Designing Levels For My Indie Game In Unreal Engine | Project Feline Devlog #24

[@RaymondCripps]

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[@toastybread3934]

Keep up the good work!

[@themxddie]

Try studying Sonic level design, they might help you with the pacing issue

[@tobyford189]

When do you stream?? I've been waiting for so long

[@britishninja]

This dude is gonna finish b4 yandere dev

[@ObnoxiousArtist]

He uses techniques from experienced Game developers through research. You ever see Yandere Dev doing that?

[@jovialseraph2oh7]

(Lmao)

[@rashdakishori6842]

I am Justin beabar

[@masontoy1976]

You don't get it man osana is coming soon I swear

[@chylaux4871]

He loves what he makes not like yd

[@andersattano7032]

It would be cool to see some effect from the blue glowy thingies when mid-air dashing. Like a small jet boost or something

[@i_need_drawing_to_live4604]

Anders Attano I was thinking of that too! Like a different animation than the normal jump animation when dashing.

[@i_need_drawing_to_live4604]

Fadlan Irwan yeah I thought about that too, it would make the game much more immersive

[@tobyford189]

Particle effects will come later, but yea I agree

[@Voidy77]

Off course he will. The game is far from being finished but it is a good idea 👍

[@hamdaman3593]

The game starts when Gabriela is sitting on the crane then gets a call from a friend telling her to come to the city. She puts on her skates, jumps off the crane and proceeds to go to the city. This is where the controls come in and you can do a lot of parkour and tricks on your way to the city Hope you like the idea

[@kal9728]

Cool cutscene idea

[@thetsaurus]

Kind of like how Spider-Man PS4 opens?

[@JDRos]

As a beginner dev. "Fun before it's pretty" is one of the most simple but meaningful advice I've heard. I used to think about how cool my game should look on the beginning of development. Now it has changed, thank you.

[@TheBackstreetNets]

I played your previous build and for me the most annoying part was the rail grinding. Currently, if Gabriella hits a rail side-on, she often goes backwards. I think the mechanic would be a lot more reliable if she grinded in the direction the camera was facing rather than the direction she's facing, with a 30 degree threshold for facing directly backwards or something. Apart from that, Keep up the great work! Looking forward to seeing even more builds.

[@GigaVoid]

This game already looks great! Can't wait to see how it will look when it's done...

[@gamingdouchebags9860]

Awesome to see you're still hard at work to bring us more amazing experiences! We can't wait to play Project Feline again!

[@Randalandradenunes]

After drooling over your character videos I am REALLY excited to see how the texturing and shading for the environment is going to turn out.

[@SuperSonic68]

Man, I'm just happy to see a UE4 game that isn't "BLOOM AND LENS FLARE: The Video Game." That alone deserves praise.

[@Azzie-z3b]

YOO it's the man the legend

[@chocoladereep3293]

The design of the game is fenomenal and you clearly know how to design a level. The only thing that's lacking is feedback: when you kill an enemy, it just disappears, and when you mid-air boost, you get some strange hop. All the rest is very solid

[@kyrendunord5249]

Made more progress than YandereDev has in years. Keep up the great work!

[@inkwyvern5171]

I love your cel shaded 2D character and animation style. It's the identical aesthetic I want out of my own game, which is how I found your channel. Really appreciate the insights.

[@Cade_Squirrel]

I just played this and I have to say it's incredible and you should continue this, it's so satisfying, it reminds me of the best 3D Sonic levels, this can be the next big thing, you have something special here, nuture it, you've earned yourself a Patreon member

[@axoltol6054]

this game is turning into a very nice project, I would add another animation for the mid air dash , wit would help it look more dynamic as a different speed and also being a dash, love the caracther's animation and very confident you can do it :)

[@hikarihakai1285]

It may need some effect but that could be add way later on But it would be nice if there some new animation or a more smooth animation setting

[@jinjinjinrou]

A little twirl during jumping would be also good I think.

[@swagguy47]

Just some extra key frames and interpolation between them could go a long way to make it look smoother and more professional imo

[@Nitram4392]

Same. I get the style he's going for but similar to Season 1 of dragon prince I think a few mre frames would make it better.

