BIG UPDATES to Len's Island | Dev Diary #26

[@slushanimates2052]

that game looks incredible!

[@ikea8536]

I'd like to start off by saying this game looks beautiful, the graphics are well done and the animations are for the most part smooth, but I have some feedback First of all, when stopping, I'd recommend having a small animation where the player's upper body lurches forward just a little bit it indicate momentum, I feel like it would make the animations feel much smoother. Secondly, all of the animations look great to me, but the run seems a little robotic, or static. I don't know exactly how to put it, but I think it has to do with the fact that his body doesn't move much when he's running, it's mainly his limbs. One change I'd recommend is having him bob up and down a little, as that's what happens when actually running/jogging. Thirdly, I feel like the attack animation, at least for a large amount of weapons, could be a bit snappier, to make attacking and hitting enemies feel impactful and satisfying, moreso for critical strikes. When chopping down trees and mining it looks fine, but when attacking I feel like it doesn't feel as satisfying as it could. Edit:After going back and looking a bit closer at the attack animations, I realized that I think this has to do with the charge up and wind down animations of the attacks rather than the attacks themselves. Doing that is totally fine, so if you want to have slower attacks that you have to be more careful with, go for it. Finally, if you don't have it planned already, I really hope that different weapons, especially as they become rarer and more unique, have special effects that highly influence your playstyle when using them, for example a sword that sometimes raises skeletons to fight for you when you kill an enemy, or a bow that can chain electricity between enemies. It would be super cool to see items with unique, powerful effects that make them much more fun to use. Thanks a lot for reading if you did make it this far.

[@s9svcann]

YOU'RE NOT MY REAL IKEA

[@abodali8511]

dude when u put an animal life system, of course, put horses so that we can ride (and we have to train to ride horses and gain some sort of skill to be able to ride them but though if your horse dies in some way and u take a new horse the new horse will take time to let u ride him), and put animal chain system and make it a lot dangerous in the woods when night falls and we have to use torches extra... to give the game a survival features (u said when u starting to make the game it was a mix between Minecraft and last day on earth extra.... they all have survival flavors in common which give them the hype btw I love the game and I totally support u and I am waiting for this game from a long time n

[@andersstaugaard9499]

Would love a Viking style build :)

[@thejeanlouw]

Loving the progress! One thing to consider in game design is that people will optimise the fun out of a game if you let them. If you want to drive exploration and questing above farm grinding, perhaps you can introduce a mechanism to catch pixies with a net and jar while out on the road so you can train them for farming your crops when you get home. Perhaps a creature tamer character? Still, looking amazing! Can't wait to play it!

[@ShotgunRaider88]

Unless you make the optimisation the game. Like factorio

[@thejeanlouw]

@@ShotgunRaider88 in that case it comes down to the primary gameplay loop. In factorio, for instance, the majority of what you do is a harvest and construction loop with other gameplay elements to support the primary gameplay. Len looks more like a weapons and combat oriented base builder. In this case, games like Witcher and Minecraft etc show how harvesting, crafting and questing helps contribute to the fun in the primary loop without taking away from it. New games should focus primarily on what sets them apart. Too often have I started something that tried to do too much and therefore did very little. Len looks like a fresh take on the base building RPG genre, with a great designer at the helm. I'm sure he could pull it off. Not exactly sure if he should is all.

[@javadragon7475]

Hytale, Karlson and this. That’s all I’m hoping for right now.

[@ikea8536]

yes

[@daars8925]

I've never been so excited for a game before

[@0CutieCat0]

I feel ya

[@troit8761]

Haven't watched your devlogs in a while, and now I watched this one... I am amazed, this actually looks like a triple A title or something very big

[@IanMott]

We are here to support your awesome efforts.

[@BigToeDev]

I've been waiting for this devlog :D

[@atifsultan3993]

Amazing, I'm really happy to see how far this game has come.

[@Skeffles]

Fantastic update! I really like the new ornate building style

[@lucasbird6367]

Looks Awesome! Cant wait to play!

[@JakeSmout]

Brilliant work. Your commitment to making a great game will pay off upon full release I'm sure!

[@woodpeckersmusic]

Wonderful game! I've been watching your progress for quite some time and can't wait to play this. Great job!

[@avc3338]

how many people are working on this game? it looks absolutely gorgeous and I'm really excited for this game to come out!

[@jusatin]

1 coder, 1 designer and 1 composer on music.

