I Added a 'Social Network' to My Indie Game - Nectar Devlog 19

[@nerdchomp]

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[@viteav208]

My fresh look: you said this game is a Sci-Fi game. But your main hero is not from sci-fi, but from ... fairy-tale. So you need to change your main hero from "alive flower pot" to .. "smart" robotic container for plants (with alive flower), something like Astrobot or Wall-E (with small spider legs) which main goal is to preserve his flower alive. This also gives him motivation to talk with other robots - they share same message-protocols

[@DarkDax]

First time seeing your game - just got to say I love the look and concept! Knowledge-based progression is brilliant and I can’t wait to see what the means for this project!

[@nerdchomp]

Knowledge based progression has quickly become one of my favorite things in games!

[@jonwatte4293]

When you said "Excel" I immediately thought you'd import the CSV files into data tables because that's already right there...

[@rick-sanchez]

As a nerd I do not like the bulging of the screen. You described it as chromatic aberration. Adding that makes sense but I think the effect you choose does more than that. It looks like it was intended for CRT monitors and not pixel matrix displays like LED/LCD. To me who puts a lot of value in these things its a little immersion breaking to have the wrong kind of artifact on a medium. I love the game but I felt compelled pointing that out :)

[@qwfp]

Can't wait to see the little cute potted plant discover robot-made horrors beyond human comprehension ☺

[@woodoowooda_yt1713]

Your monitor screen with all the effects look so dope!

[@timmygilbert4102]

Make it ghibli like sci fi to bridge the misunderstanding ❤

[@YayDragons]

Im getting Transistor vibes for backstory and history understanding, and I just wanna warn that a lot of people playing Transistor werent the same people who read pages and pages of text in games, so the story didnt come across so well to many people.

[@whoeverofhowevermany]

The environmental interactions you come up with usually look quite interesting.

[@saiyedbeckham]

This game really have depth.

[@ScribbyNerd]

Looks great! I might look into data tables for my dialogue systems now

[@philldev]

Good to see the sci-fi elements come into place! And I love the soft exposure method you're going for with the chat logs, will forever be a sucker for those types of games ahah

[@acuati25]

Hey, have you thought about using JSON? as you can use the engine json module to retrieve data from keys and it is more user friendly

[@nerdchomp]

I've heard of json but I didn't really know what it is. I'll have to look into it thanks!

[@ירדןזילברמן]

This looks cool but I think it can be really hard to read so mutch text when it's tillted like this because of the camera 😅

[@JBiton]

Yeah… maybe he should make the text bigger or bolder? Idk

[@JBiton]

Maybe also lower the blur and the scanning effect (whatever that’s called)

[@LuizMoratelli]

The friends names are based on CMYK? I love that

[@nerdchomp]

Yep! You're the first to notice

[@Hoolahups]

V1 ULTRAKILL MENTION RAHHHHHH

[@TheTylerCathey]

i NEEEEEEEEED dynamic cam tutorial it is so good

[@Domex122]

btw is will there be a reason to use the lily pads instead of just swimming, maybe giving swimming a stamina bar would incentivise to use the lily pads

[@sparklingwater925]

This is very cool but I don't see where knowledge based progression comes into this. Can explain some ideas for that?

[@nerdchomp]

Basically the nectar substance in the game has unknown properties, and throughout the game you'll learn what those properties are and how to manipulate them for your needs. All of these properties will exist from the beginning, but you'll have to discover what they are

[@jonathanstrong9764]

If youre looking for more inspiration about knowledge based games, you should play Rain World. Its like no game thats ever been made before and has a lot of things to learn from.

[@nerdchomp]

I started it, but got intimidated and overwhelmed by the world lol. I might give it another shot though

[@jonathanstrong9764]

@ its defenitly worth finishing. It can be difficult but thats the life of a slugcat ig. I have 120 hours 😬😅

[@Wyrmwould-Star]

Are the main 4 robots' names permanent, or placeholders?

[@TUKMAK]

Outer wilds is the best game ever made. Second to none and uts not even arguable.

[@mels287]

Wow this is the first time i ever gave the first like to a video! Awesome vodeo btw!

[@IThePrototype]

There is no game yet. Its just a whole set of tools and mechanisms. Time to put stuff togather into a game. Good luck

[@ravenanne1734]

I don't get you weird commenters, obviously the game isn't a fully realised game, what? Leave bro alone he's prototyping and experimenting, he owes you nothing.