Dev Log 1 - Growth : Expanding the first Hub Island

[@Langirus]

This is so cool!!

[@devilic9806]

This is such eye candy, what a lovely color palette!

[@timbojohnson7213]

Thanks so much! :D

[@thewildkenku6015]

This man is tremendously attractive and talented.

[@breadiplier]

Another devlog? Nice. Anyway. Commenting for the algorithm robots. Beep boop.

[@timbojohnson7213]

Much appreciated! :D

[@VoidliiBoi]

You're making good progress! Anyway, after watching devlog 0 I've had an idea for growth: Growth can grow into the form of other entities or objects, kinda like shapeshifting. Of course you would nee to unlock them by for example: Collecting batteries, at certain shops for tokens you can find around the place but more obvious than coins or by just progressing. I also have a concept for an ''enemy'': The Busher. It hides in bushes and when something touches it or is within 3 tiles of it, it will push it away. Won't deal any damage which is why I used quotations marks. And if you land on the top you will bounce. It also has a unique interaction with pushable blocks at it will fling them much further, and if you touch it it will gain the gravity it normally has (which can be done by making two visually identical objects which swap between each other). Thus the block can press buttons across huge gaps. And the first shapeshift that would be unlocked would be the pushable block one allowing the player to cross gaps.

[@timbojohnson7213]

Nice ideas there! :D I'll keep a note of them and look into the viability with my limited programming skills XD can't promise they'll make it in but I really like them!

[@jasmyn1258]

So cool! Will get this whenever it's released on Steam! :) Love the colors and style of it! Edit: I love how you made the blimp and how it's kind of bumping around in the air haha! Are you able to travel in it? So cool either way :D

[@filipa.g4542]

first time watching, really underrated channel! the game looks really good from what I've seen in the 2 devlogs you've posted so far. One thing I recommend is to make a Milanote to help organize ideas and mechanics and to quickly write down ideas.

[@filipa.g4542]

one thing I think you should do is to try keeping the pixel size about the same across all models so it looks better

[@timbojohnson7213]

Aw thanks so much! Yeah I tend to use a private Discord server and Obsidian MD to keep track of stuff, although I'll admit sometimes I get lazy and think "oh I'll just remember", and then ALWAYS forget haha

[@GreatMystic5597]

What if the camera never gets closer and it just shows a shadow of your character behind whatever object is in the way?

[@GreatMystic5597]

He could also slam down from a height to boing back up even farther.

[@timbojohnson7213]

I was thinking something like that could work nicely, need to look into xray options :D

[@timbojohnson7213]

@@GreatMystic5597 Ooo that may work nice, I think Pacman had something similar in Pac Man World?