2 Years MAKING an OPEN-WORLD game

[@Kikolek]

Even tho rescuing items after death is annoying, you have to do something that will punish players for dying, because ppl will quickly learn that death is meaningless and only speeds up their travel time

[@supermysterious66]

I don't think total item lose is necessary, but I agree that there has to be a lose of some kind, or it just becomes a fast travel option.

[@Kikolek]

@@supermysterious66 yeah, some games made it so you lose only your materials, some made that you keep your armour pieces and hotbar. There are many great ways to punish the player that won't make them wanna quit the game, but still will be somewhat punishing

[@lasseringvoll1433]

Having a shrine or something you have to feed a certain amount of crystals or something to transport your loot back could be a way

[@RenCode]

Yeah, i liked how Valheim did it

[@SillyLittleDemon]

i mean death is meaningless and only adds to your travel time in minecraft, too. you just go back and pick them up again. obviously there should be a consequence for death, but it ought to be something more engaging and with more depth than "go back to where you died real quick." it also shouldn't just be "L all your shit's gone" either since that just makes death frustrating and unfun the value of these things also factors in how fun and rewarding the combat is more than anything i think it's less about the consequences of death and more about whether or not you gain something from combat my preferred system for handling death is if the reason you are in a do-or-die situation is to attain something and the consequence for death is simply not attaining that thing like in monster hunter, or any fromsoft game, or like deep rock galactic yknow sure you lose currency or whatever but the real consequence for death is not something being TAKEN from you, but that you never GOT the thing you were trying to get

[@mafiapenguin007]

The biggest and most popular RPGs ever made are open world, lol. An RPG is by definition a ROLE PLAYING GAME. Good reminder that just because someone said something on the internet doesn’t mean they have a clue what they’re talking about

[@NotJpTem]

most popular rpg is pokemon which isnt open world (except for those new ones)

[@Nex_2B]

@NotJpTem Borderlands is also an rpg and (i wounldnt say is) not an open world instead having segmented maps that have long loading screens. An rpg that describes itself as open world despite doing the same thing is vesteria and its always made me upset that they called themselves that.

[@Kirboisverycool]

​​@@NotJpTemBaldur's Gate 3 is an open world rpg I'm pretty sure and I think it won the best game of the year Edit: nevermind Baldur's Gate 3 isn't open world my bad

[@jaded787tiger5]

Witcher 3, daggerfall and Skyrim just existing in the corner

[@Nobody_In_Particular_]

@@NotJpTemWorld of Warcraft is also very popular

[@CrzzyCat]

Even though i'm not one of the people who have been following the development of Mana Valley from the start, it's still very clear how far it has come! Wow! :'D

[@rawallon]

i'm one of the people who have been following the development of Mana Valley from the start, it's also very clear how far it has come

[@devdath2957]

4:37 I mean hey the player is a witch so you can just put some kind of item that works like an ender chest and allows players to have their items even after dying, and you can make this item some kind of objective that the player has to complete in the beginning

[@solsystem1342]

Terra tech made having a storage system an unlockable and it actively irritates me every time I play. I have to place down a block, wait for the black hole thing to power up, and then sit and watch everything go into my global inventory. Just... don't make two seperate layers of inventory I beg of you. Even in minecraft it is clunky and kinda aweful from a UX design perspective. A player shouldn't have to file away every item into individual shulker boxes then store those shulker boxes in an ender chest to carry large items for a build. Like, genuinely it's just annoying.

