2 Years of Indie Game Development! - Slimekeep

[@barj]

2 Years and he still hasn't figured out that you can use other colours than green in unity lmfao

[@BenBonk]

BRO

[@Vieislost]

r/Madlads

[@alphaeng5926]

Nice

[@beanbagburrito]

I think he likes green a bit

[@Vieislost]

@@beanbagburrito Its a Joke

[@8Blits]

3:22 lmao I didn’t even remember this moment, or a couple others from later devlogs. It’s kind of neat to look back at how much you have improved your Unity C# skills, your art, and your game dev process as a whole.

[@BenBonk]

Thanks for sticking around 😎

[@dylanauntiecrafters3278]

same

[@hollowsongs3504]

Rewatching and seeing how different the game is from the first game jam state it was in is amazing. Watching a game and it's creator grow is such a cool experience and seeing how much you have improved in all aspects is inspiring by showing that hard work and lots of determination has payed off!

[@BenBonk]

Thanks so much! It really is crazy how far the game has come, and how I’ve learned so much along the way.

[@isto_inc]

Nothing better than a multi-year progress video. FeeeelllsGoodMan

[@BenBonk]

Yessir

[@lynqsx]

believe me or not, after I found this channel, I watched the whole devlog in under 24 hours

[@BenBonk]

Dang, glad you seem to like them :)

[@AndreSkipper]

Same here

[@pyritepanx]

There is NO WAY that it’s been two years. It’s insane to see the progress you made put together! Insane job!

[@BenBonk]

Thanks!

[@alpha.sigma.games_]

Yay! I recently found your channel, like 2 months ago, and I watched all 20+ devlogs in 3 days, and now I am watch every single video you publish. That was so entertaining :)

[@0hBee]

Your videos have gotten so much better since the first devlog. I love this series and I can’t wait to finally play SlimeKeep when it comes out

[@BenBonk]

Glad to hear that. Thanks!

[@Unknown_Threat]

I love how everything changed, exept the Main Character

[@BenBonk]

Technically he got a few touch ups over time, but yeah, he’s basically the same!

[@Arcturus1239]

I love slimekeep, I can't wait until it's released!

[@lulke187]

Can't believe its been already two years, keep up the good work!

[@Nnif_Boots47]

I forgot how cool this game was thank for the refresher I'm way more exited to play it now.

[@fireice3040]

This really have been an adventure to see how this game changed

[@calvindawerecat9995]

Remove evrything egsept . game and changed and i aggrie

[@charlieistired_]

Slime keep really has evolved and I can’t wait what’s coming next!

[@caidensarkar7381]

Watched all these devlogs while I was isolating for Covid19. Inspired me to try to learn how to make my own game :)

[@ItzEndrr]

Wow, this is a masterpiece. Believe it or not, I actually watched every other one of your dev logs 5 times, and yet didn’t get bored lol

[@xraidev]

Working on random unnecessary and eventually unusable features is just perfect of the process I think. I’ve ‘wasted’ countless hours but learned so much along the way!

[@BenBonk]

Yeah, exactly

[@HappyMatt12345]

I really like the idea of looking back on what you have accomplished and learning from mistakes you made, I think that's one of the best things you can do to improve your skills in something. It's nice seeing a sort of summary of the metamorphosis your game has gone through over two years as well! I might do something similar for Deathly Descent sometime.

[@sasquatchbgames]

This was really inspiring and cool to see! Really great work, I'm rooting for you. Subbed.

[@ShinyEmeraldGames]

Quite a journey! Nice to see how the game evolved over time!

[@Vieislost]

Been here I think around the 18th devlog and love this series now!!! After I watched the 18th I went back and watched all of the older ones! keep up the good work! ( Idea For the Game 3# (Guess I've done this twice in a row mine as well do a third lol) A costume system would be cool! With my little knowledge in game dev I'm aware that this system is easy to set up by itself Using just a button, but Menus are a Little harder to set up than that. My recommendation is to make a closet in the house that opens up a Menu to change your skin (Maybe Make costumes cost slimeballs?) and make just variations of the normal character based off of slimes (assassin, Brute, etc.) This if your planning to can also tie in with achievements very easily. This is just a tip and its fine if you don't take this advice if your reading this and if you are thank you for reading this.)

