Creating the MOST UNIQUE Fighting Game (Olympic Fencing + Street Fighter) | Devlog #0, Godot 4.3

[@emrldYT]

SOCIALS: Discord: discord.gg/nnpQmW5Z6X Patreon: www.patreon.com/emrld Some things I didn’t get to say during the video (I deleted a third of my script as I edited): 1. THIS IS NOT NIDHOGG. I love Nidhogg but this isn't Nidhogg 2.0!!! (sorry guys, you're stuck with Nidhogg 2) Nidhogg is more like a party game in which the characters have swords and lunge, meanwhile is a TRADITIONAL 2D fighter with an ACTUAL fencing character!! I know that Nidhogg came before! I can't reply to all of your comments! Also, yes, First Cut is a cool game, same with Bushido Blade, Dojo Masters, etc. BUT, do they have RIGHT OF WAY? No? Exactly. This is obviously the most original and unique video game to ever grace the industry. (Hellish Quart has right of way but that's not important) 2. This is my first project in Godot (before I only ever used Roblox Studio) 3. Don’t try reading the code at 2:00… I learned coding through trial and error with Lua in Roblox, so it was not good…. 4. I really messed up when I sized Guy’s sprites. As I said, I had them 3x larger than I should’ve (I drew with 3x3 pixels in a 1x1 format), but I also had the sprite sheet very small and had a separate “Big Attack” sprite sheet for his BigKick and Fleche, which was wider & taller. So, I had to constantly switch between sprite sheets, verticalFrames, horizontalFrames, offset, and often change the frames of the animations…. 5. Speaking of animations, I learned to NOT worry about hitboxes and hurtboxes until I'm fully done, because I had to change them in the animations so many times... Often I had to change sprite sheet sizes, offsets, flip characters, etc. and everytime, I'd change the hitboxes and hurtboxes accordingly in the animations. Nope, rough drafts are not for refining small details like the vertices of a hurtbox 6. 3:35 was not supposed to be left in the video, which is why it sounds out-of-place and suddenly goes to black lmao (I had to leave for vacation early the next day, so I didn't have the time to watch through and verify the whole video before I exported) 0:00 Intro 1:40 November (Rough Beginnings) 3:25 December (Musashi) 5:18 January (Moves for Musashi) 6:42 February (Fencing Mechanics) 10:12 March (Musashi AI and MORE Moves) 11:23 April (Spring Break, Playtesting) 13:54 End of Devlog #0 (part 1)

[@JackPorter-]

Sneaking your phone passed the phone box is crazy!! You will never have my trust again!!

[@emrldYT]

Who asked me to skip class for Chikfila? But you commented first so I’ll forget about that

[@ConnorLKnox]

I was not prepared for that hair. Also I think this is a really cool game.

[@emrldYT]

Lol I actually cut the front of my hair a bit just for this video, hopefully to ease the blow at the face reveal

[@mikeysubculture9983]

@@emrldYT the hair is majestic

[@SipsofSuccess]

We'll be watching your career with great interest

[@madskillproduction]

As a former fencer, I am think this looks awesome. Great idea

[@vader9133]

You should check out Nidhog 1

[@briank326]

One-hit fighting games such as Bushido Blade and Hellish Quart are my favorite subgenre by far. Really like how you brought a lot of intuition from traditional fighting games into the movesets, it looks like it's shaping to be a pretty unique experience. Good luck with the project!

[@nshnishi]

When you remember Nidhogg. Nice vid!

[@E_Fig05]

I think Sho is a good name because it also reminds me of the Shoto archetype that Ryu and Ken also fit into.

