Making my N64 Inspired Adventure Game // DEVLOG #1

Welcome to the start of my game development journey - in this first devlog we will look at the inspiration behind the game and make our player character. Come on this journey with me as we make a game inspired by classic N64/PS1 era adventure games.
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🔖 Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
01:14 - Project Name
02:26 - N64 Games Referenced
11:30 - Project Pre-Production
14:22 - Character Modeling Timelapse
16:06 - Character Showcase
18:27 - Outro
▶ Additional footage from:
N64 footage • The Legend Of Zelda Oc... alexanderclark2121
N64 ambience CRT • N64 CRT Majora's Mask ... Classic Gaming Ambience
N64 VHS crt • N64 and CRT tv (VHS Ed... Retro Gamer Chris
N64 Review • Nintendo 64 :: RGB205 ... My Life in Gaming
Body Harvest Gameplay • Project64 - Body Harvest Old School Style
MDK Gameplay - • MDK - Gameplay PSX (P... John GodGames
Syphon Filter 2 Gameplay - • Syphon Filter 2: (HD) ... SairentoZ7
Dino Crisis 2 Gameplay - • Dino Crisis 2 - Gamepl... John GodGames
Spyro PS1 Gameplay - • Spyro the Dragon ... (... 10min Gameplay
Crash Bandicoot Gameplay - • Crash Bandicoot - Stag... Carls493
Megaman 64/Legends PS1/N64 Comparison • Megaman Legends PS1 VS... Squid Boi Gaming
Star Wars Racer N64 Hardware footage • Star Wars Episode I: R... TheEnglishman64
Dinosaur Planet & Star Fox Adventures Comparison • Dinosaur Planet (Ninte... Neogamer

[@firedragon04]

Thanks for watching my first Devlog everyone! ▶ New Devlogs every Friday! I'd love to hear your suggestions for the name of the game and also the name of the main character. Any and all suggestions - put them in the comments! Stay tuned for Devlog 2 which is all in-engine as we get our character moving, jumping and even build our first prototype level on the first planet currently known as "The Coral Forest" which is a world which was once a huge ocean but has since become dried and only puddles of water are left compared to the once majestic oceans that covered the planet's surface.

[@Sunburst_No]

Yo, how does this name sound: Kosmic: Strange Horizon. The MC is an explorer type, so i figure maybe a more adventurous name would be appropriate! Not sure what his name is, but perhaps it's Kos?

[@BaStAgE]

there are a ton of names for a space / sci fi game. im sure everyone will recommend something that isn't so baseline as "space". not saying it insultingly...uhmmmm so just as you are drawing from n64 for inspiration about how the game will be, perhaps also draw from other sci fi games or media about a name that is cool and fits. im sure you know warhammer is big right now, and the lore seems very very extensive. personally i think naming might be best left for one of the last steps..and im sure you already think that as well and agree. it is exciting to have such a project. i dont personally see enough information to give it a name yet. honestly i don't know enough about the game at all. naming wise, sometimes mixing ancient mythology with high sci fi is a good way to go..such as one of the alien movies being called Prometheus. ..but it seems "we" are still at the very beginning on this one. honestly now that gaming and sci fi and so many forms of media have become so super saturated and just completely overly saturated at this point, it definitely becomes harder and harder to have an original idea and even harder an "original" name

[@firedragon04]

@@BaStAgE I’ve released 3 Devlogs now so that might give you more of an idea, the fourth Devlog this Friday goes into more detail on the core gameplay loop too.

[@StanleyKubick1]

@@firedragon04 Killing Horizon (it's an astrophysical term)

[@generator-8878]

and, ur at it again in the OT, acting like a celebrity and basking in the praise. corny af. have a little humility dude, you could learn to be a bit more humble.

[@cringedmossy5260]

first legend 64 and now this, its amazing to see this generation of gaming shown

[@firedragon04]

Thanks! Devlog 2 is out now too.

[@leonfire99]

I believe kaze also expressed interest in making his own n64 inspired game after finishing his mario 64 mod.

[@BlazeHeartPanther]

Don't forget Super Kiwi 64

[@Neo-Metal17]

Agreed

[@genitalgrinder5704]

Trust me if I'd spent less of my teenage years smoking pot and more programming and game design like I wanted there would be more N64-style games coming out.

[@brian_mayberry]

"QUADRA 64" Awesome character with four eyes and four arms + star trek had their universe split by quadrants... Quadra 64!

