Making a Metroidvania | Echoes Devlog 1

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bumbleborn

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@nathanielcook9424 11 ай бұрын

“The journey of a thousand donkeys begins with a single swamp.” -Shrek

@deepcosmicspacewizard 11 ай бұрын

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step." - Lao Tzu

@Anerisian 11 ай бұрын

Did you know that the famous philosopher Lao-Tzi never once said “Thanks” in his entire life! And he had an excellent reason, because he didn’t speak english.

@wkdplay 11 ай бұрын

Your game looks absolutely brilliant and I look forward to buying it. Please make sure the dialogue text is bold and clear. A lot of games have impossible to read tiny text. Due to the Playdate screen being so small, tiny or thin text is a visual limitation. Thanks for your dev diary. It’s highly detailed and very inspiring.

@bumbleborn 11 ай бұрын

That's so nice of you to say! I will definitely try, it's a little on the small side, but I'm gonna do a pass where I rework the font as needed and I'll probably add an option for larger text if I can get around to it! Thanks for watching :D

@vellendev 11 ай бұрын

Well edited video! I see you have taken inspiration from GMTK with the intro and pacing :) Well done!

@bumbleborn 11 ай бұрын

Thanks, I appreciate it! Yeah, quite a lot haha, I did a big shoutout in the first vid but I'm also putting the developing series at the top of the references in the description for all of these vlogs cause it's so good and I lean on it a lot, first time trying this so it helps to follow a fairly established style for a bit :D

@calicow 11 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed your breakdown of locks and keys. They're such an important part of game design. So many systems use the lock and key dichotomy that's just been cleverly disguised. This is a novel way of approaching a bite-sized metroidvania and it seems like you picked the perfect console. I winced a bit upon seeing you were trying to make a small metroidvania in a short amount of time. Those never seem to pan out, and when they go up on Steam, players complain about the game being too short or lacking depth. I think you've found a great solution to scope and to finding a dedicated audience that will better understand your limitations.

@bumbleborn 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for such a thoughtful comment! I didn't know if anyone would like it since it's my first time trying to be convey my design thoughts like this, so this was really nice to read! Yeah, I get what you mean, when players approach metroidvanias they do expect a lot out of it, I know I do as a player. So a 2 - 3 hour game would make a lot of people upset, hopefully if I do port it to steam later on I can either add more or I'll have enough awareness about the game that it doesn't surprise anyone that it's small.

@lenwohl 11 ай бұрын

Looks fun, instant buy from me! I'm excited for future updates.

@bumbleborn 11 ай бұрын

Ahh wow, that's such a compliment, thank you!

@h0llytr0n 11 ай бұрын

Yeah this is a whopping massive intro, nice work! i very much enjoyed the editing and pacing between discussing features, and showing off how they turned out when implemented! Made me appreciate them more :> looking forward to more small technical / design peeks behind the curtain~

@bumbleborn 11 ай бұрын

Thanks Holly, I had no idea how the pacing would turn out but I'm glad it kinda worked, I think now this video exists I can mainly focusing on just showing development progress, yee, gonna make a video on random generation hopefully soon!

@_xtel 11 ай бұрын

I’ve always loved this art style. Progress is fantastic! I’m excited to see where this goes. 😎

@bumbleborn 11 ай бұрын

Thanks, I love 1 bit art too, it's super quick and can convey so much!

@MarcusSanatan 10 ай бұрын

Loving the format and the progress! Glad to see you're taking a measured approached and the results are encouraging!

@bumbleborn 10 ай бұрын

Thanks Marcus, that's really nice to hear! Scoping has always been an issue for me so I reckon making the project super small means that any scope creep should still be manageable.

@MarcusSanatan 10 ай бұрын

@@bumbleborn keep it up! I got a playdate as well, so I'm definitely looking forward to it

@thepoisonsmarties 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for pointing me at the Level Designer Toolkit! It looks incredible

@bumbleborn 10 ай бұрын

I'm glad you're interested in it, it's crazy good, someone's made an importer for pretty much every engine, I think I'll be using it for most projects going forward!

@IzUrBoiKK 11 ай бұрын

I really like that there's finally some KZbinr gamedev using ldtk and telling about it. It's specially the best for metroidvanias and I am also currently using it to create mine. Also another common thing between use is Aseprite 👏

@bumbleborn 11 ай бұрын

Oh for sure, Squid God did a really good job getting the word out but it would be great to see it used more and more, it's crazy that it's free! Nice, Aseprite is just as excellent!!

@valentine_typewriter 11 ай бұрын

I absolutely love devlogs, keep it up man! Inspires me to get to work on a real game (currently making a tabletop rpg)

@bumbleborn 11 ай бұрын

Thanks, I'll try my best! You should, it's tough to start but gets easier over time, also ttrpgs are real games though!!

@mz_eth 11 ай бұрын

This looks awesome, I don't have time to finish this right now, so I'm commenting so I don't forget!

@Godot-Game-Dev 11 ай бұрын

I hope you make a game for it too! It would make a pretty cool video.

@bumbleborn 11 ай бұрын

Thank you!! That means a lot!

@_4leo_ 11 ай бұрын

I'm looking forward to next episode

@joeyotter5057 11 ай бұрын

I'm super stoked for this! I'll definitely be picking it up when it's done

@bumbleborn 11 ай бұрын

Thanks so much, comments like this motivate me to try and make it as good as possible!

@Charmunk3d 11 ай бұрын

Fire video! loved the reference to squid god dev as hes the person who got me into the playdaye! will definitely be playing this when I can!

@bumbleborn 11 ай бұрын

Ahh thanks! Yee, he's awesome and I love how open he is about the development of his channel and games!

@Charmunk3d 11 ай бұрын

Yea! It's so sad he quit making videos but he announced on his discord he would be starting again soon so I have hope

@bumbleborn 11 ай бұрын

@@Charmunk3d Ahh damn, I had no idea he quit, I just assumed he was taking a long break, glad to hear that he might be back soon tho!

@growin.up.gaming 11 ай бұрын

liked and subscribed!! Can't wait to follow your journey! 💪

@littlecm5950 11 ай бұрын

Very nice work! Loved the video, very motivating!!!

@bumbleborn 11 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!!

@zvennn 10 ай бұрын

Looks awesome dude!

@bumbleborn 10 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@nickblack9891 11 ай бұрын

Looks really good

@Gigabrad737 11 ай бұрын

10/10 excellent content, more please

@bumbleborn 11 ай бұрын

HAhaha thanks!! I will get to work on a new video... in like a 3 - 4 weeks, I rest now

@Greedshot 11 ай бұрын

Nice. Good luck!

@kaarebune9802 11 ай бұрын

good luck, you deserve it

@simplyindev 11 ай бұрын

Another banger!

@bumbleborn 11 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@danzalewskiiii2388 11 ай бұрын

As someone who's been flirting with game design myself, I'm on board.

@dactrtr 11 ай бұрын

im using noble engine, for my game, it save me a bunch of time

@bumbleborn 11 ай бұрын

Ahh nice, the noble engine is great, I've only played with it a bit but it has so much useful stuff in it, I opted to carry on as I already set up a scene manager and save stuff, but if I make another small game I might try it out again!

@eunit08 11 ай бұрын

This Playdate system, is there like a physical feedback to when you crank it? Like a tick or like something you can hold at a certain position like a 3 o' clock position?

@bumbleborn 11 ай бұрын

There's not exactly feedback but it is smooth to spin it whilst remaining fixed when you let go and it's very easy to map it to in game mechanics.

@eunit08 11 ай бұрын

@@bumbleborn ah so it isnt loose. Thats an interesting device.