I have replaced the audio addon I was using with my own code. It's simpler and less reasource intensive, yet has far more possibilities. For example, I have added a pitch shift effect when the player dies. #IndieGame #2DPlatformer #IndieDev #Godot #steam #Slimetopia #gameaudio #wishlist

WIth a new player sprite comes new animations. Also I have now added ability icons to the UI so you can clearly see when you can/can't use your abilities. Overall it should be easier to tell what you are doing. #IndieGame #2DPlatformer #IndieDev #Godot #Steam #Slimetopia

It's time for the original player sprite to change from the shambling horror to something else. Being white/grey will allow for easier colour customisation in-game. Just need to do some shading work and all the animations. #slimetopia #pixelart #2dplatformer #indiegame

Not completely finished with the detailing but my first original character drawing is going okay. Here's a comparison of the drawing. Meet Slimetopia's antagonist Alastríona. They persistently try and make you give up (sometimes subtley, sometimes directly) #GameDev #SoloDev #PixelArt #2DArt #Indie

Looks like I'll be up all night with my daughter. It has given me a chance to implement player feedback regarding the difficulty my bosses. most are currently too punishing with not much chance for recovery. So a lot of slowing things down to increase chances to react. #gamedev #indiedev #daddev

If your most interesting mechanic doesn't appear in the first hour, most players won't find it. Games that hide depth behind 20 hours of play are designing for reviewers, not the audience that bounces at 2 hours. Where you put your best stuff matters as much as what it is. #gamedev #indiegames

#Devlog. I've been trying to make some improvments to my current tilemaps by either creating some cool new tiles or making older ones blend in better with each other. www.youtube.com/shorts/Cklos... #art #indiedev #solodev #platformer #steam #wishlist #godot #2d #pixelart

So glad I got a new drawing tablet. Managed to quickly add to a 30 peice tileset. Within a couple of hours it has increased to 70 peices but should now be missing peices that I previously required and some bits fit together better! #PixelArt #SoloDev #Slimetopia #GameDev #Godot #IndieDev

Beta devlopment has officially begun for The Curse Of Slimetopia! Currently have a list of 27 major points that need to be done before I can consider fully releasing. www.youtube.com/shorts/QiXFp... #GameDev #SoloDev #IndieDev #Godot #Wishlist #WishlistSteam

Goodbye Alpha

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The final Alpha playtest build is finally live! The 'make it work' step is complete. Now I need to make it look, sound and feel good. This is were the hard really really begins. store.steampowered.com/news/app/320... #GameDev #IndieDev #SoloDev #Godot #Steam #2DPlatformer #HobbyDev #Slimetopia

The Curse Of Slimetopia Playtest - The Alpha & Omega - Steam News

The final Alpha build is finally here! (Assuming no additional hotfixes are required.) The 19 story levels have all been created to a point where you can complete them. The crosshair will now disappea...

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Work on the final boss begins! This is the last step before the beta state is declared where my focus shifts to Art, Sound and story to really bring the game to life. You can wishlist the game now. #IndieDev #SoloDev #Godot #Slimetopia

Always Comment your code. It may just have saved my game. After feedback I wanted to adjust a mechanic. Thanks past me for commenting what I was trying to do so I could better understand what I needed to change. The function's messy, but it's now a fun one #indiedev #godot #gamedev #solodev #code

1 more level + a final boss to go and I am content complete for nomal mode. Then my focus will shift more towards art, sound and maybe 1 or 2 extra songs. Speaking of... I have made another song for Slimetopia to use near the end of the game. on.soundcloud.com/s79pNIaiUnqD... #indiedev #solodev

"YOUR INSOLENCE ENDS HERE!" Started working on the penultimate boss of the game. They are not happy with with persistance. 2 Bosses and 1 level to complete and I have finished making all the levels that I wanted to create initially. #gamedev #indiedev #2dplatformer #godot #boss #solodev #steam

