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Hi! I like making video games in Godot :) Haven’t released any yet, but a demo is coming soon! Check it out at: happyholo.itch.io/wordpetition ITCH: happyholo.itch.io YOUTUBE: youtube.com/@hologodot solo game dev

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holo @hologodot.bsky.social · 2w ago

The game's dictionary! It shows you your discovered Word Cards. #wordpetition #godot #indiegame #pixelart #wordgame #cardgame #balatro #solodev #gamedev #games #gameplay #indiedev #aseprite #balatrolike

Image shows the game's dictionary (which is actually a collection of discovered Word Cards). The dictionary is presented in a pixel art book, the same as the book that shows you the current or next pages (pages are called bosses). On the left page, there is a search filter that says "Filter 6/43 Words," followed vertically by a list of Word Cards that are in the game. The strings of text that are shown in the list are "anagram," "ball," "blue," "eight," "six," "streak," then "????????". Every discovered card has a preview image (which is the image of the full card but resized to be smaller) on the left of the word displayed that needs to be spelled to obtain that card. The preview image for the "????????" element in the list is a transparent and grayed out version of the default texture for a Word Card. The "blue" list element is selected in the list. On the right page, it shows the the "blue" Word Card, followed vertically by "BLUE" in blue text, then the description of the blue card.

holo @hologodot.bsky.social · 3w ago

Art for NAG A RAM (anagram), one of the cards that's in the demo. It makes reorders cost less turns, which is cool #godot #indiegame #pixelart #wordgame #cardgame #balatro #solodev #gamedev #games #gameplay #indiedev #aseprite #balatrolike

A ram's face is in front of a sky blue background, there is also grass and a little bit of a mountain behind it.

holo @hologodot.bsky.social · 4w ago

Finally figured out the shop! The shop’s old design was scrapped for something more unique (aka not exactly like balatro). Its going to be pretty cool once its all finished #godot #indiegame #pixelart #wordgame #cardgame #balatro #solodev #gamedev #games #gameplay #indiedev #aseprite #balatrolike

image that shows the normal main game, but theres a pullable thing at the top of the screen that has the text "<- Go To Shop? (pull it now)" to the right of it.

holo @hologodot.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Redesigned the title-screen of the game so that the buttons would be more centered, also added buttons for the editor (won't be in the demo though) and dictionary. #godot #indiegame #pixelart #wordgame #cardgame #balatro #solodev #gamedev #games #gameplay #indiedev #aseprite #balatrolike

image shows what the title-screen looked like before the redesign, the play, options, and exit buttons are far to the left of the screen.

Image shows what the title-screen looked like after the redesign. The play, options, and exit buttons are moved closer to the center of the screen (while still being to the left). The editor and dictionary buttons have also been added to the right.

holo @hologodot.bsky.social · 6mo ago

DEVLOG #12: Info Screen, New Boss, Boss Dialogue, HIKER, and Letter Tooltips - Wordpetition DEMO happyholo.itch.io/wordpetition... #godot #indiegame #pixelart #wordgame #cardgame #balatro #solodev #gamedev #games #gameplay #indiedev #aseprite #balatrolike

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holo @hologodot.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Finished the art for the HIKER Word Card! #godot #indiegame #wordgame #cardgame #balatro #solodev #gamedev #games #gamedesign #indiedev #balatrolike #pixelart #aseprite #art #digitalart

Shows a pixel art Word Card. It has a square, rounded outline.

The card has a warm sun in the background with a low pixel-count hiker in front of the sun. The hiker is walking up a mountain to the right of the card, and is approaching the snowy part of the mountain.

There are also snow flakes near the snowy part of the mountain.

holo @hologodot.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Added BOSSES #godot #indiegame #pixelart #wordgame #cardgame #balatro #solodev #gamedev #games #gameplay #indiedev #aseprite #balatrolike #boss #bosses

holo @hologodot.bsky.social · 6mo ago

added evil censorship to the game #godot #indiegame #pixelart #wordgame #cardgame #balatro #solodev #gamedev #games #gameplay #indiedev #aseprite #balatrolike # deltarune #censorship

A screenshot of my game WordPetition.

