Adding Weapons & Dungeons to my Metroidvania

[@Goodgis]

The BEE is BACK! SUBSCRIBE for bee content. 🐝🐝🐝

[@placeholderdoe]

I can’t BEElieve it’s back

[@albertotorre3859]

Beeautiful

[@Mel-mu8ox]

​@@albertotorre3859 after watching the vid advertising the kickstarter it seemed like your motivation was really low :( I'm glad you did the kickstarter, it seems to have breathed new life and motivation into you.

[@albertotorre3859]

@@Mel-mu8ox I think you meant @Goodgis

[@The_Grin_Reaper_]

I really like the amolings

[@felixrawlings4493]

best devlog so far

[@Goodgis]

Thanks so much!

[@Itspickly]

Congrats on getting funded! Also, I absolutely love the idea of ammolings, lots of potential for funny side characters there lol

[@Goodgis]

Thanks so much!

[@Al3x_is_here]

The idea of different weapons with different patterns is great. Definitely keep it. You could give the pets little abilities too, like projectiles.

[@Goodgis]

That's a great idea!

[@ModBros8434]

I'd just like to mention that the environment and background at 6:47 looks very nice, especially with the parallax

[@Goodgis]

Thanks! I always intended to push the artwork and I think it turned out pretty well. Now it's time for me to make a 1,000 of them. XD

[@thelegendarymushroom80]

hey there, the game looks really cool and i have been following you for a long time already. i have a suggestion on the camera thing. maybe add if the player is falling down that the camera slightly moves down more or if the player moves left or right, that the camera slightly follows more towards the direction they are walking and goes back to centering the character after staying still. like this [ o ] *stands* [ o ] *walks right* [ o ] *goes back to standing still* that the camera slowly moves to the right and waits at the furtest position, until slowly moving back or into other directions. you can also add, that this only starts after the playerr walks into that direction for a couple of seconds. this way it will not be too much screen moving.

[@BrandonShep]

Amazing job with the game so far, and big congrats on getting funded too! The unique aspects of the game are really starting to come to life.

[@TheOperatorOfNight]

Just discovered your channel recently, and I love watching your Dewdrop Dynasty devlogs. Downloaded and played the demo last night and I love it! Can't wait to see how the whole thing turns out! Keep it up!

[@alu2901]

Honestly, the idea of your friends being guns/ammo is really cute and original! P.S. The current boss sprites look awesome!

[@Goodgis]

Thanks so much!

[@alu2901]

@@Goodgis Thank YOU for helping me get started with Gamedev and improving my pixel art!

[@CitrusArchitect]

Anything that's similar to TTYD is an absolute WIN in my book!! ;D

[@karlldraws]

The idea of the partners is absolutely amazing. There could be one per area, and the only way of getting access to a new area would be by using one of the previous partners. The dungeons would be an absolutely amazing way to teach the player how to use each one

[@joshoreilly4733]

I’ve never BEEn this happy for a devlog!

[@Goodgis]

:D

[@jacob.pavone]

i love this! about the recoil jumping: not sure if it's like this already or not, but one of the things i did to make it way easier (especially bc it was also mobile, and recoil jumping was a central mechanic) was making the jump key work as a shortcut for down and fire while in the air, and not ascending. makes the recoil jumping way more accessible, which is always good. i haven't seen many other games do this, but i'd love to see it catch on. but really tho i am loving the progress you've been showing, this game looks so sick and punchy and good

[@veryupstandinguy]

I really love the simplistic art style because we always get these detailed pixel art in many indie games and seeing something use a limited palette is awesome

[@benyoungblade]

Awesome progress goodgis! Cheering you on man. What a good idea to size Dewdrop similarly to games like hollow knight! Genius :)

[@Road_to_Dawn]

I’ve just discovered your videos, and they’re really inspirational and good for helping me to finally begin to make the metroidvania I’ve been wanting to do.

[@maxrdev703]

I love the sound of the ammolings can’t wait to learn more on them. Bonzo’s designs looks great too! The project has grown so much. I love the backgrounds to the levels they add so much to the stages.

[@Goodgis]

Thanks so much!

