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Here is a 20 second clip from one of the new trailers. Going to be working on structure icons and gameplay balance. One of the things I have to do sometime soon is have the pawns produce written books. The Library and University structures need them. #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #gaming #gameart

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Just finished up editing and exporting the first of the two-minute game trailers that I needed to finish this week. I think it turned out well. I can't post it until after the event where it will be showcased. #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #editing #gameart

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

I've been doing a couple of playthrough of the first hour or so of gameplay with access to everything, more representational of the game. I've found quite a few bugs, and balance issues. Mostly having to do with energy consumption and eating. #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #gameart #art

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

Week 26 #devlog is new up for Cosmic Construct. As with last week, this week is a little weird because of the unplanned schedule. We are now back to our regularly scheduled development checklist. store.steampowered.com/news/app/347... #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #gaming

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Going to start up a play through of the game with the new mechanics in and see how it plays very the next couple of hours. Getting ready the new steam demo ready. This is my playing the game rather efficiently. #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #art #gameart

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Sorry for the lack of an update. I got nerd snipped by digimon yesterday. I'll be doing some recording tonight for the trailers. That need to be done by the 23rd.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Got some placeholder voice lines and dialogue in for testing social interaction types. These will be determined by the pawn's personality, moods, traits, relationships, and complaints. #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #gameart #screenshotsaturday

submitted 8 days ago • 3 comments

Currently working on making the social interactions provide more information, dialogue, and voice clips. While not difficult, it is time consuming. I basically have to redo every message that already exists in the Log menu. There are a bunch of corner cases. #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #dev

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Social interactions are working. Tweaking some stuff with it, but you can now communicate with the pawns. Feminine and masculine voices with adjustable pitch. The log menu will still be there, but will be used to show previous messages from interactions. #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #art #gameart

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Art for social is done enough to start building. Should have a mock up of the social interactions done soon. I should have all of the needs except for leisure taken care of before he new demo is available. #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #art #gameart

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

I'm currently working on the assets for pawn social interactions. It'll be a nice morale boost to have this working, as this is the most complex of the needs, and will make the simulation more lively. #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #art #gameart

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

The week 25 #devlog is now up. This has a much more detailed description of the work I have done this week. I keep running into things I dislike. <(o.o<) store.steampowered.com/news/app/347... One more weird week as I get Cosmic Construst in front of some eyes. #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #dev

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Alright, I'm managing to simulate 100 pawns harvesting on a field of randomly generated crops, with a constant 90-170 FPS with occasional framerate dips. That isn't bad at all, considering I have my debug open, so it's drawing 1k text objects as well. #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #gaming #art

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

The pawns how correctly harvest all of the new crops. I am still rewriting a significant amount of the Pawn AI to ensure everything runs at 60 FPS with 100 of them on screen. I need to apply the same optimized checks all over the game. #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #gameart #screenshotsaturday

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

This is looking like it going to turn into a rewrite of the entire Pawn AI. Welp...

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Sorry about the lack of a post yesterday. I was dealing with some unrelated projects that needed some upkeep. Working on refactoring the Pawn AI to better handle the new crops. The current way it is being handled is very bad. (Pic Related) #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #gaming #dev

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Tonight I'll be working on game balance to get the costs of all of the buildings worked out, so I can test all of the game systems through to "end game". I should be able to make some placeholder art to have it fully playable start to finish. #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #gaming #design

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Added 4 new BGM tracks. I think these are the last few tracks I am going to add unless something comes up. I have a lot of recording to do this week so I should have some footage of that to share. I can't make the trailers public until their events are over. #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #gaming

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

The week 24 devlog post is now up on #steam. Each weekly devlog reviews the work done over the prior week. store.steampowered.com/news/app/347... Importantly, this upcoming week I have two trailers that need to be made for Cosmic Construct. #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #gaming

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

All 6 of the new plants, both wild and domesticated versions, are now in the game. Which means I am now done with farming. We have Soy, Cabbage, Hops, Potatoes, Rice and Squash. The Rice has water underneath it, and the Hops have strings to grow on. #indiegame #indiedev #gameart #art #gaming

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Still working on plants. Just finished up the squash. It'll be convenient, and satisfying, to put in 6 plants at once instead of 2 at a time as I have done the entire time. #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #gameart #screenshotsaturday

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Half way done with the new crops. A lot of green here. Which is unfortunate, but you can only do so much to cartoonify plants. Still need to record footage for the new trailers, as I made a third video commitment. Plants will have a video soon. #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #gameart #art

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Working on the rest of the plants. There are 6 of them left. This one is Soy. Once all the plants are done I can go back and do the procedural stuff for the Vertical Farm, and set the biomes up with their crops. #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #gameart #art

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

Currently working on some the energy need for the player and pawns. Because the energy decreases slowly, there isn't really anything meaningful I can show. So have this out of clip from the upcoming trailer instead. #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #gameart #gaming

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

Well, that was easy. The game now has a custom cursor set that changes when mousing over clickable objects. Hopefully that helps players with knowing what objects are interactable in menus. As that was a significant complaint during testing. #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #gaming #gameart

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

The player can now consume foods. I need to make some changes to the UI better showing this. You can see that the "cheese bar" fills as the character eats. I am going to change the game cursor today I think. I'm tired of not having a stylized cursor. #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #gaming #gameart

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

Currently working on the hunger needs. Just finished up the eating animation. The item they are eating will be pasted overtop of the hands and scaled down, kinda like minecraft. #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #art #gameart

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

The week 23 #devlog is now up. Each weekly devlog covers development work set up the week before. store.steampowered.com/news/app/347... #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #gaming

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

The next 2 crops are done. Cosmic Construct now has Arugula and Black Beans. That means I only have 6 crops left to do, before I start focusing on other stuff. Like recording the new trailer. I'll be making dishes these crops cook into. #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #gameart #screenshotsaturday

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

5 new structures have been added. Brewery, Town Hall, Warehouse, Depot, and Vertical Farm. The Vertical Farm plants are going to be procedural. All of the plants aren't done. The buildings currently obscure the player, but I have a solution for that. #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #gameart #art

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

I've spent some time programming in the new structures, and getting trailer footage recorded for Cosmic Construct. I have nothing to show there as it isn't done yet. So I have a side #art project to show off instead, which will be a cyberpunk building. #wipwednesday #gameart #blender #indiedev

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Still doing artwork for the new structures. The #art for this one is "simple", but it will have procedurally generated crops stacked onto it. This is the Vertical Farm which will passively produce crops at a higher rate than the greenhouse. #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #gameart

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Beautiful fanart of Tudi the Bunnybird from my game Cosmic Construt! Thank you so much @joyfullagomorph.bsky.social. #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #art #fanart

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

Working on art for new structures. This is a partially complete Tier 7 storage building. Can't wait to show how this looks in game stitched together. It'll be pretty awesome I think. Also completed is the Tier 6 storage building. #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #gaming #art

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

I've significantly changed the combat movement controls. The player can now move while firing. Targets will be automatically highlighted when a projectile connects. The player can also hold their shot at the cost of energy. #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #gaming #gamemaker

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments