Making Lots of Levels for my Indie Game

[@waglocko8282]

For the Viking level I think having some sort of animal hide on the floor would add a really nice touch. Also maybe adding Viking shields could be cool

[@OliverSalasLeon]

Maybe some viking helmets for the crowd too

[@ehdanieh]

maybe empty beer jars as if it was a pub fight

[@jeremygutierrez532]

Yeah! And I'd use a cobblestone texture for the ground to change from very brownish color of the level

[@DickTator6969]

Exactly what I thought , I think a bear or a wolf would be perfect!

[@porc1429]

It would also be cool if he adds a Berserker maybe as a second phase for the Viking

[@gabrieltaveira]

The infinite level (without limitations) could be a fun "face yourself" where you fight with a copy of your character and improve upon yourself as the last boss. Also, for the tropical level, it could be a Maui boss of some kind like Moana.

[@danielteixeira1400]

Is it a reference from Swords and Sandals II?

[@globalro-kickballassociati1041]

Or maybe, keep it simple, the boss should be a surfer since the game is arcady.

[@TeaSpomm]

maybe your clone could wear a black robe and then reveal its them in the intro cutscene

[@robby5456]

it could be like the hawaiian road hog skin too that would be dope

[@scrapsthepirate]

florida man for the beach level

[@Lucas-gg9yb]

About the monk level: there's no monk temple without waterfalls, this level feels kinda empty. About the viking level: make it dark, using that material for fog, but using a dark color, make the ilumination looks like it's really being iluminated with only fireblight, would be cool to put some viking horns on the crowd too

[@autumnuniverse1940]

I think you can give the audience some props Like similar to what the bosses wear Since you’re fighting in the bosses “base” For example some might wear the Viking helmets or something

[@squiggledude1659]

For the beach level, you could make a surfer boss that wears swim trunks and sunglasses.

[@olbusto]

sunscreen projectile, and lubing himself up to make himself extra slippery (take less damage for a time period)!

[@dred_dreamr]

Classic red Hawaiian shirt too

[@epicjeong]

And rides a f*ckin surfboard towards you

[@Slaymisi]

I thought of the same thing :)

[@jblock9675]

use sculpt mode in blender to fix the issues with holes. that's what I always do, just a very soft brush slightly moving the vertices forward until there isn't a hole

[@Morraak]

You could also move the vertices in edit mode with proportional editing on.

[@LittleBigLucas51]

The best way tho would be to weight paint everything to fit most movements. But your solution is a quick one and definitely worth using when doing something fast :3 Unless the resting pose model has holes to begin with I guess xD

[@jblock9675]

@@Morraak sculpt mode is usually easier for that

[@fracturedfantasy]

I like proportional editing to solve this problem as well. If it helps, the technique is used extensively in this vid: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKXTlGelg9-GjsU

[@Morraak]

@@jblock9675 good to know, I'm still very much an amateur in blender lol.

[@AlanDarkworld]

You've unironically perfected the art of "working within limitations" and "doing more with less". The levels look nice and I love the moving bobbles as well as the instructor. Some ideas: in WWE it's common for fans to bring some signs with funny slogans or images on them. Maybe the bobbles can do that too? If you struggle with clothing next time in Blender, there's a sculpt brush that's called "inflate". Very useful to "push" clothing away from the base mesh in any given location. This can prevent intersections between the clothing and the model underneath.

[@Pontypants]

That's a fun idea! I will give that a shot. And thanks for the blender tip! I'll see if that does the trick

[@DisorientedDeveloper]

@pontypants a guy in a crab costume for the beach level

[@txrbeast4431]

@@Pontypants for the endless level, you can make a guy made fully black, no other color, and he will have ability’s such as teleporting behind the player after a short animation and another ability could be to pull the player to him

[@nickizanewb8433]

@@Pontypants Idea: Randomized signs that can have a lot more combinations and colors than normal signs

[@Naniblocks]

@@DisorientedDeveloper crab boxing real!?