[@emrldYT]

Good catch, that was another reason (how did I forget to include that?? Must've been because the parry interrupted me)

[@SuPeRNinJaRed]

2:11 I gotta say I really appreciate your approach, speaking from experience I spent nearly two years working on a custom walk cycle for my game’s oc... I was overthinking everything, I changed it thousands of times and nearly lost my motivation (and mind) in the process of trying to make the “perfect” walking animation... all that said it was refreshing to see you do your best in that moment and have fun (and even get a laugh out of some of the slightly wonkier frames) tbh that is the best mentality to have keep it up and most importantly keep having fun during the dev process! Great job

[@dinxincsDev]

as ex second strogest offical team fencer of country of Montenegro, this fencing moves are valid

[@RealElevenTimes]

As a game dev myself, it's actually fun seeing someone who's a lot less experienced than me. Usually while watching devlog's people always create stuff that is hard for me to wrap my mind around and show code that I don't understand, but here whenever you showed your code I immediately understood it and reminded me of my own messy codes. GL.

[@I-OGameDev]

BROOO Okay, before I even start watching, I'm a dev who fenced competitively for most of his teenage years. I've been really interested in translating the sport to gameplay. I am so very on-board

[@brettrhines6917]

only 300 subs? this is good work bro, you should be proud of yourself

[@emrldYT]

I only need 1000 subs so I can use timestamps on the timeline in my videos, then I’ll have no complaints (also 1000 for monetization but that’s not important)

[@Bomber679]

You inspired me to try french grip this week, and weirdly it made me better at parrying. Feels more natural too. I think I'm a convert!

[@emrldYT]

The cult grows…

[@matiasaranda1529]

very nice content, im a godot developer from argentina and its inspiring watch your proyect grow

[@gdfk_dev]

Wow, incredible work for such a small channel!

[@JasonDinh69]

Underrated video and channel keep it up

[@deezyjoe]

Bro, I question myself when I see your hair. It's magnificent

[@cristalschroeder4485]

7:00 I instantly heard the sekiro deflect sound and I went😫

[@emrldYT]

Neuron activation

[@aquamarine3593]

i myself have always wanted to make a 2d fighting similar to tekken and street fighter 2 but i dont have a single bit of game dev experience or people to help me make one. its nice to see other people making a game like this and i will follow this journey with you.

[@emrldYT]

oh tell me about people not helping make one... I tried so hard to get my friends to do literally anything to help (even just name the moves) but all 11 people bailed instantly. I ask them for character suggestions and all I hear is "You should add Goku"

[@justguni7324]

​​@@emrldYT you should add goku

[@daboa9734]

bro this is fire🔥🔥 cant wait for the next devlog

[@Enak147]

watching this just makes me think we need a fencing game but the sword moves in the same style as the getting over it hammer. Anyways amazing video, this game looks SICK!!

[@emrldYT]

That’s actually smart, maybe with a perspective/artstyle like Drunken Wrestlers 2

[@atticusstevenson5360]

Fuck yeah musashi the book is fantastic

[@emrldYT]

So far the second commenter to even know of the book

[@thenumberIX]

I've been doing gamedev since september last year and honestly, i was feeling burnt out on it. This video reminded me how fun it could be if i just allow it to be. Gotta stop putting so much pressure on myself

[@emrldYT]

If gamedev wasn’t fun and I wasn’t super interested in this project, I’d probably still be making Street Fighter videos and getting 3 views. Developing a game can be very exciting, you just can’t force it - the game idea needs to start as some unrelated passion that you realize you can actualize through code

[@EmmanuelGiouvanopoulos]

Wow! This game is very unique! I have always loved fencing and I never could really DO fencing, so this is one way to extinguish my passion for it! I also always loved fighting games, so this is another great characteristic imo.! Great job!

[@dovs96]

I'm heavily impressed, not sure which thing impressed me more: your game, your gigachad hobbies, or your haircut. +sub

[@fifa2k22]

love you brother. youre inspiring me like crazy for game development right now

[@guymccool5819]

Dayum thats pretty sick, ive been talking alot with my friends about how sick a fencing fighting game would, great that someone is trying it. This is probably difficult to add but maybe you can try having different parry's and have a way to switch the line of attack more quickly, similarly to faint to disengage.

