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We’re excited to announce Echobreaker⚡ A lightning-fast precision platformer where you bend time, master momentum and chase the perfect run. Watch the trailer and wishlist now on Steam👇

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What name have TDS Industries assigned you? 👟💨 #Echobreaker

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We’re excited to announce Echobreaker⚡ A lightning-fast precision platformer where you bend time, master momentum and chase the perfect run. Watch the trailer and wishlist now on Steam👇

Some fantastic VFXs created by Stevie. Here's how we used VFX to swoosh up the basic attacks on #echobreaker #gamedev #vfx

Paddy: Here’s an image of the playable character that will form the basis of our KeyArt. The idea is to convey the speed and agility of our character zipping along! #conceptart #indiedev #gamedev #EchoBreaker

Paddy: It's confirmed, we DO colour in for a living… We wanted our playable character to stand out so here are some eye catching colour swatches for the suit. #conceptart #indiedev #gamedev #EchoBreaker

Paddy:We wanted the Hero design to feel like there was obviously a human inside the suit. It had to look fast and nimble, unique and readable Have overly long helmets been done before? Possibly. but we think there’s room for something special in #EchoBreaker #conceptart #gamedev

Paddy: Time to get the crayons out! Iterating quickly between scribbles and box meshes in-game we started to evolve the look of #EchoBreaker 's playable character. #indiedev #gamedev #conceptart

My dad’s faster than your dad because he knows how to take shortcuts in #EchoBreaker #indiegame #indiedev

Adam: And here's the wall running for #echobreaker in game! #indiegame #gamedev #speedrun

(3/3) Shinanigans ensued, with some bespoke jumping logic that made sure that you *always* jumped away from a wall at a 45 degree angle, but could still influence your movement while in the air.

(2/3) This was a tricky balance, we wanted it to have a sense of inertia and seamlessly blend in and out of normal (or sped up movement) but at the same time we wanted the player to have a good sense of confidence and reliability (especially when jumping off).

Adam: Here's some of the 'gymnasium' level that was built to prove out the wall running for #EchoBreaker. for #indiedev #gameplaycode #gamedev people I'll go into some of the details (1/3)

(4/4) For this design we looked at the form and colour of late 90s futuristic games as well as household tech items. This resulted in a more sleek design with some corporate liveries The influences here are a Panasonic handheld camera, WipeOut and Virtual-On (what a game!)

(3/4) With this concept we looked at near future designs for communication devices and military equipment & wondered how these forms may transfer over to a unique looking robot that feels familiar/creditable. References images are from Total Recall, British Telecom and Virtua Cop

Paddy: Hello all. Here are some early WIP concepts for Tech. We were inspired by the designs and forms of product and tech design in the late 90’s/early 2000s. For the #gamedev #indiedev #conceptart #gameart deeper dive, please read on (1/4)

Here's the up to date version of the movement in EchoBreaker! "You can tell how important it was to maintain momentum, allowing the player to be expressive with how they move and launch themselves around." #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

"(4/4) p.s. As an aside, the surface raycast position lags behind the player when going fast, to make transitions off fast surfaces (onto normal surfaces or off ledges) more forgiving."

"(3/4) The main thing that makes this work well is that the speed is carried between movement states (move, jump) as well as from surface to surface. This stops sudden 'jolts' when transitioning, but also allows longer jumps from faster surfaces."

Got another info drop for you! This time it's all about the fast surface "Here's some more early WIP on our 'fast surface'. We wanted it to have a strong sense of risk/reward, essentially fast, but slippy. For the #gamedev #gamecode #indiedev side of it, read on (1/4):"