I'm trying to keep everything as simple and intuitive as possible. Gonna organize it based on alphabet, rarity, material type, and crafting station next. I had a similar system from another project I made, so I just cleaned it up and ported it over. #coding #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #StarDancers

I'm revisiting the crafting system, you guys have any tips, ideas, or sins to avoid before I get too far into it? I've got an idea of what I want to do, but I'm not the one who's going to be playing this at the end of the day. 😅 #coding #godot #StarDancers #indiedev #solodev #gamedev

I've mad a LOT of graphical improvements to my game recently, but visual progress is probably going to slow down again while I refine new and old systems and prepare for another test launch. There's a LOT of backend stuff that needs to be done beforehand, but I'm still pleased with recent results!

Ores not only lights up 50% more than it's host block depending nearby lighting, they also sparkle now. Eventually you'll be able to craft accessories to make spelunking even easier! #coding #godot #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #StarDancers #gamedevelopment

At one point while tinkering with the trees, I noticed that they weren't spawning as often as they should despite the Print logs telling me they were. Apparently 3/4 of them were spawning in the planet's (horrendously unfinished) core, whoops. #coding #fail #StarDancers #indiedev #solodev #gamedev

I've been sharing #StarDancers for a while and it seems like a fair amount of people are interested in the progress. After I do some optimizations I might spiffy up my #Discord server for people interested in chatting about the game while I develop it.

All of that work I spent on Galaxy Generation at the start of this project is starting to finally pay off. A lot of this was fairly plug and play, outside of the atmospheric fog and eclipses. It's slowly starting to look like an actual game now. #coding #godot #solodev #indiedev #gamedev

The last preview image was BAD bad, so here's an update of the day/night cycle in MUCH better quality! I should really consider some form of quality control. 😅 #coding #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #StarDancers #godot

The GIF sucks more than the world's current economic balance, BUT I finally implimented a basic day/night sky system! I'll grab a professional editing software eventually, but not today. 😅 #coding #godot #solodev #StarDancers #indiedev #gamedev #gamedevelopment #indiegame #indiedev

I'm lazy as hell, so instead of drawing background walls, each exposed wall piece combines parts of their block-tilesheet to generate new background tiles. This was a nightmare to put together, but so worth it. #coding #godot #solodev #indiedev #gamedev #StarDancers

Finally got auto-mining prioritization working. I tried doing it a long time ago, but finally came back to it after my two braincells collided for the first time in eons. #coding #indiedev #gamedev #godot #StarDancers #solodev

So I WAS going to have a better animated player for Star Dancers, but I QUICKLY discovered why #Terraria does their animations like they do. Unlike Terraria though each limb is it's own layer, with only 1-2 frames each. #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #coding #StarDancers

When I added in lighting, the game REALLY struggled to keep up with chunks and lighting without severe dips in DPS. I've been hyperfixating on this so much I haven't really done much else since my dip in posts. #coding #gamedev #StarDancers #godot #indiedev

In #StarDancers, you'll need to place Solar Panels on as many planets as possible to passively acquire Solar Energy as fuel and crafting materials. After a few HORRIBLE concept designs, I settled for the LITERAL Sunflower on the far left. #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #pixelart #godot

This next update will almost feel like a different game at this rate. I'll probably favor longer and larger updates from now on over shorter and smaller ones. It's WAY easier and time saving doing it this way, and makes a much bigger impact.

FLUIDS WORK AND DON'T FILE FOR DIVORCE WITH YOUR CPU WHEN DISTURBED! Also GREATLY increased the chunk system rendering speed! Pretty much spent my whole vacation working on these liquid physics, just in time to go back to work. 😅 #coding #godot #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #StarDancers

BOI DO I HATE #WATER!!!! It's stupid wetness and stupid hydration. Stupid flowing mechanics and stupid laws of physics. Stupid piss-making mechanics and stupid need for survival. Screw water, I hope you evaporate. (Video speed 2.5x) #godot #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #StarDancers #programming

Mob design for #StarDancers is going to be tricky, so here's a megathread of some #gamedesign #philosophy for me to reference later, and hopefully help some other wannabee #indiedevs to boot! #solodev #gamedev #godot #design #coding

My first attempts at fluid physics.... I've got so much work ahead of me..... #coding #godot #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #programming #StarDancers

I MAY have re-added Animalese back into my overlay... I MAY also have went a little overboard with the customizations...... Shoutout to @pinguis.bsky.social for providing the sound assets, and inspiration for the customizations! #coding #godot #streamer #vtuber #indiedev #solodev #gamedev #skull

Me after waking up from sleeping 12.5 hours: "I should probably take a break tonight from game deving so I don't burn out." Also me: *Opens up Godot as soon as I boot up my computer.* Well, if I crash, I crash.

I still need to polish it up some more, but the block angle system is at least functional. I don't want to admit how long this took, or the coding war crime I committed to do so. Also, basic workbench is done. #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #Godot #StarDancers #pixelart

I resonate with the aesthetics of this image way more than I legally should.

Tynan@tynansdtm.bsky.social · 2mo ago

For the three other people that will find this funny.

YAAAAAY, MY FIRST "AI SLOP" ACCUSATION! I'M MOVING UP IN THE WORLD BOIIIIIIIIIIII!!!! Seriously though, I respect suspicion like this, even encourage it within reason. 😂 #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #ai #aislop

With some advice from @aiassprite.bsky.social, I'm trying out a different workflow to hopefully optimize workflow and encourage consistency in my style. Nothing screams beginner tools like a stick on a stick. Unga-bunga. #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #gamedev #pixelart #art #StarDancers

Good morning Don't forget to treat yourself today

Over the past week or so I've been working on adding walls, caves, water basics, and better generation in general. If you have any dogs give them a pet and tell them I said they were a good boy/girl. This is a threat. 🔫🙂 #coding #gamedev #indiedev #programming #godot #solodev #StarDancers

Made a LOT of updates to my overlay, including damage and levels for chat and myself. Plus animations. Plus phrases. Plus a bunch of other stuff I can't remember because I've been blindly hyper-focusing on this thing for days now... #godot #overlay #streamer #vtuber #indiedev #solodev #gamedev

One of my greatest weaknesses is keeping my projects organized. Creating a new scene? Throw it in 'res://' with the rest of them. I'm smart enough to know how lazy I am, so I'm gonna take a few days to plan out some organization for the future. #godot #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #StarDancers #code

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