[@markwincek6688]

what about "HEX QUADRA"

[@bluelightstudios6191]

Quadra 64 sounds good

[@socksyllmusic]

as someone who is striving to make their own n64-style platformer, I'm veeerrry excited to see how this project turns out as i love this era of games aswell!

[@firedragon04]

Thanks, I'm up to Devlog 6 on the channel now. It's turned into its whole thing entirely but very much sticking to the aesthetic of the N64 era.

[@DylonDylonDylon]

I really love that double shield action, that made it feel "real" to me.

[@firedragon04]

Thanks, glad you like it!

[@danukidev]

I love this lowpoly old 3d graphics style, I don't know if its nostalgia or what, but it gives me exploration and adventuring vibes. Looking forward what it is to come, from what i see it looks amazing already can't wait to see what is next. You've got an inspiring journey ahead!

[@firedragon04]

And Devlog 2 is out now too, more of the journey awaits!

[@FireallyXTheories]

Lowpoly/pixel is criminally underutilized and I enjoy seeing it crop up. I'd recommend looking at the GMTK video on 'How Shovel Knight did Nostalgia' gives a lot of tips on how to look and feel like an older title without cloning over frustrating mechanics or hard to see art (prime example of the latter are the locked camera angle segments of OoT and FF where you're walking a 3D character over a compressed 2D image.) For Space64's character, he's holding a shield behind a shield, which in-universe I don't see as a useful tactic unless he expects the forward shield to collapse. I think it'd make more sense if the shields were spread out to cover as much surface area as possible. Four-armed characters are difficult because every arm needs to be doing something or it'll look or feel off, like if one arm has no weapon, it can still punch, fish for an / use an item, grip the weapon for extra strength and leverage, that kind of thing. Overall, I'm very interested to see where you take the project. Good luck! : )

[@firedragon04]

Thanks! Good shout on the shield too. The ranged weapon the character will unlock requires all four arms to fire a blast and two arms merge into it on one side. So I’ve very much thought about the arms thing, pretty tricky when it’s just a sword and shield setup though because those other arms should and could be doing other things.

[@colbyboucher6391]

Criminally underutilized? Literally every indie project rn looks like this

[@mechadeka]

"hard to see art (prime example of the latter are the locked camera angle segments of OoT and FF where you're walking a 3D character over a compressed 2D image.)" Those areas are completely visually coherent. What???

[@BGM88_Productions]

Remember me when this game becomes famous, im excited to see where it goes!

[@HuwWeaver]

I am unreasonably excited for this project now, like Wax said the production quality is amazing and it's clear you're putting a lot of work into this! Been good to see the bits about this on your Twitter too. You've no doubt got a good few contacts for help with the programming/blueprinting side of things in UE5, but if you'd like another opinion or whatever then I'd be more than happy to help, just shoot me a message!

[@StopItRyan]

8:56 I love that they stretched the textures on the tracks to give the player a better sense of speed.

[@BlazeHeartPanther]

Its so great seeing indie games going for the N64/PS1 style now, such as Super Kiwi 64 and the upcoming Cavern of Dreams. N64 has always been a favorite of mine. Being the first console I ever owned, I played many of its games like SM64, Smash Bros, Legend of Zelda, etc. There was just something about the primitive blocky character designs and environments that I always found very charming even to this day.

[@backlogbusters]

Really appreciate that you’re starting from step 0! Too many dev logs skip over the planning, learning, debugging and any spots they struggled with, which I’ve always found to be the most useful. Excited to watch more, keep up the awesome work!

[@lucasbaker4556]

I think having a funky space themed word in the title would be cool! Something like “Callisto 64” or “Nova Fantasy 64”!

[@firedragon04]

I mean 64 doesn't have to be in the title either, I just chose Space64 as a temp working title. Callisto Protocol did just release a couple of months ago so that word is probably a no go. I like Nova Fantasy though :D

[@CorthosFellrin]

Your game looks pretty cool dude I'll keep an eye out.

[@hawshimagical]

theres nothing "overkill" about using unreal 5 if it has features that you find comfortable. cool project, i hope it goes well for you. ill be watching.

