Making My First Open World Game | Devlog

[@AndrzejGieraltCreative]

Thanks for watching! Please wishlist the game on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/2884700/Robin_Hood_Shadow_of_Nottingham/

[@samuraischultz]

Donity done done! Can't wait to roleplay as a medieval socialist archer lol

[@AndrzejGieraltCreative]

Thank you! But Robin Hood is 1000% NOT a socialist. Totally anachronistic and not something I support/am going for.

[@samuraischultz]

@@AndrzejGieraltCreative Yeah sorry, just kidding. I went to private Catholic school and my classmates joked sometimes about him being a socialist.

[@AndrzejGieraltCreative]

Oh ok haha! Sorry you never know on KZbin :P

[@TUKMAK]

Hey thats pretty cool man! Genuinely excited to play! And I wish you all the best on developing!

[@AndrzejGieraltCreative]

Awesome, thank you!!

[@dexterbeazley1501]

That looks really good, keep going, I'll definitely get a copy

[@Sabukaaaa]

I love the art style and the idea, I 100% find myself playing this game! I wish you all the best!

[@AndrzejGieraltCreative]

@@Sabukaaaa awesome thank you so much!

[@TheRealJackArthur]

Love following the development man. Keep at it! Excited to play.

[@AndrzejGieraltCreative]

Awesome thank you so much!

[@samuraischultz]

You've evidently put a lot of thought and effort into this, and it looks amazing right now. I've got it wishlisted as of a few months ago, and I can't wait for the release!

[@AndrzejGieraltCreative]

Thank you so much!

[@trogaf]

Great looking visuals for the various landscapes! 😮Interesting about the walking style, and those consequences for the animations! Looking forward to explore the town, dungeons, and swampy area👍

[@AndrzejGieraltCreative]

Thanks man :D :D :D

[@ryansterling7286]

Great video dude! I've always wanted to make a game and seeing others do it solo inspires me. You asked if there should be names for each house or location. I don't see why not. You're not going for hyper realism so I think having names for locations would be a good idea. Especially when you pull up a map. Maybe once the location is explored, you'll see the name and text come across the screen. I've always liked that in video games. It makes it feel like I'm progressing.

[@AndrzejGieraltCreative]

Hey thanks a ton!! I see where you're coming from but, like I said, I'm going for verisimilitude so, if draugr and goblins and stuff are waking up, that doesn't necessarily mean that now other parts of history, like taverns and stuff, should change.

[@gagelauppe9341]

THIS GAMES GOING TO BE BIG I SWARE 🎉🎉

[@AndrzejGieraltCreative]

Thanks so much!!! :) Not likely though, it's a small indie game made by just me!

[@lalle_samyek]

loving your contents I am trying game dev myself and your videos inspire me .

[@AndrzejGieraltCreative]

Thank you! Glad to hear it :D

[@the.pro.activities3855]

Great video Andrzej, you really outdid yourself in this one.

[@AndrzejGieraltCreative]

Thank you!

[@nickkalinay5653]

An ambitious project for sure, but looks promising. Best of luck!

[@AndrzejGieraltCreative]

Yup! Thank you :D

[@jinenjipeke]

just as you said about making your own dream game it could be someone else dream game too, the artstyle of your game should be of your taste just like the game itself. i think the cellshading on realistic assets looks good, of course you can adjust the colors even more to fit in a specific palette

[@AndrzejGieraltCreative]

Thank you :)

[@anicepineapple9067]

I would lock in some lighting / post processing work and turn it on during the gameplay demonstrations.

[@AndrzejGieraltCreative]

It is. Good to know I need to improve the post proc :)

[@anothercastle17]

Your “detractor” is wrong in saying that this is like every other open world game (and is also a hypocrite for saying you should take notes on other open world games, because that’d just make it more similar). Your idea for a mechanic where players wake up elsewhere when defeated is interesting (it’s what jumped out at me the most during this video, since it was a central mechanic that seems fun), so I would recommend leaning into it where possible; unique mechanics are best placed center stage, just look at the Portal games (teleporting), Minecraft (mining and crafting/building literally everything), Titanfall (the physics) or other titles. Regardless, it’d probably be wise to lean into that mechanic story wise. The respawn shouldn’t just be “great, I have to retrace my steps”, it should be “how do I escape captivity”, or “how do I deal with these wounds/scars”. Just food for thought. Good luck in the development.

