birds eye view of the main island. Movement script stops working if you try to move anywhere outside the blue box. I didnt know until I played with it active but the material isnt visible from the inside until you get right up on the edge. Makes for a reasonable solution to represent the level barrier until I cordon it off with scenery :3 #gamedev #solodev

presenting another nifty free Unity asset by ME! This Easy Object Pool system will get you spawning prefabs quickly using scriptable objects.

https://milkshakebattlecat.itch.io/easy-object-pool

I use it in my project for repetitive effects, requires very little setup beyond creating the SOs & assigning them for runtime creation; great for prototyping. You can request spawns at a Vector3, or send a Transform & the object will take its forward direction, making it great for projectiles.

#gamedev #madewithunity

I wouldnt have been able to make this if not for dissecting the work of Devion Games, who made this excellent free Item & Inventory asset: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/gui/item-inventory-system-45568

My final code is very different at this point, but Devion Games gave me a great starting point to study and work from. I highly recommend it if you want to spare yourself the pain I have endured 😭 For such a common feature, a proper inventory is shockingly complex!

Fishionista inventory system: We got dragndrop, we got storage containers, we got stack splitting! We got equipment!!! Its been good & functional so far but I fully expect to encounter outrageous bugs to iron out as I test longer gameplay sessions. #gamedev #solodev #madewithunity

VN-style branching dialogue system inspired by the now defunct Fungus asset. I dunno why the Fungus team purged their excellent tool, it was my fav D: Pretty sure you can still get it on github though I dunno how well it plays with newer Unity versions.
#gamedev

Father daughter synchronized rumba while local peacekeeper questions his existence
#3dmodeling #mixamo

The worst holdover from Fish Flash: entirely unhelpful tooltips 👍🐟 #gamedev

Radial interaction menu à la The Sims repositions interactions based on how many options are added, and each option can have sub-interactions. Its used for quick access to complex options, but one can also just approach & press the action key to trigger a default interaction.
#gamedev #solodev

I know at least one person who'll be peeved if this game cant be played with a controller and I shudder at the thought of adding controller support for this feature, ahah 😅 Might not be necessary but more of a convenience feature for superior mouse & keyboard loving gentlemen...

naturally I want my models to share dimensions so that I can easily swap clothing between them, but I can't resist having some outliers... I simply can't conceive of Aegir as anything other than a BIG ASS FELLA 💪

stay up late to watch the plants grow 💚🌱

#gamedev #solodev #farminggame #cozygame

got some stars and clouds now 🌠☁️

I include the ability to change keybinds in almost every game I make, even jams, but recently I set out to make THE LAST KEYBINDING SOLUTION I WILL EVER MAKE! This menu is populated dynamically based on bindings listed in a script.

Not as user-friendly as it could be, still have to go into code & define keys in a few spots, but I'll take this structure to any new project I start. It was worth the time even tho I hated every bit of it. >:O Tedious work compared to making dudes stab each other.

Aegir's meant to introduce the player to household mechanics, special interactions for NPCs that live with you. You can select and command household members like a sim. Eventually there might be some limitations on this based on the character's schedule or relationship level, but for now it is simply complete control. Selection visual is a work in progress 😅

The Fishionista has friends! :3

Aegir, big guy on the right, is her father, with whom she lives on the island of Krait. He shares her skin & hair material so theyll both change based on whats chosen during character creation.

On the left is Roman, aspiring sheriff of Rumrunner's Rest. He's the first townie to get a model and will probably play placeholder for all the others for a while lol

#gamedev #solodev

@vinnie 💙 right!! I made it harder on myself with the level of detail for sure, but even traditional pixel nugget people I find very challenging, just the amount of precision demanded. Sketchy mess is more my speed 😅

Made this concept art a long time ago for a pixel style game, but I haven't the wherewithal to maintain this style on a full project. Pixel artists are stronger than the strongest strong men

George and Piggy might appear in a project with a different style some day, either a more smooth/sketchy 2D look or maybe even 3D.

#conceptart #gameconcept #pixelart #myart

#aseprite #pixelart
Moonlight City
(Repost from October 2021)

@sandycyborg To the ma(w) 👹 🥺 I want to give my hand in reverence, a lover's awe at the curve of eternity

...yet I flinch when I feel her near, like a trembling fool fearing the first kiss. 💔

Mind you, Unity's free Cinemachine asset can do all this and more. I simply desired an alternative catering specifically to the functions I desired. Just as you can expand PlayerController, the no-frills CameraController script can be easily built upon too. Go wild and godspeed, I hope someone finds it helpful :3