Enemy AI (and animation!) is working!! Every move below is computer controlled and animating correctly! #wishlistwednesday #Godot #gamedev #indiedev

I'm super close to having a working version of enemy AI! The movement animations are still a little broken, but all the actions below are fully automated! Don't forget to wishlist on Steam <3 store.steampowered.com/app/3626080/... #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #Godot #gamedev

I got the first version of enemy turns working! In the clip, the 2-4 isolated dots show the 2 "best" combinations of moving + shooting. ie: the ones that hit the most building tiles, always hitting a player unit if one is in range. #wishlistwednesday #Godot #gamedev #indiedev

I updated the capsule art to reflect the new name, plus posted a quick summary of recent progress to the steam page. Check it out below! store.steampowered.com/news/app/362... #wishlistwednesday #Godot #gamedev #indiedev

Added tile dropping! Now AOE attacks will cause higher floors to fall onto the ground below. #devlog #godot #gamedev #indiedev

The new explosion sprite is working in game! #godot #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

I'm solo developing Metropolis Gear: Tactical City-Building Action, a city-building / tactics rpg with a roguelike structure. Wishlist it here! store.steampowered.com/app/3626080/... #wishlistwednesday #madeingodot #GodotEngine #Godot #gamedev #indiedev

Working on a new sprite for explosions! #devlog #gamedev #indiedev #voxelart #magicavoxel

I crocheted this Kirby for a friend's birthday! I think this is the first amigurumi I've done without a pre-written pattern? He's about 90% orb though, so pretty darn easy to freehand. #crochet #amigurumi

I slapped some new shaders on the attack targeting highlight. I'll probably keep fiddling with the colours for the next eternity or two, but the overall effect is looking pretty good now! #godot #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

Working on attack highlighting! #devlog #madeingodot #GodotEngine #Godot #gamedev #indiedev

I'm slightly-shifting my game's name over to "Metropolis Gear: Tactical City-Building Action"! I think it sounds just a bit better than Metrogear. Plus, the old name was meant as an homage to a certain game that won't be named, but maybe it was a Bit Too Close. #devlog #gamedev #indiedev

Combat systems are really coming together! The in-world damage text in particular was shockingly easy to implement for how cool it looks! Don't forget to wishlist my game if you can <3 steampowered.com/app/3626080 #godot #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

In-world damage text is in! It won't take long to add letters to this system as well, I'd just need to take a couple days to grind out 26+ characters (+ an eternity to deal with the localization issues it'll cause) #devlog #Godot #gamedev #indiedev #voxelart #magicavoxel

The in-world text parser is working! (+ a quick animation!) The only issue is that the only sprite I have is a "0", so at best it can only parse some Beach Boys melodies. #devlog #madeingodot #GodotEngine #Godot #gamedev #indiedev

"Of course I'm not making my own normal-lit sprite font, that would be silly" - I say, making a 0 "just to test". Feature Creep watches on, sharpening his already very sharp knives which he's also already stabbing me with #devlog #madeingodot #Godot #gamedev #indiedev #magicavoxel

Range indicators and shot animation are in! I reused some of the pathfinding code for shots, as a side effect attacks can support funky pathing to their target. Not sure if that'll be used often, but it's a fun bonus option I wasn't planning for! #devlog #madeingodot #Godot #gamedev #indiedev

Legally speaking, I think I've finally got enough features to call this "Gaming" #devlog #madeingodot #Godot #gamedev #indiedev

Huh, turns out being able to generate a usable game world in 1 click is a great time saver. Before yesterday, I was sort-of painting each island onto the map. #devlog #madeingodot #GodotEngine #Godot #gamedev #indiedev

Island generation has been greatly improved! #devlog #madeingodot #Godot #gamedev #indiedev

metrogear is a game about vibrating alligators #GodotEngine #gamedev #indiedev

The update from Godot 3 to Godot 4 is all done! Got sidetracked for a bit while testing out the new y-sort ordering features to make these animations, but now everything works again! (including some nasty looking devtools) #devlog #madeingodot #GodotEngine #Godot #gamedev #indiedev

Attacking and tile highlighting are working again! Now I just have 1 tool to fix before everything that broke in the upgrade from Godot 3 to 4 is fixed! Super worthwhile tho, since now I can do z-axis animations! #devlog #madeingodot #GodotEngine #Godot #gamedev #indiedev

Pathfinding fully works now! #devlog #madeingodot #GodotEngine #Godot #indiegamedev #gamedev #indiedev

Bugfixing that pathing today (aka: shark party time) #devlog #madeingodot #GodotEngine #Godot #indiegamedev #gamedev #indiedev

Pathfinding is working again! Mostly, at least. Still gotta clean up a bunch of code, but we're quickly approaching feature parity with the previous engine version! #devlog #madeingodot #GodotEngine #Godot #indiegamedev #gamedev #indiedev

Back to recovering from the Godot 4 upgrade today, and I finally got characters displaying again! Pathing needs to be redone, but it's just nice to see the boys back #devlog #madeingodot #GodotEngine #Godot #indiegamedev #gamedev #indiedev

Cleaned up the code for 3D impacts, now they can begin on any layer and propagate Up And Down! I was so excited to get the effect working last time that I forgot to check if it works correctly when centered off the ground. #devlog #madeingodot #GodotEngine #Godot #indiegamedev #gamedev #indiedev

Posted a tiny writeup on the steam page! Mostly I was just exploring the community features. It seems like a good idea to post things there from time to time, just as a proof-of-life for people pruning wishlists. #devlog store.steampowered.com/news/app/362...

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