Wild Compass Games

I've got some preliminary trailer audio and its sounding good. Very excited! #gamedev #gamemusic

Am I motivated to work on my game tonight? No...but I'm going to do it anyway. Minimum of 15 minutes. Let see how long I actually spend working on it. #indiedev #gamedevlife

Particles are fun. The basic particle looks kinda like Navi. Now I have learn how to make actual particle textures, but in the meantime I'm tempted to change the hit sound to "Hey Listen!" #gamedev #games

My pine trees have wind!!! After trying lots of, mostly complicated, ways to add wind to these trees, it turns out some times the simplest solutions are the best. Woo wind!!! #indiedev #gamedev

Goal for this month is to polish all the trail maintenance activities in the game. Hopefully I have a side by side comparison to show soon! #gamedev #goals #gamefeel

Trail at twilight. Working on night time lighting. It's not totally there yet, but I'm making progress. #indiedev #lighting #cozyhorror

Field Journal is up and working. Clues are up and working.
Now if only they would work together!!! It's okay though, making progress.
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Ranger needs a place to sleep when they aren't out cleaning up the campgrounds and trails. #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

I will not give in to scope creep. I will not give in to scope creep. I will not give in to scope creep...Yup, I'll just keep telling myself that. #indiedev

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Sometimes it just feels like you sit down to work on your game and nothing goes right. #gamedev

Looks like the bridge is out.
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Still have to get this campsite cleaned up, even if it is raining...
#rain #unity3d #indiedev #gamedev

What secrets lie in the woods...
Working on new areas of the map and changing up the weather for a mysterious foggy look.
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Thank you! It took a while to get the design for them down.

Thank you!

This is what I have been working on for a main menu. What do you think?
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And now everything is working again. I can pretend that I know what I'm doing!!!
Either way sounds are now working for interactions and now I get to have fun deciding which audio effects to use! :)
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When you're coding and think everything is going well and then you do a quick test play on your game and suddenly everything is broken...#gamedev

The goal for this week is to get a working Main Menu screen, get a better handle on capsules for Steam, and I will be beginning work on a new area of the game. Look out for upcoming screenshots! #indiedev #gamedev

This is the beginning of the in-game map for Trail Work. I took a screenshot from above in Unity and then drew over it. Blue is water, and red is the trails. Also, it takes 35 minutes real time to walk the outside loop of trails. I'll just keep telling myself its not that big...
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Didn't really want to work on my game tonight. Made myself sit down and do it anyway. Now the first sounds of the game have been set up and there are more to follow. I am back to being motivated again! #gamedev #indiegame

Been working on terrain. Spent 35 minutes just walking around it, and even without trees and rocks and stuff, its really starting to feel like a wilderness.
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The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. FINAL DAY!!!
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Day 20! - Firewatch. A narrative mystery set in the wilderness. Trail Work has a similar premise, and was heavily inspired by this game.

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Day 19 - Darkest Dungeon. Back to the Pit!!!
One day to go. The twentieth game is especially influential on the game I am making. Any guesses what it will be?

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Day 18 - Donkey Kong 64. That Jack in the Box took me forever to beat.

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Day 17 - Valheim. I can play this game just for the lighting.

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Day 16 - Daisy Quest and Daisy's Castle. Little me spent a lot of time searching for the Daisy the Dragon.

Thank you!

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Day 15 - GoldenEye 007. I used to know where every single spawn point was in multiplayer. And that is why we didn't play with proximity mines.

Lot of work done today. Updated UI. I went with option 3!
Now to start adding some juice. Will need sound for it and the log needs to actually break up and fade away, not just disappear. Maybe some screen shake, particles or axe animation? What do you think it needs next?
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