[@hamzahgamedev]

Hands down, this devlog series is one of the biggest inspiration for solo game devs like me. I started my own passion project, an open world farming game a year ago and started posting about it after watching your Mana Valley devlogs. Very excited for the release and I can't wait to play it. All the best friend! 💪

[@jeanlouis5619]

In tackling the issue of inventory loss upon player death, I propose a practical solution: a tomb system. When players perish, all their belongings would be securely stored at the location of their demise, ensuring they can easily retrieve their items. This not only encourages players to explore the game world and remember key landmarks but also adds a strategic layer to each death, prompting players to approach gameplay more thoughtfully. Compared to other options like losing everything or retaining all items upon death, this approach strikes a balance between challenge and player satisfaction. It maintains a fair gameplay experience while still providing a meaningful consequence for death. To enhance this system further, you could introduce enemy spawns near the tomb or choose to retain certain tools or items, adding an extra layer of excitement and challenge to the retrieval process.

[@RKIOrbMage]

It felt like some of your devlogs (although very entertaining) where prioritising the video and not game. Here it feels like you went back and cleaned everything up, and it's really great!

[@Sweepy_Games]

I'm very happy you never give up and stay focused on the project for 2years now! That's an achievement in itself. Especially knowing how hard gamedev is, and how often bugs and other problems want us to give up! Your presentation skills are great and I think that makes your videos and game so good. Everything has its feedback, placing a building or removing it, hitting an enemy or getting hit. And the effects are super juicy!!!

[@ChristinaCreatesGames]

You've had me nodding along so much for the whole duration of the video. My main project's about half as old as yours, but breaking systems to assemble them anew in a better state was critical to get where I am now. And the whole UI topic is a thing I had to figure out over the last couple of weeks, as well. Mana Valley looks really nice and I'm looking forward to see what you'll do next with it =)!

[@OfficialGless]

It’s looking so good. 😍😍😍 Proud of how far you’ve come! PS. I don’t care what @mainwilly commented, being on that topwishlisted games is a great accomplishment! ❤️

[@ponodude101]

Woohoo! Congrats on two years of continuing to develop a great game and here's to a successful year three!

[@EnchantedTap]

If you're going to make an open-world game, use these as good examples: Hollow Knight, Rust, Grounded and Subnautica. All of these games want you to explore them fully, you need to make the player feel rewarded for exploring every inch of the map. TLDR: Make it fun to explore the map.

[@NightfallForge]

Guys wake up! New AIA video just droped!!🥳

[@allenkeith7160]

This game looks absolutely adorable. Gonna wishlist it now!

[@samiscebba4332]

i had a dream once i was playing a game version of kiki's delivery service. it was awesome. it had dating sim vibese when talking to NPCs and you could go out and get to know people at night, drinking and staying up late, giving you a debuf in speed or something the next morning, but you gained new favors with townsfolk who would open up new areas, traversal paths, new trade routes, shop discounts.. and customers who needed packages delivered. the game had hidden items that gave you different skills. the wind gave you speed boost one way and slowed you down the other way... you got tired and had to stop for a pint at the nearest pub. you had to plan routes and manage resources to make surre you got things done on time...all with small but enjoyable slice-of-life style stories opening up. i really wanted someone to make it bc i am not a game dev. then i saw mika and the witches mountain. and was a bit mad and a bit glad, bc i sure wasnt going to do it. now i see this and i am joyed with the possibilities. i almost wish you could slap both games together but i really like the vision you got and i cant wait to play.

[@Easy_Nop]

I don't know if you remember me, but I am moved by how improved and spectacular everything looks, the atmosphere, the trees, everything! You are amazing, this great work deserves great recognition, which it is already receiving! 🎉❤

[@MDVYN]

Dear solo game dev, this looks like it will be a fun game. Thanks for posting this video. Glad you gave a release date. Def on my wishlist!

[@collegedegree8506]

So happy to see the progress! I’ve been following since your second video on the game and I’m excited to play it

[@Saberarts24]

man honestly seeing this kind of videos really motivates me to try and create my own game too :') , my main problem is that after i learned most of the skills needed to make the game i lost passion and drive to make one but you are changing that for me so thank you !

[@LufD.]

Second time watching. AIA keep up the good content. When MV comes out I’m gonna play the heck out of it!

