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Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP

@innkeep.bsky.social

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He/Him | Boardgamer (heavy euros) | (日本語OK) | Living on noongar boodja. Developer of 🍺INNKEEP (宿屋の主人). Steam👉 https://mythwright.gg/Innkeep Discord👉 https://discord.gg/q5nyWXRmqU Mailing List👉 http://eepurl.com/gzRndT

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Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · Jul 26

Hey Blue-sky! I'm working on Innkeep, a game about being a sneaky innkeeper! You get to:

- Serve ale and food. 🍲🍺
- Eavesdrop on guests to learn their secrets. 🤫
- Develop a silver tongue and turn on the charm. 😏
- Sneak into bedrooms and steal trinkets. 💰
- Summon demons?? 🕯️🔥👹

#screenshotsaturday

A demon standing in a glowing pentagram. The player stands nearby, shocked. A sorceress in a purple and dark blue robe is raising a heart to the air. It is in a pixel art style.

Theft mini game screen. We see a sleeping guest in a bed, a backpack nearby, and a cursor hand holding a sword.

The common room of the Weary Pilgrim inn at night. It is in a pixel art style. There are four tables, around which sit eight people in three groups. The player character is wearing an apron, and listening to a conversation at one table.

An alpine vista is in the background. In the foreground the player character is walking along a muddy road, towards the Weary Pilgrim inn.

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Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · 12h

God that movie was scary as a child.

Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 12h

...exhibit B

A still from Return to Oz. Dorothy grips the head of a pumpkin man

A still from Return to Oz. Dorothy walks in front of a cabinet containing a disembodied head that's staring at her.

A still from Return to Oz. Dorothy about to get electroshock therapy

A still from Return to Oz. A creepy 'Wheeler' creature

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Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · 17h

This is looking neat. Get on it!

Mythwright @mythwright.com · 17h

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Rebecca McCarthy - Writing & Narrative Design @rebeccamwrites.bsky.social · 18h

OK I'm finding a way to get to get to this.

Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 1d

Today, The Word for World: The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin opens at AA Gallery in London! Curated by Sarah Shin and Harriet Jennings, the exhibition presents a selection of Ursula's maps, including some that have never been exhibited before.

A photo of the entrance to The Word for World exhibition, with two banners hanging vertically down outside the doorway to a brick building with white-paned windows. A row of bicycles are parked in front. The banners are purple and white and say the name of the exhibition and Ursula K. Le Guin's name.

A cord-wrapped rock rests on a vivid blue background next to a map of and program for The Word for World exhibition.

A stack of copies of The Word for World book, which shows the title in vivid blue against a black cloth cover.

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Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · 20h

2D trickery.

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 3d

I got to connect and make friends with awesome indie devs all around the world.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 3d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · 2d

That would be nice.

Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · 2d

Also, the sprite is 71 frames long, with duplicate sprites used to slow down the animation. It's really only 11 frames or so...? Oh well!

Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · 2d

To make the little beer filling icon appear above the players head when you pour beer? Yeah that's triggered by a global variable. No, I don't know why. And the trigger is also the counter. We set it to 1, and from there this fires off the counter.

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Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · 2d

Touch as little as possible. Resist any urge to "refactor". I mean, it all technically works... It just does what it does in very very stupid and inconsistent ways.

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Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · 2d

Parts of the Innkeep codebase are really quite old, and created when I had no idea what I was doing. It doesn't really impact any key systems, but now and then I have reason to look at the code for a barrel or door that I wrote in 2016 or so, and it's just freaky man. I try to back away slowly.

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Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · 2d

It's a decent name too!

Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · 3d

Start from the experience. What is the fantasy you're fulfilling?

Derek Lieu - Game Trailer Editor @derek-lieu.com · 4d

Great video on how most games don’t need a gameplay hook, they need to create an experience people want to play.

It’s like how lots of game trailers have title cards like: “harvest, prep, cook, plate, serve!” without ever stating a goal of say:

“Make your dream Taiwanese food restaurant!"

What Sells on Steam: You Don't Need a Hook

YouTube video by Jonas Tyroller

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Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · 3d

Jack Black, best known for his role as Bart 'Zero' Liquori, in the X-Files episode D.P.O. (1996)

Jack Black alongside Giovanni Ribisi in X-files episode D.P.O. S3E3

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Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · 4d

Hmmm. I'll have to check it out!

Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · 4d

Soon I hope! :-)

Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · 4d

Nothing like being able to listen to awesome music produced for your own game to get you motivated! 🔥🎶

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Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · 4d

I remember trying the steam version (or was it the gog version?) and running into some issues. Do you use some patches or something?

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Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · 4d

Holy smokes that's some amazing work.

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Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · 4d

I'll be honest I never played #1 or #3 so I've nothing to compare it to. But it felt to me like a nice blend of light strategic fiddling and siege / battle mechanics.

Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · 4d

I can still hear the music.

Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · 4d

This was peak gaming.

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Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · 4d

Good luck! We just gotta keep at it.

Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · 4d

Second time out the gate I'll be putting a lot of focus on proper prototyping and playtesting as early as possible.

Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · 4d

During my walks recently I've been mulling over what game I'll be doing next once Innkeep is out. Basic requirements:

1. A game I could feasibly make.
2. A game I would -want- to make.
3. A game (enough) people would want to play.

I think I've got two strong candidates.

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Daniel Burke - 🍺INNKEEP @innkeep.bsky.social · 4d

I mean, he aint wrong.