[@michaeledwards6890]

good to see the progress, its looking amazing! much inspired very wow

[@WorKSimi]

Ammolings are a really good idea, great job with the game so far

[@Impossible_Object]

Ammolings sound really fun. I do hope they get some moments to see them at a larger scale so you can appreciate them more

[@R0ob1nN]

absolutely loving this, I do feel like the avatar seems a bit hard to tell what it is, I feel like if it had a little more detail to make it stand out from the background

[@theotherguyalt]

Props to you! The spritework looks spectacular

[@Pixels4Games]

Congrats on getting your game founded. It seems to me like an unimaginable milestone to reach as I just begun my own journey of making games. You are doing great. Keep up the good work :) - Dan

[@osensiv3sounds978]

Wait why is polymars shrek? This is definitely the collab we didn't expect

[@restingphantom]

Ammolings sound amazing, it would be really cool if your gun would change depending on the ammoling in use. Also be cool if you get the ability to quickly swap between them. Congrats on the funding. Keep up the work

[@catbrotherdoeseverything]

5:46 YOOOO edit: just finished the video, incredible stuff, looks like speedrunning the full game will be really fun!

[@Goodgis]

That's the hope!

[@pinnache]

“It’s been a long long time young traveler, welcome back.”

[@Goodgis]

It's good to be back!

[@Firestone-Games]

The „alive ammunition“ kinda remind me of the Guns in High on Life. Love it!

[@Goodgis]

Thanks! :D

[@Dionizy8]

I love the idea of ammolings they have so many comedic potential good job

[@Goodgis]

I know right?

[@Dionizy8]

@@Goodgis yeah i cant wait, good luck with the game (sorry for my bad english im learning)

[@Skeffles]

Amazing progress! The new jump looks like it'll feel way better. Keep it up!

[@metirium]

Keep up the fantastic work Goodgis! Ammolings sound like a hilariously fun mechanic

[@Goodgis]

Thanks! :D I hope they turn out well. They'll need a lot of testing.

[@CreativeSteve69]

yay welcome back to Devlogs Goodgis. Dewdrop is looking amazing so far. Loving the evolution of it so far. Especially having the friends as bullets mechanic. kindof gives me pikmin vibes which I am loving. I can't wait to play this.

[@Goodgis]

Thanks so much! :D

[@macha-leaf]

one word, thats debatably not a word but if understood comes as the highest praise: SHMOVEMENT!

[@Goodgis]

XD

[@leewoodrough242]

Great vid! I love the idea of ammolings.

[@Goodgis]

I'm super happy to hear it!

[@sHuR4_4]

Just discovered ur channel, love your work, the ammolings remind me of the slugs in slugterra which is awesome. Keep it up!

[@mangomctango1802]

I’ve been watching since the beginning of the dev logs, great work!!!

[@Goodgis]

That's awesome! Thanks so much!

[@supersayen0679]

The demo was so fun! I can't wait for the full game.

[@fiveljones2340]

Ammolings sounds so cool! Love that idea

[@LightcrimsonDaLotl]

You remember my game Bees N Guns? Well I am almost done with the sequel and I made a very small spin-off game to experiement with some things. ANYWAYS some people in your discord were saying that my games were leakes of Dewdrop and I thought it was pretty funny!😆 Keep up the good work on Dewdrop!

[@Goodgis]

That's awesome! Thanks so much!

[@yellowduckgamedev]

This game was a huge inspiration for me, probably wouldn’t have made my own game without it.

[@HallowLiar]

YES, LETTTSSSS GOOOOOOOOOOO (i love these devlogs)

[@Goodgis]

I'm back! haha

[@almightyforge2493]

yoo nice devlog as usual, I always get excited when someone name drops iconoclasts

[@Goodgis]

Same here!

[@purplemosasaurus5987]

The Ammolings are a great idea and they're so unique!

[@Goodgis]

Thanks so much!

[@forkes1776]

Great vid! I was just wondering would you be able to do a tutorial or share a template on how you made that game design doc in Milanote, that would be very helpful.

[@BaconRaptor]

oooh, the ammolings remind me of the partner pkmn in the ranger games! I absolutely loved that concept

[@ItsPBUH]

On ammo-lings, what if they followed you and some couldn't jump, some could climb (or fly), some couldn't enter doors. Then you could control who could come with the player on challenges and make it so some of them would accompany the player on puzzles and others couldn't. You could have shrines that allow the player to swap them out and you could have a mechanic to summon them back in that would take time to recharge (which you could upgrade to reduce the charge time, or add charges) so if one fell down a pit, you could teleport them back in (ala pikmin). You could also have enemies that limit the summon, or freeze the ammo-lings in place (you'd have to summon them to break the spell), or have rooms where you couldn't recharge your summon ability, so you'd have to plan your way through (have a shrine at the start, so the player could properly plan). Always make the mechanic have more than one use (which you're already doing, which is great). If you like my suggestions let me know if you need more help! :D

[@craftingtales2790]

As someone who’s just about mastered pogoing in Hollow Knight, I think I’d love gun-jumping in Dewdrop.

