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YAWP Games is a small (me, myself & I) Indie Game Studio. Working on: * Isoterra: Isometric Open World survival (https://store.steampowered.com/app/3436430/Isoterra/) * Maze Wars: PVP Mazing TD https://linktr.ee/YAWPGames

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YAWP Games | Wishlist Isoterra now! @yawpgames.bsky.social · Jan 20

YESS!! It's UP!

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I can now start asking for Wishlist's?

#steam #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart #gamedev #solodev #isometric

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Build bases and outposts, gather resources, craft items, train skills, rescue NPCs and fight for your survival. But be careful, the farther you explore this infinite world the more dangerous and rewar...

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YAWP Games | Wishlist Isoterra now! @yawpgames.bsky.social · 16d

For the walking animations, which do you like the most?

Left or Right?

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart #solodev #indietech #isometric

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quasilyte @quasilyte.bsky.social · 20d

New devlog = new featured pilot :D

#gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #pixelart

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YAWP Games | Wishlist Isoterra now! @yawpgames.bsky.social · 20d

I do agree and when I do the diagonal directions I'll most likely revisit it. I think when I tried to make it smaller, due to the "limited" size, then it was too small so I opted to let it be "bigger" haha.

YAWP Games | Wishlist Isoterra now! @yawpgames.bsky.social · 21d

So this is the new Player Character!

For the MVP it'll not be 8 directions but 4 for simplicity as I want to make also the equipment visible ... which is interesting haha.

Next will be the walk animations for the 4 directions.

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart #solodev #indietech #isometric

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quasilyte @quasilyte.bsky.social · 22d

I am sure it has 0 bugs.
It is going to work, right?
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

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YAWP Games | Wishlist Isoterra now! @yawpgames.bsky.social · 22d

Yes I agree. But the current world generation is not the end one, the character and mobs will change.

I would like to try to fit into 1 pallet as it's easier for me then to design things (I'm not a designer haha) but potentially it may change in the future🤷 haha

YAWP Games | Wishlist Isoterra now! @yawpgames.bsky.social · 23d

Next on line is that I want to change the look and feel to make it more in context.

I'll homogenize the color pallet by reworking the blocks.

WDYT?

Next I want to change the player character which is gonna be hard 😅

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart #solodev #indietech #isometric

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YAWP Games | Wishlist Isoterra now! @yawpgames.bsky.social · 24d

It's totally true haha, RN it can jump up to 3 and on the video it does 2+3.

I'll not change that RN because the scale is what makes it look too much, in reality the payer model will be double the current one (WIP).

Once I do that i'll also have to fix the world generation as it'll be a giant 😂

YAWP Games | Wishlist Isoterra now! @yawpgames.bsky.social · 25d

The first thing I did was to implement Auto Jump.

Was requested several times by people testing the game as it's a bit annoying RN to walk around otherwise.

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quasilyte @quasilyte.bsky.social · 26d

A fight between two high-level Cult destroyer-class vessels.

#indiegame #indiedev #pixelart #gamedev #ebitengine

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YAWP Games | Wishlist Isoterra now! @yawpgames.bsky.social · 27d

Hello all!

I've been off for a while, vacations and then work haha.

On vacations I did start another side game (ofc 🤦) but I've decided I'll be going back to Isoterra as it's been a while and I really want to go back to it :)

Get ready for more #gamedev advances on Isoterra!

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YAWP Games | Wishlist Isoterra now! @yawpgames.bsky.social · Aug 5

I'm the only one that when it's playing a game starts to think: "I could do this ... ?"

And then just start thinking on how to take that idea and change it a bit.

Yes my brain is drifting again but the idea is too far away and not yet attractive enough haha

#gamedev #solodev

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YAWP Games | Wishlist Isoterra now! @yawpgames.bsky.social · Aug 1

Everything is in memory, it's not that much TBH. Array+Map of tails to render and then I render the thing that are special, like blocks of the maze or other things.

I only draw what's visible on the current view-port, so when I scroll back it gets slow, but scrolling will not be on the game.

YAWP Games | Wishlist Isoterra now! @yawpgames.bsky.social · Jul 27

Ok, I have the boss mechanics already decided.

I'm thinking I'll not post anything about the boss until it's all done so it makes sense all together.

It may take a while as I'll go on vacations on a few days too haha

#gamdev #roguelite #solodev #indietech #roguelite

YAWP Games | Wishlist Isoterra now! @yawpgames.bsky.social · Jul 27

Yeh that's true too you are right.

YAWP Games | Wishlist Isoterra now! @yawpgames.bsky.social · Jul 27

Yeh it's really weird, I remember playing NFS2 a lot, but now I don't see anything.

I'm guessing it's a hard genre in which to innovate, most of them have the same game loop at the end.

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YAWP Games | Wishlist Isoterra now! @yawpgames.bsky.social · Jul 27

I follow and read a lot of indie devs and their games, no one is doing any type of race game?

Is it out of my radar or is not a popular genre?

#gamedev #indiedev

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YAWP Games | Wishlist Isoterra now! @yawpgames.bsky.social · Jul 26

O no ... I cannot un-see this now hahahaha

YAWP Games | Wishlist Isoterra now! @yawpgames.bsky.social · Jul 26

So based on this next thing is gonna be a boss, which I'm really excited about TBH 😁

I think I'll add a few semi-bosses and big bosses in 1 map, not just one.

#gamedev #roguelike #solodev #indietech #roguelite

YAWP Games | Wishlist Isoterra now! @yawpgames.bsky.social · Jul 2

So the aggregated result of the poll yielded the following, in order:

1️⃣ Defend objective (waves)
2️⃣ Boss with mechanics
2️⃣ Lure creatures to safety
3️⃣ Falling floor

So there is a tie for second position but the rest is clear.

Let's do it!

#gamdev #roguelite #solodev #indietech #roguelite

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YAWP Games | Wishlist Isoterra now! @yawpgames.bsky.social · Jul 24

Waves is done!

For now at least. It can be really hard, on the video I fail to do it haha (last wave was impossible).

But as there are missing parts on the combat I'll balance it afterwards.

#gamedev #roguelike #solodev #indietech #roguelite

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YAWP Games | Wishlist Isoterra now! @yawpgames.bsky.social · Jul 15

Hahaha by mechanics I mean abilities, strategy, phases and so on haha.

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YAWP Games | Wishlist Isoterra now! @yawpgames.bsky.social · Jul 15

Combat and Waves implemented and success of the objective!.

Now the only part missing is to make the mobs not roam around but actually try to attack the objective unless the player is in range.

Also there'll be more than 2 waves 🤣

#gamdev #roguelite #solodev #indietech #roguelite

YAWP Games | Wishlist Isoterra now! @yawpgames.bsky.social · Jul 10

Yeh ... and when they have that `Autoplay` it's even crazier hahaha

YAWP Games | Wishlist Isoterra now! @yawpgames.bsky.social · Jul 9

Yeh that's what I'm thinking, a lot of game sometimes I stop playing just because of that +10 different progression systems each one totally different than the other and requiring totally different materials etc ... haha

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YAWP Games | Wishlist Isoterra now! @yawpgames.bsky.social · Jul 9

Defend the objective first steps.

Diamond added on the game to an area and once you step on it the area is walled off.

Next thing is to start spawning the waves of mobs that will try to attack the Diamond.

#gamdev #roguelite #solodev #indietech #roguelite