[@KAGAMES-xp3zc]

Awesome work my man! I can’t wait to play this game. Your knowledge of fencing is obvios in the mechanics of the game, and I think it makes the awesome. Maybe if you studied some other martial arts, it would also come through in the game, and be more awesome!

[@ziondhill]

Very very nice work, fighting games are not easy to make, looking forward to where you take this project! Also if you haven't checked out the game "One Strike" you should give it a try, your game has some similar design.

[@JhonnyWaltz]

I wish you luck man, this has so much potential. Keep keep up the work work. Purple Gigantic Space man.

[@oliverdowning1543]

Loving the French grip, slightly confused how you understand right of way as an epee fencer. I love that you do but I've never really seen another epee fencer who doesn't also fence either foil or sabre actually get right of way. I'm impressed.

[@emrldYT]

The general concept is simple enough (whoever is on the offensive has priority), but it gets so complex that I’ll probably have to try a different blade or get playtesters to ensure it works perfectly

[@oliverdowning1543]

@@emrldYT yeah, I normally resort to using a graph to demonstrate it (demonstrating right of way like a finite state machine). It's honestly not that bad though even with the details, basically just whoever starts going forward first (or extends their arm first, whichever happens first) gets right of way and they can lose it by: stopping, stepping back, getting beat/parried or missing then the other person can take it by going forward or extending their arm, also, if you try to avoid the blade when hitting, right of way immediately transfers to your opponent regardless of whether it was previously your attack or not. It only really gets especially complicated when you have to start actually making judgement calls about what constitutes evasive actions, or whose parry something was or that sort of thing. Plus a couple other minor details like line.

[@SoyGoblin07]

I’d be surprised if you didn’t take reference from nidhogg for the fencing. But I love seeing aspiring game developers. Keep it up

[@emrldYT]

I actually used fencing as my reference for fencing I did play Nidhogg before I started fencing so maybe Nidhogg really is my inspiration…

[@fprolls61]

This is an amazing idea, I love the one hit kill and the running at people ability! I would love to see an Olympic wrestler character, could be a cool idea for a one hit grappler and fits the fencing theme

[@GamerTimeNinja]

As someone who learned pixel art from scratch for game development, you are gonna be a crazy pixel artist if you keep up game development. Also this game idea is GOATED...

[@MitraKesava]

A true talent. This idea is a brilliant one!

[@diabolicaleli]

The game looks great. Kind of jealous of your 2D game dev skills. I hope it goes well

[@A08J]

just found this channel. Already loving the hair

[@slavcabbage2619]

As someone getting into Godot, I just love the 'feel' of games made in this engine. Doing well, I bet this game is fun

[@mohanedomer9081]

man I am impressed by your edit . you nailed it👍

[@bigkebizino8970]

Good luck with the game man

[@pungoblin9377]

Oh boy! Another fighting game featuring a samurai where you die in one hit! (One strike, sclash, bushido blade, First cut, etc.) Jokes aside this looks sick as hell. I can tell it’s very inspired and the idea of combining other martial archetypes is something fairly unexplored with this genre.

[@I-OGameDev]

fleche montage goes hard, french grip user redeemed

[@emrldYT]

❤️‍🩹 why did youtube split this emoji into 2

[@theunlawfullpenguin6855]

love the editing and pacing of the video! keep up the good work 😄

[@matthewrayner571]

This looks amazing! I recommend you play Sclash, which has a beautiful painted aesthetic and the one-hit kill rule. Also, for those curious, there is no right of way in epee fencing (my preferred weapon). Just foil and sabre.

[@dirttop6465]

As a fencer I have high hopes for this, right of way can get super intricate in long phrases so Im excited to see how it translates in game, keep up the good work!