[@sa3doz]

That is an issue I have with the animation .. But the game is still in development and smooth animation woul kind of take a bit of time

[@hikarihakai1285]

@@sa3doz actually he made it smooth at first but drop the amount of frame to the same as an anime

[@Just-A-Clown111]

here is my feed back: when you are already at a high speed and you "middle air jump" , the game actually slows you instead of rushing out, i think it shouldn´t make you go an specific amount of speed, but add an especific amount of speed, love this project bye

[@clavesi]

I love everyone of these devlogs! You're perspective and challenges are really nice to watch.

[@mr.leeleeleee7153]

The level design has gotten a lot better,great job.

[@tomorrowduong4914]

Probably best indie developer so far. Awesome progress man!

[@Lieunnnnn]

00:00.01 miliseconds? ez first try

[@frank_calvert]

its actually 10 milliseconda

[@JVCYTc]

Wow! I just came to see the blender tutorial but gotten hooked on possibly becoming an indie developer myself in the future. Glad I get to see what it takes first hand. I'm definitely subbing now

[@yt_Ajay_]

May I suggest adding the jump animation to the air dash? Just for more visual feedback from the air dash 5:10

[@Dxpress_]

They're likely going to create a unique animation for the air-dash, is my guess. They just haven't done so yet.

[@einaraglen]

As a long time surfer and kz player from csgo, this hits the spot for me, movement based gamplay is what i enjoy and i think this game can be huge!

[@mosskid_]

I noticed those cables in the mood boards, and immediately thought of Gabi sliding down them as if they were ziplines. I think this could be an interesting mechanic that would compliment the grinding.

[@holamovie9343]

i always love watching these updates

[@adeelala]

May I give some suggestions? - What about small booster tiles where gabbie can walk on, similar to what you see in Mario Kart/ Sonic games? That way the player can go really fast and be incentivized to do speedruns even more for a level. - Someone else already said this in the comments: Maybe you could add an additional animation for the mid-air dash, like a boost coming for her jet-boots? That is also an intuitive way for the player to learn that doing a mid-air jump propels you forward. - Small challenges/goals the player can complete in-level: For example, the player needs to collect three of the same items to unlock another route, or what about a round stairway-like tower but with rails? - Going on the same vibe that Gabbie is just chilling on a crane: Gabbie can 'hike on' to moving objects, e.g. a subway train. - The player can maybe equip items before starting a level that gives them a boost, which can be in many ways. The type of boost they want to buy can be bought with in-game coins the collect from levels. - You have played up her cyborg side in an amazing way, I really like her design! Maybe you can do something with her cat-like side too? What ways can she use her (extra) ears, tail to progress a level? Just some suggestions, but feel free to ignore! I am really excited every time you drop a video. You inspire me to make my own games.

[@maru3899]

Dude, this is so cool. I'm looking forward more to it

[@stanshatter3875]

Your game is going to be awesome! Can't wait to play the final game.

[@TimKrief]

I really like the quality of your videos. It's inspiring

[@yogeshj7240]

you are a really big inspiration for me ,just wanted to say thanks

[@isto_inc]

Just discovered the channel, fantastic vlogs. Definitely subscribed :)

[@donkalzone6671]

Greatwork. Some floortiles that give extra speed or allow extra really high jumps could be nice. Also some bigger carrier drones as kind of moving platform would be awesome.

[@JacksonMerril16]

Looks great Ray! Can't wait to play the game!

[@Mindboggler123]

You should make the lights on her armor like small jet boosters and use that to propel her forward for the air dash, or put them on the bottom of her shows, like make her boots have gravity manipulation properties so it can make her slide, cling to walls and air dash

[@langianimations416]

I want the first level of the story to be her escaping a secret lab experimenting on Neko's using their cat like abilities to experiment on their new hardware like these boots shes wearing, and maybe later on she would go back to rescue other nekos being experimented on and also acquire new gear

[@haithem8906]

it need a better animation transformation or a snapy one with third frame technic great progress

[@philbertius]

I’m really digging your level design! Everything reminds me of Sonic Adventure, and even with just blocks, I feel myself getting sucked in. (Is architecture alone that powerful?) Awesome job, dude! Btw, the idea of making this level multiplayer and having multiple Gabriellas shooting at each other sounds like a blast, imho. Just putting it out there :)

[@GMdelsXT9]

This is very good. Keep it up Raymond

[@velcalo]

It looks a lot better, especially now that you have an actual landscape and more risky look with the big drop.

