I like this trend.

Did one final pass on the rendering so that I can support a full 128x64 view. The old square view allowed for 64x64 so I wanted to preserve that level of zoom. Zones are only 128x128, so at this zoom the camera only pans up and down.

This is what the upgrade from VHS to DVD felt like. Before ➡️ After #Glyphscape #UI #ASCII #Retro #RPG #GameDev #SoloDev

Preparations for a double-wide display layout for Glyphscape have proven fruitful. I'm so optimized on the display that there's barely a noticeable fps hit from doubling the rendered area. (Very rough because I'm just dragging UI elements around in Unity)

Last chance to pick up Glyphscape for 30% off! There's a demo of the first dungeon so you can try it for free too! store.steampowered.com/app/3103690/... #SummerSale #IndieGame #RPG #ASCII #Retro

Friendly reminder that Glyphscape is under $5 for the next week or so. It's got little mouses in it, what more can I say store.steampowered.com/app/3103690/... #IndieDev #RPG #ASCII #SoloDev #Steam #Sale

Some more #Blender practice: a simple ruby ring.

Moonlight Sword! Or rather, Moonlight Dagger (goblin appropriate)

Another shader experiment. This is a redo of an attempt to reverse-engineer the directional fog effects from Valheim. I think I actually nailed it? #Godot #GLSL #GameDev

A little bit of shader practice. I was going for hot springs.

Glyphscape inventory be like

The illusion works from the other side of the stairs too!

My lunch break activity was creating a texture for turning ramps into stairs. The normals aren't quite perfect, but it's good enough to sell the effect if you ask me. #goblingame #solodev

For reference, here is what we are currently working with.

Here's a quick and dirty mockup of an alternative ASCIIDECK layout that I have been considering. The current layout has a good amount of wasted space, and this layout should greatly reduce the amount of eye activity demanded. Looking left to right between panels gets tiring. #GameDev #SoloDev

A bird's-eye view of the entrance to the northern plateau. I feel like Jeff Bridges in Tron: Legacy!

Behold! Lunamin in 3D! I'm a bit surprised that the entire continent can be rendered like this while keeping a decent frame rate. In reality, the player will never need to see that far.

After some more visual fidelity it is becoming clear to me that the fantasy world that I created for #Glyphscape is in fact Just Florida. #SoloDev #Godot #GameDev

The fruits of today's labor: I was able to replace the placeholder data with the actual world data from #Glyphscape, so now it's just a matter of filling in missing geometry and textures! Then the final boss of the project - all of my forced perspective tricks have to be created for real...

Got UVs applied, and mesh generation for roofs *kind of* working. I think I finally got the tile proportions right for a first person game.

Returning to an old project this weekend - a system for rendering the world of #Glyphscape in 3D. Just for fun, but who knows maybe I'll make a first-person mode. #ScreenshotSaturday #SoloDev

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Some areas are getting aesthetic improvements in #Glyphscape v1.1, such as the addition of rapids in some streams, like this one in the mountains. #ASCII #RPG #SoloDev #GameDev

Another comparison of what is to come in v1.1! A massive amount of new apparel items will be available to find. Hard to believe this is all still rendered in a text box. #Glyphscape #solodev #indiedev #ASCII #RPG

Here are some of my personal favorite pieces of new weapon arts in v1.1. No more procedurally generated blade/handle combinations! The art for each weapon will be unique to that weapon. #indiedev #solodev #ascii #RPG #Glyphscape

Here's a sneak peak at some of the equipment upgrades coming in #Glyphscape v1.1! Every piece of apparel and weapon is getting a fresh coat of paint, and many new pieces are being added. #indiedev #solodev #ascii #RPG

Got another patch cooking for JACKANOPE, with a great deal of important bug fixes and polish. #SoloDev #PSX #Horror #IndieDev #MadeInGodot

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Finally figured something out that's been nagging me for a long time-- applying post-processing effects to single layers of the ASCII sprites in #Glyphscape. The top layer is already designated for particle effects, so adding bloom to that layer only adds a nice pop. #Solodev #Indiedev

Another #screenshotsaturday post while I'm at it: overhauled the Region Info UI which was sorely lacking before. The region is shown in an expanded 3x3 grid of features (roads, rivers, points of interest). On the right is a season/time-of-day dial and below is a weather readout and region name.