Here's How I Fixed My Game || Keeper Devlog

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In this episode, I go over everything I've added to my adventure game Keeper over the past few months. It takes inspiration from Paper Mario, Legend of Zelda, and other games.
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[@GuestNoname]

Nice

[@tntaco07]

You missed the chance to say the grave yaed area was still very "bare bones"

[@nextProgram]

God you’re so right

[@liquidportal9082]

Still remember when keeper was just about keeping a fire going. Awesome stuff, keep it up!

[@Athan2]

:O new devlog is here!!

[@nextProgram]

!!

[@zygoatindustries]

He's back! Woo

[@adamnyerges1848]

Two important things to keep in mind about selling your game (or anything really) is that people almost never buy anything for full price. If you're asking 10$ then market it for 15$ with a frequent 30% discount. (You'll end up selling it for 10.5$) Another is that people will spend 1$ to save 50 cents. They will wait for sales even if it's 10%. Best of luck to you!

[@_V3X3D]

Hey, leaving a reply to say that this even works for game assets. I learned quite quickly you always over price, and then bring that down with a sale. It is a fine balance but not too fine. People like getting a deal, even if it is just the idea of getting a deal. Cheers!

[@superfastscyphozoa]

Oh wow I just found your channel like two days ago what a coincidence that you post for the first time in a year right after I binged all the Keeper devlogs up to this point lmao

[@EpicVideoGamer7771]

I haven't heard this music in a while! Great to see you back!

[@Azmyst__]

Yay finally you're back, amazing stuff only one thing I noticed at 1:01 that the dog rotation is instant in my opinion the dog should have the same paper rotation just like the player to make it feel like it belongs to the same world : ) I'd like to know what do you think about that ?

[@nextProgram]

Yep! Planning to do that for all characters, just didn’t have time for it this video so I had to hack a few things together. Usually game devs do most of the mechanics before the visual stuff, but since I make videos I have to do it a bit backwards :]

[@mrfrog0913]

​@@nextProgramI do that too It makes me more motivated.

[@TheStickCollector]

I forgot about this series. Interesting

[@GuestNoname]

😢I never did

[@da4dam416]

HE IS BACK!!!

[@GuestNoname]

Omg I love this channel and this game is so fun it makes me so happy when you upload ^w^

[@nextProgram]

:)

[@xuraith]

secret areas, disappearing trees. noice! the little quests for the weapons is a very cool touch. get that thang launched I'll buy it for sure.

[@nextProgram]

Thanks! Actually finishing the game is always the hard part :p

[@xuraith]

@@nextProgram indeed, I can barely launch a jam game and I only do the month long ones lol

[@nextProgram]

@@xuraith the game dev struggle

[@TheShelfman]

Hey welcome back! Excited for this series to continue😁

[@nextProgram]

Thanks!

[@_V3X3D]

Amazing to see the sprites you commissioned in action, they were fun ones to draw! Love the design of Keeper (and your devlogs). Happy to have brought more characters into the game. Cheers!

[@nextProgram]

Thanks Vexed!

[@valovanonym]

Glad to see you back!

[@nextProgram]

Thanks!

[@nivmiz0]

The legend is back! So sorry you had to experience the pain of JavaScript, I feel your pain. Anyway, glad to have you and Keeper back! Everything looks amazing.

[@nextProgram]

Thanks Niv!

[@cindyordog]

So good to see you back! I love how the dog follows you around. Great work!!

[@nextProgram]

Thanks!

[@Luukskywalker]

The dog is so cute 🥺, it also adds some more dynamic and life to the game. Maybe you can unlock commands for the dog 🤷‍♂️

[@AndyRainLego]

I got you bro I will buy keeper when it comes out, ngl I am very excited to play the game you are so underrated and deserve more! :D

[@nextProgram]

Thank you! Making steady progress

[@icoso]

I'm so excited that this project is back ^^ The new additions look great, and you're definitely inspiring me to make a dialogue system of some sort... How hard can it be? :P Great work as always, can't wait for the nextVideo! :D

[@nextProgram]

Thanks Icoso!

[@echo5172]

HOLY MOLY He's alive! Great video as always Mr Program

[@nextProgram]

Thank you!

[@alidedeic8794]

Oh man finally a new devlog. Keep it going

[@Pixels4Games]

I love the dog. Makes me want to implement one for my own games too. You did a great job. Congratulations. - Dan

[@nextProgram]

Thanks!

[@Luukskywalker]

I'm so glad you got a sponser! I "joined" your channel "long" ago! Hopefully you will use some of the idea's you asked us before. I think you will find my idea in that post aswell ;)

[@Flapjacktom]

Finally he posted

[@WattDesigns]

I would die for this dog.

[@mrfrog0913]

This is anyone when there's any dog in any game Always remember You can respawn Your dog cant

[@Skeffles]

Great to see you're still working on the game! The new pixel art is looking fantastic.

[@nextProgram]

Thanks!