[@justagamer2197]

This is amazing I really wanna try this game I love everything about this game and nice details about it too keep it up

[@masontoy1976]

A good way to give a change of pace is through some kind of skill timing like in Mario karts drift, or jump boost. Like the mid air dash you made, perhaps adding some kind of speed boost timing mechanic like in any racing game could be the answer to the change of pace problem your having

[@eterna_light]

nice work man! you are truly an inspiration

[@Adventium_]

While I haven't tried the game myself, my instinct is that slides should keep speed from the wall-ride combo system. I think having multiple ways to keep your momentum like this would feel satisfying and would allow for more fun movement.

[@dragynjumpcinema7271]

Loving these devlogs!

[@riccardobucci4975]

Hello! I discovered your project last night is really impressive congratulations: (I would have died at rigging ^^) I will continue to follow you and support you! :)

[@FakeFailsafe]

Me, whenever I watch one of these devlogs: Oh yeah, it's all coming together

[@Cert_Study]

Your game looks fun! Jet set radio vibes

[@cameronfletcher5835]

All of your anims look good alone but I'd recommend a couple of things that I think would help them in game. 1: animate a jump assuming the skating pose as it's base. This is a little complicated as you'd not only have to animate a jump from whichever foot is currently carrying your characters weight but also implement code to define that and play the correct animation. 2: For something needing to be very responsive such as a jump, don't begin the anim in the pose already held such as the idle, that pose has already been established by the time the player has chosen to jump, instead begin in the wind up pose that gives power to the jump. Does that make sense? Great work and good luck going forward.

[@aarondcmedia9585]

Trademarking your game name & logo is a pretty hard core commitment. I'd be interested in a video outlining the process you went through for that.

[@Ombarus]

It's a good idea to keep working on the level. You need time to think to find the right solution for your gameplay. If you keep it in the back of your head it'll eventually come naturally.

[@vivid_xyz]

I really like the new changes!

[@0niion607]

Pretty cool project, remembers me a little Jet Set Radio

[@MoonFidelity]

idk if it's just the test version we have but you can basically press jump while riding the wall infinitely. That way you can just stay up there or even jump out of some of the maps you have made haha Just wanted to point that out :)

[@lorenzobrown1003]

I feel like a way to help out the less precise players is to create a ledge grab mechanic. Seems like it would add to the parkour theme of the game as well.

[@Yinoit]

Found this thanks to a friend of mine and holy hell, this looks quite fun

[@williammrs]

Discord notification gang!

[@maxmatthews3443]

Beat me to it.

[@ojaskavathe]

i think a good way to emphasize speed would be to dynamically increase the fov or to move the camera further back when the speed increases

[@datakidd]

an idea for the camera have the camera close (like in the previous build) then while moving, the camera pulls back like in this build. something like the batman arkham games where the camera pulls back when batman runs and pulls it close when he is walking hope you see this

[@domeen0gt895]

This reminds me of a game i saw on reddit, which i think was discontinued where you were a guy with guns and rollerskates and you had to kill enemies or smth like that.

[@lauva4160]

Every soul besides besides one: Raymond:Hey kids like parkour?

[@1Skylander1]

Awesome work !

[@xillia3988]

Hey Raymond! I have some great ideas for you now that you're getting more howned into your project the first is: Look into classic sonic games, like sonic 3 and knuckles. They fundamentally have the same idea as your project feline. Sonic him self is simple. Roll, jump and spin dash. Now if he went fast all the time it would be boring, so maybe you can achieve what the classics did for design in ideas. Precise movments, fun platforming or great enemy placements and level design, then has speed sections. In your case, maybe it could be a nice, well made section of wall jumping with multiple ways to approach, and put your self in a better spot like maybe if you go high in a certain way, you can reach a floor higher and have less enemies, or have holes to the bottom floor, but if you can maneuver well, you'll get rewarded with goodies or a better time over all since there not much going vertical. As I mentioned,sonic does that great level design where if you're good enough you can take the top side and get rewarded with goodies, and lower sections have more enemies and things to climb and pit falls.I like how you're adding different things into the level where you can take short cuts, it's great! As for attacking, same idea as sonic. The attacking is also you're movement options. Keeps the gaming going and makes the game centric on speed and movement. I like the dash being an attack, makes the game really centric on it. For animation, I also like the idea of her legs actually shoot air, or kinda fires to propell her forward or where ever she's going sounds cool to me. And maybe a strong key pose while shes dashing. Other than that, I've been following since the first episode and I really enjoy it. Now that I'm Seeing the game is much more focused and level design is coming in, I decided to finally comment an idea. Hope this helps, and if it doesn't, then that's okay! Just felt like I should chip in. Keep her going Raymond!

