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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · 1d

🎵⚔️Battle Music ⚔️🎵

🔊SOUND ON🔊
🎧A sneak preview of the Battle Music
🎸Music composed by @octoberstereo.bsky.social

🎵Been great working with October to bring music to the turnbased battles in the game!

#gamedev #turnbased #indiegame #gamemusic #gameaudio #madewithunity

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · 5d

💀⚔️ New Battle UI ⚔️💀

🎨🖌️Art pass on the Battle Popup:
🦷More of a Bite to the screen overlay
⚔ Displays which Team has the 1st turn

🚨Enemy detection gives them the 1st turn
🐺Player ambush gives you the 1st turn

#gamedev #indiedev #gameUI #gameHUD #madewithunity

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · 19d

🔊🎶SFX Preview🎶🔊

🔊SOUND ON🔊
🎶First audio pass on Sniffing Trails using Wolf Sense
🎧Sound Design by @leonartmann.bsky.social

🐺Gameplay is starting to feel good with all this audio feedback for the player actions!

#indiegamedev #turnbased #indiegame #gameaudio #gamesfx #madewithunity

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · 21d

ℹ️🔍Closeup of Tooltips🔎ℹ️

👀A closer view of the Tooltips display👀
🗝️Some tooltips have Highlighted Keywords🗝️
ℹ️Which is displayed in an secondary info boxℹ️

#indiegamedev #gameUI #gameHUD #madewithunity #ScreenshotSaturday

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · 22d

🔎🎨 Tooltips Art Pass 🎨🔎

🎨New coat of paint on the Tooltips Popup:
📈Larger Font Size
🔠New Font Style
🔳Added Box Border
🃏Added Title Underline

👀Now looks polished compared to the 1st implementation.

#gamedev #indiedev #gameUI #gameHUD #madewithunity

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · 26d

🎵📢 Music Preview 📢🎵

🔊 SOUND ON 🔊
🎵 Preview of the Woodsmoke Pines Music Track
🎸 Music composed by @octoberstereo.bsky.social

🎧 Happy to be working with October to bring music to the game, which adds so much atmosphere already!

#indiegamedev #turnbased #indiegame #gamemusic #madewithunity

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · Sep 8

🩸📖 Defeat Popup Screen 📖🩸

👀A look at the "You are Dead" popup screen!

🩸Tread carefully when exploring the woodlands,
🐾or your journey may end earlier that anticipated.

📖Stories never die if a tale continues to be told...

#indiegamedev #turnbased #indiegame #gameUI #madewithunity

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · Aug 31

😅 Or could be the video capture software. Anywho still more iterations for that main menu so will figure out a transition that doesn’t make it so abrupt 🔍

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · Aug 29

Thanks 🙂
Yeah it’s strange but the menu buttons fade in for 1 sec while the others fade in for 0.5sec 🤷‍♀️
🤔 Might be the white text appearing in the dark background feels more jarring.

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · Aug 29

🏕️🌕Moonlit Woodlands🌕🏕️

🖥️First pass on a Main Menu scene!

✨Hoping to capture that feeling of...
🌲Being lost in the woods
🌙Moonlight bright in the night sky
🔥Stories told by the campfire

#indiegamedev #turnbased #indiegame #folktales #madewithunity

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · Aug 26

My guess was “Hammer Head” like the shark 🦈

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · Aug 25

🎨🖌Updated Exploration HUD🖌️🎨

👩‍🎨Art Pass on the Exploration HUD!

💫Wisp Abilities are shown along a wisp trail.
✨Now auto-selects matching wisp ability.

🐺Player Actions are shown on a wolf mantelpiece.
➗Helps separate which is wolf vs wisp actions.

#gamedev #indiedev #gameUI #gameHUD #madewithunity

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · Aug 19

❤️💜Character Stats Bar💜❤️

🔎A close up view of the Character Stats Bar🔍

🕰️Before - displayed separately which didn't show the connection of how Fear affects your Health

🆕After - overlay on top to show the connection of Fear = Damage to your Health

#gamedev #indiedev #gameUI #gameHUD #madewithunity

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · Aug 18

💜❤️Updated Fear HUD❤️💜

💜Now displayed on top of ❤️Health Hearts
🗡️Fear represents the Damage dealt 🗡️
0️⃣ 0 Fear = No Damage taken!

🧮Less calculation on guessing Damage output,
🧠More strategizing on your team's actions.