The Word Box says “I took a ####”, the spaces are also their own tiles.

holo @hologodot.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Working on bosses for the game! #godot #indiegame #pixelart #wordgame #cardgame #balatro #solodev #gamedev #games #gameplay #indiedev #aseprite #balatrolike #boss #bosses

holo @hologodot.bsky.social · 6mo ago

You can now playtest the demo! happyholo.itch.io/wordpetition... It’s still a work in progress (no shop, no bosses, etc) and might contain a couple bugs, but have fun! #godot #indiegame #pixelart #wordgame #cardgame #balatro #solodev #gamedev #games #gameplay #indiedev #aseprite #balatrolike

Wordpetition TESTING by happyholo

Play in your browser

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holo @hologodot.bsky.social · 6mo ago

DEVLOG #10: Pages/Chapters & WIP Shop, Multiplayer REWORK, More Word Cards, etc - Wordpetition DEMO happyholo.itch.io/wordpetition... #godot #indiegame #pixelart #wordgame #cardgame #balatro #solodev #gamedev #games #gameplay #indiedev #aseprite #balatrolike

The shop from the game!

There’s a rainbow background that’s meant to hide the main game, for the shop to have focus.

There’s bright yellow text that says SHOP at the top of the shop.
Underneath, there is a green next round button and a reroll button on the left. Also underneath the yellow next there is a E letter, a space/blank letter, an A letter, another space letter, and a Z letter on the right.

More Word Cards (jokers) from the game!

RAMEN: 2x fire, loses 0.005x fire per card drawn. (Uncommon).

COOKBOOK: Spawns a random food Word Card for every 5 valid words spelled consecutively. (LEGENDARY).

ARSONIST: When a space (or blank) is “scored”, destroy all cards behind it. Gains +1 fire for each card destroyed by this card. (Uncommon).

HINT: +75 points if the spelled word is a special word. Shows the closest special word, in the text box below the card. (Common).

HAND: Allows you to hold +8 more letters. Also gives +8 draws.

(ordered from left to right)

holo @hologodot.bsky.social · 6mo ago

vicious mockery #godot #indiegame #wordgame #cardgame #balatro #solodev #gamedev #games #gamedesign #indiedev #balatrolike #pixelart #aseprite

The Word Card SHORT

+50 points, but is (red text) reduced exponentially (red text end) by the length of the scored word.

(grey text)

50 / 1.2^(word length)

TIP: Spell shorter words!

holo @hologodot.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The Pages and Chapters book system is now functional! #godot #indiegame #pixelart #wordgame #cardgame #balatro #solodev #gamedev #games #gameplay #indiedev #aseprite #balatrolike #ui #gui #menu #userinterface

A open book with beige-ish pages and a dark brown cover. The book is shown in front with the regular game in the background.

The left page has a blue circular icon with a darker blue W in the center of the icon. Below the blue icon, the left page has the title “Light Reading”. Below the title text it says “Target Score: $600.”

The right page has an orange circular icon that imitates the fire’s colors. It also has a red (with a little orange) W in the center of the icon. Below the orange icon, the right page has the title “Long Reading”. Below the title text it says “Target Score: $1200.”

holo @hologodot.bsky.social · 7mo ago

This is where I indie dev.

Literally just a picture of the godot engine 4 editor (back when it had the blue theme)

Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou@kanaratron.bsky.social · 7mo ago

This is where I indie dev.

My workspace with loads of games, nerdy knick-knacks, a CRT tv and a whole load of other stuff.

holo @hologodot.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Made these funny little ui animations, they’re everywhere else in the game now too (every major menu has a little animation). #godot #indiegame #pixelart #wordgame #cardgame #balatro #solodev #gamedev #games #gameplay #indiedev #aseprite #balatrolike #ui #gui #menu #animation #userinterface

holo @hologodot.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The most funny thing ever is to take the headlines on windows widgets and just cut them off with snipping tool in the worst way possible #meme #memes #funny #news #joke #jokes #comedy #gamedev #dwaynejohnsoncries

holo @hologodot.bsky.social · 7mo ago

DEVLOG #9: WIP Page System, Options Menu, PvP and Multiplayer QOL - Wordpetition DEMO happyholo.itch.io/wordpetition... #godot #indiegame #wordgame #cardgame #balatro #solodev #gamedev #games #gamedesign #indiedev #balatrolike #pixelart #aseprite

DEVLOG #9: WIP Page System, Options Menu, PvP and Multiplayer QOL

Right now I’m currently working on a lot of various BIG things for the game, such as this cool book menu thing: It ‘s not functional yet and the ui is still a work in progress (feedback wanted), b...

