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Eike

@zet23t.bsky.social

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Game dev / game artist Favorite tools: C, Aseprite, Blender Working on: 8-bitBot, a programming puzzle game Wishlist 8-bitBot: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3959370/8bitBot/ Twitter: @zet23t Blog: https://quakatoo.com

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Eike @zet23t.bsky.social · 8d

This is 8-bitBot: A programming puzzle game that I am working on and aiming to release in December.
There is much to do still, but it is coming nicely along so far.

Steam wishlisting: store.steampowered.com/app/3959370/...
Playable demo on my website (a bit outdated): quakatoo.com/projects/cod...

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Eike @zet23t.bsky.social · 2h

and yes, I only noticed this when importing it ...

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Eike @zet23t.bsky.social · 2h

What is this? A fire extinguisher for ants?
Little scale-fail :D

#gamedev

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Eike @zet23t.bsky.social · 5h

I haven't touched the camera perspective since the start - one thing I'd like to get is a #pixelart look, even though it is 3d. It would be nice if the main axis directions followed a classic straight pattern of 1:1 or 1:2 (see the screenshot. But I keep having glitches 😭
#gamedev #solodev #cozygame

The image shows a decorated Halloween-themed factory scene from 8-bitBot.

The level is built in an isometric grid style with grass and stone floor tiles. The scene includes conveyor belts, machines, and various decorative elements like pumpkins, candles, and cobwebs. There are also bushes with autumn-colored leaves, a small potted plant, and a bowl filled with candy or colorful items. A blue robot is positioned near one of the conveyors.

Two close-up insets highlight visual details or rendering issues along edges and corners, showing deviations from "straight" pixel lines that follow a 1:1 or 1:2 pixel line ratio.

The overall design combines the game’s industrial elements with seasonal Halloween decorations, creating a detailed and atmospheric level layout.

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Eike @zet23t.bsky.social · 12h

But it will fix everything. For sure!

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Eike @zet23t.bsky.social · 14h

Well... maybe this way?
🫠

Eike @zet23t.bsky.social · 15h

Minor task and not very interesting, but I think this one is important for the demo version I want to release in a few weeks and also upload on my website.

Link to steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3959370/...

#indiedev #gamedev #solodev #puzzlegame #cozygame

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Eike @zet23t.bsky.social · 16h

Keep it up!

I'm doing something similar. But only for about 2 months.

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Eike @zet23t.bsky.social · 18h

Great effect, but the best part to me is that you are struggling in this video, which item item to choose: health potion or poop 🤣

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Eike @zet23t.bsky.social · 19h

It is like a balanced rpg where you keep leveling up, but so do the monsters. Your skill tree expands, but you never have enough skill points.

In the code I posted here, I already knew the blueprint of the solution. But getting all the parts working correctly... is just tedious.

It is fun, though.

Eike @zet23t.bsky.social · 1d

It is pretty amazing how accurate the timing of both hands is when grabbing an item; I just grabbed a hot baking tray and burned both my hands in quite the same way - which means my hands must have touched the hot iron roughly at the same time 🫠

#for-science!

Eike @zet23t.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you letting me know 😊

I'll keep improving it, I still have a bunch of ideas what's all missing.

Eike @zet23t.bsky.social · 1d

A neat and cute wholesome game to check out 😍

Kitty Haven | Mabouya @mabouyastudio.bsky.social · Aug 22

The Steam page of Kitty Haven is LIVE ! ✨
Wishlist it today and get ready for the cutest, coziest game ever 😸🌸

Huge thanks to everyone who supported us so far. Seeing this become real is just incredible! 💕

Check it out below ⬇️

#indiegame #cozygame #puzzlegame

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Eike @zet23t.bsky.social · 1d

OHHH, that looks so wholesome!

Eike @zet23t.bsky.social · 1d

Under the hood, there are a few more changes that I made:
- Modified the 3d mesh of the chassis for flat eyes
- Replacing 3 chassis meshes for 3 bots with 1 mesh that is drawn with different UV offsets and 3 meshes for the different numbers

Eike @zet23t.bsky.social · 1d

This is the updated Halloween level with the bot's new eye behavior. It is just a tiny change and way behind what I would like it to be, but it is at least a step in the right direction. I have now other things to work on, but I am sure to come back at this.