#indiegamedev #turnbased #indiegame #folktales #madewithunity

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · Aug 14

🥳 Congratulations on your game launch!

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · Aug 14

✨Thanks for hosting this week’s #TurnbasedThursday showcase!

🐺Hunt for the Lost Folktales
🐾 follow paw & scent trails
⚔️ turnbased battle folklore beasts
📚 capture their long lost tales

📊 Been working on getting party character upgrades for their stats by paying with bones, skulls, and claws:

Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · Aug 12

🦴➡️🎨Party Upgrades🎨⬅️🦴

🦃Vulture will take those 🦴old Bones you find.
🎨In return, they will paint Upgrades for your party.

🦴Bones for ❤️Health
💀Skulls for 🛡️Fear Shield
🦞Claws for ⚔️Combat Actions

#indiegamedev #turnbased #indiegame #gameUI #madewithunity

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · Aug 12

🦴➡️🎨Party Upgrades🎨⬅️🦴

🦃Vulture will take those 🦴old Bones you find.
🎨In return, they will paint Upgrades for your party.

🦴Bones for ❤️Health
💀Skulls for 🛡️Fear Shield
🦞Claws for ⚔️Combat Actions

#indiegamedev #turnbased #indiegame #gameUI #madewithunity

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · Aug 4

📜🖌️Vulture Concept Art🖌️📜

🦃Meet Vulture the scribe turned Ink Brewer🖌️
📚One of the bird NPCs in the Library of Lost Tales📖

🦴Bring them bones so they can brew more Ink🪶
🎨In return, they will paint upgrade your Party Stats⏫

#indiegamedev #gameart #creaturedesign #creatureart

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · Jul 29

🎨🖌️Vulture Scribe Concept Art 🖌️🎨

🪶Vulture lost a lot of feathers inscribing tales.
🧑‍🍳Now they are the Ink Brewer for ink upgrades.

🦃Folklore tends to have birds as messengers due to beliefs that they soar high in the sky close to the gods.

#gamedev #indiedev #gameart #creaturedesign #creatureart

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · Jul 21

🧬📚 Ink Stamp Modifiers 📚🧬

🧩Solve Writer's Block Puzzles to get an Ink Stamp
🔖Collected Ink Stamps appear in your Progress Book

📜You can apply these Ink Stamps to your beasts
🧬Ink Stamps grant passive modifiers in combat

#gamedev #indiedev #turnbased #indiegame #gameUI #madewithunity

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · Jul 17

💖Thanks for hosting #TurnbasedThursday

🐺Hunt for the Lost Folktales is a folklore-inspired turnbased game where you are cursed to become the very beast you’ve hunted…
🐾Follow paw & scent Trails
⚔️Battle Folktale Beasts
📚Capture their Lost Tales

🌀Polishing up the book rift for the Level transitions:

Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · Jul 14

📖🌀Level Load Sequence🌀📖

✨Polish pass on the visual transition from the 📚Level Selection Book to the 🌎level location.

🪄Trying to get that magical feeling of being 🌀transported through a rift into a 🔖storybook world.

#gamedev #turnbased #indiegame #folktales #madewithunity

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · Jul 14

📖🌀Level Load Sequence🌀📖

✨Polish pass on the visual transition from the 📚Level Selection Book to the 🌎level location.

🪄Trying to get that magical feeling of being 🌀transported through a rift into a 🔖storybook world.

#gamedev #turnbased #indiegame #folktales #madewithunity

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · Jul 10

🎸 Rock on 🤘
We really need more music games!
Feels like guitar-builder (deck-builder) to build up your musical abilities!

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · Jul 10

🤩 Very cool vibe! It’s gives slight Inscryption vibes if you played exclusively on a hex board ♟️

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Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · Jul 10

✨Thanks for hosting the #TurnbasedThursday event!

🐺Hunt for the Lost Folktales
🐾 follow pawprint & scent trails
⚔️ turnbased battle folklore beasts
📚 capture their long lost tales

🔧Been tinkering away at some more combat status effects:

👻What other status effects should ghosts be immune to?

Hunt for the Lost Folktales @thelostfolktale.bsky.social · Jul 7

👻❌🩸Ethereal Status 🩸❌👻

👻Wraiths have a special status called Ethereal👻

❌Meaning they are immune to DoT (damage over time) status effects such as 🩸Bleed 🟢Poison &🔥Burn

❓What else do you think ghosts should be immune to?

#indiegamedev #turnbased #indiegame #folktales #madewithunity

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