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Elias Daler

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Making a game that actually runs on PlayStation 1. https://edw.is/

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Elias Daler @eliasdaler.bsky.social · 28d

Time of day system?
In a PS1 game?!

Yes.

#psx #gamedev #ps1

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Elias Daler @eliasdaler.bsky.social · 40m

Sorry, but that’s a very broad question… 😅
I’m working on it for 1.5 years now. It uses psyqo as a PS1 SDK and I’m writing it in C++

There are hundreds of hacks and many hours of optimizations I did to make it run efficiently. Moatly minimizing RAM read/writes and doing efficient culling.

Elias Daler @eliasdaler.bsky.social · 43m

No. This won’t be on Steam as it’s a fan game.
Will be on Itch later.

Elias Daler @eliasdaler.bsky.social · 10h

Yume Nikki PS1 update.

The first (and the best) effect is now implemented.

You have no idea how long this took... 🥲

#yumenikki #psx #ps1

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Elias Daler @eliasdaler.bsky.social · 10h

Yes.
The video is recorded on DuckStation emulator, though - but it looks identical on real HW.

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Elias Daler @eliasdaler.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, using a PS1 emulator.

Elias Daler @eliasdaler.bsky.social · 3d

Important Yume Nikki PS1 update: you can now enter the igloos.

#yumenikki #ps1 #gamedev

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Elias Daler @eliasdaler.bsky.social · 4d

Some progress on Yume Nikki PS1.

Sorry, no Madotsuki walk animation yet, but it's starting to look pretty neat. :)

#yumenikki #ps1 #gamedev

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Elias Daler @eliasdaler.bsky.social · 5d

I keep having strange dreams.
They're really disturbing.
So I'll write them in you... My dream diary...

My Yume Nikki...

#ps1 #psx #gamedev #yumenikki

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Elias Daler @eliasdaler.bsky.social · 7d

I finally fixed Silent Hill's fog and will now use it in some scenes.

It makes everything pretty atmospheric. :)

I want to make skyboxes work later too, they're pretty important for the balcony, I think.

#yumenikki #ps1 #psx

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Elias Daler @eliasdaler.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks :)
I started making it like 2 weeks ago. :)

Elias Daler @eliasdaler.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks!

Yes. I don't know how many areas I'll make, but whatever I put out should be pretty cool. :)

Elias Daler @eliasdaler.bsky.social · 8d

Yume Nikki PSX looking better and better every day.

I'm incredibly excited about it myself and it's a very good sign.

#ゆめにっき #yumenikki #ps1 #psx

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Elias Daler @eliasdaler.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks!

You can freely rotate the camera and the controls are camera oriented. I'm thinking of adding a top-down view like in the original as well (if I can get orthogonal camera working properly)

Elias Daler @eliasdaler.bsky.social · 11d

My Yume Nikki reimagination running on a real PS1.

#yumenikki #ps1 #psx #gamedev

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Elias Daler @eliasdaler.bsky.social · 11d

I know there's been several attempts at making a 3D Yume Nikki... 😅

Mine won't be *that* serious and its catch is that it runs on PS1.
Was it that similar? 😅

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Elias Daler @eliasdaler.bsky.social · 12d

About to boggle the minds of the entire Yume Nikki fandom.

Give me 1.5-2 weeks more.

ゆめにっき PS1.

#yumenikki #gamedev #ps1

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Elias Daler @eliasdaler.bsky.social · 19d

I'm afraid that dropping further hits would get people to guess immediately. 😂

Elias Daler @eliasdaler.bsky.social · 19d

This is a bit of a distraction from the cat game, but also a thing I wanted to make for a *long* time. :)

Also, making it has already led to some improvements in my modelling and asset workflow, so the "main" game will also get a lot of good things from this little project!

Elias Daler @eliasdaler.bsky.social · 19d

I'm making "what if [GAME], but on PS1" and it'll be an actually playable small demo (just a couple of areas, but polished).

A lot of fans of a certain unique indie game will go crazy for this... 😑

I won't elaborate further. 😈