Vlad | Oliver’s Tale

Long time no see! It has been a little while since my last update, but if you were worried about Oliver’s Tale, take a deep breath. The project is safe and sound! I have just been so deep in the "making" mode that I ha...

It’s been a bit quiet on my end lately, but worry not! My pet project is still alive.

Check out: ⚓ Updated flying player base 🎸 Oliver’s new Tier 2 gear 💸 Tips to save money on dev subscriptions

More here: oliverstale.com/post/long-ti...

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September 2025: Why am I doing this? Hey, friend!Thank you so much for following my blog. It's incredibly inspiring to see how many of you are interested in what I and my mini-crew are doing.Lately, I've been thinking about why I'm still...

Here's the latest blog post on my pet project, revealing Oliver's flying ship, our approach to combat, and the evolving motivation behind it all.
www.oliverstale.com/post/septemb...
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August 2025: A Little Change of Plans Yep, we’ve decided to shift our release date on Steam! Turns out making a trailer that truly shines needs a bit more polish (and, well… an actual UI on screen 😅). So we’re giving ourselves more time t...

A summer update on my little home project 🧭 Some nice art, and even a soundtrack (written by real rock-star😎🤘), check out my new blog post 👇
www.oliverstale.com/post/august-...

July 2025: Preparing for the Moon It’s not always obvious, but when you set sail on the thrilling adventure of making a personal game project, you’re signing up for way more than just the fun, creative stuff. There’s structure to buil...

This month in Oliver’s Tale: our tiny cupboard server’s secrets revealed, Oliver’s got new moves (and can climb!), plus a shiny texturing upgrade. 👉 www.oliverstale.com/post/july-20...

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While June may be all about sunshine and relaxation for many, my small team and I have been busy tinkering away on our home-brewed project! 🌞🛠️
Check out our latest Dev Blog: www.oliverstale.com/post/june-20...

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We just got cute new representative of Ashborn in th game! We call him Stabber for now, but maybe you have better name?
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Long time no see, Bluesky! Let's me show you what I was working on, final version of master-shader that we use for everything in the game now supportas 3 layer height blend and advanced tiniting! 🌈
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Introducing latest project updates – walking robots, 3D modeling pipelines to Blender, explosives and magic! Read more: www.oliverstale.com/post/april-2...
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Location from our game that we cut!🔪 😱
But who knows, It wight return in the futute 😉
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💫Finally it is working! Managed to introduce pelvis rotation to @malbersanimations.bsky.social controller inspired by article from tech animator working on V Rising.
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Searching for the right brick made me choose game dev #gamedev #lego

Yes, we could not resist. We are going for facial rig 🌝
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Our animator, @decodemotion started working on intro cutscene, and it seems like we got perfect shot for our main menu, take a look! 🧭 #rpg 🌌 #madewithunity 🎞️ #trailertuesday 😉 #indiegame 🥵 #gamedev 🎮 #gaming 🕹️ #videogames 🎨 #gameart 🧑‍🎨 #art 🦸‍♂️ #gamedeveloper

Runtime Foot IK is live! Oliver can finally give his ankles a well-deserved massage! 👌🐾
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Poor robot called Billy, has Hit reactions and can die now! 💥
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February 2025: Fire Death & Robots Hello, friend! Let's look together at how Oliver's Tale progressed this month! Telegraphs! If you've played action RPGs, you've probably seen glowing circles, flashing lines, or ominous red zones ap...

🔥♥️🤖 Fire Death & Robots in our February DevBlog!
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Read more 👇
www.oliverstale.com/post/februar...

For sure, and pretty soon! Once we are done with preparing the demo 😀

Meanwhile I keep on harassing that poor robot 😇
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Inigo Quilez Articles on computer graphics, math and art

In essence it is all about distance fields in UV space. For example to get the circle I calculate distance to center and remap it. You can read more about distance fields here: iquilezles.org/articles/dis...

Telegraph system is finally ready! 💥
It supports 4 shapes: Circle, Segment, Square and Segment. Fully shader based, no textures just math!
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Mistake. That is what we are looking for behind each and every creation! Perfection wall is much thinner for #IndieGames, it allows us to see the creator. Recognise other person and appreciate the mistake.

It is Friday evening, best time for some #gamedev writing! 🔥✏️

His name is Billy and he is a bit crazy! 🤪⚡
It took me a while to build all the systems to have what you see there:
- 🧠 AI, 💥Abilities, 🎯Telegraph, ✨VFX and more..
Not sure what to improve there, any ideas? 🤔
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With some Math&Magic 🤓⚔️ managed to achieve fully parametrized shader for abilities telegraphs!
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Mithras just got his gorgeous procedurally animated tale! 🐉
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OMG it happened 😱 1000 Change lists on my pet project!

January 2025: We flipped the table… Hello dear friend, and welcome! I have so many things to share this time! And yes, soon you would learn how did we decided to flip the game upside down, so Oliver’s story will never be the same! Let's...

Just wrapped up our January Dev Diary for Oliver’s Tale and oh boy, this one’s packed. 🚀New mini-boss, new mechanics, T2 set and more!
www.oliverstale.com/post/january...
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“If something doesn’t fit UI, probably it doesn’t fit the game.” - Noticed that I often change the game design while putting my ideas on UI mockups. 🤷 #gamedev

Thank you, Oskar! On plain color background characters are quite readable, while in game context those tend to blend with the background. I am puzzled now on how to make them pop 🤔