Big Sage Beast Studios
@bigsagebeast.bsky.social
An indie game dev working on Innerlight, a furry genderqueer dungeon crawler! Demo due out July 2025, follow for progress updates.
New art by @bigdragby.bsky.social; my mspaint placeholder for Lowell and then my artist's first draft. Really like him a lot more, reflects his personality better, and it's a very nice hat.
We're doing first drafts for all the PCs, then revisions to make them all fit nicely together as a cast.
We're doing first drafts for all the PCs, then revisions to make them all fit nicely together as a cast.
October 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
New art by @bigdragby.bsky.social; my mspaint placeholder for Lowell and then my artist's first draft. Really like him a lot more, reflects his personality better, and it's a very nice hat.
We're doing first drafts for all the PCs, then revisions to make them all fit nicely together as a cast.
We're doing first drafts for all the PCs, then revisions to make them all fit nicely together as a cast.
youtu.be/oMFc62qKaO8
I just added manual mapping. It's optional, you can turn on an automap, but drawing your own map in-engine gives me warm fuzzies.
In playtesting, I'm finding that it's a lot more engaging this way. It's like going back to Wizardry 1, only now the graph paper is built in!
I just added manual mapping. It's optional, you can turn on an automap, but drawing your own map in-engine gives me warm fuzzies.
In playtesting, I'm finding that it's a lot more engaging this way. It's like going back to Wizardry 1, only now the graph paper is built in!
Innerlight: Manual mapping system, newly implemented!
YouTube video by bigsagebeast
youtu.be
March 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
youtu.be/oMFc62qKaO8
I just added manual mapping. It's optional, you can turn on an automap, but drawing your own map in-engine gives me warm fuzzies.
In playtesting, I'm finding that it's a lot more engaging this way. It's like going back to Wizardry 1, only now the graph paper is built in!
I just added manual mapping. It's optional, you can turn on an automap, but drawing your own map in-engine gives me warm fuzzies.
In playtesting, I'm finding that it's a lot more engaging this way. It's like going back to Wizardry 1, only now the graph paper is built in!
Liking the new NPC art. In combat, you can tag him in for an all-target slash attack.
January 17, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Liking the new NPC art. In combat, you can tag him in for an all-target slash attack.
Just about a year since I set The First Hero aside, and I kinda miss working on it <3
I should make a new build that bundles in the Java JRE. I couldn't get that figured out at the time, but I guess a big problem with my last release is that .jar files are hard to use these days
I should make a new build that bundles in the Java JRE. I couldn't get that figured out at the time, but I guess a big problem with my last release is that .jar files are hard to use these days
Much happier with the terrain generation now. #roguelike #indiedev
January 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Just about a year since I set The First Hero aside, and I kinda miss working on it <3
I should make a new build that bundles in the Java JRE. I couldn't get that figured out at the time, but I guess a big problem with my last release is that .jar files are hard to use these days
I should make a new build that bundles in the Java JRE. I couldn't get that figured out at the time, but I guess a big problem with my last release is that .jar files are hard to use these days
Got some more portraits palettized for character customization, aka sparkledog generator
The idea is that you can set your palette and accessories and they'll follow you as you transform
(line art by BigDragBy, palettized colors and json data whipped together in a hurry by me)
#gamedev
The idea is that you can set your palette and accessories and they'll follow you as you transform
(line art by BigDragBy, palettized colors and json data whipped together in a hurry by me)
#gamedev
January 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Got some more portraits palettized for character customization, aka sparkledog generator
The idea is that you can set your palette and accessories and they'll follow you as you transform
(line art by BigDragBy, palettized colors and json data whipped together in a hurry by me)
#gamedev
The idea is that you can set your palette and accessories and they'll follow you as you transform
(line art by BigDragBy, palettized colors and json data whipped together in a hurry by me)
#gamedev
My voice modulation sounds kinda robotic, and I'm not sure if I can improve it.
Audio engineers, is this a case of Godot sucking? Do I need higher quality / higher sample rate audio? Or is this just the best you can do without a lot of budget and manual audio engineer work for each file?
#gamedev
Audio engineers, is this a case of Godot sucking? Do I need higher quality / higher sample rate audio? Or is this just the best you can do without a lot of budget and manual audio engineer work for each file?
#gamedev
January 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
My voice modulation sounds kinda robotic, and I'm not sure if I can improve it.
Audio engineers, is this a case of Godot sucking? Do I need higher quality / higher sample rate audio? Or is this just the best you can do without a lot of budget and manual audio engineer work for each file?
#gamedev
Audio engineers, is this a case of Godot sucking? Do I need higher quality / higher sample rate audio? Or is this just the best you can do without a lot of budget and manual audio engineer work for each file?
#gamedev
More NPC and enemy art from BigDragBy: The temple matron, annoyed that you're disrespecting your gifts. A rat assassin who goes after your back row (you might want to shuffle your tank backwards and your casters forward, or use a skill to reduce back row damage). #gamedev #furry
December 11, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Transformancer now has front and back rows for enemies. Targeting back-row enemies with physical attacks when there's a front row standing only does half damage, so "kill the casters first" is no longer the only obvious choice.
November 29, 2024 at 6:44 PM
Transformancer now has front and back rows for enemies. Targeting back-row enemies with physical attacks when there's a front row standing only does half damage, so "kill the casters first" is no longer the only obvious choice.
We're on track with assets and coding, so as long as RL doesn't intervene in unexpected ways, we're going to put out a Transformancer demo to a couple of streamer friends in three weeks. Still wanna work a while longer before the full public prototype, but I want to get it in front of some eyes!
November 22, 2024 at 2:53 AM
We're on track with assets and coding, so as long as RL doesn't intervene in unexpected ways, we're going to put out a Transformancer demo to a couple of streamer friends in three weeks. Still wanna work a while longer before the full public prototype, but I want to get it in front of some eyes!