[@kerzid]

he returned

[@mathijsfrank9268]

About the secrets. I think you should give some indication of where they would be because its not fun to run into any wall that find throughout the entire game. Maybe make it so they always have a 1 tree indent that observable people can figure out.

[@stinkymoe3635]

Yes

[@nextProgram]

Yep, what I’m thinking is there will be some visual indication, or someone will give you a hint that there’s a hidden path at some location

[@devlawg701]

been a while since i last saw a new video from you! glad to see you are back! "and i think i'd like to make games", mate we all do! and im wishing you success in it! hope that Keeper does well 👍

[@nextProgram]

Also if you saw the bee counter in the corner. No you didn’t 👀

[@cadergator]

Really? I cannot beelieve it!

[@skabop47]

it's great to see another dev log for keeper! the new changes look great, good luck for the future!

[@fiona9891]

you could add random 1-2 pixel variation on the position of trees, it helps make them look a lot more natural usually

[@8x8BitGames]

nice work! Gotta love German Shepards :D

[@MaximumAxiom]

lol I didn't think you would ever come back, don't disappear this time!

[@prismatica_3758]

Woooo yeah baby thats what we’ve been waiting for that whats it all about!

[@LmAnubis]

I'd suggest keeping the crafting system, it was what caught my eye originally. There are many dialogue based games with bullet hell mechanics coming out. The crafting system where you throw stuff together was super cool and uniqje

[@nextProgram]

Fair point!

[@pat2608]

Tiny tip i have for the dog animation: make the sitting animation "slower". Like for example the standing animation could be 0.3 seconds per frame but you could make the sitting animation 0.5. This would make it look like the dog is resting more and breathing slower when it sits down and it would look more lively. I dont know if you think its a good idea but i just wanted to tell that.

[@Moe_alaboudi]

Oh man finally ur back i missed u

[@legalion5246]

The living weapons reminds me more of Super Paper Mario… which is another Paper Mario game 😂

[@zymosan99]

here's a good idea for extra income: you could set up a patreon or something similar and release demos or other special insider material there. that's what Tour De Pizaa did for Pizza Tower, I think.

[@nextProgram]

Yeah I used to have a Patreon but I put it on hiatus because I get burnt out easily and sometimes need to take a few months off. If I’m able to be more consistent in the future I’ll consider starting it up again!

[@GamerMickey87]

Yaaaay bring us the tutorial videos pleaaaasseee

[@nooberiazi]

look who's back

[@ludozburg]

Nice video! i really like how the game is going.

[@nextProgram]

Thank you!

[@teddieo7647]

Nice!!

[@nextProgram]

Thank you!

[@aleksp8768]

HE'S ALIVE

[@hoaxOT]

I am in college Year 1 of Level 3 Games Design. Cannot wait to get started to creating games soon. I'm wanting to be a level designer but I also see coding pretty cool but I don't think I would like to turn it into a career. That is too much pain and effort for me lmao. I tried python and when something went wrong in the code it took me like an hour of ripping my hair out to finally figure out what was wrong . Definitely going to take some inspiration from your game and some others as this is really cool and I love the art concept. I'm doing a side-scrolling game at the moment for my course so this fits in to my category pretty well.

[@nextProgram]

Keep it up!

[@bob-pn2jh]

Been very fun watching the progress of the game. Has the procedural generation aspect been scraped?

[@paulblart7378]

I think it has been for a while now.

[@nextProgram]

Yeah decided to go for mostly handmade world

[@freshfishing3593]

Bro I love your video me myself my trying to become a game creator but I’ve been having doubts you rasied them TY so much man…

[@nextProgram]

Keep it up!

[@flygon3804]

Are you thinking about making any kind of armor for the game? I think it would be cool to see the differences it would have with damage taken and all that, maybe different tiers of it too. Maybe, copper, steel, gold, titanium, etc?

[@nextProgram]

I’d like to do something like they do in Zelda games, where you can get different color tunics that give you different abilities (eg surviving hot areas)

[@DannyDeer]

Welcome back!

[@nextProgram]

Thanks!

[@Q27Forever]

finally a new video and what is your game called and is it on steam?

[@nextProgram]

Yes! It's called Keeper, link to the steam page is in the description

[@nowthern]

cool

[@mthw]

I would recommend pursuing a job after you graduate. Yes, you want to do game development full time, but the security offered by employment will allow you the stability to do gamedev in your spare time, get the game finished a little slower, and then see how it sells before deciding what's next. If it doesn't sell (and games sales are a crapshoot regardless of quality) having that job will allow you to try again with the next game. Good luck, whatever you decide to do.

[@PorkSKing]

Looking great, don't get future creeped though

[@nextProgram]

Will try!