[@TigerClaw1551]

You should make finishers for the bosses so it can be satisfiying when you finally beat a hard boss

[@youtuberkoi-ko4360]

Give the blobs different types of hats like a cowboy hat, party hat and a the little drinking hat thing I also think they should have little signs says stuff like GO! Or YOU CAN DO IT! And a thumbs up sign thing. : ) Edit: I hope you use this.

[@nitsuj6555]

Great idea!

[@localdude2979]

@@nitsuj6555 yeah thats an aazing idea

[@realmalphaofficial5966]

I hope he doesn’t use it :)

[@toophoot2757]

@@realmalphaofficial5966 y

[@ThePenguinMan]

And then there’s another side of the arena that says, YOU SUCK (insert username) and GO (INSERT USERNAME) and stuff like that.

[@Skelly-yl3js]

For the beach levels I feel like having the ropes be replaced with volleyball nets would be cool

[@dr.funnybones]

the infinity level makes me think of some kind of boss that teleports around when you can't see it and comes out of the shadows to strike, and then the player has to react in time in order to hit them or block the attack

[@garrysmellfinger7054]

Some sort of Ninja boss would work perfect with this idea

[@Pontypants]

Hehe I was also thinking some teleport boss :) Must be fate!

[@robat3]

Could be the final boss the main championship and give him like tons of belts or something😊

[@lowprice1375]

He should probably make it a loading screen

[@mix-ub5or]

I love it

[@twentytwo8208]

For the Viking level you could add those Viking shields as well as maybe hanging a couple lanterns, Viking helmets and stuff to the poles. Great video btw.

[@twentytwo8208]

Also a surfer boxer could be cool for the beach level

[@goncalogracioso]

The infinity map could be used to an "endless mode", where appears all the enemy's that you defeated, one at the time (maybe a mode to unlock when you finish the campaign)

[@ibingeyt6077]

The backgrounds truly brought the game alive. Maybe in practice mode, the grid-like background could remain.

[@brunoj3444]

I think I'm a little bit late, but: -First, I like how the game is getting better and better! -I love how do you use and show us Milanote ! It is kinda cool when we see people actualy using the stuff their promote. I wanna use this software right now! -The beach level, I think would be cool if it is related to Thailand in a way. In your references there is a photo of some Muay Thay fighters, so I think it fits in the game. Or, if you add some Marimbas in the background, this will totally move us to the Caribbean ! Peace!

[@bruhmoment6720]

WOOO YEAH BABY THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT

[@Ryuu28_voidgames]

WOOOOOO

[@me-ld2gq]

WOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@gigabit6226]

YEAH BABY

[@3lli6tt]

WOOOOOO

[@sohaib_t]

YEAH BABY Keep this going stop resetting it lol

[@SmolDoggo]

I have an idea for a bonus level. It's called "These Hands" you have to avoid or block the two big hands and you if you win you get a cookie or something

[@trzrekzii9361]

Reminds me of a very popular nintendo franchise, hummmmmmmmmmmmmm

[@b33tler]

You actually make it look so simple... awesome work as usual!

[@ClipGod0]

You should make the beach level against a beach bodybuilder

[@raccoonlegs3838]

For the beach level, I think a Hawaiian or pacific islander guy (think of Maui from Moana) would be pretty cool!

[@creepergames181]

Wow the game advanced so much 😃 seeing the coach, I had like s cool idea. idk how cool it is, but maybe after you beat all the levels or something like that, you could challenge the Veteran. Like as a secret boss, obviously he would have to pretty tough. you know, because he's a veteran 😂

[@weeklydropofbleach4271]

That would be dope

[@seppuku_6667]

I mean yeah but our old guy is barely walking with a stick so... I'm not sure he could fight

[@creepergames181]

@@seppuku_6667, we can reverse expectations. That's why it could be fun and myb funny, looking at the way he might set it up, if he decides to. Basically ye, reverse them expectations xd

[@pepe36591]

@@seppuku_6667 yoda can barely walk with stickbut his fighting skills are amazing

[@abdullaashraf9861]

Additonally, maybe you can add an easter egg, if you hit the coach during the tutorial he warns you, and after multiple warnings you get sent directly into the secret boss fight.