[@NemisisRecords]

Looking good! What I personally feel will bring up the speeed is just the basic running animation. She needs more power in her ride or it seems too lax for what I feel youre trying to go for.

[@cherryred7806]

I suggest making an animation for the dash to differentiate it from the normal jump, as when I first saw it I assumed it was a double jump. Or possibly a particle effect to know when you are dashing.

[@casijndehaas8652]

Idea: add bars on the ceiling which swing you trough the air

[@perplexity_]

Will you add an in-game level design? Because I'm really interested in creating custom maps for the game.

[@italianbot-berna8055]

If he actually does that, it'll be probably after completing the game

[@jeefle]

@@italianbot-berna8055 actually a lot of the time level designers come before the completion of the game so that the devs themselves have easier tools tailored to their specific game

[@italianbot-berna8055]

@@jeefle don't do this. Don't give me hope.

[@RaymondCripps]

Great suggestion, but I can't promise anything; I'm just one man and I'm more of an artist than a systems engineer X)

[@calixclark7678]

Raymond: (mentioned Respawn Entertainment and shows Titanfall 2 gameplay) Titanfall 2 fans: (visible happiness)

[@bini420]

For pacing add some more simple things like jumping from pillar to pillar so it's not all running only and things like stopping to move over a egde and walking across ledges can help you alote also maybe swinging from pole to pole it could definitely help you go from a fast pace obstacle to a more of a slower one as a breather. Make sure the bretaher isn't to long or the players excitement will run out. Try looking at how mirrors edge paces their game to give a sort of breather to the players every few minutes or so

[@psytofu94]

マジでかっこいい 複雑なコース見るとワクワクする

[@polar1991]

I’d love a tutorial on how to make buttons for a settings menu all separate widgets and add save and reset features easily

[@beatmaill]

I thnk a cool design that you could look at is like mirrors edge. Make an open world, city based map that people can roam free on and add little side quests along the way. Seems like a good idea.

[@thelostsin]

maybe add a ledge grapple or fast vaults to get over obstacle while maintaining speed if timed right

[@capnfungi7875]

This looks so cool.

[@no-wt7me]

This game looks hella fun

[@SAKOCHO]

Wow I was surprised all the sudden :D

[@lucas-fo9sw]

2:46 Raymond is bringing Tilted back bois

[@anasdev1553]

i used to love them but when i left fortnite i was kinda mah

[@Timotarius_]

maybe what you could do with the mid-air dash in terms of animation is showing some type of air-force coming out of the shoes or legs. or fire coming out instead of loopin the animation.

[@Sgorevshiy_sentyabr]

Wanna try this game, Titanfall fan here^^ Love the movements

[@foxphas3perfectnoob49]

You have inspired me to become a game creater

[@axelmonogatari3175]

it would be really aweasome that the mid-air dash had an boots fire impulse animation

[@Cyberlong]

i think he should add particles of some kind os steam propulsion on to the exo-skeleton for the mid ar dash player response

[@falkreon]