[@JuhoSprite]

Damn, didn't think a comeback is happening

[@BigManBilliam]

I love the way the game looks but I notice it kinda looks like a gmod sandbox map. It is hard to tell where you are at any point so I think unique textures, foliage and what not at different POIs would help players to distinguish locations better

[@nextProgram]

Yep will definitely be doing that in the future. Mostly been working on getting a prototype out so far

[@thegoodchannel7825]

welcme back, what do you think about godot? Does it have any advantages compared to Unity? For example, it annoys me when I change one letter in the code, and Unity processes it for 30 seconds)

[@nextProgram]

Not personally a huge fan of Godot, but it’s whatever is best for your workflow

[@lineaway8]

best introduction to the sponsor 2024

[@D4vvv]

Can you make a tutorial about the interaction with UI? Like when you hold a key and a tab or dialogue starts

[@RosesWaffleHouseorder]

A corgi would be cool 👍

[@nextProgram]

True!

[@DefecTec]

Been a minute, game looks good, couple more dev vlogs and then release?

[@nextProgram]

Hopefully!

[@modley_the_m_guy]

bro came back from the dead :skull

[@menaced.]

if you use a pentatonic scale so all the notes will work together without any notes that dont work well

[@alvhawk4461]

Hes back w

[@f2bc882]

5:55 duolingo owl

[@bronzebeardgamedev]

Holler if u ever need additional help with art! Sometimes willing to trade art for knowledge! 😁

[@SuperT]

Bro came back

[@GuestNoname]

Yeah 😎 he did

[@asivcowastaken2096]

What software and language do u use to code?

[@nextProgram]

In this video, Unity and C#

[@RGBA]

I think that the name nextLearning would be shorter to remember and better than nextProgram Learning, but that could just be me i guess.

[@Tbjbu2]

hi nice devlog in the description the store page description link is not clickable and in your dev page your game doesn't show up

[@nextProgram]

Thanks, I fixed the link. On the Developer page you need to go to the upcoming releases tab

[@Tbjbu2]

@@nextProgram right, but u can add the game as featured so u don't have to change tab to see it

[@doce3609]

it woule be cool if the dog also flipped around like the player

[@zoey101dogwablog]

LETS FUCKING GOOOOO

[@chevaldeverre6731]

Hey, nice update ! If you're looking to add music to your game but are tight on budget, i may help you : I'm an amateur composer very willing to work on video-games (and maybe become semi-pro one day), but with few experience, except for a game-jam (i worked with a few singers and rappers as a beatmaker, and make music for my own pleasure since 8 years, but this is ofc different). Since i'm less experienced than a pro, I'm totally willing to get paid under usual rates (i could also make a simple "demo track" for you for free, in order to see if we match well). Do you want me to said an email so we can discuss this, or do you prefer to think about hiring someone later in development (or work with someone else) ? I'm not saying this because I think I'm the best or anything, but my aesthetic of choice in sound design and composition would work well with your game in my opinion (if that wasn't the case i wouldn't comment this)

[@vorlon478]

I missed you

[@ChristopherCricketWallace]

Can you pet the dog? People will ask.... a lot.

[@perezident14]

I would also love to give it a cookie for good sit.

[@lucasirondesouzacamargo1540]

0:15 if someone is confused, +'a' converts to NaN

[@NoahTheRobinson]

Game look cool, but what's the actual like game loop and goal?

[@nextProgram]

It’s a story based game similar to Paper Mario TTYD. So explore -> do quests -> fight enemies. The end goal of the game is to relight all the bonfires since you’re the keeper of the fire

[@dynaheart]

Do ya still need a composer

[@Te3time]

Puppy!!

[@treneranon3140]

if you sell keeper between 5 adn 10 dolars i will buy it for sure

[@DarkChaosMC]

HOLY SHIT

[@bleopminecraft]

DUDE YOUR NOT DEAD

[@nextProgram]

Thankfully

[@erikaordog8288]

🐕 🐕 🐕

[@nextProgram]

🐶

[@naturep1x3ls]

If you think that javascript is weird, then C++ is very weird.

[@nixielee]

Yeah never used crafting in Elden Ring and it was a terrible idea. Skip it. Edit: Very soon you won't need to commission anyone, AI will draw and compose anything you need.

[@yaaannn8126]

50k......... of THIS ??? xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[@shirotonbo6315]

I dunno man, i think you wasted your money buying these sprites. Every indie dev should be able to AT LEAST draw this level of basic pixel art sprites. Shouldve bought some coffee and Aesprite.

[@brandonjacksoon]

I subscribed... Just in case if you still alive.

[@legoman300]

Idk how you can just ask for money, and not have any idea where or what direction your going.

[@nextProgram]

I never asked for money lmao and I know exactly where I’m going with the project

[@saibadam]

Bro dont spend more than 1 year do whatever you have to do reduce content little bit in quality even but release in 1 year

[@nextProgram]

Hello, I didn’t say I was releasing in a year

[@LoggyDev]

Bruh brilliant sucks, you could learn better on KZbin for free.

[@GuestNoname]

💰 money

[@nextProgram]

Just another option if you’ve got some money to spare. Some people don’t learn as well from watching videos

[@LoggyDev]

@@nextProgram I get you

[@nooberiazi]

look who's back