Tom-Espen Andersen

Hello hello! The Biotopia demo is now available on Steam! Sharing/RTs are extremely appreciated. <3 You can also leave a review if you want; I'd very much welcome any feedback. #gamedev #indiedev

My first steam game ISLANDS&TRAINS has just released!! What began as a tiny hobby project has grown into something I’m so thankful, excited and proud for. It would mean the world if you could give this a retweet and try the game on Steam💌🌻s.team/a/1957760

The full changelog for this and previous versions is here btw: store.steampowered.com/news/app/23636… It's mostly minor fixes and adjustments, but there's some content in there too!

The Biotopia demo version 1.3 was released yesterday; chief among the changes is that the level cap was raised to level 10 👀 If you’ve ever felt like building a lil landscape, go on! Treat yoself! #gamedev #indiedev

I’ve really enjoyed seeing people try the demo for the first time without any pointers, and somehow figure out the mechanics on their own as they play. Maybe an eventual tutorial should be optional? What's the best way to foster curiosity without leaving players frustrated?

@t_jona96 It plays a bit differently, but definitely the same genre

@loboflex Dorfromantik?

Hello hello! The Biotopia demo is now available on Steam! Sharing/RTs are extremely appreciated. <3 You can also leave a review if you want; I'd very much welcome any feedback. #gamedev #indiedev

@adam_bobowski Haha, thanks! <3 Good luck!

@loboflex @OskSta You're amazing. Thank you !

@MinidoesDev Thank you! 😊

@loboflex This looks so smooth and fun

@adam_bobowski Assuming you have some sort of tilemap then @OskSta's dual grid is the superior way to generate meshes with nice round corners. x.com/OskSta/status/… If you're working in Unity then try to get really familiar with the Mesh class; there's a lot to learn.

Whooo. Did not expect that. Maybe I just need to dive deeper into that. Do you maybe have anything to recommend here I should look at? It seems like my efforts are not really up to what I'd like to achieve and maybe I'm just missing some learning resources not to reinvent wheel again

@designgurra Thank you! <3

@loboflex awesome feel, looks so cozy 😍

@adam_bobowski All the outline highlights are flat meshes, generated more or less the same way as the landscape itself. A simple transparent shader is used to draw the meshes on top of everything.

@loboflex How do you achieve this outline effect? Is this some kind of line-renderer + textures + glow shader or something else? I wanted to achieve something similar but nothing really good enough to use as a "selection outline"

@Just_Game_Dev Looks great! Lots of nice details, and I really like those trees too; I don't think I've seen those before👀

just a little boatyard that you can place in the game we're making no complex goals, just you and lots of elements you can build your world with.

@SpiralFoux Thank you, I hope you're right! 🤞

@loboflex Oh my gosh. That’s beautiful and brilliant. I think you have a winner concept :)

The demo is done! I'm a dingus and didn't take into account that it has to be reviewed before release, but it should be available on Steam next week (I hope). #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev

@dasilvacontin Thanks! <3

@loboflex very lovely

@HobbyPirates3D Thank you! 😊

@loboflex Oh man this is so cute - looks so great!

@Jason_Ewton Thank you! <3 @JoarRenolen did all the sound and music, and I'm super pleased with how it's all coming together.

@loboflex Hey man this is super clean. Great sound design too. Really well done!

@indie_forge Thanks for saying so, I'm happy to hear it 😌

@loboflex That looks so satisfying and relaxing!

@GamingAlpacaHQ Thank you! 🔥

@loboflex Can't wait to play it🔥

@Luno1442137 Heck yeah, I agree! And thank you, I'll pass it along 😊