Making My First Open World Indie Game | Devlog

[@demantim]

As we would say in Dutch if we'd be horrible at English: good busy! :D The islands concept works so well for contextualising small-ish, separate gamespaces - I can imagine it being both inspiring for the player and great to work with as a dev.

[@demantim]

YES SKYWARD SWORD SHOUTOUT

[@Conradical]

Haha despite it being a different language, I think I understand what you're saying ;) Thank you! :) And I 100% agree, it's so much easier to work on an open world cut up into discrete chunks, than have to wrap your head around how to tackle it at once! I'd also imagine it helps with players feel like they accomplish something every play session, because you can always try to go for completing an island or two!

[@Stargo99]

How can you only have 8K subscribers ? You deserved more subscribers 🎉

[@Conradical]

Thank you :) ❤️ hopefully I get more soon then!

[@RipperRoo92]

Keep the hilarious boat dash. It makes the game unique in my opinion.

[@Conradical]

Haha I think I might just do that!

[@Dig_Duke_SFM]

HONESTLY! This looks super addicting and fun! I love the ocean aspect and the squishy boat animation. 🥰 Gives it more of a cartoon-like feel to the game. So far i love the progress! Also you deserve waayyy more comments n views n subs just for this achievement alone of being featured on xbox and all these other sites! Good luck on your journey for a multiple console release!!! Can't wait to try it out!

[@Conradical]

Thank you so much! :) Really appreciate the super kind words, and can't wait to release the game! Hope you enjoy it when you try it out!

[@simonecosci565]

Never heard of this game before but dude it looks super dope!

[@Conradical]

Thank you so much! Glad you like the look of it :)

[@louxie6367]

Not sure if anyone mentioned this, but I would be careful using the term "HD-2D", as I think square enix trademarked the term. Which really sucks :/ Anyway, good luck with the kickstarter! :D

[@Conradical]

I'm aware of this! That's why I say HD-2D "inspired" instead of just saying "HD-2D" :) thanks for letting me know though, and thank you for the wishes!

[@louxie6367]

@Conradical Ah good that you're careful. Also I am a bit curious. Is it just you working solo on the game? Or are you working as a small team? :3

[@ianmitchell5979]

I would make the ship squish less when dashing. It's a little too aggressive. If you spam it, it can really get hard to watch.

[@Conradical]

Makes sense, thank you for the feedback!

[@MatthiasTTV]

Are you a solo dev?!

[@Conradical]

I do all of the programming, game design, level design, etc. but I work with a fantastic team of artists, composers, and porting engineers to help me with other stuff :)

[@BlueOctopusDev]

Hello I am making a game too, I would like to know how you managed to publish your game to switch. I really want to get my game on switch but I don’t know how to start and everywhere i look they just recommend paying someone to do it for you…

[@Conradical]

You came to the perfect place then! I made a video about exactly that a while ago :) here it is: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKqxnGtrnZ6tlckfeature=shared. Hope it helps!

[@BlueOctopusDev]

@ thanks !!

[@_LiKr_]

What is the game in the frist fotage of the intro?

[@Conradical]

Elden Ring :) Footage is from the gameplay trailer!

[@_LiKr_]

@ thx, also amazing game for a solo developer, i love the style and everything.

[@Conradical]

Thank you so much!