[@apesander]

Yayy!!! I love these vids! Maybe you can add an astronaut boss and use and rearrange the parts of the monk level, bc it already looked like outer space.

[@koimipoimi5483]

Yeah maybe a moon or something.

[@anzion1037]

@@koimipoimi5483 and there could be low gravity or smth

[@apesander]

@@anzion1037 sounds cool!

[@malextricks6852]

And some rockets as decoration maybe

[@tunnelbear4724]

Great idea!

[@gav7947]

I think a good way to do the training room would to add a way to switch opponents and have multiple things to hit not just a dummy. You could also have an opening in the ring so you can leave

[@HadronCollisionYT]

It would be awesome if you included a little more of the blueprint side in the dev logs, like how you solve different problems and what exactly cause them in the first place. Nonetheless another amazing dev log!

[@kosmotion2081]

This is Amazing! Had lots of fun watching it. I would suggest changing the monk levels ring as well, something more calm and a little more simple other than red. Also you could use metal in Viking level. Other than these it seems pretty cool! Good job. Can’t wait for future devlogs.

[@UnderdogDen]

Production quality is amazing as usual, you haven't lost touch at all

[@PaulPlay]

The infinite level looks very interesting, wouild be even cooler if some random lghts ina distance would move around that are very faint.

[@ugu8963]

might be a nice place to fight against yourself in an oniric place.

[@jayjay_lee]

He could make the boss copy your movement making them a professional. He could name the boss "Copypasta" and design him like Taskmaster (Marvel), since Taskmaster can copy people's fighting style.

[@Hey-withrizz]

make the boss for the beach one a lifeguard, and for the infinite one just make it a man in a cloak so you don’t know who he is or what he looks like. it makes the level more mysterious.

[@deo7eufdeo7euf93]

For the beach level, you could make the boss a surfer dude, with long sandy kinda hair and surf shorts, even adding a surfboard rack in the background could be an “easy” touch to make it feel more situational and make sense. He could have an extra move, like the monk levitates and Viking dashes, he could summon a surfboard temporarily and surf his way over to you in a straight line, and if you get hit you get flipped upside down for a second or two, maybe with stars over you head or something, and another really cool feature could be waves. Hear me out on this: every 20-30 seconds or so (maybe a random amount between that) a large wave sweeps across the arena, pushing you back, unless you block, making you essentially stand still. This could be an added challenge to the level, having a break from full on combat the entire time, almost like a change up in the fight, one person winning but then getting crashed by a wave while the other person takes the lead, something like this could be kinda hard to make but very unique for your game. One last thing to add in the background would be a simple animated volleyball game. Just two blobs jumping to hit a ball over a net is probably similiarily difficult to animating the excited blobs in the audience, and since you aced the audience so well, I think this wouldn’t be too hard. For anyone who actually read all of this, Thankyou for making me typing all of this at 4 am worth it!

[@dextra_24703]

For the Viking hub the wooden planks do look good, maybe more of a octagonal design inside of it, could look cool and of course having the fire be more inside a fire place, but I guess you already did that after the video.

[@dextra_24703]

@MagentaStorm Studio I only thought like a decoration in the ground

[@epicbalders]

YESS FINALLY, IVE BEEN WAITING MY WHOLE LIFE FOR THIS

[@awesomeoakwood1068]

It'll be so cool if you made the game like Mike Tyson's Punch-Out

[@verysloppy5689]

Maybe in the beach level the boss there would be a guy in a shark suit. And he goes underground, and a shark fin can be visible and he tries to catch the player. Also make the beach level more sandy, so the boss going underground kinda makes sense. Add an ocean at the side of the beach map. Thats all

[@zejugames5045]

I love the idea of a shark suit... and also the idea that he can "swim" under the ring! Very clever...

[@hydragamedev6920]

For the monk level add a few plants and trees, also make the ring look like a Tibetan temple or something Edit: TURN THE SPECTATORS INTO LAMAS!

[@FirstLast-hd4oe]

Oooh and give them hats tooo!

[@dreamymcstreamy]

For the beach level, you could make a boss that resembles a wind streamer. The wind streamer would flow with the boxing physics and look thematically pleasing in a slightly breezy tropical setting.

