This solo dev's game uses 1990s game design and its great

This is Bloodthief, a game developed by Blargis. Bloodthief is a mixture of Quake, Hotline Miami, and Ultrakill as said by the developer. It sees you running, dashing, slashing, and wall running through dungeons inspired by 1990s game design.
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Blargis’s Channel : / @blargis3d

[@MechMK1]

It absolutely makes sense. Movement shooters are fun because *movement* is fun. Who doesn't enjoy flying through the air? I feel like when graphics became capable of being more realistic, we had this intrinsic desire to make our games more realistic as well. And in the process we lost something.

[@elio7610]

We already passed the realism focused era of gaming.

[@Hervoo]

Mixture bewteen quake and hotline miami? son in christ, its medival ultrakill

[@ImWelly]

I feel like I’m going to get some more comments like this lmao. The developer said he took inspiration from quake and hotline Miami as well as ultra kill

[@silverkip2992]

The aesthetic is very quake-like

[@Blargis3d]

This was so fun to watch. Thanks for playing!

[@ImWelly]

Thank you, Blargis! Good luck in the rest of the game’s development.

[@neverknow2474]

Love this! As an indie developer, I can tell you that coverage around our games whether from massive youtubers or those starting out is such an honor and brings alot of joy. I am happy to see bloodthief getting more recognition

[@adorablycutekitten5291]

I actually immediately recognized this game from one of the dev's videos I watched! I'm glad it seems like his game is going well :)

[@BrandonScott-zn9vl]

You enjoying a game with an aesthetic before your time is just proof that a well designed game, regardless of the aesthetic is timeless.

[@brahillms1374]

well said 🤝

[@Joe-wl8hk]

Dev might want to take a look into how Hellblade 2: Senua’s Saga hides their shader compilations. During the user’s first time running the game, it secretly runs the shader compilation process in the background, while the player is distracted by getting their user settings dialed in like difficulty/keybinds. This might feel a bit smoother as player vs a loading screen. Great video and if you like things about game dev/design, you should keep learning! Edit: Engine context.

[@Chestienut]

The Dev documents the game's development on YT, and the game is made in Godot

[@Joe-wl8hk]

@@Chestienutawesome!

[@benrex7775]

I like watching devlogs. And Blargis is certainly a good at doing them. It is the first devlog where I made two of my friends watch all of them. I'm personally not really a gamer. I enjoy the community aspect of it and I like to watch let's plays, but I rarely play myself. So I won't download the game. But I appreciate you making the game more known. It really deserves it.

[@cerisskies]

I like that you admit to not knowing too much about dev; so many youtubers talk quite authoratively about stuff that they don't seem to know much about I like that you're genuinely really into this; again, there's a lot of fake enthusiasm on YT. Great video

[@danteliveonlineyoutube]

Other than the script notes said by others. Good video Man U got a sub from me .. plus this popped in my recommended page so you are doing something right, the algorithm favors you at the moment.

[@catsforever420]

you have a really good natural way of speaking! i agree with making the script a little tighter and more concise but i really enjoyed your approach it makes it feel like talking to a friend

[@ImWelly]

That’s what I’m going for! Never been one for speaking to a group, the more I do it, the better I will get…hopefully

[@catsforever420]

@@ImWelly you've definitely got a great style, i'm excited to see what kind of stuff you make in the future

[@ImWelly]

@@catsforever420 thank you for the kind wors!

[@TRIVlAL-ov1tw]

speedrunning this game is so fun !

[@flameofthephoenix8395]

6:48 Interesting, I've only heard of vampire survivors once until just now when you said it, I just thought it was some obscure game.

[@jdarokhajiit9153]

Carmack would be proud

[@valcaron]

The level design could use a bit more detail

[@ImWelly]

I think so as well. It’s very early in development to be fair!

[@galamotshaku]

I find it funny how a lot of people think that old game design automatically gets outdated once a new thing comes out. Sure graphics, interfaces and other stuff might change, but good design is timeless.

[@ImWelly]

Exactly

[@freak-re9vh]

it looks like Ghostrunner only medieval and graphics like Quake 1

[@iCantEditBro]

Can you put a link to the game in the description?

[@ImWelly]

done :)

[@oyora]

😊👍

[@tylerpajic6938]

loved this video. few points of criticism wright a script a little tighter. talk less on the "30 year old game design" other than that good stuff keep er up

[@ImWelly]

Completely fair criticism! Thank you!

[@naiknaik8812]

bloodthief reference ????

[@flameofthephoenix8395]

0:45 I don't really see it, it just looks like a video game, how is that 90s related?

[@brahillms1374]

a lot of 90s 3d games had low poly models and had very blocky environments.

[@flameofthephoenix8395]

@@brahillms1374 That's not game design, anybody who happens to be limited on resources should do it. In fact, it is commendable to do it for extra speed regardless of whether you are limited or not. Game design is more about the story of the game, and also the mechanics like the blood bar and speed dashing.

[@Uhfgood]

Where is his devlog?

[@ImWelly]

Posted a link in the description 👍🏼

[@Uhfgood]

@@ImWelly - It's possible I didn't notice it, or did you just put it in there, on my comment? In any case thanks much!

[@elio7610]

This is not 199X game design, it just has a vaguely 199X aesthetic. also, describing it as a "FPS melee game" does not make sense, it is not an "FPS" (first-person shooter) if it doesn't involve shooting as the main mechanic.

[@ImWelly]

The developer described it as such. There is a crossbow you can acquire and shoot, so technically it is an FPS. I’d say given that the developer himself took inspiration from level design of the 90s, it definitely uses things that were popularized back then. I mean he literally described it himself, he has a video called “bringing back the genius level design of the 90s in my game”.

[@elio7610]

@@ImWelly it may be the developer describing their own game that way but i still question it. i suppose it is probably more like a 199X game than most games but game design is naturally built on ideas from the past so taking some ideas from the past doesn't mean it is not still modern design.

[@flameofthephoenix8395]

@@elio7610 That's what I said, this is not 90s game design, not saying it's a bad game, but to say it is using 90s game design is questionable.

[@JarbonTroy]

This is a cute video. But you probably should play some 90s games before making a video about a game that shares their design allegedly

[@ImWelly]

Thank you!

[@flooku987]

>" Blood-Thief " >no properties from those games :tf:

[@ImWelly]

Its called "Bloodthief" and the dev himself said he took inspiration from Quake and Hotline Miami...definitely has properties from those games.