Haven't had much time this month to think about the spooky season, but here is an early draft for an important story moment of Uncounted Isles that kinda fits.

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Had fun implementing a little proof of concept for a lockpicking / code breaking minigame today. Every RPG game needs those, right? #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

Small Uncounted Isles Update: Added subtle wind sway to the trees and tweaked the clouds a bit and does it ever make a difference! The sway intensity actually depends on wind strength, so stormy weather should look better too! #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

I'm tinkering with one of the main quests and its set pieces, like this burning village. I think I only need a handful more assets, some sound effects, and a couple of tweaks to the particle effects for it to fully click together.

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Editor update! Running a weekend behind plan, but still really happy with it. I've knocked out tons of background integration and polishing tasks. Just 'pick similar' and Tile47 tiling now left. Here's the Tile16 tool + test play in action!

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Made solid progress on the Uncounted Isles Editor! 🛠️

Fixed lingering engine issues, upgraded the UI system with proper text input support, and nearly finished all core editor systems. Added scene layers & groundwork for more element types. Here's test footage!

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Back from my #gamedev break (allergies 🤧). Finished grass sway motion + upgraded shadows with poisson disk sampling.

And now I realized it'll be tough to build the islands for Uncounted Isles without better tooling for my engine. So that's my next project!

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Enemy AI is still my #gamedev nemesis😅 Faced reusability issues with my last approach, so gave Behavior Trees another shot. Thanks to #BeeHave Godot Plugin, BTs finally clicked! So I built my own BT library for my #customengine, featuring a type-safe blackboard & basic debug view.

Just tackled some engine maintenance e.g. hunting down memory leaks and tightening frame pacing. Not visually exciting but necessary work. The only visual update: teaching my physics engine to handle stairs as slopes for smoother movement!

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For this #ScreenshotSaturday, I can show a bit of the overhaul of our safehouse/tavern in my game! Switching away from a simple menu to a walkable space where you can trade & store items, accept quests and customize your character. Hope to show more soon! #indiegame

Equipment overhaul complete! Armor now displays properly on all characters while preserving customizations like hair merges with helmets instead of just vanishing.

Going to make towns feel much more alive since NPCs won't all look identical!

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I overhauled the character model system to support dynamic armors going forward! Breaking models into smaller components allowed me to enhance the character creation process too. Pardon the developer UI in this Random Appearance button test.

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Small update: Cooking system is done. Different fireplaces have varied amounts of cooking slots & yes, you can burn food! 🔥 UI needs some final touches but the core works great. And after this, I'll never laugh at item duplication bugs ever again! 😅

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Doing a small cleanup pass over animal behaviors and adding sound effects and animations. Last one was this cute little pig's wallowing behavior. Anyway, what's next on the Todo? Food & Cooking? Oh no...

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