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thebirbdoesgodot.bsky.social
🏳️‍🌈 solo godot game developer working on a mystery game set in a fictional operating system called BodvigaOS
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OMG there are windows 95 themed Godot themes?? 😱 I LOVE this! Don't have anything in mind right now but I need to build something with these >< Check it out: https://github.com/violinbg/godot-desktop-themes?tab=readme-ov-file #gamedev #godot #indiedev

I've been trying to get this water fountain statue to look right from these three main angles. I think fixing the platform's texture would help a lot with readability but it's getting closer to the right vibe. #godot #gamedev #indiedev #blender

Health indicator portraits done. I don't know why I can't get the facial hair to look right but it's all right for now I guess lol #indiedev #gamedev #Aseprite #pixelart

workin on a rock texture and a character portrait in Aseprite for the UI of my heartslike game. my art skills aren't great but the ambient occlusion on the rocks has been fun to figure out #gamedev #indiedev

This is my first attempt at making the penblade in blender for my heartslike game. I think it's a little too much like a real pen, but it's a start at least. I liked the idea of the pen clicking to reveal the blade, but it might look better to base it off a fountain pen instead #blender #gamedev

I have an idea for a heartslike game that might be unique enough to finish. I was thinking what random object could have meaning as a weapon and decided on a penblade that collects enemy blood for magic sigils. So far it's just my boyfriend kicking some orbs ;D #godot #gamedev #indiedev #heartslike

I got a hard-coded response working! Yay! Now I can replace it with a check for possible responses to the input text so it'll output something more relevant for each thing the player sends. #godot #gamedev

does anyone know where to report a typo in the godot documentation? #godot #gamedev

So far I have a chat window you can scroll, close, open and drag. Next is text input with responses ;D #godot #gamedev

my boyfriend informed me that I was using a dictionary to emulate an array and accessing it as a stack ~ so I converted the chat history dictionary to a chat history array and used pop_front() instead of using a chat_index variable. i think this might be better for memory management? #godot #gamedev

The overall aesthetic isn't right yet, but I got the chat window to output the chat history from a txt file! Yay! #godot #gamedev

i think i finally understand control nodes. mostly. i shouldn't have waited this long into making games to try to figure them out lol #godot #gamedev

This video is very helpful #godot

currently making spreadsheets of previously sent messages. i know a lot of people hate making spreadsheets, but this is so relaxing to me

I see too many new developers neglect their naming scheme when writing code. Its very important to learn this early on, so your code is more readable, understandable, and organized. While there are other style guides and conventions these are from the #Godot docs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI9C...

starting off i'm gonna make 25 mbwozi social profiles with their own unique responses with a cap on the hackable computers at three for now, but that might increase. I'll probably make at least 100 characters in total to make the world feel lived in but we'll see #gamedev

I've decided the game I want to make is BodivaOS. A game set in a fictional operating system where you hack into everyone's computers and go through their private messages ~ you can chat with every character, which might get you caught but might lead to new discoveries #gamedev

I always have the weirdest dreams that would be perfect for putting into game stories. I usually wake up super confused by what just happened but am immediately inspired to write 😄

A quick step by step of how I've been making pixel art rock assets. Only 956879 to go... 🫥 #indiegame #pixelart #godot4

Nearly 100 #godot oriented YouTube channels to subscribe to: www.reddit.com/r/godot/comm... #godotengine #gamedev #indiedev

The only road to my house got shut down because of an accident while I was out getting groceries. They said it's gonna be at least two hours before it opens again 😭 I feel lost not being able to work on godot for so long

Trying to come up with a character design for a virtual companion in my mystery game set in a fantasy operating system ~ I'm kind of learning towards a cartoony lil bald dude with poofy clothes. #godot #blender #gamedev

I don't want to waste too much time on something I wouldn't be allowed to release, so I'm gonna spend a week working on my other mystery game set in a ~fictional~ operating system in the same fantasy world as my other stories. The NPCs are fun to make with this one. #godot #gamedev

I've been having fun figuring out how to make MS Paint in Godot. It's not fully functional yet, but it's getting there. I'm gonna have a lot of fun making story elements with it for the murder mystery ;D #godot #gamedev

I guess instead of working on an idle game this week I've decided to just keep working on my windows95 game. Kind of getting off track, but it's probably fine.

I'm noticing there are a ton of godot developers working on card games. Is it just like when you get a red car and start noticing red cars everywhere? Or is it really just a popular genre right now? #godot #gamedev

2D Platformer Starter Assets now out on itch Link===> jumpbutton.itch.io/2d-platforme... ===== #indiedev #gamedev #pixelart

Control nodes are so confusing sometimes. I always mess the anchors up. #godot

accidentally got sidetracked making my murder mystery game set in windows95. it's kind of tedious to make all the program windows for it, but it's kind of fun for some reason. i probably won't release this one, so i really shouldn't put so much time into it lol #gamedev #godot

I made a progress video for my week of making a card battle game in godot. No commentary or anything. #gamedev #godot #indiedev

!! THIS VIDEO HAS A FLASHING LIGHT !! After a week, this is what I got. It's definitely not pretty and there's no win or lose state, but it's something. My next tentative project is an idle game, but I feel like since this one is so fun to work on ~ I'll probably choose this one. #gamedev #godot

I started to make shadows for my cards, and my boyfriend assumed I was taking his advice for making my game more like Balatro ~ i still haven't looked into it, but I'm not too worried if they are similar. Balatro's probably aren't as glitchy anyway ;D #godot #gamedev

my boyfriend keeps telling me to make my card game more like balatro. i never played that game, but it seems like half of all the people making card games right now are taking things from balatro. do i really want to be another?

salallax mapping (parallax mapping but my son salad is trapped in the realm of frosted glass)

my boyfriend let me us his voice for the sound of cards getting attacked. i think he did a pretty good job ~ the next thing to add is player attacking, since only the opponent can attack rn #gamedev #godot

i've had a very minor setback with my card game. i decided to not follow the tutorial i was following and just start over from scratch and make it a lot cleaner and easier to work on. i want to be able to change things along the way without breaking the whole game lol #gamedev

The game has become a bit faster-paced, but you can control the pace through your playstyle. I also had my first speedrunner test it, which was a lot of fun to watch. #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #trailertuesday #cozy