[@emrldYT]

Thanks! Right of way being so intricate is going to make it hard to get it perfectly right, but we’ll see I was wondering how many fencers would watch this, currently the count is 2

[@rogercruz1547]

@@emrldYT I'm not a fencer but I've build one with barbed wire once

[@dirttop6465]

Good to see there’s more than one of us lol

[@setscet]

@@emrldYT Make that 3. Also a French grip epee user if that is also a tally you're taking. Adding priority rules to a video game is crazy, probably the most annoying part of fencing to new people so it's funny to imagine putting it in a game. Would be cool if you could choose things like grip type, pommel weight, blade flexibility for slight changes in stats

[@trawasaba]

love the idea love the game showed will be purchesing for sure

[@TaxFraudTony]

RETURN OF THE KING

[@lazydevstudios3776]

I absolutely LOVE this! You’ve just earned a sub from me

[@Stormsteam]

Amazing stuff!

[@levipurl2531]

This is a really cool concept!

[@benmcreynolds8581]

This is AWESOME. I've been hoping to see 2D sprites make a comeback into fighting games. Hopefully 2D & 2.5D games in general start coming back. We should always have 2D Animation style video games. They shouldn't disappear just because our tech advances. 2D sprites have such a great look & unique feel to them. IMO full on 3D just cannot compete with it. Gaming should always have both art styles and games designs

[@tallboiii1805]

We need backflicks or its not fencing chat also im subscribing this is so cool ive been fencing basically my entire life i need to know

[@Allam-Dev]

Thank god KZbin recommend this great idea bro also i like that 3:14

[@banjo.mp4]

one thing i would add to spice up the game (i have never developed lmao) is feinting. basically you could cancel the big windup attacks, to throw your opponents spam parry off guard. this would also allow you to be able to attack again right after. maybe add a visual sign to inteprete when or where the feint is coming from before it actually executes.

[@djurrevandielegem5425]

Already miles better than most wannabe indie-dev creators, Chapeau! 🙃

[@mehmetalisecgin8255]

That was a really nice video! Subscribed, and looking forward to see more of this stuff

[@doomslayer738]

I MISS YOU EMRLD😭😭😭😭🙏

[@Tri-otus]

Amazing, I’ve wanted an all swordie 2d fighter for so long. I have 3 suggestions: a sound for each time you score, a character should have death animation if they reach the end of the screen. Lastly Musashi should have 2 parries, the one you already have happens with his sword out and the other if his sword isn’t out he blocks with the sheath. Overall the game needs more clarity. I wish the best of luck to you

[@-Strike]

Ok but why is bro majestic

[@imragaa]

I LOVE IT WHEN PEOPLE MAKE COOL UNIQUE GAMES… I’m subscribing… AND WATCHING ALL YOUR VIDEOS OMG

[@TheBookNerd2]

Looks really interesting. Can’t wait for the next devlog.

[@baronschneider4204]

Evo Moment #37 in the first 10 seconds, Hell Yeah

[@emrldYT]

Gotta culture the unenlightened yknow

[@danielpedro5082]

Interesting. Keep pushing!

[@sleepyaimerz452]

holy first vid in 9 months

[@zer0_2_death74]

Looks very fun! Reminds me of an indie called one strike (less complex) but I do hope you can get this on switch in the future ❤

[@Technohazard]

Two games like your project you should play for inspiration: Nidhogg Samurai Gunn Great intersection of gamedev and sword fighting. Keep it up!

[@sealkip9376]

my goat will never fall off prayerhands

[@Ridlay_]

The game being named "Right of Way" is so blessed

[@FactWithAde]

This looks like a parody of First cut: Samurai duels love it

[@Lananon1807]

hi, fellow godot fighting game dev here! considering how hard it is to make a fighting game in this engine, lots of respect for this project!!! i’m exited to see where this goes!!!

[@emrldYT]

Yeah, if only Godot supported 2D root motion, allowed you to change the keyframes of hitboxes while in the middle of animating, let you have circular dependencies for when you go back and forth between fighting, made cloning easier… What kind of fighting game?