[@minilabyrinth]

Woo lets goo I LOVE N64/PS1 inspired projects like this, Legend64, Kaze Emanuar, and Marcis to name a few

[@SirArtanis7]

I think what happened with dinosaur planet was, Miyomoto met with the team and said "This would make a good StarFox game" and that more or less forced the hand of the team to turn it into a StarFox game

[@MrWax]

This is excellent, production is way beyond what I was expecting. Excited to see where this will lead in the long run. And witness this journey!

[@surplusvalues]

Oh man I'm so glad I found this channel today! This is going to be such an amazing game (no bias from N64 childhood of course.. :) )

[@mailsprower1]

I recently got into Blender modeling and animation with similar goals in mind, so this devlog is a pretty cool thing too see happening. Haven't watched the succeeding videos yet, but right now I can call this great beginning. As a graphic designer, it's especially refreshing to see how the game development process is approached by a more visually-oriented person, rather than diving straight into codes and engines, so high-five on doing the moodboards and making a character straight up. As for the design, this model looks really pretty with the simple colour scheme and these neat glowing effects, I think both the N64 and the sci-fi feels are achieved well! The character itself though I would question, at least before I get to know more. I think characters in games like this have to be designed with specific abilities in mind, their looks dictated not only by aesthetics, but also game mechanics and the story. With a 4-handed character, these components may be tough to tie together. With the added difficulty of animating additional limbs, you will have to explain their necessity game-wise and give them proper utility. Obviously not critiquing your design, just sharing my thoughts and saying that I'm excited to see how you're going to handle this! For your combat, your ideas remind me of Phantasy Star Online, which I suggest you check out. Its modular system always fascinated me with its flexibility, in which weapon classes have distinctive gameplay styles, and you can freely switch and combine them in your left/right hands. Looking at your character, it would be cool to see these hands utilized to make some creative builds possible. Cheers and good luck on this project!

[@firedragon04]

I’ve already recorded a future Devlog where I talk about and go through some of the early ideas for the four arms and how they’ll be utilised in the game - I want them to be a crucial and critical part from utility to combat animations.

[@WadeWojcik]

Incredible stuff so far! I love the idea of recreated the N64 style for new game ideas, and I'm really excited to follow this dev journey along with you!

[@firedragon04]

Thanks! Devlog 2 is out now too.

[@Bbbbunko]

This was awesome to watch. As a kid of the 90s the nostalgia trip was great. The final design poses for your character were super cool too 😊

[@firedragon04]

Thanks! Devlog 2 is out now too.

[@Atticus_Moore]

looks cool so far. the ideas are cool too can't wait to see more!

[@jinenjipeke]

this video is so pleasing to look at and listen to. i am happy the algorithm shown it to me

[@JordanEstes]

Yes! I love modern retro game development - subbed and following this journey. Can’t wait to see your process 🎉

[@GrahamOfLegend]

This is a cool way to do a dev log. Very in depth, i love it. Also love that you’re starting with art! Definitely how I want to approach devlogs for my next game(s)

[@CoolCat-ci1zs]

Looking good my friend, can't wait to get my hands on this

[@grunnindieps1-stylesurviva200]

Awesome to see yet another indie working on a retro inspired game. Looking forward to seeing what you'll come up with :D Go for it man!

[@BaxPlay]

Really pumped for this! Hope all goes well with development and good luck

[@thecanadianfood]

Looks interesting so far. I look forward to seeing further progress.

[@vambabyx]

Can't wait to see how this develop! ❤

[@ThePouetman]

I really like the look of the character and i can't wait to see what the first world I'd gonna look like! Just something I noted, i would make sure all his arms are used when he's holding something, it seems a bit redundant to have him holding one sword on one side and two shields in the other, if his species has 4 arms I'm sure they would have found use for all of them in combat.

[@firedragon04]

This is something I've been thinking about a lot and I'm really not sure how I'm going to approach it yet. There's the argument that we, as humans with two arms, have swords we can hold with one hand and swords we need two hands for. It's very possible this alien species too has a number of different weapons some require one of their arms, others require two... or even all four. I actually have ideas for weapons you unlock that require 2 and all 4. I'm just debating currently if the initial sword you start the game with should be usable by only one of the arms and then maybe you unlock a second sword or a bigger sword that requires two hands later in the game... I'm not sure yet. One of my ideas is to make the initial starting weapon a staff instead of a sword too, and you'd hold it with your two right hands, and if you crouched down you could raise it above the shield like a roman legionary and thrust forward with it. It removes the sword entirely from the early game though and almost makes it unnecessary in general. But a staff weapon could lead to some very cool animations.

