Michael Kramer

Some early animation for one of my creatures. Still rough, but not too bad. But I’ve got a good pipeline setup in Houdini to rig these 2D characters from my artist now. #playdate #veros #indiegame #indiedev

Smoke. #playdate #veros #indiedev #indiegame

What playtime would you look for on a narrative game for #playdate? 2 hours? 4 hours? Longer? #indiegame #indiedev #verosgame

Working on some atmospheric effects…. #Playdate #verosgame #indiedev #indiegame

Melee class’ crank mechanic charges a damage boost. You get more segments (and thus more damage) as you level. Also spent a long time tracking down some performance issues, drawRotatedBitmap is way more costly than it should be…. #playdate #indiedev #indiegame

Melee class, damage numbers, revised hud, it’s really fun to play…. #playdate #indiegame #indiedev

The Resonance Shrine, an area where you can upgrade your skills, save your game and more. Still a work in progress but I’m liking the effect of getting into it. #playdate #indiedev #indiegame

Working on a little game for my #playdate Just an arpg set in the same universe as my Godot game. I’m liking how it is looking. #indiedev #indiegame

Anyone like alien trees? #indiedev #gamedev #godotengine

Godot VAT shaders, still working on a breakdown but thought I’d release the shaders. #indiedev #godotengine github.com/siosphere/go...

Been working on #Houdini / #godotengine integrations. The Houdini Engine integration is supporting marshalling geo in/out and most params. Here I got VATs working for rigid body, soft body, and fluids. #indiegame #gamedev

Terrain scattering in Godot Engine. Started on my custom terrain streaming system, chunks the world into cells, and can dynamically load as the player traverses. Additionally points are baked per cell and async load in nodes/scenes/instances. #indiedev #indiegame #godot #godotengine

Decided to move from Unreal to Godot, starting to get pieces together. (Bad Idle animation makes her sink, but I’ve fixed that already)

I think I spent more time writing my code generation tool, then I’ll save by having it generate my serialization logic…

Sure, write my own game editor, that won’t take forever at all…. #play date #indiedev #indiegame

Don’t let it touch you. #playdate #indiedev #indiegame

Decided to take a break from working on my Unreal game to make an engine and game for my #playdate Really enjoying it, and also glad playdate-cpp exists.

How do other #indiedev split their time between story development, modeling, animation, and programming? I have so much to do, and so little time

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 20: Broken Age #GameChallenge #Games #GameDev #indiedev

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 19: Final Fantasy XVI #GameChallenge #Games #GameDev #indiedev

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 18: Stray #GameChallenge #Games #GameDev #indiedev

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 17: Kings Quest V #GameChallenge #Games #GameDev #indiedev

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 16: Wolfenstein 3D #GameChallenge #Games #GameDev #indiedev

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 15: Alan Wake #GameChallenge #Games #GameDev #indiedev

At least 3 or 4 times a day I think to myself, should I just re-do my project in Godot instead of Unreal? #indiedev #indiegames

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 14: Loom #GameChallenge #Games #GameDev #indiedev

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 13: Celeste #GameChallenge #Games #GameDev #indiedev

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 12: Child of Light #GameChallenge #Games #GameDev #indiedev

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 11: Returnal #GameChallenge #Games #GameDev #indiedev

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 10: Primordia #GameChallenge #Games #GameDev #indiedev

Takes all my will not to balloon the scope for my game… not it does need to genre shift mid game…

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 9: Tearaway: Unfolded #GameChallenge #Games #GameDev #indiedev

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 8: Inside #GameChallenge #Games #GameDev #indiedev

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 7: Dragon Age Inquisition #GameChallenge #Games #GameDev #indiedev

My dialogue system is dialogue-ing. #indiedev #indiegame

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 6: Warcraft III #GameChallenge #Games #GameDev #indiedev

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 5: Ni No Kuni #GameChallenge #Games #GameDev #indiedev

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 4: Final Fantasy X #GameChallenge #Games #GameDev #indiedev

I miss my Zune

Super early prototype gameplay from a year and a half ago. #indiedev #indiegame #gamedevelopment

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 3: Death Gate #GameChallenge #Games #GameDev #indiedev

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 2: Life Is Strange #GameChallenge #Games #GameDev #indiedev

The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 1: Monkey Island #GameChallenge #Games #GameDev #indiedev

I’m an #indiegame dev looking for help building out the #narrative of my #RPG. I can pay a little (self funded…) I have the base story and some main beats, but looking for help in world building, quest writing, connecting beats together, etc. if interested, DM me a sample, and what you’d charge

How do you get funding for a new game studio? Like honestly, not a few thousand here and there, but enough to hire people full time for years to make a game. #gamedevelopment #indiegames