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@nion.bsky.social

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Gamedev and Writing type creature 🏳️‍⚧️ I like making small 2D worlds in #godotengine Available for contract work: [email protected]

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nion✨ @nion.bsky.social · Oct 18

Some screenshots of an abandoned project I'm still quite fond of.

The idea was the player had to scan NPCs to save them before the end of the world

#godotengine #gamedev

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nion✨ @nion.bsky.social · 6h

That's one of the main influences :D

nion✨ @nion.bsky.social · 7h

Its vision is based on movement, or something

#godot #gamedev #pixelart #gameboy

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nion✨ @nion.bsky.social · 2d

Honestly yeah

nion✨ @nion.bsky.social · 2d

Depends on the individual certainly. But for people like me - somewhat haunted by the stories they want to tell - I see it a lot. The project suffocates under its own weight when the artist can't see it grow and move toward their motivating idea/s.
Compartmentalising development has helped that.

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nion✨ @nion.bsky.social · 2d

It took a good bit of life happening to understand it wasn't a sustainable way to make anything.

Smaller scope is one thing, but that just sets a lower threshold of completion. Having an effective development strategy is underepresented in standard "gamedev advice".

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nion✨ @nion.bsky.social · 2d

Which meant I would polish and recreate what little game I'd made over and over, a collection of mechanics and visuals that only ever looked like a game, without ever actually being one.
Aside from gamejams, I never finished.
Which naturally got demotivating as I went through that cycle many times.

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nion✨ @nion.bsky.social · 2d

Previously, I got lost in the grind of making content linearly, such that it felt like I was spinning my wheels. I'd make a system or resource that I'd end up inserting wherever I could find a place for it. Just to justify the time I'd spent on it.

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nion✨ @nion.bsky.social · 2d

I've really enjoyed working on this game in the manner I have.

Being able to develop each section of gameplay such that it can stand alone has been very helpful for motivation in a solo-dev context. I can sit down and work on a slice of the game and finish in a day or two.

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nion✨ @nion.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah I don't know his deal tbh

nion✨ @nion.bsky.social · 2d

Thankyou!

nion✨ @nion.bsky.social · 3d

Got caught sneaking into the thieves den.

#godot #gamedev

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nion✨ @nion.bsky.social · 8d

They can do anything a tool script can! If it's an EditorScript with a classname it appears in the command palette (ctrl + shift + P).

The scripts here just copy some templates I've set up for quickly making new NPCs and Event triggers. Since my game is full of em :P

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nion✨ @nion.bsky.social · 8d

#godot editor scripts are super cool for shoving together common components quickly.

A surefire way to stave off going hollow

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nion✨ @nion.bsky.social · 9d

Thankyou thankyoutyanky thank

nion✨ @nion.bsky.social · 10d

Mischief at the local pub

#godot #gamedev #pixelart

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nion✨ @nion.bsky.social · 11d

The rain is on the wrong layer 🙃

nion✨ @nion.bsky.social · 12d

The inciting incident

#godot #gamedev #pixelart #gameboy

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nion✨ @nion.bsky.social · 12d

hard work going on here

#godot #gamedev

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nion✨ @nion.bsky.social · 15d

Seems like normal farm behaviour to me.

#godot #gamedev #pixelart

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nion✨ @nion.bsky.social · 15d

Not yet, maybe soon 🤠

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nion✨ @nion.bsky.social · 16d

Sometime in the next 1-2 months if I stick to my own deadlines :3

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nion✨ @nion.bsky.social · 16d

I try not to think about it.

#godot #gamedev #gameboy #pixelart

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nion✨ @nion.bsky.social · 17d

A coping strategy I've developed is to treat the ups and downs of my projects like I'm a grizzled sailor on the tempestuous seas. Merciless, yet beautiful.

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nion✨ @nion.bsky.social · 17d

The horror of realising the intrepid player might obtain the cave flowers *before* speaking to the priest, and having to account for that in the event script.

Gamedev can be a cruel mistress.

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