Creating HEALTH BARS and Turnip Enemies for my INDIE GAME - Devlog #2

In this #devlog I create a turnip enemy- from 3d modeling in Blender 3D software- to rigging and animation- to importing into the Unity 3D software. I also create a health system using Playmaker and a custom healthbar to display it using the Krita art software. I also fiddle with the Cinemachine extensions to make my character controller smooth.
All of this is to create my dream indie game which is a psychological thriller 3d platformer with a cute cartoony art style and aesthetic. As a solo game developer, I have to do everything on my own so subscribe and follow my process! Thanks for watching!

[@Bighaid91]

You should do animation for the grass and clouds next. I think it would make the world look more lively

[@3gnomesgames909]

That's a good idea! I think it would really look good to have noticeable movement with those!

[@porterbrown836]

Honestly the healthbar really does look unsettling when it goes down. I'm excited for when you start adding some real horror.

[@3gnomesgames909]

Thanks! Once the fundamentals are in place, I can't wait to start exploring the horror side of things more!

[@LorneDev]

Looking forward to seeing how this develops! Gamedevelopment is a hard but rewarding life 😉

[@3gnomesgames909]

It is! Thanks for your support!

[@CymbalMonkey]

Happened to stumble onto this and nice! Seriously, this is looking truly great! Good job and really nice to watch another indie developer through the progression. Definitely interested in your idea of this game, sounds amazing.

[@3gnomesgames909]

Thank you so much!

[@KamranWali]

Awesome video! The game is looking really good. Really like the art style of the game. The environment looks really awesome. The health bar idea is super kool. Also you could make the health bar shatter by using particle effect when the player dies. Keep it up! :)

[@3gnomesgames909]

Hey thanks! That's a super cool idea! I'll look into that!

[@nilsmuller-cleve6769]

The problem with damaging your player was probably because your logic wasn't on the same object as the collider. In general I found it a good practice to have the logic (including the collider) on the empty parent and leave the visuals untouched. (so in your case delete the collider on the visuals and create one on the parent) Your health bar look neat, but it does a bad job at communicating to the player how many hits they can take when it's full because there are no visible "chunks", so I suggest you add some form of indicator there.

[@fannycrispin1331]

This is so cool, Chris!

[@3gnomesgames909]

Thanks!

[@nathamxplosion]

You should make a death animation and like a waddle when you walk. ps I can't wait until this game comes out!

[@3gnomesgames909]

Thanks! I'm glad you're excited for it! I'm working on the animations now!

[@nathamxplosion]

Just got a good idea. Maybe wearables like a top hat or gloves.it's kinda like the collectables.but I like the idea.

[@Ghost58202]

cool onion

[@3gnomesgames909]

It could definitely also be an onion!

[@mrgetrext297]

Love it

[@3gnomesgames909]

Hey thanks!

[@ball0on]

I think you should make the grass darker

[@3gnomesgames909]

I will definitely try that out and see how it looks! Thanks!

[@3gnomesgames909]

I tried it actually! You were totally right! It looks a lot better

[@ball0on]

@@3gnomesgames909 told ya it would be better

[@vidya_synth]

I'm no expert myself but have you considered live-streaming one of your sessions? Maybe a chatter can give you advice when a model or program isn't working.

[@3gnomesgames909]

That's not a bad idea! I'll look into that! I was planning on doing that at some point but I was originally planning on waiting until the later stages when I was just fine tuning. Maybe I'll try it a little sooner though if people are interested

[@derbabonennt8876]

Your Player-Character seems a bit jittery maybe you need to adjust the movementlogic in terms of execution order - i think the problem could be that you run your movement logic inside the Update Method which is wrong if your movement is based on Rigidbodys, in this case you should move the movement logic into the FixedUpdate.

[@3gnomesgames909]

Thank you, I've been thinking it looked a little jittery too but I wasn't sure what to do. I'll look into that way of fixing it though! Thanks!

[@3gnomesgames909]

Hey! I tried this and it instantly fixed my problem! Thank you so much!

[@derbabonennt8876]

Glad it helped!

[@gluhbuh]

im the 66th sub!

[@3gnomesgames909]

And I appreciate it!

[@gluhbuh]

@@3gnomesgames909 ^^

[@Selrisitai]

Uh-oh. I see a problem coming already. You're going to get better and better, at a likely rapid rate, and in a year or two you're going to have much more done, and all of your new stuff is going to be ten times better than the older stuff in the game. And you're going to want to go back and "improve" all the old animations and even art. And. Your game is never going to come out. My recommendation? Just keep going and finish the game. Once it's released you can go back and "patch" it with some improvements, but don't look back until then.

[@xLoxLoLex]

Hello! If you'd like some help with programming I can do so on my free time. We can talk if you want!

[@3gnomesgames909]

Hey, thanks!