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holo @hologodot.bsky.social · 7mo ago

WORDPETITION, the word game where your words matter! This is an upcoming multiplayer word game inspired by Balatro! Spell a word to unlock that specific word’s “joker”. #godot #indiegame #pixelart #wordgame #cardgame #balatro #solodev #gamedev #games #gameplay #indiedev #aseprite #balatrolike

holo @hologodot.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The demo actually feels like it’s going to be done soon :D! I don’t want to make an official demo until other people play it though. A public playtest will likely happen before the demo is released (to catch bugs). #godot #indiegame #wordgame #cardgame #balatro #gamedev #indiedev #balatrolike

holo @hologodot.bsky.social · 7mo ago

ball #godot #indiegame #wordgame #cardgame #balatro #solodev #gamedev #games #gamedesign #indiedev #balatrolike #pixelart #aseprite

holo @hologodot.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Finished the animation for the book! #godot #indiegame #wordgame #cardgame #balatro #solodev #gamedev #games #gamedesign #indiedev #balatrolike #pixelart #aseprite #art #digitalart

holo @hologodot.bsky.social · 7mo ago

New Word Card, ALPHABET! #godot #indiegame #wordgame #cardgame #balatro #solodev #gamedev #games #gamedesign #indiedev #balatrolike #pixelart #aseprite

The Word Card ALPHABET, its description reads:
If every letter in the scored word is unique, multiply fire by word length.

holo @hologodot.bsky.social · 7mo ago

FINALLY fixed CASCADE after three days of just screaming at the code to work. It's now a real card in-game! #godot #indiegame #wordgame #cardgame #balatro #solodev #gamedev #games #gamedesign #indiedev #balatrolike #pixelart #aseprite

holo @hologodot.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The GIBBERISH Word Card from my game, Wordpetition! #godot #indiegame #wordgame #cardgame #balatro #solodev #gamedev #games #gamedesign #indiedev #balatrolike #pixelart #aseprite

holo @hologodot.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The game now works in the web browser! It supports mobile browsers too (it works single-threaded now). #godot #indiegame #wordgame #cardgame #balatro #solodev #gamedev #games #gamedesign #indiedev #balatrolike

holo @hologodot.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Boss pages should be a lot more fun and counterable than Balatro’s blinds, since you can actively swap out and get more Word Cards during the game. #godot #indiegame #wordgame #cardgame #balatro #solodev #gamedev #games #gamedesign #indiedev #balatrolike

holo @hologodot.bsky.social · 7mo ago

WIP pixel art book for the pages and chapters (blinds and antes) system. #gamedev #balatro #balatrolike #indiedev #indiegame #cardgame #wordgame #godot #pixelart #art #aseprite

holo @hologodot.bsky.social · 7mo ago

DEVLOG #7: Hints! CASCADE, and how Word Cards work (also future modding) - Wordpetition DEMO happyholo.itch.io/wordpetition... #godot #gamedev #balatro #balatrolike #indiedev #indiegame #cardgame #wordgame #devlog #gamedesign

DEVLOG #7: Hints! CASCADE, and how Word Cards work (also future modding)

Added hints to the game! (hint on the bottom left) The hint shows you the 7th closest special word you can spell. This unironically is the only reason the game is playable, since otherwise you wouldn....

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holo @hologodot.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Every Word Card in the game is created with a CardData resource (and a 1000-line CardExpression interpreter). Since all of the cards are data it allows me to make them faster, reuse code, and later add modding support for cards (!!!) #godot #godotengine #balatro #balatrolike #indiedev #indiegame

A CardData Resource in godot engine 4.
It’s for the CASCADE card.

holo @hologodot.bsky.social · 7mo ago

It’s only been a week and this account already has 22 followers :D. Thank you all for the support!