[@ThePouetman]

@@firedragon04 this gave me some ideas, do with them as you please. -a sword with an handle on the other side of the blade so he can hold it with both hands to block -a free hand that is used to throw grenades or other items - vestigial arms that only have the reach to be used in certain attacks?

[@tobbeborislyba]

Love how you used the elites and their shield from Halo series as inspiration.

[@itaypooO]

Looking forward for more updates from you!

[@firedragon04]

Thanks, every friday!

[@radicalslice]

I am so along for the ride on this one! As one of those folks you mentioned approaching things from a programming standpoint mainly, I'm very interested to see how someone with a more artistic lean is going to tackle a project like this. Looking forward to following this whole process, and best of luck!

[@jeremyrandall8282]

Sin and punishment is awesome. Good luck with your project.

[@artdude47]

Great devlog! I love the N64 and have a ton of nostalgia for it. I'm very interested to see your approach as the art is usually the part I struggle with. Nice work!

[@firedragon04]

Thanks! Devlog 2 is out now too.

[@longdongsilver3267]

I'll be keeping an eye on your devlog vids for this game you're making.

[@SauceBlob]

Looks cool man! Keep it up!

[@venny1689]

Oh hey another N64 inspired game! Great to see more love for them. I am currently working on one as well although I am not ready to show it yet, but seeing this and Legend64 gives me the happy feelings. In my case, I'm waiting to have an actual playable demo before making anything public just so I have to force myself to commit to it, but most of the preproduction has already been done, as well as a lot of the character and enemy designs. All I can say about it is that the project name is Mino64. It's interesting to see everyone's strengths and weaknesses as you mention being less programming focused. While I am mainly a programmer, I can also handle art and 3D modelling decently enuogh, although I have no experience with texturing so that's what's holding me back the most at the moment. I believe the guy behind Legend64 (his name escapes me) has mentioned being more of an environment artist. In any case, I'm very much looking forward to this, as Jet Force Gemini was one of my favorite games growing up. I'll be catching up on the devlogs soon!

[@GregGJARTS]

It’s crazy how going back to older games is so appealing, this looks awesome tho and I’m lookin forward to the end product! I’ve never played any n64 games myself because they were pretty old when I was able to play games, but old games on the ps2 and a box 360 were it

[@RainbowsaurusGames]

I really like how nostalgic this style looks, one sees that you put a lot of love for old video games into this! I hope you keep on going :D

[@firedragon04]

I’m 7 Devlogs in so far, no end in sight! Loving making this game

[@RainbowsaurusGames]

@@firedragon04 I'm currently watching your progress, it's very inspiring and impressive! 😁 I am more into 2D gamedesign myself (that is also mostly inspired by Zelda) but my heart belongs truly to this specific N64 retro era because this is my childhood where it all started 🥰 I wish you the best of motivation and success, you deserve it 💯

[@doubleHLabs]

sounds like fun, subscribed!

[@chameleonedm]

Aha, we are on a similar wavelength. I'm just finishing up my pre-prod prototype for a platformer heavily inspired by the N64 "golden age". It's great to see people get excited about your concept, it suggests they may like mine too! Great thought process with the devlog publishing too, it's an intimidating prospect to open your workflow for the world to see, especially if you aren't 100% confident you will finish the exact projet. Food for thought for sure and I'm excited to see how your project goes, you have absolutely NAILED the main character look!

[@firedragon04]

Thanks. Looking forward to see how your project progresses too. I’ve actually already edited up to Devlog 4 so the game is very much coming along and progressing nicely on my side. Excited to share more of it every Friday.

[@coreymatthews5210]

This is looking cool!

[@ibearo8500]

This project is so inspiring 🙌 I know you've already made 3 devlogs but I wanted to leave a suggestion for the main character design here, if you don't mind. It's regarding readability, rigging and clipping. The character by itself is already appealing. Really like the idea of an alien explorer (4 armed at that. I can already imagine the mechanics and characterization you can get from that). But you could go a tiny bit further with it. By widening the torso and thinning the abdomen and legs a bit (adjust thwe waist accordingly). This way his silhouette would be more readable, he would look more alien and the arms would have more room to move. I'm really excited to see how the game turns out

[@StopItRyan]

YO! I'm here for this. I'm actually working on a N64-style FPS in UE5 based on Perfect Dark (To date my favorite FPS). I'm doing a more modern stylized graphic style though. I can't wait to see this through!