[@neverman5083]

OK listen, awesome work so far!!! I think you must work a little bit more on the arenas like you could add some viking swords or shields or helmets on the walls or on the rings corners. On the sumo one you should put some Chinese-Japanese stuff in there like lanterns or something. The monk one really feels empty so I think you should add some water steams running from the rocks if you can or some other vegetation other than rocks. Oh and you could add some little monk houses in the cliffs with spectators. And finally you should definetly add variety on the rings based on the level. Love to see what comes next!!!!

[@crazyz9773]

Agreed

[@neverman5083]

@@crazyz9773 agreed with your agreedment bud

[@vinsplayer2634]

The beach level could have some sort of crab boss, which could have a move similar to the bear hug except it grabs you for just a moment and deals a lot of damage. And for the infinity level, I can only come up with either some sort of agent with a gun or illuminati.

[@nelsongalactico]

hey! Third person VR SUPORT PLS!

[@Bisho_edits]

This is SOOOO COOOOL seeing how much you have improved from the beginning is really inspiring. Your ideas are super creative, the levels, character design and their attacks, the glasses animation, also the attention to details (the sand particles for example) is outstanding. Pls don't give up ponty, you inspire us

[@Yurko_gt]

Maybe for the infinite level it should be the seasoned veteran in his glory days. And in the beach level, you should go against a beach volleyball player; and one of their attacks is where they throw a ball in the air and spike it at you. Just my idea, anyways do as you wish with this information. BTW nice videos I love seeing your progression it gives me more motivation to code!

[@cinnamonthecat8655]

This actually looks amazing you deserve 3 million subs + I also think on the sumo level you should make the boxing arena on the floor and the outer area more like a pyramid or temple area as it looks ancient and awesome Then The training level should maybe just have fences for the rim and you are not raised up for the boxing ring Finally the beach level could be a tropical character with a Haywain look with a palm skirt and coconuts for a covering with a flower in their hair, sorry for the long comment but I think this could really help some empty spaces in the game but it is GREAT Also on the viking level maybe add food tables in the background shields or banners to have a more viking effect

[@arnautandrei5786]

On the beach level you could: 1. Make the hole ground have sand textures 2. Add the sea nearby 3. Add ambient noises

[@carsonarnoldussen7239]

crab man

[@SoundStalk]

I know this is a lot but If you could have the beach level be a challenge where you every 10 matches you win locally you fight some beach themed boss there and if you win, you unlock his cosmetics and the stage that would be really cool in my opinion.

[@Annoyingly_Tyler]

A Angry tourist. He got water spilt on him so he challenged you to a fight. Can yell at you, which pushes you back, and can trip you, causing you to fall. (Maybe even hit you with a beach chair?!)

[@amikghosh5907]

I literally missed you so much Ponty! I kept checking if you were streaming on Twitch! So great to see you back! Hope you and miss Viv are doing great and ziggy too! ❤️

[@Pontypants]

Sorry for the Twitch absence, I'm trying to get as much gamedev done as possible while juggling some other stuff. I'll get back to streaming soon!

[@NowKnownMAWO]

15:40 The boss in the infinity level could look similar to the Fighting Wire Frames from Super Smash Bros. add an glitch-effect when the boss takes damage and dissolve-effect when killed. (OnKill: Freeze-Animation + delayed dissolve-effect after 2 seconds)

[@CrabLegsWinston]

I think for the beach level it could be interesting to fight a Samoan who fights with hula dancing like moves

[@GameZedd01]

Shouldn't the Monk have an Asian style ring? You could also ad an Asian temple in the background and maybe some other Monks or a Sensei?

[@lonelyandstonely]

Boss idea Diego Wayne “The Stone” (John’s Son) However he just uses his first names initial; giving us: D. Wayne “The Stone” John’s Son

[@FabiulousGames]

Cool video! I love how you’re able to come up with such ingenious workaround to make the level the way you want to, without spending an insane amount of time on it

[@rishisureshyt]

For the mystery level, maybe an all-blacked-out boss in a suit (kinda like Agent Smith from the Matrix) would be cool, and another level idea would be a pool level where the player could kinda swim around and fight. Overall though, I think this is going to be a great game! Can't wait to play it!

