Aurora Storialis
@aurorastorialis
Game Dev Studio currently making Endless You, a Puzzle Platformer where respawning doesn't reset the level. Explore overgrown factories, abandoned by the aliens that once built them.
Here's to Pride! 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈 Endless You's narrative focuses on our non-binary protagonist, Wik! Rather than covering coming out, we explore them reluctantly accepting the role of "Family Matriarch" from their mother. Can they find their own way to be a leader in a women-led society? #gameDev #indieGame
Noticing a very SLIGHT amount of jitter when the frame rate of my monitor is greater than the frame rate of the physics engine in #Godot . Working on a fix for it. #gameDev #indieGame
If you have any interest in learning about what makes Endless You tick, you should totally check out Friday's interview!
#gameDev advice I hate hearing!! 😡 "You should make a game in a popular genre instead!" No, you shouldn't. Make a game in a genre you're passionate about. Having insight into the genre trumps how hot the genre is. And if the project doesn't appeal to you, how likely are you to complete it?
I am surprised that Knuckles the Echidna doesn't have a cameo in the new Bubsy game, what with the title being "4D" and all.... ...This joke only makes sense if you know some things about echidna biology. #indieGame
Many inspirations for Endless You would surprise you, because they do not seem related on their surface. Let's take the game, Prince of Persia (2008). It's a game focused on movement and combat, two elements that Endless You purposefully lacks. So how is it an inspiration? #gameDev #indieGame
Getting some good tasks done lately for Endless You. Last stream, we created a new hazard: The Spear Trap. Today I tweaked some of the music based on tester feedback. Really enjoy the base of it, but needs more work before it can be shared. #gameDev #indieGame
An animation test for the keycard collectibles in Endless You! 🏳️🌈🐿️ #gameDev #indieGame
Spending today prettying up our levels so they all look this good 🏳️🌈🐿️ #gameDev #indieGame
🐿️ Endless You One of my favourite things about the #indieGame we're making is that its structure is the same zoomed in as it is zoomed out. The game loop is: Teaching Moments > Testing the Player. Across the whole game, the six factories teach the player for the Tower, the final test! #gameDev
Lately, we've been refining the game's loop to more accurately fit our initial vision. Part of that is shelving some old puzzles - and creating new ones. Here's a not-yet-decorated puzzle we put together! #gameDev #indieGame
Now let's talk about the game, can we talk about the game please, folks? I've been dying to talk about the game with you all day, ok? "Endless You" this name keeps coming up over and over again. I look at the genre, this whole game is Puzzle Platformer! #gameDev #indieGame
Terrible take from Notch This is like saying anyone who hasn't built a race car from scratch isn't a real driver. Not every race car driver needs to be a mechanic as well. There are people who are both, but it would be insane to suggest that's the only valid way to race. #gamedev #programming
We weren't on the AI haters list! Let's fix that. Aurora Storialis is extremely anti-AI. We feel it has no place in art of any kind, at any time in the process. Not for placeholders, not for ideation. Our work is handmade, and will always be handmade. Down with AI Slop!! #gamedev #indiegame
🐿️ Endless You Check it out! The collectibles now fly to the corner of the screen when you grab them. Plus we got a nice little transition between levels now. 😮 #indiegame
Considering starting a new stream segment called "This Explosion is too Big", where there's an explosion in the game that is possibly too big, and I tell you if it is or not. The following is a proof of concept: #gamedev #indiegame
Multiply something in your game by 10 and post the results The Last of Us X Endless You #gamedev #indiegame
🐿️ Endless You Working on the timing for new character animations! This is what we have for being vaporized and respawning. (Featuring An in bird form) #gamedev #indiegame #art
🐿️ Endless You Here's a flow diagram for our newest level we're testing! Replacing the last level of the demo, it has some non-linearity to add contrast with the early game. Puzzle Platform your way forward, and put bodies on enough buttons to reach the goal! #gamedev #indiegame
Endless You is about solving platforming puzzles using your own dead body, while reflecting on themes of solitude and identity. Having to fight enemies would give you an external focus, taking away from that introspection. And so, there will be no combat at all. #gamedev #cozygames ? #indiegame
We put together a WIP trailer for Endless You! Dying is not failure, it's strategy. #gamedev #indiegame
At the same time, we will be requiring you to download our proprietary Anti-Cheat Software, Cheatless You, that works hard to keep everyone playing fair from the kernel level! We will break ground as the first Single Player experience to require this! #gamedev #indiegame #innovation
At Aurora Storialis, we value our players. So we're changing our monetization model to suit YOU! Endless You will become free to download! But, since we know you want to support our work, every 10 in-game deaths, your credit card will be charged $1 USD! What a steal! #gamedev #indiegame #f2p
🐿️ Endless You We're prepping the game for a festival submission! (It's due tomorrow) Beautifying the levels before sending it off, come chill. www.twitch.tv/queen_an #gamedev #indiegame
🐿️ Endless You Wik is no action hero. They're not super tough or jaded. They'd much rather read than fight. But their selflessness and persistence makes them a hero nonetheless. Through their soft charm, they highlight the environment and its atmosphere of isolation. #gamedev #indiegame #puzzle