#gamedev #indiedev #puzzlegame #cozygame

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Eike @zet23t.bsky.social · 1d

Feeling like a doctor checking if the patient's brain can keep the focus on the pencil tip. But I finally think that this one works, at least in principle. Still have to test the look-at-camera look.

#solodev #indiedev #8-bitBot #gamedev #raylib

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Eike @zet23t.bsky.social · 1d

This is what battlegrounds of clueless devs like me look like.

Still trying to get the eye motion right. Doesn't help that -.x is forward 🙈
I don't wanna change this now.

#gamedev #solodev #indiedev

$Source code screenshot of code that has a lot of commented out code: Vector3 eyeOffset = g_gameAssets.botEyePosition; // float t = GetTime() * 2.0f + id; // Vector3 middleEyeOffset = {eyeOffset.x, eyeOffset.y, 0}; // Vector3 middleEyePosition = middleEyeOffset; // // Vector3 middleEyePositionWorld = Vector3Transform(middleEyePosition, botHeadWorld); // Vector3 middleEyeDelta = Vector3Subtract(localLookAt, middleEyePosition); // // DrawGrid(10, 0.5f); // DrawLine3D((Vector3){0,0,0}, (Vector3){10,0,0}, YELLOW); // DrawLine3D(middleEyePosition, localLookAt, RED); // DrawLine3D((Vector3){localLookAt.x,0,localLookAt.z}, (Vector3){middleEyePosition.x, 0, middleEyePosition.z}, GREEN); // DrawLine3D((Vector3){0,0,0}, (Vector3){middleEyeDelta.x, 0, middleEyeDelta.z}, BLUE); // middleEyeDelta = Vector3Transform(middleEyeDelta, invYaw); // if (localLookAt.x - eyeOffset.x > -0.125f)// || fabsf(middleEyeDelta.x / middleEyeDelta.z) > 2.0f) // { // localLookAt.x = (Vector3) {-5.0f, 0, 0.0f}; // } localLookAt.x = fminf(localLookAt.x, eyeOffset.x - 0.125f); Vector3 leftEyeOffset = {eyeOffset.x, eyeOffset.y, eyeOffset.z}; Vector3 leftEyePosition = leftEyeOffset; DrawLine3D(leftEyePosition, localLookAt, BLUE); // Vector3 leftEyePositionWorld = Vector3Transform(leftEyePosition, botHeadWorld); Vector3 leftEyeDelta = Vector3Subtract(localLookAt, leftEyePosition); // leftEyeDelta.x -= 0.5f; // leftEyeDelta = Vector3Transform(leftEyeDelta, invYaw); float leftEyeYaw = atan2f(-leftEyeDelta.z, -leftEyeDelta.x); float leftEyePitch = atan2f(leftEyeDelta.y, -leftEyeDelta.x); // printf("leftEyeYaw=%.2f, leftEyePitch=%.2f, leftEyeDelta(%.2f, %.2f, %.2f)\n", leftEyeYaw, leftEyePitch,$

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Eike @zet23t.bsky.social · 1d

Looks great!
What else have you planned?

Eike @zet23t.bsky.social · 3d

I think this is acceptable... For today. I will have to try out letting him look at the camera to see if it feels like looking at you (not sure if that works for an orthographic camera), but not today, I think.

Eike @zet23t.bsky.social · 3d

If you have any feedback or find bugs, let me know :D - it could however be that it is already fixed in my current dev build. Or, more likely, there'll be many new ones already as well 😅

Eike @zet23t.bsky.social · 3d

Oh, thank you, I am pleased to hear that!

Btw., a not-so-recent version is already playable on my website (in browser): quakatoo.com/projects/cod...
There are still many things missing or are outdated; there is no tutorial and the campaign levels are very basic, so I guess it is rough to play 😅