[@Lananon1807]

@@emrldYT im basically just ripping off guilty gear xx lol. my main issue is that the entire game is dependent on the frame rate (as fighting games usually are) except the animation player isn’t. This causes a shit ton of inconsistencies. Do you know of a fix for this? a thing i noticed in the video was that you do this using collision polygons. for me, these break the second i start animating them. but since i probably need to write my own animation player anyway…

[@emrldYT]

@@Lananon1807 1. Did you set the game to a max fps? I set mine to 60fps then, in AnimPlayer, you can set the fps of each animation in the bottom right. Set it to frames instead of seconds, then 60 (or, 0.0167 seconds) 2. Yeah I have no idea why it doesn’t let you automatically keyframe CollisionPolygon2D’s. For this, I duplicated the CollisionPolygon2D and put it somewhere else in the tree, then drew it to be the hitbox/hurtbox, then copied “Polygon” (PackedVertices) in the top right of the fake CollisionPolygon2D, finally pasted that onto the keyframe of the original CollisionPolygon2D (the one being animated). You basically just make the hitboxes/hurtboxes in a different node then copy the vertices to the one used by the AnimPlayer

[@Lananon1807]

@@emrldYT thanks for the help! still gonna make my own animation player cuz it gives me more control also, setting the animation player to 60 fps doesn’t actually set it to 60 fps, but 0.0167 seconds. while this might sound the same, it’s actually not, as any small frame drops desync the animations from the code, which, for lack of a better way of saying it, breaks the game. Note that this doesn’t have to be a full fps drop to 59 fps, even if a single frame takes a millisecond longer to output, the game will slightly desync. This doesn’t matter in any other genre (and tbh i don’t think it matters in your game, since the main thing it fucks up are combos which your game doesn’t seem to have) but traditional fighting games get hit hard by this.

[@syborgcat3830]

Hema is goated

[@emrldYT]

I have to agree

[@Calcungruity]

keep it up brother!

[@jojodelacroix]

Seeing you get excited is making me excited too. Let's go! Also, I'm curious as to why you made the fencing character 3rd when fencing is a major influence on the game.

[@urcitenetom5017]

what a great video. I want to get back to fencing after watching it

[@Exoterrestrial]

Reminds me a lot of divekick this is dope

[@emrldYT]

I hope this game can get as much coverage for being a "unique fighter" as Divekick does

[@vonnegutfrey8714]

Awesome fighting game; this is the exact kind of thing I would make if I coded. I hope you realise it some day.

[@werter7779]

pretty good, good luck

[@aaronruinslives]

Believe it or not a game almost exactly like this actually already exists and it’s super underrated. It’s a vr game called Broken Edge and I extremely suggest trying or just checking it out.

[@aaronruinslives]

Also check out the ronin in the game because you would LOVE it

[@ikethompson4850]

And first cut samurai duel on steam

[@vader9133]

I thought you were going to bring up Nidhog

[@ocococococococococococococ3267]

i dont think it's comparable

[@NibKilgharrah]

Totally unique. Man has never heard of nidhogg

[@SpiritualHypertrophy]

As a HEMA enjoyer and Vagabond reader, I’m liking what I see so far.

[@RL_TwixZ]

The game looks quite good, but since I haven’t played it myself, I’ve had some difficulty understanding and following the various actions. It’s sometimes hard to see what’s happening, which affects the overall experience. To improve clarity and readability, I would suggest adding visual elements like particles for parries or hits, or specific indicators for each action. This would help players better perceive and understand the events in the game.

[@emrldYT]

Good point, I am really lacking visual effects, so the game looks bland and, sometimes, confusing. The problem is... I have no idea how to do vfx. I tried and failed years ago when I made Roblox games, and still I am clueless on how to make good looking vfx and vfx in the first place. I don't think it was shown in this part 1, but I gave some dust vfx to Guy's big kick for some emphasis. But, it looks... weird. I definitely need to give vfx when someone does a fleche (the running attack) because it was oppressive when I had others test (you can't tell that the opponent is doing a fleche until you've been hit). After I finish editing part 2, the next devlog will focus on fleshing out Musashi, a new stage, more sfx, and vfx (change the flashing lights at the top which indicate hits, add effects for dashing and fleche'ing, etc.)

