LifesASkit

A scene from a videogame. Two characters are interacting. A skip button is visible in the bottom left corner. At the top of the screen, a dialogue box displays one of the character's speech, reading: "...I was going to tell you my name, but I'm struggling to remember it."

I've been working on cutscenes as of late, and I'm very happy with my admittedly janky and somewhat fragile system. So long as those warnings stay as warnings and don't crash the game, I count it as a win :3

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #godot #RUBIE

WHOOPS I MADE A TYPO WTF IS A NERUAL LKDJKWJDA

The beginnings of a fast-travel system for the hub world in #RUBIE! Super proud of how smooth this one came out.

The number of things to do before getting this game on steam is slowly shrinking, I'm very excited :3

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #godot

Finally was able to figure out saving keybinds between sessions. My solution might be janky, but so is everything else in this game so as long as it works I'm happy lmao

⚠️ A NOTE ABOUT ITCH.IO ⚠️

Dear #GameDev: I'm not going to pretend I know all the details, or that I should be considered an expert, but we need to talk about this situation. 🧵

P.S. - Jump to the end of the thread for what you personally can do to help address the situation.

Mastercard: Sex Work is Work. End Your Unjust Policy. Mastercard's new policy unfairly targets the adult content industry, making sex workers more vulnerable, especially Black trans women. It must be stopped.

SO, what should YOU do? Consider supporting the ACLU's campaign against Mastercard's unjust policies that impact this sort of issue.

listen to the voices...

(*add one more! add one more! add one more!*)

The original Portal's very bland and empty test chambers worked so well because they were bland and empty. It might not have been an interesting building, but it ensured your focus was solely on the puzzle.

Less is more, as they say. If everything's grabbing your attention, nothing is.

One very big inspiration for my game is the Portal games, especially Portal 2. Something I'll definitely be doing later is playing through some of the more decorated and lively chambers to see how they pulled it off.

I really want every empty space to be filled and every little detail to be noticed. Unfortunately as a result the screen becomes very noisy, which isn't very good for directing the players focus anywhere. (continued)

Been looking at my levels trying to figure out what it is that's putting me off and I've come to the realization that I have a massive over-decorating problem, which is especially a problem since I'm making a puzzle game. (continued)

While I cannot speak for everyone, I would be happy with there being more exposure. The point of a trailer is to get people's eyes on the project, so more people seeing the trailer would be a bonus!
The only thing I can see (reasonable) people wanting is a link to their store page or channel.

A very basic prototype for a puzzle game. The level is built out of white grid-like tiles, and most of the elements are either crudely drawn or squashed and stretched Godot Engine logos.

An early build of a puzzle-platformer game. The graphics are basic, mostly being made up of purple tiles. A red player character stands in the middle, holding a green box with a four-point star on it.

Another early build, this one much more polished than the last. The purple tiles now are decorated with pipes and wires, and the overall feel is more polished

Similar to the last screenshot, but the platforms are less busy, the player character is a blue figure now, and a large screen sits on the right of the frame with a pink smiley-face observing the scene in it.

Apparently I started work on #RUBIE about 2 years ago! It's kind of crazy seeing how much this game has evolved over time. Luckily I still have plenty of old builds of the game, so I can look at old prototypes pretty easy!

Here's a few screenshots, each from a more recent build than the last.

A screenshot of a red player character standing in front of a screen, holding a box above its head. The large screen behind it displays a bright magenta smiley face, looking ominously at the player.

It's about time i started implementing the antagonist. It's not doing a whole lot right now but it is looking at me funny.

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #godot #RUBIE

A main menu screen for a game. The backdrop is green, the buttons are all a pale blue, and there's a red brain-like sculpture on the right half of the screen.

A main menu screen for a game. The backdrop is now purple, the buttons are all red, and there's a red containment chamber on the right half of the screen.

A main menu screen for a game. The backdrop is now gold, the buttons are all a pale teel, and there's a swinging pendulum on the right half of the screen.

I was wanting to make the main menu a bit more interesting, so it now changes depending on the last level you played. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #godot #RUBIE

finished deltarune chapters 3 and 4 recently and man how does toby make that game so damn charming

the pixel art in this one is gorgeous!

oh man i just noticed i made the D thicker than the rest of the letters and there's no way i can say that without it sounding like some kind of innuendo

A video game splash-screen on a dark backdrop. White and grey text reads 'Made in Godot', with a rendition of the Godot Game Engine logo sat next to it.

does anyone else like to custom-draw those 'made in x game engine' popups that appear when you boot up a game or am i just weird

#gamedev #indiedev #RUBIE #godot #indiegames

that thing is adorable where can i get one

A main menu for a video game titled 'RUBIE'. Four buttons appear in a pop-up window beneath the games logo on the left, and on the right is a large decorative chamber.

you guys were right making good menus is hard

am i doing this right
#gamedev #indiedev #RUBIE #godot #indiegames

R.U.B.I.E - Over a year later Wow, it's been over a year since this project went live, and we're nearing 2 years since this game started development. I have been very quiet about it on itch.io (as in, dead silent) as this is not t...

I've written a devlog over on itch, in case anyone wants to read my nerdy rambles! I showcase a few of the features that will be present in the next demo, whenever that releases! #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #RUBIE

lifesaskit.itch.io/rubie-demo/d...

winning!!!!

Posting AGAIN because it didnt work last time. please random discord bot work with me here

it did not work :(

Just added a bot to my discord server, posting this to test its working! :3

A picture of a puzzle-platformer video game level. Several inaccessible areas are cluttering up the screen and make the scene look busy.

Ditto, but the noisy and busy out-of-bounds areas have been removed, and in its place is a much more subtle and cleaner visual. The platforms are arranged in a grid pattern, and to break up this grid pattern, several larger squares take up sections of the grid.

Whoops, been a while since I last posted about #RUBIE :3c

I recently decided that I don't like how much clutter these out-of-bounds decorations add, so I've decided to swap them out for a much more subtle solution. I think it looks pretty good!

#indiedev #indiegames #gamedev

A settings menu in a game showing various keybinds for actions the player can make.

and for the like 1 person wondering, yes rubie is still being worked on! i haven't been the most motivated person as of lately for working on anything but slowly im getting back into the swing of it. not much interesting to show cause a lot of it is backend stuff so here's the new settings menu lol

completely forgot about this place lol

got sucked back into the eternal black-hole that is twitter recently, but at this point I'm considering going back to being here permanently and staying on twitter for find luigi and find luigi only

i love finding luigi hes so sneaky

Two strikingly similar characters looking at each other. The character on the left is red, and has a speech bubble with a question mark to express confusion. The character on the right is blue, and looks taken aback and shocked.

You look familiar...

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #RUBIE