WatchDaToast
@watchdatoast.bsky.social
Drawing & Gamedev🎮 Developed Owlsgard and the Wool Ball series🦌 Now tries to do a 3D Platformer✨ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WatchDaToast
Spotted a Rayman 2 texture in Beyond Good And Evil. Neuron activated
WatchDaToast@watchdatoast.bsky.social · last mo.Recently I've been playing all 3D platformers that I missed out on back in the day. Enjoying most of them, but it's jarring to see how some franchises went edgy in the early 2000s. Playing Jak 2 after completing The Precursor Legacy is SUCH a whiplash, really not feeling it lol
...and then there's this hilarious 100% coincidental similarity between this shot in Owlsgard and a certain scene in Ronny's Climb. I mean, come on, what are the odds? 🦌
Some very early action segments in which you steer a boat, speed up and run into enemies. Music from Ratchet and Clank.
Alright, some more progress on King's Quest 8 in Doom before I move on to other things for a bit. Now with more cheesy Connor lines.
And thus, I was able to import the geometry of the first Daventry map of King's Quest 8... into THE DOOM ENGINE!!! This makes me happy. (the buildings need to be remade from scratch though)
WatchDaToast@watchdatoast.bsky.social · 3w agoI was playing King's Quest 8 the other day and found out that there are heightmap files for every world in the data folder. Imported them in Blender and did some rough reconstructing. It's so cool to now see how the environment actually looks without all the fog.
This is what the entirety of the first map in King's Quest 8 looks like. Reconstructing the location of the buildings and pathway was quite easy because you could clearly tell it by looking at the heightmap from the game. A bit of a random post, but this stuff just fascinates me.
WatchDaToast@watchdatoast.bsky.social · 3w agoI was playing King's Quest 8 the other day and found out that there are heightmap files for every world in the data folder. Imported them in Blender and did some rough reconstructing. It's so cool to now see how the environment actually looks without all the fog.
I was playing King's Quest 8 the other day and found out that there are heightmap files for every world in the data folder. Imported them in Blender and did some rough reconstructing. It's so cool to now see how the environment actually looks without all the fog.
There's no aspect of gamedev that is frying my brain quite like level design. There usually comes a moment when everything clicks after countless iterations... but the way to get there is TOUGH
Since I'm working on my own 3D game, I've developed a hyperfixation on Tonic Trouble. Even as a kid it struck me as a downgraded Rayman 2... it's such an odd and unfinished feeling game by todays standards. Yet it has insane ambition shining through, which is kind of fascinating.
This post got kinda popular for some reason. Thanks so much for all the reposts, likes and encouraging words! c:
WatchDaToast@watchdatoast.bsky.social · 4w agoEverytime you encounter a sharp corner like this, you can bet that the game is loading in some new level segments juuuust outside your view. Super obvious stuff, but I enjoy the ✨r e t r o✨ aspect of it
'Backrooms' director Kane Parsons isn't a fan of generative AI "If I could snap my fingers and make generative AI disappear forever, I probably would" "Creatively, I get no enjoyment from using those tools. It defeats the purpose entirely for me"
Everytime you encounter a sharp corner like this, you can bet that the game is loading in some new level segments juuuust outside your view. Super obvious stuff, but I enjoy the ✨r e t r o✨ aspect of it
Recently I've been playing all 3D platformers that I missed out on back in the day. Enjoying most of them, but it's jarring to see how some franchises went edgy in the early 2000s. Playing Jak 2 after completing The Precursor Legacy is SUCH a whiplash, really not feeling it lol
My current project is coming along nicely and I am very hyped about all the progress I made, however it's kinda hard to show anything yet because of how almost everything is still made up of unflattering placeholder assets. I'm kind of happy with this temple scene here though.
It's not a true WatchDaToast™ prototype level if it isn't covered in one single grass texture and features german text everywhere reminding me where to put certain stuff later
Rooms are being connected! After a few weeks of graphics and animation, i'm finally putting the actual game together ^^ Follow for more updates onf this little kids CD-Rom style adventure game! #indiegame #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedevelopment
Somebody once recommended that I should use AI for animation to make "faster progress", arguing that it's "just a tool", like anything else in a painting program. Personally, I'd rather take years to finish my animations than rush the process and become a bad animator. #noai
Putting grumpy faces on all my new placeholder enemy meshes so that everyone who playtests will know these fellas mean TROUBLE >8(
Hey its been a hot minute! dw I'm still around I just took a bit of a break from these places but I didn't stop doing these! Rose @paisleyrose103.bsky.social Finn @watchdatoast.bsky.social
Fanart of Finn, From Beyond the edge of Owlsgard, a very touching and a awesome game!
Felt inspired to add some fun whirlwinds. Hold jump to gain upwards momentum, but don't drop too far down into the fan.
I'm enjoying my time with OG Resident Evil 3, even though Nemesis is REALLY pissing me off. Still felt like sketching him inbetween sessions.
