O yeah, totally. It's funny how something can at first glance from gen AI feels cool to look at briefly until you start digging through the construction of it. I like using it to explore mood/tone, but we wouldn't rely on for producing production ready content. Thanks for the feedback.

No worries, and thanks for the feedback!

Hah, very silly stuff that sometimes just makes me laugh. It's amazing how many things can go wrong when making a game.

It's almost functioning as a mini boss haha! I need to think about dynamic difficulty, this is probably the most beastly version tucked behind dynamic difficulty.

You're quite welcome, thanks for watching and leaving feedback! We've got something special on our hands here!

Thank you, me too! Now we need to translate that look and feel into our render style!

Heck yeah, thank you for sharing! It's definitely a fun little passion project we've got on our hands!

Thanks dude, not bad for just a concept, the real art to bring it fully into our style is still coming!

Heck yeah, happy to hear it! Your game is getting better all the time!

@@DrBossKey thanks to your guide as well! glad have someone that can help other make game more effectively

@@RuV9999 Together we are better and all on similar journeys, it feels good to share my own little tid bits along the way!

Thanks for the feedback! We've done a few more design iterations and they are really starting to come together!

Rad, thanks for the feedback!

Thanks dude, this definitely has some of that magic and tells the story. :)

That would be rad! I just did a run through DeathSmiles and I do love the flip and shoot front or backwards gameplay. :)

@DrBossKey that reminds me, i need to play some of the other deathsmiles witches

@@andyroseby4539 Heh, I just did a run with Rosa last night!

Thanks, buddy. These are a lot of fun to make!

Aww, that's super cool to hear!

That is super kind of you to say thank you! You can always feel free to reach out to me and the community on Discord if you're scratching your head on how to achieve something!

The SC discord is also a HUGE help

Thanks, man. We've got a few things planned to make the book more widely available, including a digital version. I also want to do a narrated version :)

Awww, thank you!

Lookit there! I saw a Zayphlen there!!

Thanks dude!

Hehe, rad, and thank you! This gameplay is definitely our crimes against humanity version, but I've got a laundry list of changes to make!

Thanks for checking it out. I'm super excited about the audio design pass for the game and building a new feedback muscle for audio design!

That's a fascinating concept! Using portals for weaponry or logistics adds an interesting layer of strategic complexity. A gun coming out of a portal might indeed require immense energy to sustain an open connection, depending on the portal’s stability and size, which could make a traditional laser or plasma cannon more energy-efficient. However, if you could harness the energy generated by the wormhole itself, you might offset some of these costs. Imagine a faction that perfected the art of channeling the exotic matter or gravitational forces of a wormhole, converting it into usable energy for their weapons or systems-essentially making the portal both a tool and a power source. This idea aligns well with using portals for logistical efficiency, like linking fighter bays on a planet to ships in space. You could expand on that to have a faction that leverages wormhole tech to power everything from supply chains to advanced energy weapons, creating a unique synergy between transportation and energy generation. Thanks for watching and sharing!

Thanks, bud. It's been fun exploring how to add a few additional sine wave animation bits, and since it's a 3D engine, you get just a few extra bits of animation visuals on top of the animated frames.

Thanks bud, you've been a wonderful part of this journey!

Thanks, dude. It was really special when you first discovered the game, made a video, and then joined the community to make your own games. Those are rad memories for me!

Yassss! However, I didn't get a chance to play your updated build today of Singularity Strike because I got lost in this. :)

Thanks! Putting the process out there is also super helpful for the team since we only meet once weekly.

Your change log videos over on Discord are fantastic, thank you for including me in your game development process mate!

Thanks fella, I'm really loving this shot (planet still needs a rendering/detail pass), and it's feels cool to have the planet rotating to give a little more eye candy/dynamic environment visual interest!

@DrBossKey deffo

Heck yeah! These machines remind a little bit of the human harvesting machines from The Matrix.

Yes they are. SO much to do on the core system side with weapons and game flow, but that is part of the process. None of this is ready for any players yet, but we're chipping away at it!

Thanks. Yup, I'm still iterating on the power difference between rapid and astral projection melee. Thanks for watching!

Thank you! Hopefully we'll have a fully polished early access early next year!

I bet you do! Those machine arms (dragons) would make for one hell of a massage!

We don't have control over the sorting of the parts. I think the head always sorts over the body, but the body and tail sort order can change as it navigates across the waypoint splines. All you can do is set the segmentation space between the parts (which is why our connecting bits are electricity, hehe). For the tail, I will most likely offset it in the sprite sheet to give a little more space.

Ha! It's cool to see how far you've come, and it reminds us that the mode isn't exactly for newcomers unless they want some old-school 8- and 16-bit era difficulty. (Souls-like difficulty for the modern gamers, haha)

@@DrBossKey Oh indeed!

Thanks dude!

Q1-ish I suspect we'll have the early access build ready on Steam with a full first level at shipping quality!

Thanks, this time around taking the extra time to add glows as part of the bullet sprite helps them stand out. We're being cautious to not have too many light blues for our environments.