[@BenBonk]

Hey, I've actually been planning to make a skin system at some point, using the drawers in the player's house. Hopefully it can be a cool way to reward the player throughout runs.

[@brucetoons]

@@BenBonk You don't have to add this, but I think a cool reward for completing a secret challenge (maybe collecting all the other costumes) would be to give the player a customizable hat or something, which they can texture themselves, I don't know how you would do it or if it would work, but I think it would be a cool addition if you can (and want to)

[@cloudystarsky666]

It's so cool to see how this game went from some random pew pew slime shooting game, to where it is today, with the Discord server, bosses, and even story. I would love to try it once it comes out!

[@Potatoboii2]

You should add a way for people to get attached to their pet slimes, like names and maybe like a range of patterns for people to decorate their slime with! Also never seen any of your videos and I'm invested enough to come up with ideas, despite I didn't know this existed 20 minutes ago. That's probably a good thing.

[@mArmelade_69]

Your videos are just so nice! Keep it up

[@universed493]

can't wait to see this game! rooting for ya!

[@spr3ez]

Here since the hacker game and under 1k subs and still love it

[@BenBonk]

Awesome, thanks so much for sticking around for so long!

[@Feashis]

Brings back some memories, the original map

[@therampantideashub]

2 years of development and he's still as modest as he was on the first devlog... WoW

[@Skeffles]

2 years learning and the game looks great for it! When you see it all laid out like this you realise just how much there is.

[@burgerfanman]

3:25 Dang and here I was feeling like a noob before I knew about enumerators.

[@phl1psen]

Hey there, :) I really like this Devlog. With what did you start programming, if I may ask? Just a Heads-Up (because of the discussion of it): This is more of a Rogue-Lite as a Rogue-Like. If you ever get in Discussion over this: There really is a big difference between these two, but a small line that can differ one genre from the other. Keep on going, :D nice job!

[@Dreamlander]

Awesome looking game man! Super motivating to a fellow solo dev. I had an idea/question though. Everything looks awesome, but the green for some reason hurts my eyes! Lol. I guess no one else is bothered.. but in a later version, do you think you could implement a post-effect where players could change the hue? It's a fairly easy thing to implement in post, but didn't know if you'd thought about it or would consider it. Just thought I'd put it out there. Also -then the game could literally be played in random color if you wanted, or in almost any color players chose.

[@axolotlyt3241]

Slimekeep idea: you can add a little subtitle screen after you completed the game and after the subtitles everything gets colour and you are in your house when you exit there are no slimes and no green then you can tap a sign that says “do you wanna restart” and when you click it you restart the game.

[@boomgoesthedynamite69]

why

[@chirpyanimations6100]

For the enemies that jump up, maybe you could add shadows to make it all clearer

[@landonhenigan8374]

Hey Ben! I've been watching you since the start of covid on my chromebook because I didn't have a phone at the time. I thought you're videos were so cool bc I was into coding. It's amazing to see how much your channel has grown, and I would love if you responded to this. It would really make my day

[@BenBonk]

Hey, really glad you like the videos. Thanks for sticking around for so long dude!

[@SomeOne-rw6gz]

Wow it has been 2 years already?!! :0

[@raddelydackelydack]

benbonk: this health system is just a copy of enter the gungeons... benbonk: OH! lets change it into dungreeds health/stamina system

[@ParodyTimeExtra]

I was watching you since i think 3rd slimekeep video :)

[@astroidfrog644]

It looks good with the shades of green, and you could build on it by adding places with all blue, red, ect.

[@monstereugene]

dang you made me realize how much and how long ive seen you... Great work bro

[@samuelyeokaikiat4130]

This game is AMAZING!

