Aerial_Knight Games

ideas?

What should we use this for in the game?

what do you think of our achievement icons?

We have Melee!

Stats tracking screens

These screens are in, what do you think?

Backer update :)

Happy Monday! I worked on the credits over the weekend to ensure all Patreon backers are included in the next prototype build. not the upcoming one but the one after that

I finally made the video

In this devlog, I break down how we built the prototype for Aerial_Knight’s Dropshot — a fast-paced, stylized shooter — in just 2 weeks, and how that demo grabbed the attention of press, gamers, and game publishers at GDC. Now 6 months in, I’m sharing what we focused on to keep the momentum going: from gameplay mechanics to visual identity to community building.

Built by a team of just two, Dropshot stands out from other shooters with its style, speed, and ener...

optimization improvements

the game has gone through major optimization improvements. We’ve added a tilt feature to give players better feedback when moving left, right, forward, or backward, and introduced more sound effects to enhance the experience.

We're also working on new NPC characters, along with several menu fixes and overall cleanup. With so many changes, we’re still playtesting to ensure nothing breaks and there are no unintended side effects.

We’re hoping to have a new build ready soon for...

Update 6.10.25

Looking to make a lot of progress this week. We’re still working on the demo, as we keep finding small things to improve—mainly optimization issues related to cloth physics, level interactions, and loading times.

To help with that, we’re going to preload the game during the intro cutscene and hope these small tweaks add up to a much smoother experience overall.

The core of the game is set now, so most of our focus is on optimization before we move on to building more levels....

Dreamcon!

Thank for coming by to see us at Dreamcon! I'll be cleaning up a few things we noticed wasn't working well in the demo, and sending it out to our members after all the summer games fest news has passed

Want to design an outfit for Dropshot?

Submit your shirt design for a chance to win a Knight Tier upgrade for a full year, a copy of the game at launch, and exclusive swag at our next event! 🎉

🗓 Contest runs until June 30th
🗳 Top 5 designs will be voted on by Patreon members

To enter, upload your design to the Aerial_Knight Discord:
👉 h...

Achievement Unlocked

some of the Achievement icons we're working on you can see where its going. what kind would you add?

NEW PLAYABLE SOON

here are some shots for the next upcoming playtest for members of the patron

Every shot needs to be a moneyshot

Spent a lot of time in animation this week but its looking good to me what do you think?

Dragon feedback

This is how the dragon looks right now. What other colors or props do you think could help its design?

Roar

Now that most of the not-as-fun stuff is set up and I'm not sick anymore, time to work on the cool things

New demo coming up soon so sub to the Patreon :D

Boss update

Made a lot of progress this week on the boss template and setup! The shooting, hitboxes, and falling mechanics are in a really good place now. The next step is to run a few more tests and start swapping out the placeholder assets with the actual models—though they still need to be retextured.

Once that’s done, I want to make sure everything feels right through some quick polish passes. The goal is to get things stable and then spend a couple weeks focused on building out levels 1 th...

DROPSHOT on EPIC

DROPSHOT on EPIC!

You can now wishlist Aerial_Knight's Dropshot on the Epic Games Store! THANKS TO YOU ALL!

Faking it

One of the things that's hard to unknow when you get into animation is that movement is a lie half of the time

Never yield easter eggs

need some cool ways to add some Never-Yield easter eggs into Dropshot

Breakfast

going to use this for something just don't know what yet

Setting up big battles

This week, we're testing what a big battle would look/feel like

NPC outfit

any designers in the building? We're looking for some new looks and designs for NPC. Here is a template for you to draw on top of if you have the skills. Let's see what you got

Thanks for the Cool Name

thanks for voting everyone, what a great name

Naming Poll Finals

After collecting the best names, here is the final poll

Last poster voting

Happy weekend, ok final round on poster voting, frame or no frame.

Poster Design

Which poster are you rocking with more? Leave your thoughts here on in the discord

More updates to UI

Here is a before and after of the level select screen

Check out the Latest Build of DROPSHOT

Thanks to your support, we were able to update the GDC build of dropshot. which is not available to all members

NAME THE MAIN CHARACTER

Alright! time to name our boy! we'll turn the most liked replies into a poll for paid members to vote on