My name is João Vasconcelos and I'm a hobbyist pixel artist/game designer.
The making of 田舎.
Mimic texture done! You can view it in 3D here:
I just finished rigging it, so hopefully I’ll have some aniamtions ready...
agricultura (update 05)
a solarpunk farming sim
01) station E serves capsule farms 15-20, taking farmers to the metropolitan...
Back at it!
When shit goes terribly wrong…
Oh, and btw, started playing around with another idea. Trying to keep it as simple as i can.
Started working on the character generator!
The multi-character system is still a work in progress but is slowly getting somewhere.
Not yet sure about the panels graphics though… I think it occupies too much of the screen when you have 4 characters (like in the video). But I do need the space to show the character’s information like HP bar, EXP bar and statuses (sleeping, burning, etc)…
Also, the enemies side panels are now red for better readability.
I’ve also been thinking about the inventory system. I want the player to be able to equip weapons on their characters and swap them freely each turn.
I’ll be making an inventory mockup as soon as I’m happy with the multi-character stuff.
Build 0.1.4 is finally out!!
With a revamped hud, turrets, new enemy abilities, new bugs, etc…
- 28/07 Changelog:
- Gameplay
- Fixed a rare bug with combat turning the screen all black (what the f%$#…)
- Fixed bug with Larvas and their line of sight (again…)
- Improved fog of war! (some walls were acting weird but i told them to stop!)
- Added sound detecting mechanic: if you’re hiding, you can now listen for nearby enemies! (still working on this…)
- Graphics
- Completely revamped the user interface (and it’s sexy!)
- Added skill animations (most are placeholders still)
- Changed mouse icon
- Combat
- Added basic new weapon: the turret (yeah baby!)
- Added ability to move 1 tile per turn during combat (also allowing you to get OUT of combat!)
- Enemies gain experience points and can now LEVEL UP during battle!
- Changed how ARMOR works
- Creatures now have more than 1 skill
- Added side pannel that shows information on all creatures in combat
- Larvas Eggs now only spawn 1 larva per turn
- Larvas no longer need to move 1 tile in order to enter combat
- Larvas may now reproduce without neighboring other larvas (still thinking about this one)
- Reduced missed bullets spread angle
- Known Bugs
- If 2 enemies enter combat at the exact same time their side panel wont show up
- The HUD shows messages at the wrong times
- Mouse pointer may switch image at the wrong occasions
- Enemies may not use their first ability after receiving the Burning condition
You still there?? Go play it on itch.io!
Test it, tell me what you think and spread the word!!
All the feedback is much appreciated!
Thanks!
I’m going on vacations next week for 2 weeks (whohoo!) wich means I’m not going to do shit for 2 weeks, but I want to release build 0.1.4 on itch.io until then.
I’m still working on the UI and there’s still a handful of panels I want to add (enemy info, current weapon info, etc…), but I’m not sure they’ll all be ready for the next build.
Anyways, I’ve finished the loot panel (image above). (Looks good, yes?)
Working on the Enemy info panel now. It’ll show the selected enemy HP, ATK, ARMOR, etc…
Making the UI is a tedious task:
Draw a panel in photoshop -> add it to the game -> test it in-game -> place text in aprox. coordinates -> see where it appears in-game -> its nowhere near where it’s supposed to be… reposition text - > test it in-game again -> reposition again -> test in-game… looks cool! -> repeat for the buttons -> don’t like them in-game after all the work of putting them in-place, redraw buttons -> look good. on to the next panel -> repeat.
Anyways, I’m gonna sound like a noob… but I’m really proud of the current game ui. It’s a slow process and as you can see in the video, there’s still parts of the old one there (the purple and white stuff in the middle) but it’s coming along very nicely.
Oh and ignore those blue rectangles. That’s placeholder art for the loot.
What do you think?
I’ve been a bit quiet but I’m still working on the game!
Still revamping the UI, but in the meantime I’ve also added Stunned, Sleeping and Burning as conditions that your bullets may apply on enemies.
I’ve also added “modules” wich change how your weapon works. Some will make it shoot 3 shots, others will make it shoot only 1 that applies burning, other might make it shoot 3 shots that apply burning… etc…
Modules can be picked up as loot from enemies.
Yes, I’ve also added loot!
The next build is taking a while to be released mainly because the UI is taking so long to redesign… But it’ll look GOOD!
Slowly but steady!
Meanwhile, play the last version here!
Reworking the user interface.
It’s not finished, bugged and still a mix of the new one and the old one…
But I think I like where this is going.
You can check the old version on itch.io
Newest addition: Turrets!
No larva is safe if the turret is in place. - Einstein
For 40$ this beauty will shoot whatever is in front of them… 3 times! Pew pew pew! You can also change its direction any time… wich is also cool.
It’ll be released on the next build (in a few days).
Meanwhile, you can test the last build (0.1.3) on itch.io - it has lots of bugs so it should be fun!
Build 0.1.3 released on itch.io!!
{ Play here }
Fog of war is in (and improved from last post), enemy stats are now randomized plus lots of bugs fixed!
12/07
- Changelog
- Graphics
- Added skill icons
- Added Fog of War (and it looks noice!)
- Changed some HUD numbers to icons (i.e enemy HP and attack)
- Gameplay
- Enemies now have randomized stats
- Added Armor stat to enemies
- Fixed bug where enemies will engage in battle even if out of range (again…)
- Fixed a bug where the battle would end with enemies still alive (sure, just ignore them and they’ll go away…)
- Fixed weird bugs with Larvas leaving battle with 0 hp and then reentering just to die… (-.-’)
- Fixed enemies out of battle being able to be hit by grenades (no, you can’t do that.)
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Added fog of war!
Also, missed bullets will fly on a different direction now and enemies have randomized stats (hp, attack and evasion rate)!
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Build 0.1.2 has been released on itch.io!
There’s a brand new HUD (not finished yet), restructured combat system, fire modes, grenades, etc…
I’m not going to post the change log this time because it’s just huge.
Here’s the game’s analytics on itch.io:
I’m happy to see that a dozen people have already played the last version and some even left feedback, wich is always nice!
Thank you so much!
If you like it, send me some love!
The new game HUD is colorful, informative and clean. And it’s almost finished. There’s still information to display but I haven’t figured out just HOW to display it.
I won’t be releasing this build just yet though. I want to add that [F] attack (it’s a grenade btw) before i do.