[@utoherozv]

This looks incredibly hype!! :))))

[@firedragon04]

Thanks so much! New Devlog on Friday where we get the character moving and build our first prototype environment.

[@BadTunes.]

Saw The thumbnail and titel and instant Subed you😅

[@cinebst]

I'm in a similar boat -- more an artist than a programmer, and focusing on an N64-adjacent art style! (also in Unreal Engine) really inspiring to see your progress!!

[@firedragon04]

Thanks! Devlog 2 is out now too.

[@Allplussomeminus]

2:00 The way you talked about N64 games... Subbed.

[@Justan_Maxe]

Nice, another UE Devlog series to follow! I think your character model looks awesome. As for suggestions I'd only say remove the shield from lower arm, something unique I think that comes with 4 arms would be doing things in combat that other 2-arm characters can't do. For example, if your character will have comms device/mic, he can use his lower arms to activate his radio, switch items, or use whatever he uses to heal during any other combat animations. So many possibilities. If I personally had 4 arms I'd cross 2 while slapping hostiles with the other 2. 🧐

[@ex-x7079]

Sin & Punishment is such a great game.

[@KotCR]

Looks good so far, but a casual warning that, even if you are going for a "retro-feel", 95% of the time there is still somethings you should modernize - this often includes stuff like sound sliders, accessibility and resolution options - but also control schemes. Unless a clunky retro-style control scheme is _absolutely_ necessary for the mechanics and challenge of a game (most of the time, it isn't, and can be see as a lazy way to increase difficulty), the control scheme is something you *should* modernize. I think a good example of a game which "modernized" the UI and controls without hurting the original feel of the game, is comparing the original Command & Conquer to the Remastered version EA made a couple years back. Now that being said, if you follow standard conventions for controlling the character and moving around, you _could_ still have that switch to the targeting reticule system you said you want - after all it's not that much different from holding down Left-Trigger to focus your Aim in a modern shooter - but if that is the _only_ way to fire your weapon, then the gameplay should be designed in a way that you won't be firing your ranged weapon very often; This makes sense if you want the combat to be focused primarily on melee combat, which, looking at the main character design, _seems_ to be what you are going for (just want to make sure), but it doesn't make sense if you expect the player to be doing alot of shooting during combat. Then it'd just be clunky. There is some games that want the retro feel that split the difference - giving the player the option to use both a "retro" control scheme, or a "modern" control scheme, and it might be worth looking into games like that if you want to see how they try to offer the player the best of both worlds.

[@firedragon04]

Excellent points, thanks so much - some of that I had already given thought to... some I hadn't. I very much want that casual, accessible control scheme that marries retro and modern ideals together. The ranged abilities would mostly be for puzzle solving and could be used if you're targeting an enemy too and it would just auto shoot if you are locked on already and press the trigger. But you could also press a face button to swing your sword. Kind of like how you can press and hold to use a sling shot, bow or hookshot in Ocarina of Time or just swing your sword which is often the much easier choice. In terms of sliders, resolution...etc I totally agree, aspects like this need to be modernised and kept accessible for players, especially as it will be, at its core, a PC game.

[@Konspiracie]

Great video! Jet Force Gemini gets so little recognition; so, I'm happy to see someone draw inspiration from it. I'm very excited to see this project as it develops (and maybe learn a bit for my own project along the way).

[@firedragon04]

Thanks so much! I love JFG and it being of the few sci-fi games on the N64 means a lot of inspiration comes straight from it. But melding that with what I love from games like Ocarina of Time is a lot of fun.

[@empiredirt6530]

One thing that's probably going to define the feel of an N64 game is: the player only has one analog stick. So while a joystick controls the character in a 3rd person perspective; there isn't a 2nd joystick assigned to controlling the camera. I think this particular n64 quirk can be ignored for the purposes of your project though. I recently played through the (reverse engineered) PC port of Ocarina of Time, and that game feels really great with Twin-Stick controls.

[@MajatekYT]

Whatever you do, I hope you add optional vehicle exploration ala Halo (actually I'm getting a lot of early Bungie Macworld Halo vibes from this, your project is that interesting). My personal wants aside, I love your alien dude. Have you considered adding a simple player character option at the start of the game to choose between either an alien dude or gal? Dinosaur Planet kind of had this where you'd play as Krystal or Sabre. An overwhelming majority of sci-fi games have male protagonists and it'd be nice to have variety.