[@kadable4077]

Wow the game is looking amazing, so many improvements! Love the frog grapple

[@Goodgis]

Thanks! Me too haha

[@zeffawP]

hey! love these types of projects. I've got a suggestions. get a community post and potentially ask us for ideas? It would make it so that we would engage with your project and follow along with honest suggestions>.I loved the dev log by the way.

[@DylanMatthewTurner]

I can't wait. It looks so good!

[@Goodgis]

Thanks so much!

[@ThePhantomBowtie]

Amazing devlog as always!

[@Goodgis]

Thanks so much!

[@video_404-com8]

2 concept idea: 1, puzzle that makes you look down to see a code. 2, post game hard zone with all the bosses at once fighting you. Good vid btw

[@PyroWithTaco]

While the flower petal health bar looks really cool. I think a revolver barrel would also be really cool, and every time you get hit one if the bullets falls out. When you heal theres a simple animation of bullets entering the gun.

[@LocalTrashyt]

Personally, the gun jump is great. It takes a bit to learn, but it is very fun

[@Goodgis]

I'm super happy to hear that!

[@TheShelfman]

I love the idea of ammolings! Could definitely make for a great hook😁

[@JuhoSprite]

I am deeply in love with the sheer existence of your game

[@Icie145]

my god 3 years? Jesus thats a longgg time, but you are doing well on the progress, keep up the good work! :)

[@Goodgis]

Thanks so much!

[@modley_the_m_guy]

Absolutely the bee-st devlog I've seen in a certain amount of years of existence.

[@RKIOrbMage]

Super cool devlog! The environment looks amazing at 7:30. I like the idea of ammolings, maybe they could even affect the way you traverse through the world!

[@bensulzinsky4225]

Good stuff! The game looks more fluid and appealing with each update, and the artwork is crisp as usual. I will echo the other comments praising the gun-jump mechanic. How about this: why not simply perform a gun-jump when pressing jump while midair? (It would work like a double jump. Downwell, basically.) After playing the demo -- I too found the gun-jump hard to perform -- my thought was that the mechanic is a lot of fun, but might be unnecessarily complex from a control perspective. Empower Poe with easy controls, and you've got much more flexibility to make difficult fights and environments. (Like how Madeline's powerful dash and generous climbing abilities in Celeste allow for some truly ludicrous level design.) Of course, I don't mean to backseat game design -- just wondering if you've thought about this is all. I'm thrilled to continue to watch you to do your thing.

[@Goodgis]

I really like that idea, I'll jot this down and chat about with the team!

[@denismusina9508]

I love the dew drop demo good job 💙💙💙💙💙

[@leffmartin7709]

It's funny, a few weeks ago i made a prototype of a metroidvania game and it was about a frog using his toung to escape the sewers. XD

[@Goodgis]

Nice! haha

[@danerbs945]

I have been waiting for another dewdrop video for so long. The game looks really good, I can’t wait for it to release!

[@Goodgis]

I'll try to post these devlogs way more frequently.

[@Bogrin]

Ammolings are a great idea! Kinda like a pet that affects your weapon. Very cool

[@Goodgis]

Yeah! :D

[@jacksonholman1622]

The last devlog had me worried, I am so glad he got funded

[@Dines646]

im so excited for this game, it also feels very nice to control i think!

[@Goodgis]

Thanks! :D

[@samijamandak]

Hey man love you helped me a lot for game dev. I personally think you should update the health bar to a honeycomb since the character is a bee but that's up to you

[@ninjaguyweaver]

I feel like a pollen mechanic would really fit the theme. Maybe upgrades are in flowers and you have to Cary pollen to open them up?

[@letuce7979]

keep up the dev logs

[@mastermurky2475]

The jump looks way better now, good job on that

[@Goodgis]

Thanks!

[@darealpummel]

I love how it's like Slugterra. Where your companions are projectiles.

[@Goodgis]

Ahh yeah!

[@PurpleBlade68]

my headphones are broken but I can already guessed this is gonna be banger :)

[@ELV13S]

the ammolings are a great idea! its like charms in hk but pokemon-ized, a great opportunity for easter eggs and game cameos,!!!! it would be fun collecting these critters.

[@ForRealConfused]

Dungeons and Ammolings sounds great keep up the good work

[@Goodgis]

Thanks, will do!

