Aaron Koss - "TOWST: The One Who Sees Things"
@theonewhoponder
I love games. I love love. Creating "TOWST", a first-person, story-rich, non-linear, rule-discovery, knowledge-based, puzzle-game, inspired-by the-bests. May contain humor. Wishlist: s.team/a/3248630 Discord: discord.gg/Tum3FPQ4yt
I close my eyes, tell us why must we suffer. Release your hands for your will drag us under. My legs grow tired, tell us where must we wander. How can we carry on, if redemption's beyond us?
@steinmakesgames.bsky.social Dig Dig Boom's Papatillon (or Kartoffelkanon), exploseur, pipi linja and pipi lili, with a distant cousin from a different game. Hämis 👍
I got some pencils and feel like drawing. Anyone who sees this, give me a subject from your or a friends game, released or in progress, and I will draw it. Obviously for free because, lmao, you will see how good I am (not). First up is @ekorz.bsky.social 's Zero, LC and Cat from "Chroma Zero".
6th of July is Lithuania's Coronation Day, a great example of the big heart of this small nation. National Anthem in 20 minutes. www.lrt.lt/mediateka/ti...
Post the best picture you have ever taken of your pet (if you feel like it): The photo was not staged, I found her like that. Little princess sleeping peacefully under the warm blanket (it was winter).
I have already blacklisted “TheGamer”, you don’t have to sell it to me.
I wonder how many remember this.
Despite my current situation, I have been able to do seldom gamedev in the past six months. In the next 3+ months I won't be able to do anything at all, so I wanted to at least share some screenshots and info. It is an easter egg in the form of a separate, playable, spoiler -free world. (...)
Bonus: if you are on unreal engine, you can have the filter right in the engine/editor, without the need for colororacle, just like so: (see alt text)
Development of TOWST is still on hold. TOWST is a passion project, I am not a professional game developer. I am relocating to a different country, which is taking long for multiple reasons. Until I am settled down I won’t be able to resume development. Cheers
Very cheap easter eggs that I am overly proud of.
Happy. Found a pin of Saphe lovingly biting Fray.
Discovered www.reddit.com/r/nervysquer... for animals with movement impairments (caused by cerebral problems), and makes me both happy and sad to see other cats with the same/similar condition/situation as our princess Ciri. Old photos but enjoy the cat tax (and no, she is not just a head)
@hallinniklas.bsky.social I saw your "Alruna Art Bomb", so wanted to do my part, even if I am not an artist. Fuck AI.
Loved the level design. Finding shortcuts or "movement techs" to bypass certain sections/need for certain items early on was both confusing and fantastic. Alruna NPCs: industry is rot, heaven is spring, destiny become. The skies, the skies... Me:
-seems like can't really share a svg file here -the mouse itself is not centered in my version, because I recentered the whole as one -just the base version -still CC0 -would be great if someone with more skills did it -also noticed a mistake(?) in the mouse wheel bottom bend
This reminds me as a thumb mouse button user I wanted to have the icons for it too, so I finally went and edited your mouse icons to add M4 and M5; It's quick and done poorly (on top of me not having good skills) but just wanted to share as a thank you for all you have done.
Wholeheartedly agree. I even made placeholder (or final?) easter egg drawings. It's just so fun and fast, and add so much love.
Smol update: the small issues found in the latest playtest have been fixed; working now on bigger issues. Tutorialization, settings and keybinds QOL, refactoring things that are not working. I have a long list and already the possible solutions, but time is lacking. Cheers and happy holidays!
I feel weirdly proud when instead of procrastinating by doing something stupid I procrastinate by doing something stupid and fun. Bonus points for screaming at the recording, hoping the message can go back in time and reach the player. (At least I don't need to restraint myself in these scenarios)
I preferred the dots, but that's also because it reminded me of Isles of Sea and Sky metal boxes, those one's also fill up and then count down, as your original design; maybe changing the sprite/color of the bomb instead of having it only flash could help as indicator for countdown?
#screenshotsaturday is just a very quick grab from the editor because I was supposed to finish 0.7 yesterday but I am still missing some core stuff.
For #screenshotsaturday and #gamedev, I wanted to share how proud I feel when I manage to use static/baked lights to "fake" lumen/rtx light bounces, without the need of any post process either. Ain't much, but I do what I can.
Come solve puzzles in TOWST, we have: -thermal baths to relax in when you are not solving puzzles -probably more things
I found certain non-puzzle elements to be too flat: red pillows (zabutons) on brown wood. Activating the colorblind setting will, among other things, change the pillows color to something that works better for everyone.
Really? Right in front of my steamdeck?
For once, I come prepared for #screenshotsaturday Sorry for the awful camera work/movement, it was something I recorded in the spun of the moment. (Also the area is still WIP and missing a lot of beautification).