[@ToonNoah]

3:17 There are three ways to make projectiles: 1. Shooting it from the camera. Objectively good for simple games and beginner programmers. 2. Shooting it from the weapon, aiming at what the camera is aimed at. Objectively good for realism. And what you did in your video. 3. Shooting the hitbox from the camera, but offsetting the graphic to appear from the weapon, over time moving the graphic to the hitbox's position while it's in travel. Objectively, the best way to do it. This is how games like Overwatch do it and Fortnite too, I'm p sure. This also prevents the "shooting objects closer to you" issue like in example 2 while avoiding odd projectile spawn position issues like in example 1.

[@earth2saka]

Overwatch actually does different techniques for different weapons. Some are moving projectiles, others are hitscan which literally scans what you aimed at in the moment when you pressed the button to shoot and confirms that as a target. There is a visual projectile to indicate that you are shooting but the actual shot happens instantly.

[@Pakigi716]

this is what i was gonna type, i think number 3 is the best outcome for faster projectile but he need to future proof his code in case he want to make, let's say, a slow slimey projectile, the offseted graphic would look too noticeable i think

[@jayweathers2701]

@@earth2sakasame with tf2

[@sasquatchbgames]

Someday you are going to be very very rich. And it will be well deserved. Can't believe how far this game has come. Keep it up my guy! Always love your devlogs

[@nihuyevo_zhmihnulo]

I was so happy to see this video in my recommendation, thanks.

[@dennismakesgames]

It's already been 2 years?!!! Yeeee.... Amazing video as always!

[@Bakerman2801]

The game dev community has some of my favorite youtubers, and AIA is definitely among the best of the best

[@AntiViGames]

When it comes to the watering of plants I would make the dirt look drier over time so there's a semblance of time passing as opposed to having a water droplet float in the air.

[@TarrenHassman]

Absolutely love the book menu system.

[@GamesBySaul]

2 years is incredible, and look at how far the game has come already. I can't wait to see where this game ends up, I have high hopes! :D

[@supermysterious66]

As someone who has spent a lot of time on Minecraft and other Block based game clones, I have a few thought about death and inventory systems. Losing all items on death is very punishing, but makes death something players really seek to avoid. If you lose no items (or other things like exp or levels) on death, people will start dying as a method of fast travel... which feels lame. One particular Minecraft like game I used to play, called "Creativerse", found a nice balance between the 2 systems, with a lose all backpack items on death, but keep all items that are equipped and in the hotbar. Now for "Mana Valley", I don't think you have a hotbar, (maybe you do, and I just haven't paid attention), but what you could go for instead is to have "Protected" backpack slots, that stay with you, even on death, and the rest are unprotected. This way death has some sting, but isn't as rage-quit inducing. If you went this route, you could have different backpacks with differing amounts of protected and unprotected slots. You could also make it possible to "level up" you backpack, increasing either the number of total slots, or turning a unprotected slot into a protected one. Side note: If you do have items drop on death, have them all drop in a "backpack" or "sack" that can be opened like a chest, but you can only take items out of it. (One all items are removed, the "backpack" or "sack" will disappear) This will reduce lag in the game, and it also is more convent to your players.

[@rawallon]

This. Losing inventory , to me, increses value to exploration. If I found a super rare item and can just die to respawn at home/base it would remove all the weight on actually remembering the map and taking note on landmarks.

[@AaelmfaoBDplays]

Moonlighter, while not an open world game, had a similar system. You had protected slots and a limited inventory space, so dying meant only keeping a handful of things. I kind of like Stardew Valley's approach of you losing things, but you can hire a service to bring back some of your items

[@scotttimbrell8632]