[@g43s]

12:17 i love this!! its so original and fits well with the faceless characters.

[@Thomas-T79]

For the beach level just give your guy some beach texture on his pants and maybe a cooler/beachball gloves as a weapon and give him some sandals. :) Maybe some kind of crab or squid on his head. And his special attack could be squirting sun screen on the ground where you can slip or something. Or he throws a beach ball at you, also pretty funny. Just some simple ideas! good luck :D

[@phantomcomics176]

Boss idea: Hippie boss. When you start the level he flys in with hair like a helicopter. And he uses his hair as arms to fight with. The level would be 60s oriented. With protesters sourounding the ring. When you get knocked out his vw bus falls on you

[@pranavraja9045]

Amazing video!

[@Galaxy-Animates]

Your first!!!

[@MetaCzech]

The new levels look awesome!!

[@rui8381]

Okay my man, the game you're making looks like a lot of fun! I'll give you some ideas I'd like to see in the game. 1 - I think it would be cool if you put some viking hats on the bloobs, like one or two different hats and some hatless bloobs. 2 - At the beach level, I think it would be cool for the boss to be a surfer, and obviously, sand on the ground, and you put the sea in the background in a way that the player can see and some bloobs playing with a ball in the water. 3- At some level the theme may be Egyptian, where the chief is the pharaoh. 4 - And, I know you talked about this, but please make an online multiplayer mode. 5- When there is an online multiplayer mode I think it would not be necessary to make exclusive maps for multiplayer, that is, use the maps of the levels. Okay, now some questions: Will the game be free to play? I really wanted to play this game. So I really like what you're doing, please keep at your own pace because I know it's hard :)

[@Juffy]

Imagine if in the tutorial if you hit the the coach he says something like "stop that!" Or "cut that out kid! " and if you continue he insta kills the player saying "I wanted to warn you kid." (Edit: and as an achievement you get a dunce cone hat)

[@petermeter]

wow I just watched a video of the game "We who are about to die" and I it's actually really really similar to punch a bunch, maybe you can get some inspiration from there

[@abdullahjavedkhan6397]

if you want more cool levels I have some ideas like, against Mike Tyson Muhammed Ali or any other boxing legend or you can also add you in the game like a similar character to you, and the ring/stage is your room :)

[@twangerrrrrr]

A boss idea for the palm trees beach level is a smug surfer who thinks that they are the best. Maybe even have no rope and water surrounding the arena which is potentially on an island

[@TheUncutAngel]

Game dev in 2022 be like, "I'm making a game from scratch..... So anyways, I downloaded my background."

[@Blackboymatt]

I think a really good level design idea would a underground cage type level or it could be a endless mode where fighters just keep coming into the ring and the boss should be a gangster Street fighter giving you currency which is another big idea for the game allowing you to be able to buy fighters maps and more and a career mode earning you money would be great to and maybe u can add iconic monsters you people/things in history or mythology!!

[@dfgsydfshsfh6446]

for the beach you can make a black enemy and add some brazilian flags, maybe the boss can use some jiujitsu or capoeira moves and some brazilian background music

[@weberview294]

Ummmmm... I think so that you should should be creating a gost boss for the mysterious level.😅

[@SemHuijgen]

maybe for the beach a very fit surf dude would be fun. He could in theory have a surf plank as weapon, to make him special.

[@creul_satxn9676]

Maybe for the Beach level you could fight a life guard. Maybe he can use a whistle to call in some kind of beach ball that he serves which you have to hit back. If you fail to hit it back you take damage but if you volley it enough times it hits him an he gets stuned creating an opening.

[@SevenRedSunsOfficial]

I am officially the 333,333rd view. interesting.