[@rs_mind8352]

I actually really like the inverted slime pet sprite. Really makes it stand out. Might be fun for a “second pet” upgrade

[@BluGamers4life2]

i remember being there for the first devlog!!

[@BenBonk]

Yeah same bro

[@ethanmunden178]

Hey I don’t these questions or pop not gonna be answered by you but I was wondering if there will ever be a console addition version of this game or co-op

[@aleksanderbaszkiewicz536]

I think projectiles would look much better if the trail didn’t disappear right away when projectile hits target + hit confirm on enemy like quick white flash would make it a lot juicier. Also little shadows around entities (just ellipse wider than taller) would blend them more with the scene and look more natural Another thing I noticed is this “explosion” after hitting enemy - I am just overall not convinced with how it looks. Maybe “parts” of what you hit could explode in direction reverse to the hit normal instead of being just full circle every time + maybe add little bit of gravity to these parts + (optional but this would look freaking amazing) make them bounce like if they were actually touching a ground with high dampen value All in all - spending 2 years solo on a game is simply insane. Wish you all the best.

[@AlexDown1]

everything looks excellent, my last hope for the game is good lore, there's plans with the slime book, I hope it makes sense and is able to explain the enemies which seem a bit all over the place. is there a mine in the slime keep? Is this in the future or an a distant galaxy a long time ago? are all the slimes a servant of the king? there is a god it seems, are they religious? No need to answer they are examples of what could be in the slime book, and yes I am a huge Gungeon fan.

[@bungercolumbus]

After you make this game. Send slimecicle an email and ask him to play it. It would be the coolest thing ever. Seeing charlie the slimecicle play a slime game.

[@mrfatratera3778]

Good job

[@cpugal.]

Benbonk: *releases Slimekeep* Me: *tryhards no item slime king*

[@BenBonk]

Yessss

[@loveformiklp5068]

you should make it so you can spare ALL bosses, the same was as the slime king. and sparring gives you new abilities

[@Xenko007]

im hyped to play

[@travisbougie4280]

Are you going to release it on Google play when it's done by chance?

[@zcartre83]

Very inspiring!

[@bruhbro146]

Were the release date at

[@elisavbizau9909]

Looks like an homage to old gameboy games. I dig.

[@sirpumpkin99]

Hey there i want to wishlist your game but i cant find the page on steam and for some reason i can't log in on my web browser despite the fact that i put in both name and password in correctly

[@sensitivematt4155]

This game is like 2d slime rancher. So I know its going to be great, also I like the art style

[@BozoMakesMusic]

if this game gets released, what would be the price to buy a copy?

[@MrSonstar]

Where do I download this

[@Selrisitai]

I just realized you could add another layer of depth: When a slime is in the pen, it will confer a stat upgrade to your pet depending on the type; however, once you upgrade your slime, the slime will disappear from the pen. So you would have to decide if you prefer having the stat boost as you gain more and more slimes in your pen, or if you'd prefer a permanent upgrade from the skill tree. You could then put a limit on how many slimes can be in the pen, unless you upgrade it, thus making having slimes in the pen more and more valuable, plus this would allow you to get better upgrades because you can only spend slimes that are actually in the pen, and if your pen can only hold 3 slimes, then you can't get any upgrades that require 4 slimes. Incidentally, you spelled _category_ wrong. XD

[@BenBonk]

Huh, never through of something like that. Could be really cool though, so thanks for the suggestion.

[@RosemaryWilliams49fruits]

If you haven't played Hades, and want to play more rogue-likes, it's amazing and I can recommend it enough. Probably others have already mentioned it, but if not, like yeah, check it out!

[@egoregor2205]

will slime keep be free or no

[@BenBonk]

no

[@egoregor2205]

@@BenBonk internal screaming

[@egoregor2205]

@@BenBonk olso why tho

[@BenBonk]

@@egoregor2205 society

[@egoregor2205]

@@BenBonk i never was offended by something i 100% agree with

[@novakaforsberg7472]

Really Cool video👍

[@Fluppr]

2 years???? I feel like you started this a few months ago. Damn the rona has really messed with our minds.