[@prafulltiwari8929]

Bro discoved shadow fight, but made it better

[@Txlr_Nz]

This is very cool! You definitely need to add guts. A massive sword would be interesting.

[@emrldYT]

@@Txlr_Nz As a big Berserk fan, I already considered Guts lol Instead, Musashi’s rival Kojiro Sasaki will have his odachi (greatsword katana basically) - large enough to take up half the screen when swung, but slow and very punishable by parry

[@Txlr_Nz]

@@emrldYT That's a better idea, can't wait for the next dev log!

[@RandomlyAwesomeGamer]

There is a manga about this equivalence between fighting games and fencing (1F no Kishi [ Knight of the Single Frame])

[@emrldYT]

I’ve been needing a manga to read since finishing Bleach, I’ll probably do this I didnt even consider a FGC manga to exist

[@RicanSamurai]

reminds me of the game nidhogg. As a former (pistol grip) foilist, keep it up!

[@spiky8360]

This has a lot of potential

[@fiddlestickjones]

a thing i have noticed, you are using a sprite sheet, in aseprite (or libresprite) you can make animations using the timeline at the bottom and then convert that to a sprite sheet, this makes it so you can use onion skin and in general makes it easier to animate. edit: man i made this whole comment and you already fixed yourself in the video what the hell

[@emrldYT]

Yeah I dont know why I tried animating in the sprite sheet originally lol

[@KME_5]

THAT LOOKS SO COOL 🙏🏻🔥🗣️

[@the_icel0rd247]

the nidhogg 2 we all wanted is right here i guess

[@erikzimmerman4762]

used to play a game called Nidhog with my fencing buddy, 2d sidescrolling fencing game, this reminds me a bit of that. looking forward to where you take it

[@mustfar]

Amazing hair btw

[@635574]

If someone wants to make the perfect indie fencing title it would be IndieFencible 😂

[@HeartbrokenHeartshooter]

Dojo Masters might’ve eaten your lunch….

[@siemaksiemakowski3728]

Sol Badguy 3:00

[@emrldYT]

sol badguy jumpscare

[@theman6422]

That guy looks like he needs to find his one way

[@RustyShackleford556]

So it's Hellish Quart

[@mystery_exe]

This kind of reminds me of one of my favourite games "First Cut: Samurai Duel" (2D, one hit to kill, pixelart). Was that an inspiration for this? If not then you should definitely check it out. It could help you a lot.

[@emrldYT]

Bought it a few days ago, definitely taking inspiration cause it’s beautiful

[@GhoulDev]

the whole idea and look of the game reminds of first cut

[@malahamavet]

reminded me slightly of hellish quart, check it out if you don't know it, it might give you some cool ideas I hope you stay motivated and it would be cool to have a HEMA character too, you can call him... Mayer? Herman? (like hema lol) now that I think about it, Musashi looks all cool whith old clothing and real swords whole Guy is an Olympic fencer, not that it makes him less cool, but what if you have a kendo guy to be like Guy whoth his mask, and the HEMA guy can also have hema gear so he looks like Guy, but black. I know it's a lot, im just letting my imagination go wild here. Having the three Mask Guy guys and 1 Musashi would be cool to have another 2 guys like Musashi, meaning, looking like past tenders, they could just be reskins of Guy and Hema Guy. Imagine this: You have Guy, and a musketeer Guy you have Musashi and a kendo guy you have HEMA Guy and a knight Guy so 3 mask guys, 3 OG guys... it's easy to fantasize about stuff but I know it's harder to actually do it. Also, you're BASED, pistol grip is cringe af

[@KateIvyFriesen]

I am obsessed