[@advancedchallenge3761]

And recently a cool shader guy entered

[@cheddar9871]

@@advancedchallenge3761 😊👍

[@sasquatch_devs]

You and the team are a true inspiration, keep up the great work!

[@skeletoninyourbody9896]

I can't wait for this game to come out I'll buy it the moment it does

[@canonicator]

Wow I used to watch your photoshop videos ages ago, can’t believe I ended up here again 😂, looking sick btw keep it up!

[@awildcatappears6804]

im loving it you could make a potion system to the game and then use the farming system to plant special seeds that cam make these potions as well as simpler potion that can use as ingridient the simpler seeds so players will use it more, but dont make potions too op so that it inst necessary

[@shncn]

This is most creative demo explanation I've ever seen :)

[@golik133]

Wow this looks great

[@hakka3385]

For the edges of roofs if you make the tiles go a little over the edge of the wall below it it'll look a little nicer. Other than that tiny nit-pick the game look gorgeous!!

[@hakka3385]

Also I want to support your kickstarter but there is no button to do so :(

[@gorsama-2190]

Thats amazing but in my opinion work a little bit on the movement speed, decrease it a little bit to not be like skiing on the ground add some weight to the character and also fix the rolling be rolls too long with these the gameplay will feel more solid nice job and great work keep it up.

[@bigometer]

Wow, this looks amazing! I really like the crits.

[@TheAhmadFerrell]

I love these videos. Can’t wait for this game!

[@j_smashtv]

Keep up the good work, games lookin really good

[@alxridepov]

This is what RuneScape should've been like... great job man, looking beautiful!

[@mrregularword4329]

Now that is epic

[@optimumnelen5261]

My name is Len so I already love this game

[@madmanmax120]

The only issue I can forsee is that people will get tired of all the clicking to gather resources. If resource gatheribg is a big part of the game, that's a lot of concentration and effort being expended.

[@lachyyates1182]

ever heard of Minecraft? haha

[@madmanmax120]

@@lachyyates1182 With that you can hold it down. But yeah building is a lot of clicking, so who knows :P

[@civ20]

Won't be a problem

[@rad8287]

maybe holding to click down would be a better option but grinding and farming is a essential part of a game to keep people playing

[@javadragon7475]

I love the crit mechanics!

[@444FT]

I really want to play this game

[@kinda-not2289]

I’ve been watching sense the beginning and your little ghost/cloak guy

[@sean6269]

How will tools work? Will there be durability? Will items break randomly? Or will items not break but instead force you to upgrade to better tools as the game gets harder?

[@sean6269]

Also will you need tools to build certain structures?

[@landonlikesjazz3420]

If there is not already fishing you should add fishing.

[@Galak096]

waiting March

[@derernstzunehmendeheimwerker]

This game looks so damn beautyful!

[@cheddar9871]

WISHLIST!!!!!

[@11alekon]

what about showing behind the scenes, or like what you found interesting or unique when you started making this game about your own game

[@jaywilliams9721]

I still think you should add animals into the game. Nothing big, just some small animals scattered around. Like moths around lights and fire flies at night?

[@khanyakubheka1020]

He is.

[@squeakybunny2776]

I want squirrels in the trees😁

[@jaywilliams9721]

@@khanyakubheka1020 nice

[@jaywilliams9721]

Oooh loking good

[@stama8777]

It was uploaded 3 minutes ago, you didn't even watch the video yet

[@wizdabloo]

@@stama8777 Thats what im saying. Its been looking good since he has been posting these. Comments should comment on the video at hand. And your thoughts after its been watched.

[@jaywilliams9721]

Alex Fancher I was just saying looking good from what I saw in the first minute.

[@Husmanmusic]

Looks really good man! That crit system looks really fun to play with. Something I noticed though, was that the grass seems to move in waves instead of more individual grass sway(if that makes sense) was this intentional or?

[@killerbait8240]

I smell game of the year whenever this will be release. Movement is already fluid combined with the great scenery and the system. UI can be better, like map? If every you are planning on one, why not only open map when you use it on an inventory?

[@billy7685]

You should check out art of rally it has a cool shader effect for tree obstruction

[@jonanderazumendi5075]

The video is great but I think you got a problem with the title; I would have never tought that it would update on any of the content of the game just from a quick look. I think that is a shame because you would probably want as many people as possible to see it, and at this point it doesn't attract attention that easily. All the best for the game tho, it's some amazing work!