I actually find it to do the opposite effect. Why would I adventure out when I have good gear already? What am I doing other than risking great gear, time and effort, for potentially nothing? I would just rather sit in the comfort of my base and build. It limits mostly all the systems that make Minecraft fun and if I wanted to build I would adventure out naked just in case. Death is always something people avoid, but that doesnt mean if it happens, say by falling, or making any sort of mistake, shouldnt then waste your time retrieving those items, potentially losing them if you die again, or dont make it back in time. I would argue that using death as a means of fast travel is less intrusive as an unintended game feature, and does nothing but save the player time, whilst losing all items reduces fun, engagement and wastes a players time. Some players have to realise that although a mechanic might be fine for them, it doesnt necessarily make it a good one generally for most players. This adds nothing to people who dont already care, it limits all types of engaging gameplay, heavily punishes progression/exploring, reduces engagement with systems or experimentation all whilst in a calm, relaxing sandbox world. Dying will happen if you avoid it all not, its best not to punish the player for every instance of that, especially when resources or grinding is required for that good gear. Falling to your death a hundred miles away/or after you just found a good/rare item is the most dishearting thing ever and makes the next 20 minutes in this calm and relaxing sandbox world a mad dash to your items.

[@scotttimbrell8632]

@@rawallon I am the opposite and I see no correlation between your remembering of landmarks, and instantly losing all your items after death. Exploration is, more or less, a 1 time thing, once youve seen it, youve seen it. Most games have maps for you to follow either way. Unless you mean that you like the idea that when you die with good gear, youre enjoying the fact that you are re-doing exactly what you just did, for the same rewards, which begs the question to why that couldnt just be done without the need of recovering items?

[@Tarodev]

The issue of projectile origin, whether it's from the screen's center or the gun's (wand) tip, is a classic design dilemma. I think you made the right choice, though. If a spell hits a wall in front of you, you'll immediately know why and will adjust in the future. Good to see you're still hammering this game out, man. Prove to everybody that indie devs CAN finish games and we're not all useless! (I'm yet to finish a solo game)

[@TheShelfman]

2 years have flown by. Congrats on the progress AIA, you're killing it (also hi nathan, nice editing!)

[@pedrozatravel]

Fascinating insight on how a game is made.

[@ragbrogaming]

Cant wait to get this game, looks so well done!

[@justkidding0147]

For anyone wondering: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Elden Ring The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Starfield Fallout 4 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Horizon Forbidden West Ghost of Tsushima The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Dawnguard Cyberpunk 2077 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Horizon Zero Dawn Dragon's Dogma II Minecraft Fallout: New Vegas Hogwarts Legacy Assassin's Creed Valhalla Baldur's Gate 3 Borderlands 2 Crimson Desert Terraria Dragon's Dogma Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition Dragon Age: Inquisition NieR: Automata Project Zomboid Shenmue II The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Assassin's Creed Odyssey The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Blood and Wine Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Kingdom Come: Deliverance Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Middle-earth: Shadow of War Borderlands Dying Light 2 Stay Human The Outer Worlds Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut Where Winds Meet Forspoken The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition Genshin Impact The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition Fallout 3 Dying Light Minecraft Dungeons Final Fantasy XVI Diablo IV Gotham Knights Sleeping Dogs Biomutant Genshin impact Are all open world RPGS.

[@winnerwannabe9868]

4:22 make it a setting. Also, adding beam spells would make sense for spells that take time. In a much earlier vid, you mentioned chopping down trees, but you had to cat a spell a few times. I felt that a beam would feel better.

[@Beets_Creations]

I definitely agree collecting your items when you die sucks. having to travel back to where you were is usually punishment enough. Awesome video keep up the good work!

[@robertrenato]

This game looks adorable! I want it:3 Keep up the good work!!

[@GingerNingerish]

This is still an insane amount of work for only 2 years. Things are looking great.

[@BanditDev]

So much progress, can't wait for ALPHA! #ManaMuncher

[@cxtspresso]

im 100% buying this when it comes out, it seems like the finished game is going to be so fun

[@reflex1377]

sweet, been searching far and wide for a game with good magical flying mechanics. I hope you add flying carpets lol. One idea I've always wanted to see is a wizard with a magic sash that can transform into a magic carpet, , and a harry potter style camping tent and when ever your finish using it it just magically wraps it's self back around your waist.