The feature creep devil got me interested enough to spend 5 hours to see if multiplayer is possible. Short answer - Yes. Long answer - Yes, but I would need to learn a lot more as currently 2 of player abilities doesn't work at all for any player. Help! 😂 #gamedev #indiedev #godot #scopecreep

The feature creep devil is on my shoulder whispering to me today. "You should add co-op to your game. It would be funny to play" It might be funny and maybe even good but I can't be adding that when I'm close to hitting beta! #indiegame #godot #2dplatformer #indiedev #gamedev #solodev

Finally got around to sorting out the players interaction with 'Slippy' slopes. This took longer than I expected to implement but now it's another tool I can use when designing my levels. #indiedev #indiegame #godot #platformer #2dplatformer #indiegamedev #gamedev #gamedevelopment

Spent my first bit of money on my game dev. Not directly for Slimetopia, just the new logo + branding for PhoenixDragon Games. The person I commissioned on Fiverr did an amazing job! Also got the domain up with a basic website! www.phoenixdragonmedia.com Also also, new Slimetopia update is out!

PNG RPG is officially available for wishlisting on the steam marketplace! Pixel art sandbox survival game with old RPG feel in a 3D world. #gamedev #unrealengine5 #pixelart #pixelartgame #indieDev #indiegame #steamgame #steamrelease #earlyaccess store.steampowered.com/app/3912730/...

PNG RPG on Steam

A pixel-art RPG in a 3D open world where you can build towns, manage people, explore a infinitely generated world, and battle monsters and foes alike.

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Took a couple of hours out of my schedule to buy a domain and whip up a very basic site for my indie development. Happy with the styling, just gotta work on some branding to go with it! phoenixdragongames.com In other news the next slimetopia update should be on steam soon! #indiedev #indiegame

I love how powerful animation is in Godot but it takes a good amount of time to get right! It's taken me about 3 hours to do an 11 second animation for a new level on Slimetopia and it's not quite perfect yet. #indiedev #indiegame #solodev #godot #gamedev #2Dgame #2Dplatformer #wishlistonsteam

I did it. Yesterday I launched my first game! #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames

Not sure if it's just me, but I like to come up with ideas for potential future projects as motivation to finish my current one. I want to try 3D next time so something small will be ideal. I'm torn between a short JRPG or some sort of driving... or maybe both? 👀😂 #indiedev #indiegames

Haven't touched the music production side of Slimetopia in nearly a year. Made myself an interesting sample that I think may be fit to be the 'Hallucination' world boss song if I go further with it. A haunting sense of urgency! soundcloud.com/phoenixdrago... #IndieDev #GameMusic #SoloDev #GameDev

Hallucination - WIP

A short sample that I made. Likely to be used as boss level music if I decide to continue with this.

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Going down into the sewers for this level. Done some more art so I can start to get a feel of what the level may look like. Need to think about the sewer floor and platforms next. #PixelArt #IndieGame #IndieDev #SoloDev #GameDev #2DPlatformer #IndieGameDev #SteamGame #Godot #Sewers #VideoGames

Well I managed to make a small start on my first attempt at making some art for my 'Neonscape' levels. This will require a tonne of work but will certainly push my current artistic limits. Hopefully I'll learn some good lessons. #indiegamedev #gamedev #pixelart #indiedev #indiegames #steam #godot

I really need to up my social media game at some point and posts updates from my game more than twice a year 😅. Recently tackled the tasks of figuring out how to implement localisation and setting up Discord Presence. I could do with my creative juices starting to flow again though! #indiedev

I want to start posting more so I decided to challenge myself to a character every day! Today's character is the one and only - Alien! #CharADay #pixelart #ドット絵

Recently discovered the power of the WorldEnviroment node in Godot. Looks like an essential for 3D, but even in my 2D game it's had a big impact on blending the colours together to make it more cohesive. As a newbie pixel artist, this is a godsend. #indiedev #gamedev #godot

Waaaahh!!@ I officially have a steam page up and running!! 😲🤯🥹 Check it out! I have the link in my bio and I will post it in the first comment below!! (feel free to wishlist it if you're interested :D) #indie #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #steamgame