[@AndrzejGieraltCreative]

Thank you! I'm glad you like the idea - I'm pretty excited about it, so, we'll see how it ends up going once I have more quests/dungeons built out and the opportunity actually arises for the player to get into those kinds of situations.

[@gagelauppe9341]

Look great

[@AndrzejGieraltCreative]

Thanks!

[@alebud1403]

This is my dream to making open world map and this i getted as reccomended

[@AndrzejGieraltCreative]

Awesome :D

[@BrandonChT]

1:22 i'd love to play a game like this; skyrims jail break mission was so fun for me

[@AndrzejGieraltCreative]

Awesome!! Skyrim's jailbreak quest was kind of a railroad I guess, but that sort of idea has a ton of potential I think.

[@claireglory]

doing it solo? you are a brave man making a open world solo. see you again in the next 10 years.

[@AndrzejGieraltCreative]

@@claireglory try 2 :)

[@TitanizeSK]

Please tell me the starting village is called "Locksley"

[@AndrzejGieraltCreative]

Haha no unfortunately it's Bingham. All very very near Nottingham.

[@TitanizeSK]

@@AndrzejGieraltCreative respect for the geographical history, Robin Hood is from Locksley so would be cool to me as a fan of the fable to see the village

[@AndrzejGieraltCreative]

@@TitanizeSK Depends on the version. The Locksley idea was a later mention but, yeah my favorite versions of Robin Hood all call him Robin of Locksley.

[@Grigs01]

I’m really interested in getting into game design but don’t know where to start. I think it’s awesome you get to create your own world and story. The game looks great so far and I’m glad you’re thinking outside the box. I was curious where you learned how to do all this? God bless

[@AndrzejGieraltCreative]

Check my channel I have videos on it :)

[@Grigs01]

@@AndrzejGieraltCreative definitely will!, I’m signing up for your game dev starter guide

[@AndrzejGieraltCreative]

@@Grigs01 Awesome!! Let me know how your journey goes, I hope it helps.

[@housedev21]

would you look at that,a morrowind/fnv open world game is my dream game too😅i am so excited to see where you go with this project,good luck

[@AndrzejGieraltCreative]

Haha I was right! xD Thank you, hopefully the project will proceed somewhat smoothly.

[@GoodnightEverybody]

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[@AndrzejGieraltCreative]

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[@Winter_is_underrated...]

How old were you when you started learning programming and game development?

[@AndrzejGieraltCreative]

Twelve or thirteen.

[@Winter_is_underrated...]

@AndrzejGieraltCreative last question, if u don't mind, can you still make it as a 17 y old

[@AndrzejGieraltCreative]

​@@Winter_is_underrated... Make what? I don't see why any age would be a problem as long you go with making small games first, this isn't Jedi school haha xD

[@Winter_is_underrated...]

@@AndrzejGieraltCreative ok lol ( good reference )

[@josephbrandenburg4373]

hey Andrzej -- why not use OpenMW as your engine?

[@AndrzejGieraltCreative]

👌

[@shacogaming1976]

the lighting looks very unfinished, hope you'll fix it eventually

[@AndrzejGieraltCreative]

@shacogaming1976 it's just cel shaded, it's done.

[@gabrielribeiro5192]

Another indie game that will never be finished lol, dude take my advice, make simpler games, Skyrim had a team not a single person team

[@AndrzejGieraltCreative]

@gabrielribeiro5192 Watch my other videos where I make the exact argument you are making :) don't worry, I know what I'm doing.

[@gabrielribeiro5192]

@@AndrzejGieraltCreative I’m giving a advice from a place of love friend, I had a idea of making a road fighter game (nes), I thought I will take max 3 months and it’s done, now I’m 2years and still on development, the beta is already on epic games, my advice is, if you think you will take 6 months to do, it’s probably 3 years, so if you imagine your game will take 2 years, probably it will take you 10+ years to do, in my opinion it’s not worth it, dream big, but dream with your feet on the ground, just a advice you don’t need to follow it, good luck friend

[@gabrielribeiro5192]

The game is “road to exotics” btw

[@AndrzejGieraltCreative]

Thank you :) And like I said, I'm aware of all that.

[@majordabalert]

Dope. Good luck and have fun 🫡 (also I’m not a stickler about historical accuracy and you seem to be nailing it completely. But if you want more freedom as far as civilization and tech maybe you could make it Robin Hood’s great great grandson lol)

[@AndrzejGieraltCreative]

Thank you :)