NuclearStrawberry

Lucian

Your first peek at a new character, and some story details! Making cutscenes is tons of fun actually, and I put a lot of effort into this one.

Usual video disclaimers: the game doesn't have sound yet, and my recording framerate/resolution isn't very good. I want this scene to be shown publicly eventually too, but I want that to wait until there's sound and a more-detailed background.

What next?

I haven't been feeling well lately so not much has gotten done with the game. I wanna get something big done soon though, so I can show it off and get some more motivation!

This doesn't look right

Some glitch screenshots from last time I tried to optimize the block-drawing code.

A song! I don't know what to call it yet

This actually took way longer than I expected to make... I studied music theory for a few months and tried to get a more simple/traditional style but I couldn't get it to work. Eventually I just dropped that and went back to my old tried-and-true chord progressions and square arps, but still using a few things I learned in those months! Not sure if this is 100% done, but it's kinda close.

Copy Kitty made pretty good use of dynamic music and I'll be doing that here too of course. Each level is huge, and generally will have one song playing, but it'll switch between 4 or 5 different variants as you go to sub-areas.

I have no clue what to do with the names though! Naming music is really hard unless I have a naming scheme to work with, and Copy Kitty already used fruit alliteration (and we're almost out of recognizable fruits so I can't just continue that). Anyone have any ideas?

The Music vs Socks poll was a tie, so I had to improvise

Vote on next post!

Nhimor's Blob Adventures, Page 44: Blob of the Past, pt.3

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Patrons-only until April 12.

Inventory screen test

The pause screen is Cleru's journal! She makes sure to write down absolutely everything to keep it all organized - notes, maps, photos, and more. Right now it's just a few stickers and a bunch of blank pages, but I'm really proud of how it looks already! It was a lot of fun to program all this. Let me know if you have any comments or ideas for the journal!

Little gem things

Wouldn't be a platformer game without some of these! You can buy stuff with the gems but they mostly exist because they're fun to collect.

(As with other videos, the game's actually 60FPS HD but my computer isn't good enough to record it. I'll find a solution by the time we're posting this stuff publicly.)

Who's in there?

Powerups and stuff!

The game is split up into big, non-linear stages. In each stage, Cleru needs to collect enough crystals to get into the big temple in the middle. You don't need all of the crystals, so if you miss a few it's not a big deal!

And of course, sometimes you find powerups instead!

These are the Wing Shoes, which let you charge up to jump super high! Every powerup is a physical thing that Cleru wears for the rest of the stage. They stop working if you take them too far away from their temple though, so you start every new stage with a blank inventory. Each stage has an entirely new set of items, with no repeats at all!

What sort of things do you want Cleru to wear for powerups?

Cleru climbs a dandelion

Cleru's game, first footage!

 Just some running and fruit-tossing! 🍓

Sorry for low framerate and video quality, the game's HD 60fps but I can't record it well on my computer. (The game also doesn't have sound right now)

Make sure to tell us what you think!

Important concept art of some bunnies

Here's some jackalopes! There's a ton of different types of them. Which one's your favorite?

Cleru's game, first look!

That little sunfluff in the middle is named Cleru! She can fly with her big ears, and summon fruit by pulling it out of any container (as long as nobody can prove the fruit wasn't there to begin with). This is a relaxing exploration game where you feed critters instead of hurting them, since they're all just grumpy! Then they'll help you, and you can pet them and hug them too.

Cleru comes from a rainbow city in the sky, but travels down to the surface to help her friends there. Things can be pretty dangerous on the surface, especially at night, but that won't stop Cleru from spreading happiness and fruit!

These screenshots are very early in development, so things will change pretty drastically as we keep working on it! We'll keep you all updated with at least one post per week.

See you next time! ❤