BELOW HEAVEN🌎

Picking an option on the battle menu is now functional. It'll hide the other options and open submenu for it.

You can choose between using the regular confirm/cancel buttons on the submenu, or to use the same button to confirm and all others cancel, much like a certain classic game...

Page 1 of a reference document for the character Caroline. This one has a turnaround of her in her regular clothes and underwear, closeups of her gloves and skirt, and some general info.

Page 2 of the same reference document. This one is all about Caroline's Aether Pistol and her other abilities, plus the Tome of Reason, an important plot-relevant book she owns.

Page 3 of the same document. This one shows off Caroline's winged form, and has a blurb explaining what the deal with that form is.

Page 4 of the same document, focused on alternate outfits - showcasing four in particular: bunny suit, casual, "office chic", and tennis outfit. It also has a blurb about Caroline's younger look from her days at the Academy.

I decided to update Caroline's ref sheet in time for Art Fight. There's some extra details that weren't around the first time, plus I added a fourth page focusing on alternate outfits (which I didn't do at first because I was pressed for time)

Hope you enjoy, feel free to draw her, etc etc

Do note this footage has a couple bugs regarding the time gauges when a battle starts. Also, enemies don't have behaviors yet, a lot of the graphics are placeholders, etc.

More work on battles. Characters leap into position at the start of combat, and back to the same spot once it ends. Also showing off the different button styles when playing with a controller #gamedev

Totally real footage... or not.

Here it is - the earliest battle footage we have!
Things that currently work: initiating combat, the basic logic for the Time Gauge, and running away.

#gamedev #indiegame #rpg

Whenever a character takes a step, their Time Gauge lowers by a certain amount, and their turn ends when the bar empties out. You need to pick an action before that happens!

To run away from battle, simply walk attempt to walk out of the battle arena until it works.

Battles start when an enemy touches the party leader. The map has predetermined battle regions, and all enemies within that region will become your opponents. Characters become active when their Time Gauge fills up, and the player is able to switch between active characters.

Here it is - the earliest battle footage we have!
Things that currently work: initiating combat, the basic logic for the Time Gauge, and running away.

#gamedev #indiegame #rpg

It's a rather unique battle system that uses positioning but has a real time component. Even though I've explained it before and posted mockups it seems people still have a hard time visualizing it, so hopefully when there's real footage of it it'll click

A drawing of two young elf men. One is very tall, has white skin and blonde hair, amber eyes and a pair of huge feathery white wings on his back. He's wearing a military-looking outfit and has his hand on the shoulder of the second man. This second man is very short, has dark skin and long, iridescent purple hair and big glasses with purple-tinted lenses. He's wearing a scholarly outfit and has his arms behind his back.

elf of the heavens and elf of the earth

#ocsky

A screenshot of a game in development. The protagonist stands in an area highlighted in a grid pattern. The UI around her shows her possible options with the equivalent keyboard keys - Items, Combo, Pistol, Tech. The HUD at the bottom shows three party members, their HP, and a second resource. On the left side of the screen is a vertical bar labeled "synergy".

The battle UI is coming along!! We're getting close to Gameplay!

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A woman leaping forward and firing a bow and arrow behind her. A small yellow and green rabbit like creature is desperately clinging to her arm.

Congrats to @rabbitlegs.bsky.social for winning the raffle!

And big thanks to everyone for your support as I figure out this whole art thing! Onwards and upwards!

Elf character in a flower shaped skirt about to perform a high kick

OC commission for @rabbitlegs.bsky.social !

elf girl in a blue santa dress

Holiday cheer

you're not that kinda elf, silly #ocsky

A monochrome drawing of an androgynous person with black hair pulled in a ponytail, a feather earring on their left ear, and traditional Japanese clothes clutching a sheathed katana in both hands. A black Shiba Inu with ghost-shaped markings stands next to them.

Ronin #ocsky

A reference sheet for an original character named Amelia Vulpes. It shows her from the front and from the side, plus a detail from the back of her outfit, and an optional falconry glove. Plus drawings of her red-tailed hawk, tsuchinoko and jackalope.

I felt like I needed a proper ref of Amelia for some time now, so here is a whole sheet if anyone is interested

#ocsky

You may have seen @qwarq.io 's input plugin I shared yesterday. Here's a look at how it is implemented in BELOW HEAVEN specifically. You have the ability to pick between four separate presets for the appearance of your controller buttons - go with what feels intuitive for you!

1. uses icons for buttons, which can be called in text to display the correct icon
2. lets you change input device
3. script calls for checking if the button was pressed/held
4. supports a bunch of special keys you'd find in non-US keyboards

And more stuff you can read the help on the script for

If by custom binding you can add a custom function that can be called aside from the default MZ ones, yes

I don't understand why it would conflict with other plugins, since it overwrites the default input system

I wanted BELOW HEAVEN to have a more robust system for button remapping than what RPG Maker offers, so I commissioned qwarq to make this. I'm pretty happy with it, and hopefully this will allow better accessibility for other games made with the engine

But perhaps even more importantly than that, @qwarq.io has begun work on setting up the battle system for the game. The grid is supposed to be semitransparent, that's on me. I already sent him the fixed version.

Isn't it cool when games have working mirrors?

Also an early look at Caroline's room.

#gamedev #screenshotsaturday

I'm doing this thread over on my main account that includes some info on various characters from BELOW HEAVEN, if you wanna have a look~

drawing of an elf woman (my OC caroline) with disheveled hair, runny makeup and bags under her eyes, sitting in front of a typewriter while exasperatedly looking at the viewer. In a speech bubble is a screenshot of a post that says "Terrible news. Apparently just vibing with your story ideas does not make the stories apear fully written in a word document." #art #oc

tragedy

I got my commission from @bupiti.bsky.social in the mail today

everyone please appreciate smol caroline

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Have you checked out our Kickstarter yet? We're already a little over 10% funded!

Check our socials very soon for a new trailer to celebrate our campaign!

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a moth girl holding up a peace sign.

Can you believe the Dungeon Gals #SAGE2024 demo drops in THREE DAYS!? I can't wait!!
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I wrote about the state of BELOW HEAVEN's development on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/111322...

drawing of a black shiba inu with whisp shaped markings #art #oc

Bonus

What a good boy!