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Leo | Nightcrawler now available on Itch!

@leoqb.bsky.social

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Berlin based gamedev. Working on a 2D stealth game! Play it here for free 👉 https://leoqb.itch.io/nightcrawler

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Leo | Nightcrawler now available on Itch! @leoqb.bsky.social · 24d

I'm about to release the first version of a 2D stealth game that I've been working on for around five months...

...or 7 years if I look at it from a different perspective. 🧵

#gamedev #gamedevelopment #indiedev #pixelgame #godot #godotengine #indiegames #indiegamedev

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Leo | Nightcrawler now available on Itch! @leoqb.bsky.social · 40m

Yeah I use GitHub, no need to complicate things. The less time I spend on tooling the more time I have to work on the game. Also GitHub Actions are a good way to automate some things easily if needed

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Leo | Nightcrawler now available on Itch! @leoqb.bsky.social · 16h

Now levels in my stealth game can be completed with these different playstyles

I wonder if Ghost should be it's own separate thing or if it should be added on top of the others. eg:

Ghost, Assassin, Pacifist

vs

Assassin, Ghost Assassin, Pacifist, Ghost Pacifist

wdyt?

#gamdev #indiedev #solodev

Leo | Nightcrawler now available on Itch! @leoqb.bsky.social · 17h

I have a playable build with these changes, I can send it if you want to try it, but don't plan to upload it on Itch yet.

Leo | Nightcrawler now available on Itch! @leoqb.bsky.social · 17h

This gives an option for people that enjoy a challenge to still have the challenge, but at the same time other folks can play at their own pace.

I think it's a win-win situation, besides maybe losing the ability to promote it as a "punishing game" which is appealing to some.

Leo | Nightcrawler now available on Itch! @leoqb.bsky.social · 17h

But more importantly, it would make the core experience less punishing. Right now the game is fun, but punishing. This means that while some people love it, some are alienated quickly by it.

With this change the game would remain punishing only when playing the "Assassin" style, which is an option

Leo | Nightcrawler now available on Itch! @leoqb.bsky.social · 17h

First of all would enable playing the game in three different playstyles: Ghost, Assassin, Pacifist.

By making these some kind of achievement you could replay the levels to unlock all three victory styles, a pattern I saw in many games and that triggers that "completionist" mindset.

Leo | Nightcrawler now available on Itch! @leoqb.bsky.social · 17h

I'm testing some big changes to the core gameplay of my game.

Instead of having to kill everyone, you have to kill just 1 target. The guards can be stunned, killed or ignored.

This would have a lot of interesting implications in the game 🧵

#gamedev #indiedev #solodev #gamedevelopment #godot

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Leo | Nightcrawler now available on Itch! @leoqb.bsky.social · 19h

Thanks 😭 Please share any feedback or ideas that you might have after you play!

Leo | Nightcrawler now available on Itch! @leoqb.bsky.social · 23h

The conundrum: polish an update until it reflects what's on your mind or release it as soon as the gameplay changes are playable (and polish it later).

#gamedev #indiedev #gamedevelopment

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Leo | Nightcrawler now available on Itch! @leoqb.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks!

Leo | Nightcrawler now available on Itch! @leoqb.bsky.social · 3d

This is a reminder for everyone to buy indie stuff and support indie creators. For less than what you would spend to try some new cheese in a supermarket you can make someone's day.

Leo | Nightcrawler now available on Itch! @leoqb.bsky.social · 3d

Today some complete stranger decided to buy my game (which is available for free). Besides some friends supporting me, this is the first time someone I don't know buys this game. It was so unexpected and felt so good tbh, just a selfless act of support.

#gamedev #indiedev #solodev

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Leo | Nightcrawler now available on Itch! @leoqb.bsky.social · 4d

Lovely

Leo | Nightcrawler now available on Itch! @leoqb.bsky.social · 5d

Adding knock-out before a kill. I wanted to make it abundantly clear when you kill the enemy. Is it a bit too much? 😬

#gamedev #indiedev #gamedevelopment #pixelgame #godot

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Leo | Nightcrawler now available on Itch! @leoqb.bsky.social · 5d

I'll probably do a 0.2 changing the core game loop in a kinda critical way, then a 0.3 with experimental mechanics that I might scrap some day.

Leo | Nightcrawler now available on Itch! @leoqb.bsky.social · 5d

Sometimes the best game design tool is just a blank canvas. A few times I got stuck in Godot only to understand that I needed to make a step back and clarify my thoughts on figjam

Well now I have a clearer idea on what to include in the next update, devlog coming soon
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegames

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Leo | Nightcrawler now available on Itch! @leoqb.bsky.social · 5d

Tonight’s I finally have some time to test some mechanics I want to add to the next update. And also to make up my mind about what should be in the next update 🫨

#gamedev #indiedev #godot #gamedevelopment

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Leo | Nightcrawler now available on Itch! @leoqb.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks, these looks cool! I pinned them

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Leo | Nightcrawler now available on Itch! @leoqb.bsky.social · 9d

Very cool animations, love them!

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Leo | Nightcrawler now available on Itch! @leoqb.bsky.social · 14d

I was searching for a feature and I found both a issue that requested it and a PR that implemented it

I think these advantages of using an open source engine are overlooked. You can just see by yourself if something has been added, instead than trying to find some info about it

#Godot #GodotEngine

Leo | Nightcrawler now available on Itch! @leoqb.bsky.social · 14d

Most of the time was spent addressing warnings that I ignored all this time, until the editor just started to highlight them very prominently in 4.5. Feels better now 😬

Leo | Nightcrawler now available on Itch! @leoqb.bsky.social · 14d

Finally took the time to convert the project to Godot 4.5, it was a very smooth process luckily and nothing really broke. I still need to do some kind of regression testing, but from the looks of it everything looks alright.

#Godot #GodotEngine# #MadeWithGodot

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Leo | Nightcrawler now available on Itch! @leoqb.bsky.social · 15d

I stitched together some gifs I made for the game...I think it does give a good idea of the gameplay!

As a solo dev it takes time to create these things to show the game to others, but it's cool when the result is fun to watch.

🔗 leoqb.itch.io/nightcrawler

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #godot

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Leo | Nightcrawler now available on Itch! @leoqb.bsky.social · 15d

Does anyone know some good sources to get cool royalty free music? It could be either free or paid, as long as it doesn't have super expensive upfront costs.

#gamedev #indiegames #gamedevelopment #indiedev

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Leo | Nightcrawler now available on Itch! @leoqb.bsky.social · 15d

Very clever!