[@DontScreenPeek]

Being able to see the progress you make on this game throughout these videos is one of the reasons I’m so hyped to eventually play this. Building something you actually enjoy so I know it will be a fun game, vs just a cash grab like most games these days

[@CameronOwen101]

Use a ViewStack. You Push views to the stack when they're active, pop them off when they're done. When it's empty there's no UI being displayed. Similar to counting but better because you can peek and search through the stack to jump back to particular points. It makes programming view navigation a breeze as you can emit transition in/out events from the stack for all your transition animations, and also just have some events when when the stack is empty or not so your input controller can disable itself when a particular stack is in use (I tend to use different view stacks for various parts of game - HUDs and in-world canvases are typically on their own stacks - for card games each card is typically it's own view stack.

[@Skeffles]

Fantastic to hear about the systems you've put in place to enable the game to grow! It can get quite draining hearing about peoples woes when they don't do this for their games.

[@Q27Forever]

I forgot about this channel I left exactly 2 years ago I see your game ( mana valley ) is finally perfected I hope mana valley keeps getting better and better

[@bewky]

so cool to see the progression over the years! you da goat

[@hectorpabon632]

Handsome game dev owns comment section respectfully

[@SnowyLeopardFrom1997]

If you want to avoid the magic spell to accidentally hitting your player, create a physics cast sphere for each item around your projectile spell when you instantiate it, and compare the tag. If its the player, literally just continue to the next loop of the foreach loop. It's how I got my enemies to not deal damage to me if I'm in blocking mode You're welcome

[@3xistism1.0]

Good job AIA! It’s come a very long way and it’s looking amazing.

[@Smile-qn6nl]

I HOPE THIS GAME COMING IN 2025

[@peacemaster8117]

Trying to recover my lost items is some of the most fun I ever had in Minecraft.

[@LiquidMark]

It's really nice to see that your channel grew so much, you are almost at 100K subs!

[@Silo_The_Golden_Dragon]

Congratulations on the progression your making. I have always wanted a rpg open world were your not stick to spam clicking 9n a quest button I appreciate you fam. Also the multi-player was a nice touch❤❤❤❤ we love ur work keep it up please.😊😊😊

[@tsb4]

For an alternative for punishing death, you could have a system for something (maybe like bonus effects for the skills or something) that gets better the more enemies you kill as long as you don't die.

[@dragondiddi]

I WANNA PLAY THIS SO BAD!!!

[@limestoneMinecraft]

Your game is beautiful, you inspire me a lot, I would like to create something similar myself one day. I hope I can do this.

[@mniamky]

Your game looks realy cool so far! Its something similar to what i wanted to develop, maybe one day we will be rivals

[@CowsDaBest]

I can't wait! The game looks amazing so far!

[@_Kxks]

I really look forward to the game and follow your videos for 2 years already. Really excited!

[@alicewonder259]

Congrats on all the progress and thanks for the inspiration!! I finally committed to my own solo dev project ✨ if you have any advice that either would have helped you your first year, or for getting enough funding to focus on it full time lmk!

[@KamranWali]

Wow! The game looks beautiful. Congratz on keeping doing it for so long. That takes some serious passion and dedication. The game play looks really fun. Looking forward to your next devlog. Keep it up! :)

[@forbiddenbox]

ngl the most impressive thing to me is the UI work on this game, it looks amazing

[@Nufshi]

I CANT WAIT TO CRANK 90s IN MANA VALLEYYYYY

[@braindamagecontent]

lmfao

[@DaveTheDummy120]

this game is looking good so far, I hope you can hit 100k, too!

[@Daealis]

About item dropping on death: The whimsical nature of the game to me could utilize an NPC that "fetches" your loot for you on death. Some Zelda-esque woodland sprite that once the player resurrects at the shrine yeets all the loot at you.

