Making a NEW Level, Enemy, and BRUTAL Combat Mechanics for my Indie Game from Concept Art - Devlog 8

In this #devlog 8, I show my process of taking an idea for a level and bringing it to life in full detail. This goes from the concept art stage (quick sketches) to the fully fleshed out platforming level being completely playable.
I also created a new enemy named Carter who is a kind of low level threat in the game. He's meant to be a fun monster to defeat.
I use Unity, Playmaker, and Blender 3D to make my indie game, called Toby's Topsy Tale which was funded on Kickstarter. It is a psychological horror 3D platformer with Lovecraftian elements (which means inspired in part by the works of H.P. Lovecraft). These dev logs are meant to serve as a way for me to track progression as I work towards my dream of being a solo indie game dev. Game design is hard but it's easier with such a great community!
Speaking of which, make sure you LIKE and SUBSCRIBE!
Here's the link to my Discord if you're interested!
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[@Slime_Studios]

Instead of having the entrance to the freezer world just be on the plate, you could edit a cinnamon roll to have a hole in the middle that takes you to the freezer world

[@3gnomesgames909]

That's a good idea

[@SuperDutchrutter]

This transition level looks like a fun-to-play platforming tutorial. Great dev log keep it up

[@3gnomesgames909]

Thank you!

[@jaidenkulawiec49]

This level looks amazing but I am only now realizing how repetitive some stuff can get in this game (especially the coins). I recommend to make it a little bit less repetitive you can maybe record 3 sound effects for the coin and one plays at random every time you pick one

[@3gnomesgames909]

That's a good idea

[@Syviery]

@@3gnomesgames909 You can also use code to alter the pitch of a sound effect with a random offset or similar effects each time it is played. Although, I'm not sure how this works in the D&D coding you are using. Better yet, why not both? Depends on how different you want the effects to sound each time they play.

[@3gnomesgames909]

I definitely need to set something like that up. Both would probably be good honestly

[@residentreptile]

im so sad i wasnt able to make it to the latest streams but im still so excited seeing the progress! i dont want to repeat myself but i dont know any synonyms for excitement and im too lazy to look rn but IM SO SO EXCITED FOR THIS GAME OMG

[@3gnomesgames909]

Thanks! I've always really appreciated your enthusiasm for this project!

[@zayniacgames]

I was going to recommend having milk as his blood since he is full of it but that won't look right if you catch my drift haha.

[@juantoledo5248]

That's not that bad an idea.

[@luneye1684]

Woooo yea baby that's what I've been waiting for, that's what I'm talking about

[@3gnomesgames909]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it!

[@rookrac7068]

ur devlogs keep getting better

[@3gnomesgames909]

Thank you so much!!!

[@minilabyrinth]

People probbaly overlook it but you have really nice and engaging editing on your videos

[@3gnomesgames909]

Thank you so much! I've been trying to get better about that, so thank you!

[@DaleCooper222]

This game looks so pretty and fun!

[@3gnomesgames909]

Thanks!

[@gluhbuh]

3:06 the yippe art was mine

[@0memega]

Considering the enemies are made out of food, I think it would be cool if they broke into pieces upon death. It would look brutal and match the tone of the game your going for.

[@3gnomesgames909]

That's a cool idea

[@YTcustomchris]

Great Devlog!! I very much enjoyed the humor in it and carter was great. Keep it up! 💯

[@3gnomesgames909]

Thank you!

[@alicewithalex]

I think that you must add ragdolls to Carters. It easy to setup and will add more juice to the game :)

[@3gnomesgames909]

It's definitely something I need to look into

[@BadTunes.]

This devlog was fire👍

[@3gnomesgames909]

Thank you so much!

[@HeavenComet]

I like the 3d modelling of your logo, also for the carter death, although I do like the animation, what if you used ragdoll physics on them. I haven't myself looked into ragdoll but i have heard its hard so if you do end up doing this be in for a headache. and i love how your channel is growing its truly amazing.

[@3gnomesgames909]

Thank you so much!

[@CoG_Games]

Great job! I'm really enjoying following your development process. That transition level looks good from where it ended after the livestream 👍 Are you going to add a transition of some kind after npc's die instead of them popping out of existence?

[@3gnomesgames909]

I know I want to do something there but I'm not sure what yet

[@CoG_Games]

@@3gnomesgames909 there could be a little poof of smoke or something and then they are replaced with a tombstone (and every now and then that tombstone has that hand enemy you ready made, so it's like they're trying to get you back from beyond the grave)

[@3gnomesgames909]

I LOVE that

[@merccc1]

Too bad the cinnamon rolls that spin do not actually spin you around and stuff. Looks fun though.

[@juantoledo5248]

I just realized your game has almost the exact same moveset as that upcoming Spongebob game, and this transition level looks a lot like the Spongebob's Dream level from Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehydrated 😂 Are you a fan by any chance, or is it just a funny coincidence? You did mention Psychonauts was an inspiration, and that game is pretty similar to BfBB.

[@3gnomesgames909]

Haha I've never played or really payed any attention to the SpongeBob games (except for the old plug and play one) but that's funny! It's just a cool coincidence I guess 😂 but I love the show, so I'm not mad at the comparison

[@TheSubzeroRonnieLiminalys]

should make all boss fight?

[@3gnomesgames909]

There's definitely some boss fights coming!

[@TheSubzeroRonnieLiminalys]

@@3gnomesgames909 yes

[@fangbauble0133]

Very nice! I was just wondering how you made that little bob up and down animation for the melted marshmallow guy in the last devlog, like did you use any tutorials?

[@3gnomesgames909]

Not specifically for him, I've pretty much got the hang of it by now, but I did follow a tutorial a couple months ago I think to learn the basics of animation in Unity. The one I followed had little blue crystals that they made spin around to teach you the basics if that helps but I can't remember what the channel was called

[@jannyboi260]

wut if u made a death animation specific for the milk ocean idk what u call it xd, or whenever you die in liquid. Where the player just sinks and comes back up with its head and limbs separated?

[@codewordslinkydog]

Milk does not bleed it would be funnier if milk came out of them and when they die they stay down and milk out to death

[@aimnone]

you should have carter spray milk instead of blood when hit

[@3gnomesgames909]

That's a really good idea

[@aimnone]

@@3gnomesgames909 thanks!

[@ManuOromithDevs]

The blood should be white so it looks like milk 🤣

[@fraggerthefrickinfrog]

i like kevin

[@3gnomesgames909]

Thank you ❤️

[@Aizam3480]

I have a question. Is there any story to why Carter only has 1 arm? If not why did you make this design choice?

[@3gnomesgames909]

It does have a meaning but like a lot of things in my game, I like to leave it up to the player to interpret the meaning behind things

[@codewordslinkydog]

I got something fir you to put in your game. XOXO LAV YA

[@netcore10]

the chocolate bars feel a bit to shiny to me for some reason. Kinda like copper not chocolate.

[@3gnomesgames909]

I get that. I played around with the reflectiveness and I just thought it looked really stale when it was less shiny. So it's kind of just the best of the two I think. It's definitely not perfect

[@netcore10]

@@3gnomesgames909 maybe scratches and fingerprints might help? Depends how "New" you want it to feel?

[@AvstractIndustries]

oh that overrated skybox 😑🤣