[@swampertfan5598]

I have a cool idea make the dj's notes home into the player

[@Asumji]

It's been 2 years? Could swear this was a year at most

[@aidev1905]

Had a chuck at "an enlarged minimap"

[@PikesTheSeagull]

Wow 2 years only feels like a day

[@Bio44444]

Wow I turned out to be og Did not expect that

[@EricNightStorm]

Bro it felt like idk 8 months? (2 years is 24 months)

[@mattye2431]

You should add a setting where it turns the player red instead of green

[@bennyboygaming1860]

was it just me or did you see it at 16:17

[@BenBonk]

Just you

[@irishmalteser296]

hey just watch this and got an idea. why not make it when u capture the Slime King you get a crown to put onto your pet slime

[@Chadderbox]

It's been 2 years? I'm getting old.....

[@michaelmcalpine543]

If someone made a SlimeKeep animated trailer....

[@BenBonk]

Based?

[@smolch.978]

How do you imagine the DJ slime music sounding

[@xHelpy]

Damn 2 years passed so far

[@Layotu]

I still think that final pet upgrade needs to be something like having it split in two. it could require some splitter slimes for it.

[@n8dev]

Next make a blue game

[@itzVaughn318]

Man if i never clicked this video i would never find a good game developer

[@GreenBlueWalkthrough]

Honestly a clear concept is the only thing you need to make a game... Which for you meant learning how to game dev and making a fun totally not monster hunter meets Slimerancher twin stick shooter thing... Which a MVP you only truly need is if you lack motvation or have a real deadline which it seems like you don't... And in fact yoou are nearly done and it's been 2 years most games take 3 so you have plenty of time left to finish on the standard scaudel. So yerah looking really good! And rember any progress is progress and what have you really thrown out? So I doubt any of the first year was wasted.

[@RexAndStatue]

this is a tldr for all the devlogs

[@UwaTheBestGirl]

I watched all of these but I was a bit late so I watched them from a quarter through

[@purpetualbeats]

I really like the DJ boss

[@sodiumchloride8886]

mess around with BeepBox! try messing around with music! it could really help you out

[@debasershow6177]

What if I'm red green color blind?

[@AZGamezYT]

FINALLY!!! XD

[@subliminalcastillo2126]

Hey man, I saw that you were holding off on implementing the DJ Boss Music Synchronization until you find a composer- I am a musician with 10 years of experience writing, recording, and mastering. If you are interested, I would love to work with you and see if I could make something for your project. Hit me up!

[@IcecubeX]

I remember this

[@BenBonk]

Yeah same

[@hyathestupid]

someday u will be a 1m very popular game making youtuber (sorry for the bad english)

[@matthewwilliamsanimations7779]

I'm shocked you don't have more subs

[@BenBonk]

Yeah same 😎

[@dawnofthedave5072]

52 k subs when videos consist mostly of a green palette is actually quite of lot lol

[@BenBonk]

@@dawnofthedave5072 don’t do me like that bro

[@sussybaka8924]

Its been a Long journey

[@ZenoxV2]

Nice but when can I play it XD, no really its a very good game I love rogue likes

[@BenBonk]

Hopefully by 2023, not totally sure though. Game dev is pretty unpredictable.

[@boomgoesthedynamite69]

@@BenBonk gamedev speak for "maybe by 2030"

[@Switchup19]

100 years in unity :). I’m 101 years old

[@HeroMaster137]

you nEeD To ADd LORE!!!!!!

[@Dreamlander]

200 comments.. 199 was buggn me lol

[@key7464]

There is no point for a minimap if is not gonna show more than what already is on screen.

[@lubu682]

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[@BenBonk]

catJAM

[@lubu682]

@@BenBonk I know right lol

[@matthewwilliamsanimations7779]

Hi

[@BenBonk]

Hi

[@delythleenders9584]

I NEED STORY