[@CO-ZEntertainment]

Your game is turning out really nice!

[@hukyato7244]

the game is looking SOO good

[@LEPHROGFISH]

Idk what is all in the game but you could add a scavenger that will collect your loot when you die and you can buy it back from them to get your previous items back.

[@lilylunamoonyt]

i like how you went with the genshin style of interaction for items and stuff, it's a great system

[@lollol-gt6nv]

Can't wait to play it

[@Iamtessmay]

It looks great and fun! Totally my style of game I can tell 😊🥰 subscribing to hopefully play when I get a PC ❤️

[@vasco407]

the point to lose your stuff is to have a less dramatic death like a GameOver but still have it be scary cuz you could lose your stuff. and to make it less stressful you can go recover your stuff. but this after a while becomes a shore. in darksouls for example, you dont lose your items, you lose unspent XP/Gold, which you can get back but only have one shot. It's a shore, but its also no big deal. I think if your gonna lose something, the game should train you to not be attached to that thing you are losing, and have ways to prevent it. Darksouls you die so much that losing souls is no big deal. Maybe in your game you could have a pet that grows as you play, and when you die he leaves you or dies as well. Pet could save you from death by dieing for you. You would then have to find another pet and have it grow again to protect you once more from death. this is a pretty neat idea actually. you don't lose anything, but grow to care about the pet. Which is really just something to make you not want to die. maybe depending on the pet it gives you a passive or skill like a bird would save you from a death fall or allow you to fly on it, cat would die for you if you toke a death blow from magic (there's actually stories of witches using cats to take the negative effects of black magic for them). maybe you could have a pet that brings your stuff back but takes time. Or pay/cast pets to go fetch the stuff you lost

[@Vitaxses]

is horses gonna be in the game pwease

[@rayl8160]

In subnautica if you die, you lose the some or all of the resources in your inventory. You keep the tools, armor, and special items that are super hard or rare to get. This still makes a consequence for dying but doesn’t make it annoying or overly punishing.

[@R.K_Chalkboard]

4:36 You should make it so where the player respawns with some of their items already pre-loaded in their inventory. If you die enough times you'll spawn with nothing, but if you die a little, you will just lose your lesser-important items.

[@emiliannamrasch9364]

I really enjoy the Terraria setting of loosing your money on death, but not your items. You can secure your money, but if you forget and die with it, there are two scenarios: - it was a lot of money and I go on my walk of shame to get it, with the encouragement to do better next time - it wasnt too much money and I am lazy, not getting it back and not loosing much time or joy

[@therealgamewizerd]

There are plenty of RPGs that are open world, linear, and a mix of the two. Just because the game gives you the illusion of being able to go anywhere, doesn't mean it's open world. Just because there's a plotline that progresses doesn't mean it's linear. By technicality, RPG stands for "role-playing game, ,so by definition you are taking on the role of your player character. RPGs don't have to be open world or linear by definition since, if you really think about it, most every game IS an RPG by definition of the term. If by RPG we mean "leveling up a character with stats and equipment as you explore a vast world of locales and characters" the same still applies. You can be given the role of a character with set lore or personality (such as in Final Fantasy, Paper Mario, and Yakuza, Castlevania) or you can create a role for yourself as you play (Skyrim, Fallout, basically any MMO) Bit of a long comment, but that was all to say: an RPG can be anything, really. As long as you're playing a game in a set role instead of being some large overseer that can control everything in the game, it's an RPG as far as I'm concerned.