Some of the grinding snaps and the errant wallride magnet boosts from the actionblocks demo weren't apparent in this demo, but serious wallride problems remain. I've noticed that sometimes wallrides activate unintentionally because all you need to do is slam into a wall, sometimes in invalid ways. Like feet not touching a wall, or having no forward momentum but the magnet still sticks you against the wall till the physics bump you out. Just a lot of weird running, and since there's no tilt to the character I can't really say what I'm running on. Launches off the wall feel much more controllable now, I think there's more of a kick-away and it helps. Lots of parts of this demo were frustrating level design - the checkpoints felt like they were in the wrong places, like putting the hardest part at the end. They didn't seem to enclose thematically-related zones either. The most irritating to me was a checkpoint right before a set of three grind rails, two of which I ignored because wallride is easier, then an easy but time-consuming climb, and then platforms suspended in mid-air. But wait! I don't know the air-dash key, and it's not mappable in-game. So I have to rely on jump-kick(?) to try and cross the air-dash section, which is extremely hard. The next checkpoint appears to be several hops into this section and I just wound up quitting out. So this seems like a combination of checkpoint starvation and bad on-boarding. The game should teach you how to air-dash long, long before it drops you into a pit for the cause.

[@Mortus_YT]

It would be really cool if there was like a Tokyo high rise level, almost vaporwave esque. With moving environments, some only passing once and needing to be timed right otherwise that shortcut or alternative path is blocked off

[@theamazingclone3282]

Futuristic parkour cat girl. Weebs we happy!

[@NguyenTran-rb8by]

I would love to have something like a blast or a boost jump from anywhere, that would create beautiful combos, like blasting from a wall and then dash mid-air forward to a tube or some diffrent platforms. That would give players a challenge for creativity ways to win the level

[@alexisbarrette7652]

This is amazing, truly great work, Raymond. At this pace you'll finish your game waaaay before I do lol Altough it's not a race... or is it?

[@ABCodeX]

This looks like what Sonic Lost world tried to do, except this actually looks really fun. It’s like you mixed Sonic with Mirror’s edge, I’m really excited for this, if you have a patreon I might donate a bit.

[@Jbob1917]

segments with tough platforming to reach an area without a given path would be a good change of pace if you don't want everything to just be speed

[@tiagotiagot]

Maybe it might be a good idea to add some smoke puffs coming from somewhere in the legs to represent the physical basis for the double-jump/air-dash? (like as if the legs got something akin to the maneuvering thrusters some rockets have)

[@HiroWithSpice]

It'd be cool if the air dash had an animation that played for defeating an enemy. Like she'll automatically do some kind of kick or tackle animation, I dunno.

[@MorpheusDreamRealm]

cool says no views your videos are very interesting

[@reiimouse]

Will there be more playable characters than just Gabi?

[@njebs.]

Not really my place to answer but considering how much effort went into making the gabi player model and animations, probably not

[@TheRealOtakuEdits]

Maybe after the game is out. There could be skins too.

[@reiimouse]

@@njebs. Yeah,3D modeling is a nightmare.

[@molly-yx5fn]

@@njebs. from the first few videos on gabby's designs he said he'd want to add skins (not to sure about other characters tho)

[@njebs.]

@@molly-yx5fn I mean yh sure skins aren't too far fetched (maybe even with slight changes in geometry in conjunction with new textures) but an entirely new character (e.g a guy who has different proportions to gabi) seems like a lot of work that (at this current time in development at least) could be spent on gameplay

[@Youssef-mj3cb]

I really like the on 2s animations,, they look choppy but they contrast well with gabi's speed and it does give her the a nice choppy smooth look idk why most people dont like it

[@joryjuky3561]

Heya raymond! There's a game on roblox that has a parkour mechanic system, and has a large map that flows very well. I think it could provide a lot of inspiration map-creation-wise.

[@zizrar]

I love your project ! Can't wait to see the next vid.. or live ?

[@mycorner967]

maybe different textures and frictions would make speed more interesting? glowing poles that speed you up as you grind? black poles with higher friction and you slow down as you grind? then again that might be too much like putting skateboard game rules into a parkour game either way, great progress its exciting to see more complex playgrounds

[@oAtoj]

One thing that would be cool is customization(like clothes,accessories and etc.)but u use the points/coins u get from maps to buy them

[@isaboll1]

Have you considered default mappings of Jump and crouch to the Right Bumper and Left Bumper respectively? Controls like that by default I think would work better with how the game is, considering you'd want the camera to be controlled by the player as they are performing actions like jumping and platforming. With A and B, it's pretty much a disconnect between doing those actions and controlling the camera

[@lunarmagpie4305]

I think the dash should be triggered by the shift key like every other game. Pressing space makes it feel like a double jump so the player might not realize that they can change their directional velocity.