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Working on Cyclopean: The Great Abyss - on STEAM: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2958790/Cyclopean/

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MKSchmidt @mkschmidt30.bsky.social · Oct 20

This is a list of my currently released games, starting from the most recent. Right now I am working on Cyclopean. It's an old school CRPG based on Lovecraft's Dreamlands. Without getting too detailed about the gameplay, let's call it "Befriending cats in the underworld" for now.

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MKSchmidt @mkschmidt30.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t know if it would be good if you have never tried writing any procedural stuff. It’s not like an instruction manual.

MKSchmidt @mkschmidt30.bsky.social · 2d

Each chapter is different and by different authors. Some are reinforcing things I already know and others are really expanding my understanding of the topic a lot. Great book overall.

For me I dove into procgen without knowing anything so this is helpful to me.

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MKSchmidt @mkschmidt30.bsky.social · 2d

Some light reading for this afternoon

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MKSchmidt @mkschmidt30.bsky.social · 2d

I liked this Star Explorers screenshot...

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MKSchmidt @mkschmidt30.bsky.social · 4d

Still fixing bugs for the upcoming Star Explorers update!
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MKSchmidt @mkschmidt30.bsky.social · 4d

Fixed the very bad inventory bug in the testing branch of Star Explorers! It's getting closer to becoming a proper full release.
#ScreenshotSaturday

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MKSchmidt @mkschmidt30.bsky.social · 4d

Fixed the very bad inventory bug in the testing branch of Star Explorers! It's getting closer to becoming a proper full release.
#ScreenshotSaturday

steamcommunity.com/games/502720...

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MKSchmidt @mkschmidt30.bsky.social · 4d

Yes! It shouldn't need anything that powerful, but it can't hurt :)

MKSchmidt @mkschmidt30.bsky.social · 5d

Cool discussion!

Fireheart Media (Jala-chan's Place, Monster Dear Monster) @fireheartmedia.bsky.social · 5d

Hey y'all @jalachan.bsky.social was on this week's Level talking about Alf's adventures in Cyclopean: The Great Abyss @mkschmidt30.bsky.social and the ending of Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc!

Listen now: www.patreon.com/posts/level-...

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MKSchmidt @mkschmidt30.bsky.social · 7d

Words fail to convey how cool I think this is

loren schmidt @lorenschmidt.bsky.social · 7d

ruins

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MKSchmidt @mkschmidt30.bsky.social · 7d

Yeah, I think it's pretty self evident from the screenshots, but people are people.

MKSchmidt @mkschmidt30.bsky.social · 7d

Four actually, but no. No I did not.

MKSchmidt @mkschmidt30.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you, Jason. "Beautiful oddity"is something that makes me smile!

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MKSchmidt @mkschmidt30.bsky.social · 8d

Absolutely do not buy my game if you want more than one color! You won't get it.

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MKSchmidt @mkschmidt30.bsky.social · 10d

Great art! Really unique looking game.

MKSchmidt @mkschmidt30.bsky.social · 10d

I just prefer single player games. You make some good points, but there is really no need to justify it.

MKSchmidt @mkschmidt30.bsky.social · 11d

Still the most traumatizing bug I experienced in Star Explorers. I made a new thing where friendly miners could appear on some planets. But I had also recently added meteors which would fall in random locations ... behold the consequences of my actions:
#ScreenshotSaturday #TheHumanity #GameDev

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MKSchmidt @mkschmidt30.bsky.social · 11d

Does this mean they will stop being evil again?

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MKSchmidt @mkschmidt30.bsky.social · 12d

feel the oldness within you!

MKSchmidt @mkschmidt30.bsky.social · 12d

I don’t know why but this headline is too funny…

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MKSchmidt @mkschmidt30.bsky.social · 12d

Cyclopean: The Great Abyss stream is starting soon. Watch Jala guide Alf and an army of cats and gugs through the Great Abyss!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Huw_...

Cyclopean: The Great Abyss (Session 7)

YouTube video by Jala-chan

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MKSchmidt @mkschmidt30.bsky.social · 14d

I love difficult games ... sometimes ... and yeah, taking a break is a good strategy. I also enjoy easy games ... sometimes ... and it's not hard to see that both types are valuable. I'm also a developer and feel strongly that it should be up to the devs to decide what kind of game they make.

MKSchmidt @mkschmidt30.bsky.social · 14d

Whenever I’ve written any tutorials I have tried to avoid this. But then they tend to get very long, and you have to choose at some point, what you ca assume the reader already knows. That’s the crux off it.

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MKSchmidt @mkschmidt30.bsky.social · 16d

Unfortunately, it was never resolved.

MKSchmidt @mkschmidt30.bsky.social · 16d

Just activated the Steam store page for Cyclopean II: The Dreamlands! #CRPG #Lovecraft #GameDev

store.steampowered.com/app/3998510/...

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MKSchmidt @mkschmidt30.bsky.social · 19d

Cool!

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