[@matthewelias6233]

Will this game be multiplayer and or only pc?

[@gadyist]

waiting for it

[@MrMrn87]

Looks fresh :) What render pipeline are you using?

[@cheddar9871]

Built in RP 2018.4.27f1

[@free7616]

yes

[@Afkboi-pe1cq]

The moment when he says he is in on group with all triple a and big games i just thought about danis game which is made by one guy just slapping the keyboard and making bad jokes in good videos But congrats to you😂😂

[@golik133]

This games is so dope....

[@culiynl]

Maybe add swimming and sea creatures?

[@NikitaBelomestnykh]

I hope there is an option to plant the same seeds on the entire 3x3 grid, so you don't have to click F 9 times and the seed 9 times

[@aj99803]

Is there a demo for this amazing looking game?

[@dailyriverrelief9494]

Me: "Wow, pretty bold to implement pot plants in a game like this." Sees drawing of potted plants: "....Ohhhhhhhhhhh." Five seconds later: "Awwww"

[@anytng2077]

Will this be multiplayer

[@MoistNoncrit]

are you planning to make this multiplayer?

[@zenithchan1646]

Nice game and look incredible! You should collab with dani xD

[@telsonsteeves508]

Can you do tin and grass roofs

[@free7616]

can you make it multaplayer pleas

[@iyad8086]

will the game be free and multiplayer

[@angryhead7639]

Did you use raycast for jump or layermask????

[@casualrich-lifeiseasy4921]

Have they ever mentioned which programming languages did they use for this game?

[@BET-yh3dz]

They used unity so they used c#

[@Felix-tz6hn]

You can walk using wasd keys or just by clicking?

[@kinda-not2289]

I also think you should be able to breed animals like sheep and cows and I think you should be able to tame a dog also I think you should make sea creatures and monkey and jungles and stuff

[@angryhead7639]

Did you have your own animations or you download it from mixamo

[@xehn496]

Is this gonna be co-op multiplayer?

[@abhinav3478]

I really like to play this in mobile.

[@agastyavalisetty8620]

i want a tutorial on texturing the ground in substance painter.pls

[@ishrabintebasetshreya670]

I know this is not related with this video but can you make a playlist for your "for noobs" videos. And I would really like some more tutorials on the simple but important stuff of drawing from you. Pls

[@odalk]

Looks like an 8k version of runescape

[@ManoDrax]

Parabéns, o seu jogo está ficando lindo e incrível 🥰 por favor, colocar idioma português BR!!!?

[@cheddar9871]

Está sendo traduzido pra Portugues 👍

[@agastyavalisetty8620]

i feel like your voice is very similar to Niko's voice from corridor digital

[@wizdabloo]

Ppl in here saying. Ohhh it looks good. When the video was posted 2 min ago. Its a 12 min video. And they posted their. Comments 1 min ago.

[@barry5]

The video shows footage of the game in the first 20 seconds.

[@wizdabloo]

@@barry5 my point is we have all seen some footage of the game. Every video does. So the content of the video should be commented on after viewing.

[@wolfevanvelez1234]

it's like stardew Valley but 3D

[@mastarminds4042]

Hi

[@tonytran4872]

Can you make for PS4 if you can? Plz

[@arthur_changes3813]

Is Len's island come to android

[@kingbling7571]

Not now

[@agastyavalisetty8620]

probably no

[@cheddar9871]

Unfortunately, no. The game is too heavy for a mobile.

[@trafficface]

"these are plants"

[@slushanimates2052]

sup

[@mrpinkpajamaguy]

My laptop is so bad the game runs at a smooth 10 fps on very low graphics :(

[@squeakybunny2776]

What is your hardware?

[@mrpinkpajamaguy]

@@squeakybunny2776 rubbish

[@dragonwarrior884]

ima crack it on release who wants the cracked copy ?

[@Chrisabn123]

You really want to push wishlisting it helps sales and people finding you game but I’m sure you know that

[@squeakybunny2776]

Don't worry he has been emphasizing wishlisting since day one

[@yamashio2459]

Shame on that 1 dislike

[@mr.a7451]

please give some animal to feed n dog org tiger or somthing for farm n for dongeon

[@justanameonyourscreen5954]

Beautiful bro...just, it looks like everything else out there...why be an indy dev if you're just going to do what the big boxes do...

[@novusstudios1744]

Well you have more creative freedom and get to choose what may be needed. Also you get to create the thing you've had in your head and see it come to life.