Thank you and good luck with your game as well! My programming experience definitely made gamedev a lot easier for me. Maybe a free online programming course can help you get comfortable with coding?

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Goodluck to you as well and have fun!

Thanks! Good luck with your game!

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(I hope google translate is correct) Sorry I don't have a video on how I created these

I haven't figured out the story yet, but you can definitely return to the world afterwards!

Welcome to my channel😺 and good luck with your game!

Thanks, glad you like it!

Thanks for always leaving a comment for my videos, they motivate me to create more devlogs and I really appreciate it!

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@@LeisurelyGames do you code in gdscript or do you use c#? what can you recommend? im starting with the first tutorials ^^

I use GDScript since it's specifically designed for the engine, whereas C# is additional support. I haven't tried C# so I can't make a recommendation between these two, but I'm guessing GDScript is better integrated / has less bugs with the engine, and you might find more tutorials that use GDScript. Best of luck!

@@LeisurelyGames thank you :)

Thanks! I think many players like decorating not just their farm or house, but also common areas like the town. That's why I try to give as much freedom as I can on customizations.

@@LeisurelyGames I see I see. Understandable, there is no easy way around. I guess you’ve seen other examples like standee valley to know what to do. There is no perfect solution so whatever seems the best go for it ^^

Thanks! I think animated objects can make the game world feel more alive and immersive, so I'm planning to add more in the future :)

Thanks and sorry for the late reply, I've been travelling recently. I'm planning to do this solo, but I'm open to collaborating with an artist if they can really help me enhance the game aesthetics. Feel free to email me if you want to discuss more :)

I'm glad this video was reassuring! It took many iterations to get to the final result, including many that didn't work out at all and were not included in the timelapse. Keep making small progress and they will add up!

Thanks! I'm still learning pixel art and trying to improve my skills, but I'm glad it looks consistent!

@@LeisurelyGames You're welcome =)

Thank you from Canada :)

@@LeisurelyGames You're welcome 😄

Thanks! Tool interaction is not straightforward to implement. The way I did it is 1) play the tool animation (e.g. side swing / vertical swing, etc.) in an animation player 2) when the animation reaches the frame where I want the actual action to happen, call a "use tool" function that handles the action depending on the current tool (e.g. update tiles / interact with objects). You can call functions during an animation by using the call method track. Because there's a gap between the player input and when the actual action happens, you'll need to make sure the player cannot do other actions during the tool animation (e.g. item cannot be switched from the hotbar, player cannot walk around, etc.). Hope that answers your question :)

The game will have a large scope, probably similar to Stardew Valley, so I'm really careful about how I build the project. Right now I'm basically doing the option A that you mentioned - building a robust framework, which is why I haven't added much content to the game yet (1 crop, 2 skills, 2 enemies, a few items, etc.). But the framework that I've built makes it easy to add content later without much additional coding. Code maintainability is super important in a large-scale project like this one, and I think in the long run it actually saves more time than the "quick" and dirty way.

​ @LeisurelyGames I see, that makes sense when you are thinking in the long run. Though why are you trying to bring all the features into one game already? As far as I understood you don't have too much experience with making games? In that case, why don't you develop games that focus around just one or two core mechanics of your final game and bring them all together once you have finished those. So for example just making a game about farming, or a game just about combat or mining or whatever. I suppose the biggest problem is that you couldn't sell these small games as they are more something like toys and lack content/size (although I think there might be some way to monetize them). The problem with building frameworks so early is that the problem space is usually not well defined and that you have to change your backend sooner or later anyways because you simply didn't account for certain things (which you simply couldn't). Refactors just become a problem over time in any software dev field. What are your thoughts on this? Though to each there own. I am just trying to figure out how to make large games myself, stories like that of concerned ape are just wild to me.

I don't have much experience with game development, but I'm familiar with working on large scale software, so I feel comfortable building a large framework (and refactoring it if necessary). I think it'll be financially difficult to continue doing gamedev full-time if I practice with toy games, and putting them together will also require extra effort. I think building the game framework first without adding too much content makes it easier to refactor, so I'm not too worried about it.

@@LeisurelyGames Sounds reasonable. I am approaching this from a very different angle, so I am looking forward to how your game dev journey will go.

Wow, I didn't know there's a new swarm mode in league! I just gave it a try and I can definitely see the usefulness of manual aim. I still want the combat in my game to be simple since it's primarily a farming game, so I want to make sure that players can progress without needing manual aim, but it'll be a good option to add for players who want more control in combat. I really like your ideas on mineral varieties and will definitely work on them. Thanks for the suggestions!

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Sorry I don't plan to make tutorial videos since I want to save time for development. But basically I use separate tilemap layers for the ground, the tilled tiles, and the watered tiles. When the hoe / watering can is used on a tile, I add it to the tilled / watered tilemap layer. Then when handling logic for the plants I just check the tilemap to see if a tilled / watered tile exists.

I don't feel burned out, but I do feel a lot of pressure to work on my game, like I'll get stressed if I don't put in enough hours. But it feels really fulfilling to get the game mechanics working or to finish a good looking pixel art, so overall I enjoy doing this full time. I think I'm more efficient when I can focus working on one thing, otherwise I'll always have something on the back of my mind. How do you allocate your time between your part time job and game development and switch between them?

@@LeisurelyGames Yeah that feeling of not doing enough is what got me eventually. I work really well when I have one specific topic to work on each day (or split it two half days or whatever). This really fixed this task switching problem. So if I have work to do on the job I will prioritize that. I am studying CS right now so when there are homeworks or whatever I will do those too, game dev always being lowest priority. What I found that absolutely doesn't work for me is to try to squeeze in an hour or two of game dev after my workday. It feels like a chore instead of something I do for fun. However, with the approach of allocating a topic for each day I have a lot more success. I realized I work best in bursts or sprints (a few intense days throughout the month), rather than trying to not have any zero days and only work a little bit each day. I work 60h/month on the part time (it's a work study part time thing so it's a bit more chill). Though the job made me a much better programmer and as a result also a better game developer. I am able to work way more efficient now and I feel like there is still so much more for me to learn as a programmer which will also help me develop games and I don't think I would learn all of that on my own.

That's a good point, sprints are much more productive and enjoyable than squeezing in bits each day. My programming experience from university and work definitely made it easier to do game development. It also helps me think beyond implementing features and plan for performance, maintainability, etc. Good luck with your studies and your game!

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I'll try my best not to get stressed :) And thanks for the offer!

I agree that what I have so far is very similar. I don't want my game to be just a copy of Stardew Valley, so hopefully this will become more obvious as I add more content.

Thanks! Godot has been gaining a lot of popularity so I'm sure you'll find more good tutorials.

Thank you for your suggestion! I decided to work on this full time so that I can focus my energy on it and create something good. This is probably not the best financial decision and my game might fail, but I want to give it a try.

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Thanks you!

Thanks, good luck with your game!

Thanks, good luck with your studies!

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Thank you, hope to see your game one day!

Thanks, that's a really good point. You can still return to the world afterwards, but I'll keep this in mind when working on the story. Good luck with your game!

Thank you!