December 9, 2024 at 10:21 PM
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And last video peek at this swimmy metroidvania for a while.

#gamedev #indiedev #godot
December 8, 2024 at 9:54 PM
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Another day, another gameplay clip.

If I keep this up I will run out of stuff, so need to keep the development going :)

#gamedev #indiedev #godot
December 6, 2024 at 1:19 PM