People are trying out our game at an indie booth in China! :D

when making an isometric game in 2d, i'm noticing you need shapes on the 'floor' that emphasise the perspective, to ground the assets onto the world. #indiedev #godotengine #handdrawn

I keep messing up size and scale if I don’t reference similar assets. So I often end up throwing them all into a scene, and then start drawing on top of a screenshot 🤷🏼 #gamedev #godotengine

Me to my daughter on the weekend: I swear I’m also drawing cats. Can you pass me the pink?

drawing assets for a new region. just added these geyser-likes #gamedev #godotengine #handdrawn

sketching out a new world. neck-deep in the mess of creation! #gamedev #indiegame #godotengine

in context

making tiny isles of assets again ^_^ #gamedev #godot #indiegame

making content = venturing into the unknown, again. i just started sketching a new castle type. a lot of general game design and art style questions are getting answered along the way. #gamedev

2. a shader on a subviewportcontainer, with a subviewport that renders the game (great performance, because the shader only does its work on the 'image' in the subviewport). problem: fonts also render here, diminishing their scalable quality, which was a no-go for me.

I had tried two shortcuts (which I desperately hoped would work): 1. a shader on a colorrect in a canvaslayer on top of the game (perfomance drain, because there are so many objects in the game)

I recolored 2000+ sprites because I wanted to get rid of an optical, grey-ish layer on top the game that had been there since the beginning of development. #gamedev #indiegame #godotengine

We finally pulled the trigger and made our tooltips smarter. I couldn't stand watching players hover upgrades on and off to spot the differences any longer. #gamedev #godotengine #ui

giving our shaman interface some love. players can now choose a spell to enchant their buildings, but it is tied to a random curse that influences all combat. #indiegame #godot

the art, the artist :P #gamedev

making zelda-style area title animations. not mega intuitive using control nodes with anchoring and responsive sizing, but certainly doable! #godotengine #gamedev

introducing 'the shed' #gamedev #indiegame #godotengine

low effort water effect :D #gamedev #handdrawn #godot

working on our workshop interface. adding images to the list for easier exploration. and a lot of small animations to give feedback on whats happening. #godotengine #gamedev #crafting

love making little islands of assets #godot #gamedev #indiegame

beat the final boss! i wrote a todo that it was too hard cause it took me 3 times. but now i kinda like that it was hard hahah #indiedev #godotengine #handdrawn #roguelite #autobattler

working on some laser eyes. also put the impact zone on the head of the snake, which seems fun, but also makes the snake attack less readable :/ #gamedev #godot #indiegame

designing more demon bosses for castle away! #gamedev #indiegame #godot

first version of our underworld, where the archdemon resides #gamedev #indiegame #godot

iteration

working on making the urgency of 'encounter picking' more obvious. changed a 'meter' with increments to 'charges', which makes it easier to communicatie that an action costs a charge. #gamedev #godot #indiegame

Boss kill rewards castle extension. Seeing this now, the icon should actually reflect the castle type (more woody). Work work work. #indiedev #godot #handdrawn

love how the mascotte also knows this and hides behind a piece of paper. "hihi, sorry!"

Announcing CASTLE AWAY! In which you build and command a flying fortress to slay the demons invading your world! A quick-to-pick-up, run-based strategy game focused on crafting combat synergies on your little castle grid. Let me know what you think! #indiegame #gamedev #roguelite

I’m announcing a new project later today. And as this early playtester so eloquently put it on reddit: it’s aight so far 😅 #indiegame #gamedev #godot