Underclocked

Here's a sneak peek of item randomization working! #pixelart #IndieGameDev #randomizer #Retro

Twitter quality flower for an upcoming feature #pixelart #retro #indiegame

Some shots of the Lizelope.

This monstrocity is actually really cool, and I'll show him off in action soon!

I know I said that the platforms feel good, but now they feel really good. They're just a perfect opportunity to create simple clocking puzzles.

Synchronized platforms feel good, and they have a nice little pulse before moving. Checkout the latest devlog featuring them here: youtu.be/Lr6BhFrrI4I

It might still seem like the direction can change suddenly, but volume scales with distance, so the most sudden changes are far less noticeable, because they only occur when the music is quieter anyways. Big improvement over having a small set of static audio positions.

Here's a simulation of overworld music emitted from cave entrances while inside the cave. I updated from a rough algorithm to something more fluid to prevent jarring audio changes. Blue dots = entrances Mouse = player White dot = direction of music Red box = range of hearing

Why are badgers so often depicted as being angry creatures? I'm not sure, but this one puts the "fur" in "fury". And apparently sometimes I post on the wrong account...😅 #pixelart #screenshotsaturday

The first enemy that can chill out of his mind. #pixelart #retro

This bird dreams of soaring through the air. You can make the dream come true! #pixelart #chicken #dontTellTheElf

I decided to visualize collision masks (i.e. hitboxes) for the first time while debugging, and it's oddly satisfying to look at. Slug trails aren't interactable, but they may be in the future.

Turns out the answer for vertical bonks is to perform exactly this much linear interpolation:

Spent a long time literally (but digitally) banging my head against a wall to figure out exactly how to make the trajectory and shadow look satisfactory. #screenshotsaturday #pixelart #Retro #math

Who knew that picking up a chicken has so many implications. I've been working on picking up a chicken in my game for a couple weeks now, and just you wait. It's going to be the cleanest chicken pickup on this side of the road.

When I want to pick up a chicken, but the chicken picks up me:

A good enough transition for now.

Artwork by @WanderwoodGame, and music by @jcunningham6392! "Press Any Button" has never been more satisfying.

I've been programming save file management into my game, and I was struggling for hours with a bug that I only fixed when I renamed a variable from "ItemRandomizationType" to "Pork".

The latest YouTube video shows off pretty much everything in the game, including a newly implemented feature at the end! Thanks to @jcunningham6392 for the nice cave music you can hear in this clip! Watch the full video here: youtu.be/5WBzpOy9oUs

The devlog for this feature is live! youtu.be/WaMBzhO78mg

Here's something big to make up for the lack of recent posts! The "deep cave" music is merely a placeholder, but thank you @jcunningham6392 for composing the amazing overworld track! I recommend headphones to get the full effect! #retro #Music #Pixelart #indiegame