Prabhav Bhatnagar

Compress(space) is a puzzle game where you fold space to cheat your way through puzzles.

We've just launched the steam page🎉! Wishlist now on steam:
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YouTube video by SoulsVRFDG Souls-VR: Dodge-Rolling in Virtual Reality

New ways to adapt non-VR games to VR, without motion sickness:

Markus Kirjonen et al.: Souls-VR: Dodge-Rolling in Virtual Reality.

Paper: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...,
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGfi...

Thank you!! Happy that this is finally out and maybe it inspires fresh ways to think and talk about game feel! You can check it out here: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

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New game design theory and a dataset of emotionally impactful game feel designs:

Prabhav Bhatnagar et al.: Beyond Satisfaction: Game Feel Design for Emotionally Impactful Experiences (Early career best paper award!) dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

My Tiny Chess Roguelike has a Steam Page!

♟️💥 Wishlist Gambonanza and break the rules 💥♟️

store.steampowered.com/app/3509230/...

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Godot 4.4, a unified experience – Godot Engine Look forward to plenty of quality of life improvements hidden within this release. Faster load speeds, reduced stutter, streamlined processes - spotting all the optimizations that have been applied in...

#GodotEngine 4.4 is finally here! 🚀

Look forward to plenty of quality of life improvements hidden within this release. Faster load speeds, reduced stutter, streamlined processes, and more!

godotengine.org/releases/4.4/

Yuha's Nightmares glitches
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poor fish having an existential crisis cus it be fishin #gamedev #godot #indiedev #game #pixelart

I've spent years watching my kids step on manholes and jump over crosswalks on the way to school… so I turned it into a video game. 😃🎮

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Kiko's Apple Adventure on Steam A Sokoban game about a curious bear who loves tasty apples. In it, you’ll have to move the target point in order to puzzle your way through each handcrafted level. Explore islands, move the finish lin...

Steam Next Fest is live now, please check out the demo for Kiko's Apple Adventure if you haven't already! 🍎
store.steampowered.com/app/2916300/...

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It's a bit of work to set it up correctly but the results have been pretty smooth and consistent (provided you're using Jolt).

Oo I think I see what you mean, I'll try that out thanks for the advice! :)

Using a bunch of them in my early prototyping! Love the prototype packs :)

Set up a proof of concept for this "swap places" mechanic. The Shockwave Effect tutorial by @nolkaloid.bsky.social was suuuper helpful in building this teleport effect. Any and all feedback is appreciated :)

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Old clip from mid-January, this is when I was happy with the basic cube pickup, movement and rotation. As long as the cube is held, it's handled by a custom integrator (basically custom physics behaviour) otherwise it's just a Rigidbody.

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The game I am working on, Kiko's Apple Adventure! It's a Sokoban puzzle but you can move the target (raft)! The game tells the story of a curious bear who loves tasty apples🍎 Help Kiko explore islands, collect apples to make the biggest apple pie ever! Demo available on Steam!
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Thenk you! It's one of those things that is not "necessary" in a prototype but I feel it makes me feel more comfortable at testing and nailing the core feel of the game early. But still, I try to be vary of over-engineering too early.

Thanks!~ Funnily enough I discovered 3D labels just today and was pleasantly surprised at how neatly it worked out of the box. Gonna be a staple in my prototyping workflow from now!

Puzzle gameplay! Solo developed indie game about exploring an abandoned spaceship with tasty lofi/modern hybrid style.

Full 5 minute video: youtu.be/dnbWYcmmxWM

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lofi lens flare ✨ #godot

Haha I understand, that's my secret weapon (close to zero 3D art skills/experience) comes into play xD. I dread what to do when I need to move out of blockout, hire freelancers? buy assets? make something simple and write shader? Problems for future me.

Practising basic block-out/grey boxing. The basics are working well for now. Most of my previous projects were 2D and in the couple of 3D ones I had, I didn't get to focus much on level design. It's fun to learn and play around.

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Heyoo! I'm working on a First Person Puzzle game prototype (on Godot 4.x for now).

I'll try and post actively about my dev, as a journal and to keep myself motivated. This is a button and door test I did in early January.

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How it started VS: How it's going

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