[@firedragon04]

You know what? I have thought about vehicle stuff… I’m not sure when or how I’ll implement it yet, but I was thinking once you get into Planet 2 you could unlock a vehicle to use in the outdoor spaces. It could be a really cool way to speed up those exploration/collect-a-thon sections of the game.

[@MarathonGuy1337]

That's was a amazing video love the name Space64 it's cheesy but so fitting

[@dominosnostradamus2415]

Really cool character

[@goranstojanov1160]

Whel maybe Post Mortem ted talks from devs about how they made their games and all good,bad,ugly can also help wih decisions or maybe even help out in shaping the aproach to some things.

[@McWickyyyy]

I’m a simple man. I see people making games inspired by n64. I subscribe and turn on bell

[@Morraak]

Very cool! Are you a professional artist? Looks like you already know Blender. I think in his spare hand he should have his gun equipped, he's got 4 arms, might as well use em =P. Looking forward to the next devlog!

[@firedragon04]

Thanks :) I've been 3D Modelling for 20 years now, I started when I was 11 with Discreet 3DS Max before Autodesk bought them. I haven't ever done it professionally though, my day to day job is graphic design and video production based. The character does get a ranged weapon that he unlocks on the first planet but it's far too heavy to use with one hand and multiple of his arms are needed to keep it raised and aim it.

[@MattThomson]

The double shield is great. I hope you keep that

[@firedragon04]

At week 10 of development and it is still in the game, yeah.

[@AviusL]

MDK is one of my all time favourite games!

[@robinHobin]

Yes sir! Now we have this and legend 64

[@Nintendude.]

5:20 Cop Hovercar go - WEEEE!!

[@klocks2543]

This is exciting! I’ve found a lot of the visual charm in this era of games compensates for the lack of graphical fidelity and low polygons with fun, colorful, and exaggerated caricatures. I think that’s a significant reason Rare games are so fondly remembered. Idk if that’s the attitude you’re going for with this project but it’s one of the reasons I picked up the Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon for N64. However, I found playing it wasn’t the same as it’s peers. The clunky camera movement and severe lack of view distance while climbing Mt. Fuji was dizzying and even made me a bit nauseated. Maybe it was just my dinner that night lol, but I hope you can incorporate a sense of visual depth along with some vistas to pair with the camera movement you were talking about. The self contained zones in adventure N64 games seem to do best with a visible goal, like a giant witch’s head, that makes you say - I want to go there!

[@NixCM]

nice! a second *64 challenger approaches! I'm having a go myself, but with more modern graphics and keeping more of a 64 feel, well thats the plan at least...

[@laurenttelmosse3375]

Would really like a full tutorial on how you did your character and porting it to unreal. I'm currently working on making the main character for my game and it would help tremendously. By the way really like your devlogs!

[@TheWayManREAL]

Can we just talk about those blender skills, no way you did that first try/recording haha. Well done.

[@firedragon04]

All first time, 3D Modelling is something I've enjoyed for years now so no hidden cuts or edits there, that really was just me modelling in Blender.

[@I_was_a_Bullfrog]

It's refreshing to see an art-leaning devlog tbh. I've thought about creator a game solo, but programming is not my area of expertise.

[@EnriquePage91]

Nice devlog!! Gonna follow it for sure. Wouldn’t it make a bit more sense to have a shield on each side though? Like, it looks kinda silly hiding a shield behind a shield - if u had 4 arms you’d probably have a defensive arm and offensive one on each side - at least that’s what I would imagine would be better 😆. Anyway good luck !! Loving the n64 style - I’m a Majora’s Mask and OOT lover myself - nostalgia is powerful!

[@yesthatmousyiris4887]

N64 was my childhood My favorites to play was Zelda, Mario Party, and Donkey Kong 64

[@iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii3048]

Mad respect

[@JuhoSprite]

Absolutely love people make modern 64 inspired games. Swordigo is one that I played a lot.

[@TheBushwizard]

Finally a man of culture.

[@dominosnostradamus2415]

You are so cool ill donate once your done. So many people have retro consoles and could see myself playing this on my rg353v

[@julianmandala5767]

The character FEELS like an N64 game character, not like a character trying to mimic the N64 style.