[@AbuHagag1]

For the beach one maybe make the boss a shark like boss and the audience have like floaties around them and umberellas or smth

[@alixbx9814]

I well play it when it's released it looks amazing!!. Keep up the good work 👍

[@Czarchasm121]

Fight a cyborg with tricks (extend arm, spring feet etc) in a neon/tech level

[@fadelalabbass6563]

i think if you make each boss level different than the other in a noticeable way could be awesome , like the first boss has these crowds , the sumo shouldn't have the same but a place fit the sumo's vibes same as you did for the monk one , that's my opinion tho

[@interlock2.076]

oh man I had the same idea for crowd just 2d also please note I am not copying anyones style at all.

[@mr_indie_fan]

Use the infinity level as a place for a secret boss and also maybe a surfer boxer for the beach level

[@greenflurry9506]

For the beach level I think it would be cool if you fight a buff pirate and you can kinda change the map so it can look like you on a small island with a boxing ring hope that helps :)

[@thabenzAMG]

i have an idea for you in the vikinng stage with the wodden planks made some of them tobe able tocrack and the caracter get stuck on them for some time it would be fun

[@tejasagarkar2478]

When you don't know how to fix your game, fix your story 😂😂😂11:48

[@AlsoThere]

Make an audience member jump from the ring and turn the fight into 2 on 1 as a special fight

[@pufferfishentertainment3]

For the beach one you should make a boss in a hiwian shirt this a beads necklace called relaxed pance or relaxed guy wich could be the first boss in intermediate league cause his whole thing is that he is chill and cinda easy

[@pychogamingff3572]

You should make a storyline for the bosses so it makes sense why is a Viking boxing and a sumo etc.

[@gillerplayz5529]

i think a pirate level could be really cool and there could be a sorta wave/horde mode where your fighting 1 for the first round then 2 for the second round (on and on like that) for the pirate thing it should be on a pirate boat and the kraken could rarely appear

[@onjk]

the sand texture is too realistic in the sumo level and it doesn t match de wacky characters

[@cacacaio230]

i think the boxers shouldnt be yellow, i'd like some real skin colors. the yellow feels off

[@blazekyn2750]

for the beach level, a Caribbean themed boss, with dreads and he exhales smoke before his special move

[@Vicvama]

I think you should take a look into different fonts and typefaces for the game. The one you are using right now seems to "default" and makes the game look a bit cheapier comparing it to the quality of the rest of the project

[@dare2play752]

Do a frat boy for the beach and he drinks a can of beer to heal and u have to hit the can out of his hand to stop him from healing but it makes him angry

[@raincastmusic]

I feel like it would be funny if in the tutorial the old coach guy said something like “alright, lets test what you’ve learned. Show me what you got…” and then you go into a practice fight against the coach but as soon as you land your first hit he screams in pain and he just brings in a practice dummy I thought that would be pretty funny but you really dont have to put it in😂

[@themostbruh]

Do emote’s next and Maybe a team mode where you got joint 🆙 by friends

[@Xm4GamingPickle]

For the viking level I was thinking you should have a bear skin rug in the middle of the ring and when you walk on it the fur moves but idk how hard that would be and you could put Viking helmets on the blobs in the crowd but idk how hard it would be to track the helmets on the blobs as they move so that stuff would be cool but don't do it if it's to hard 😁👍 hope I could help with ideas

[@Low5ive]

You should add crowd reaction cheers to solid punch connections, a la Rocket League. The constant flesh on flesh is, uhh...

[@mrCetus]

The infinite level looks very interesting, wouild be even cooler if some random lghts ina distance would move around that are very faint.

[@kaustabhbarua6518]

Here is a cool idea for the beach level Add a Lifeguard boss Yeah thats it Love ur vids

[@skyzonestudios8923]

Great job, you solved the problem in a very easy and creative way lol

[@Kartofeuleu]

Do a french guys with a bread like a sword

[@jax3845]

make it so that different series have different default rings

[@onecentforall5812]

Make it so that if you defeat a enemy certain amount t of times you get that character and their power

[@armagedon88888]

You should do a Crab boss for the beach level.😉

[@wob3786]

A bear pelt would go great in the middle of the viking ring

[@akina_agz]

I got an idea for the beach level as boss add a buff shark with a big chain

[@hydragamedev6920]

For the viking level add a wooden dragon head on top of the wooden posts