[@Ghoulgeek]

See 1:11 for a full(citation needed) map of Dewdrop

[@8x8BitGames]

ayyy new devlog! Awesome job! :D

[@Goodgis]

Thanks!

[@placeholderdoe]

I think your hook should be designed with multiple inspirations. Like when explaining it it isn’t,”it’s like x game’s mechanic” but instead,”it’s like if x and y game’s mechanics were combined(or something).”

[@randomfellow27]

Yeeeesss the new dewdrop dynasty update

[@MAEPAY]

Can’t wait till the full game fully releases!

[@Goodgis]

Me too! :D

[@PreDopeTV]

Hey I know how it feels, been working on a game for almost 15+ years now, but your videos are also helpful as I too have all the pieces to make a game. But need to assemble them all.

[@thatguystar817]

oh its SO good to see you back homie!

[@Goodgis]

It's good to be back!

[@Kalumbo21]

Wishlisted. Keep up the great content

[@atbguy]

3:10 smoothest transition ever made

[@Goodgis]

I had to surf right into it.

[@atbguy]

@@Goodgis 😶😶😶😶 litterly about to cry rn

[@AlmasyAlliances]

I was one of the detractors on the original kickstarter video. Talking about how generic it is. Your hook is good, but another suggestion would be to 'think speed runner'. Metroid is a classic speed running game. Think of some moves that are way OP as far as movement goes. Also a built in timer is a god send.

[@Goodgis]

Frog gun will be amazing for speedrunning. ;)

[@Batmangggggggvv]

The ammolings kinda sound like the wisps from Sonic Colors

[@stateflower3213]

Ammolings does sound pretty cool

[@zealouscarrot]

Ammolings are cool!

[@salmonbamminfish2925]

Yes he’s back baby

[@Goodgis]

;)

[@BlazeFir2001]

i love dewdrop dynasty the demo is great

[@CitrusArchitect]

First time viewer here - this game looks pretty fun! :D Wishlisted.

[@Goodgis]

Thanks so much!

[@micksengers]

the buddies being weapons makes me think of slugterra. Which had these creatures as ammo for guns

[@Goodgis]

That sounds epic!

[@NotPalliot]

Yes! Devlogs! I love it goodgis!

[@Goodgis]

More to come!

[@SuperMeatHands]

You could make the ammolings a part of puzzle solutions, like the fire one melting some ice opening up a new exploration route or changing something in one area that alters the level layout of another area, like freezing a lake stops water from flowing that will then allow to use some objects or items that can not be used while underwater. I would make all changes reversible so the player isn't soft locked because they forgot to do something before a level change so they can no longer proceed forward. This of course is if it wont add to scope creep, as I can see this making the game take long to finish.

[@texellation]

The ammolings sound like a neat idea, reminding me of the Pixls from Super Paper Mario. Though I'm not quite sure how that would actually change the gameplay. Isn't that functionally the same as just having regular unlockable abilities, merely giving it an in-universe justification? In any case, the game is coming along nicely!

[@Goodgis]

My thought is you can use different weapons but your ammolings would change each weapon. So a flamethrower with a water ammoling would give you a squirt gun. Or the frog gun with a fire ammoling would give you a fire fist. That's what we're playing around with right now to allow for variation.

[@texellation]

@@Goodgis Ah, that makes a lot more sense. Sounds like a great idea! You could even expand on that to allow attaching multiple ammolings to a weapon, creating fun synergistic effects, sort of like the weapon fusing announced in Tears of the Kingdom.

[@anawan]

I really loved the pixel art bosses! 😍

[@Goodgis]

Thanks! :D

[@melody-v-]

you should add a melee attack that makes the player swing the gun to deals knockback and stuns the enemies for a short amount of time

[@tomatepodre2577]

Your game is looking so cool, i really want to play, can't wait!

[@tomatepodre2577]

Also the ammolings idea looks good, please keep the ammolings when the final game launch.

[@tomatepodre2577]

And the bosses are amazing too

[@Goodgis]

Thanks so much!

[@Ediblespaceship273]

Frogun 2

[@PikachaoArt]

Most impressive thing on display here are your mad Milanote skills

[@Goodgis]

I try haha

[@garyadamos]

I can’t wait to play ur game It looks so awesome now

[@Goodgis]

Thanks so much! :D

[@firex2133]

Thank You so much for making such an awesome devlog you have a inspired me to continue working on my game called Lost World a action platformer do you have any pointers