[@JayFolipurba]

You should think through what it means to have four arms. Giving a player character four arms is weird, but does it add something or is it just novelty. If the four arms are essentially the same as having two arms but awkward, does it add anything other than noise? I'd love to see you be creative with it. How does it affect animations, movement, idle stances, are there special attacks, does it have some utility, why would this species develop four arms in the first place?

[@firedragon04]

This is something I've been thinking about a lot, right now all the animations and such are temporary just while I'm building out features. But things like an arm cannon that requires the use of all four arms to operate, staffs and other weapons have been considered along with clamber animations that use all four arms to scramble and balance more elegantly as well as idle states, running and crouching which makes use of all four arms too.

[@pvthinge]

wow this looks fun!, just do your beset!

[@KatouMiwa]

i never got to play the zelda games. i only played a couple times the breath of the wild and one of the 3ds ones. evertime i see zelda im sad i never grew up with it, but when i see it , it feels like i did. just the style and art hits home for me even tho i never grew up with it

[@venizz5112]

Damn we got this and Legend64. Devlog- Nintendo fans are eating good!!!!!

[@Ashty]

Nice

[@TomGallagherSuperboyBeyond]

Really cool video, subscribed! Can't wait to see the finished game. Will you be making it available when it's done?

[@GrandHighGamer]

Minor nitpick with the footage you've shown, but I think you're missing alpha-testing on the semi-transparent textures like the vines. Lots if not all of N64 games would use an alpha cutoff threshold so any pixel over a certain level of transparency would either be discarded or rendered with full opacity. This gives a hard edged look, and let them avoid having to do a bunch of extra sorting for transparent objects (not an issue for stuff like particles that might be rendered additively). Plus maybe some textures need their alpha premultiplying to avoid the white fringed edges, but that's another matter, and probably less of a factor with thresholding.

[@StiffAftermath]

The hero character. I do very much like his look. Very N64 in geometry! Love it! Though.. I'd make each arm specialize in different themes. Two shields is a little weird. I'd do one arm as attack, one as defend, one as utility (grapple?), and the last as item.

[@firedragon04]

I talk about the plans for the arms more in the later devlogs such as 4 and 6. Thanks for your kind words :)

[@StiffAftermath]

@@firedragon04 no, no. Thank YOU! Looking forward to seeing more updates!

[@Euclidiuss]

This looks almost exactly like a game inspried by Zelda a buddy and myself were working on. Too bad we're not game devs. (Closest I have with experience is Quake level design. I made Euclid's Nightmare, a successful mappack with 1000 players.)

[@raerrui3376]

your project sounds really great and its nice to see the process of pre production it helps alot with my project! btw what software are you using to create your pre production layout?

[@NeoMatrix1990]

Thumbs up for Jet Force Gemini!

[@sinksinkswim]

This looks like a solid foundation. Is there a reason that the character uses two shields but only one sword?

[@firedragon04]

I've not fully considered the weapons yet, still early days on that. It's likely the character would just start the game with one sword and then slowly get more equipment that make better use out of the four arms.

[@Matt-km8yw]

Im glad ive found your chanel. Will this game be available on a cartridge once complete? Im so sick atm so im going to binge through all episodes! Good luck

[@jenbraga9372]

n64 is the best gaming type

[@turboemerald9228]

i think Space64 is nice title, its pretty simple and it gets the point across, i totally wouldn't mind if you stick with this working title

[@Nintendude.]

Man wish I can do a N64 game myself.

[@Wordly_synth]

Amazing! Always love seeing n64 graphics. What's the name of the program you used to compile all the reference in pre-production?

[@CornerstoneMinistry316]

Honestly, if you're inspired by N64, you can't go wrong with 64 in the title

[@gabrielsolon8491]

im also making a retro style remake for the same reasons, im also more of an artist and the workflow for these n64/ps1 era games are way faster

[@JuhoSprite]

14:36 Dude has 4 fourarms... hehe

[@VikVaughnMISC]

I'm having trouble with an aspect of the modeling process. Maybe I'm just majoring in the minors, but doesn't the shade smooth option use phong shading in the viewport? I find whenever I shade smooth my models they don't have the same "smooth but rough" look as the models in n64 games. How is this corrected? Do you use a shader in your game engine that replicates the gouraud shading technique, or is the consensus among retro developers that shade smooth is good enough.

[@SodaPopBot]

Bluefella's pretty neat

[@firedragon04]

Bluefella thanks you