[@Josh-fw8ev]

Good timing

[@PerplexingRat]

I WAS RIGHT💀 you did get copyrighted for singing the pokemon song😭😭😭

[@finnorex]

Really excited to see these updates, Keep up the good work ♥

[@SillyLittleDemon]

i said this as a reply to a comment but i'd like to post it as a standalone comment too i think that it's important to think of the consequence for death in the context of why a player may die the consequence for death ought to be simply not having attained whatever it was the player was risking their life for like dark souls or monhun if there's nothing to attain in a do-or-die situation, then it won't really be fun or worth engaging with that situation and dying in that situation will make it all feel like more of a waste of time the idea is not to focus on how to punish death, but how to reward players for risking death and the punishment comes naturally as depriving the player of their reward

[@Ashbobah07]

An October release date would be siiiick 🎃

[@AIAdev]

Sam swears I was going to say August. 🤡

[@Ashbobah07]

@@AIAdev I could see how he’d hear that but.. I just think October would fit the vibes & lore of MV better. Yaknow? 🤌🏻

[@bear3s]

This game looks like it's going to be so fun, I just am not very fond of that part where enemies can destruct buildings... I'm definitely going to play it when it's out tho, doesn't matter the price 😍

[@Masterplanfoiler]

Will you add any tamable mobs? Maybe you could go with a dragon quest/Pokemon approach and have your pets evolve alongside you.

[@krai3495]

Using inheritance eliminates the necessity of manually tracking and iterating a count variable to determine the number of open menus.

[@1actose]

Can't wait to play this game when it releases tomorrow! ...It does release tomorrow, right?

[@FrostyCodes]

add loss of inv but add a cool feature where you can use a special potion to keep some of your stuff when you die in the game. And the more you level up the potion, the more stuff you get to keep if you die.

[@FrostyCodes]

@@SpeedSuiiieeeeeeehow would I help you?

[@FrostyCodes]

@@SpeedSuiiieeeeeee what?

[@Suragato]

I encountered similar issues with menus and I decided to go with a Peer system, where each main UI is a peer, and there is a placeholder GameObject that if it is the last child, we can allow player movement.

[@nyar9649]

Maybe doing a ritual at the shrine to reclaim your items after death would be a better option.

[@ChariTheAlternate]

I think a gravestone system that has all the items where you died would be cool

[@TwoStarGames]

Wait, when did I play this? AIA must have men in blacked my memory

[@AIAdev]

😂

[@Aarimous]

Thanks for sharing!! I'd say have a difficulty setting for what happens on death. Soft-core could be nothing. Medium core could be drop items. Hard-core the character is gone forever. I think Terraria uses a system like this.

[@thatonedudelive7260]

I will support Mana Valley until the day i die!

[@Room_205]

Great insight into game developing. Game looks amazing 😁

[@Herbal-Day]

I have your location lil bro "Shows picture of earth"

[@Drakelexya]

Don't put on yourself too much pressure.

[@davidzdenek9806]

4:30 What about a mailbox, you can build and after you die a black cat with backpack will appear on it indicating that your stuff is back

[@Selrisitai]

I think we have to ask ourselves why we're punishing the player in the first place. "Dying" in games, early on, was just an indicator, a statement: You failed to do whatever you were trying to do. Try again. The dying itself was a failure state, it _was_ the punishment, but in reality, it was just an excuse to try again. In Sifu, you stand right back up, and the punishment is that you get closer to losing. In this game, why not just revive, but now you're closer to "really" losing? This prevents you from ACTUALLY dying or losing progress, but still gives you a timer, a limiter, that forces you to actually try. This eliminates the frustration of losing your items, the annoyance of starting over and the madness of a small mistake, while also preventing "death as fast-travel" (unless you want to die three or four times in order to teleport, in which case, who cares? You might as well patch out all speed-run strategies 10 years after you game is released), and encouraging the player to still not want to die. Is this a game _about_ dying? Is it _about_ starting over? Losing your stuff? Because if it's not, then I highly recommend approaching the whole concept of a loss differently.

[@Playingchess49]

I have a stupid idea. Being able to draw spells, like the strongest spells needed to be drawn. I know it's dumb.

[@megzu]

Owl house ass idea

[@CronchyKobra]

can't wait to get level 99 fishing in Old School ManaScape

[@HedgeByte]

I'll finally be able to catch a few log