James Brill

The Feedwater prototype now has a browser demo on Itch! Give it a try - I'd love to hear your feedback. Can anyone beat the final level? jamesbrill.itch.io/feedwater #gamedev #indiedev

You can wishlist Coma Control on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/3618690/Co…

I've been experimenting with procedurally generated puzzles in Coma Control this week. #gamedev #indiegames

I've remade the elevator in my game so you can explore deeper than ever into the mind of a man struggling to wake up from a coma (you can wishlist Coma Control on Steam). youtube.com/shorts/oRnz1ou… #gamedev #indiegames #game #metroidvania

You can wishlist Coma Control on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/3618690/Co…

New game mechanic in Coma Control: hunter boulders. You move, they move. Get too close, they explode. #gamedev #indiegames

Coma Control (formerly Feedwater), my psychological puzzle adventure, has a Steam page! You can support the game by wishlisting or sharing. This helps so much! ❤️🙏 store.steampowered.com/app/3618690/Co… #indiegame #gamedev

I chose to cut a major mechanic from my game. Here I explain why jamesbrill.itch.io/feedwater/devl… #gamedev #indiegames

What steps would you take to clarify that style and modify the game to use it? (10/10)

Current art style is placeholder - I'm open-minded about converting it to something radically different. But I have no idea where to start on defining the final art style. I just know I need something better than what I currently have, at least from marketing perspective. (9/10)

* The pure top-down perspective (chosen to make my life easier when drawing) sometimes confuses players when distinguishing between solid walls (the black void) and walkable areas (the grey dungeon tiles) (6/10)

* The overall aesthetic, especially the environment, is bland with no consistent use of colours. I use colours to distinguish the many different tiles in the game, which results in a mess of greys and bright colours (5/10)

Some details/challenges: * It's a top-down tile-based puzzle game with many different tiles. The readability of these tiles is critical, so the art style should not have too much noise/detail (3/10)

* Gameplay: use logic to set off chain reactions, avoid deadly traps, and ultimately escape each level * Most sprites are 32x32 pixel art to build 640x360 view. However, this resolution isn't respected by my shaders and particle effects, which render at higher resolutions (4/10)

I'm happy with the game itself and my goal is to migrate my Itch .io demo to a Steam page. However, it's held back by a dull, inconsistent art style based on my programmer art. When people glance at this game on Steam or social media, I want its visuals to pop. (2/10)

Dear artists, my game's art sucks and I want to raise it to a quality worthy of Steam. I could use some advice (see thread) #gameart #pixelart #gamedev #indiegames (1/10)

Showcase of laser-themed puzzle levels for Feedwater #puzzle #indiegames

@StoryInGodot That's one of the effects, yes. Though not just the player that can be affected by these lasers.

@jamesebrill Looking at the picture it feels like its going to give you a temporary shield so you can get to that saw? 😅

Red lasers destroy things. Blue lasers activate things. So what do Feedwater's new green lasers do? #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegames

@SnkyGames It grants the player temporary invulnerability. But it also does the same to other objects, which completely changes their behaviour, especially flying arrows...

@jamesebrill it let's you pass through 🤔🤔