Cinderous Works

Onward & Upward - Building Tools Hello everyone, I've been quietly working on some of the tooling we will use to help build out this game to our original vision. This week that comes in the form of a card builder/editor! Here's a qui...

Between changing the clutch in my miata and building out this card editor, it's been a busy week! Excited to share a little bit of progress as we lay the groundwork for a project I'm really excited for.
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Now that things have quieted down (and I've got some sleep!) from the #godotwildjam... We're getting awesome feedback and we've decided to rebuild this with everything we originally envisioned for it and put it out on Steam! Stay tuned for updates!

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Market Shapers by CinderousWorks, disc0dan Play in your browser

Another #godotwildjam success! Feeling sleep deprived after this weekend marathon but another one I'm really proud of! Deadline officially extended till tomorrow but I think I'll be 😴 lol
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What a whirlwind this #godotwildjam has been. A pivot starting this morning has been a ton of work but seems to be paying off! More identity to stocks, more cards, polish and some other near features
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#godotwildjam continues swimmingly! Lots of new cards, card drag n drop, polish, and a new name:
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Feeling good about this #godotwildjam

It's like...actually a game now! Give a shot!
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#godotwildjam progress!

Still looking/feeling pretty rough, but really ironing out some of the systems now. Added "suits", stock "behaviors" and some other goodies, starting to feel sort of like a game now :)
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Been a minute! Time for another #godotwildjam

First "playable" (I use that loosely) build, really rough around the edges but (I think) a good start:
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A large keep on an oddly steep hill with a spiral path leading up to it. There are trees and meadow along with a few cliff faces wrapping themselves up along the path. It is a bright sunny afternoon in the summer with puffy white clouds scattered across the sky.

The top of a strawberry cake, but it’s a fantasy adventure and the strawberries are the size of massive boulders. Atop said boulder, is an adventurer with a cloak, staff, and wizard hat. The adventurer stares out into the distance towards a cliff that appears to have been made by taking a piece of this massive cake.

Portrait of a woman. Point of view of the camera in a selfy. There is a flat dark red background. She has long brown hair, green eyes, and a big smile. She’s wearing a red houndstooth dress with a frilly white neck under an army green jacket.

green and red striped lizard on a sun-bleached wooden bench in front of a rusted, peeling side of a large planter.

Happy #PortfolioDay! I’m a pixel artist currently focusing on landscape/environment design, but I’ll draw pretty much anything.

Undergrowth by CinderousWorks Protect the sacred grove from outsiders

Final update! Slight balance adjustments, art tweaks, and more music. Thanks to everyone who played. Another awesome #godotwildjam experience with tons of learning. Really proud of this one!
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Undergrowth by CinderousWorks Protect the sacred grove from outsiders

Likely the last (code) update before submissions (and relaxation!) tomorrow. Balance, QoL additions, and fixes. Shout out to my wonderful partner for her patience as my #1 playtester 😀
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I don't think so, but I think it's worth considering how punishing the game is overall - e.g. Does the level start over if they miss? How far back would that be? etc. If there's a checkpoint not too far from this, player learning/discovery could be a positive factor here!

Spittin out updates as I get feedback!
Sound effects, more balance, a bit more emphasis on some animations, easy/casual mode and some fixes!
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Thank you!! 🙏

More balance, QoL, tower tweaks. Need to balance the last couple of enemies but I think the first few are in a decent spot now? What do you think?!
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Late update. Implemented a leaderboard, polish on the UI/enemies, implemented armor & piercing damage, several fixes, a few sounds and spent a lot of time on balance. Balance is tricky! More tomorrow.
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Last update for today! More tutorial, more balance tweaks, another new enemy, more waves, shortcuts. Feelin good about this entry 😁
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Early build today, settings, cleaned up the tutorial, some balance tweaks, new enemy, 5 more waves and fixes.
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Still need to work on difficulty curve & enemy/tower stat balancing

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Day 18 - Magic: The Gathering, particularly Draft and the playstyle(s) of Control in other formats :)

me resuming a Slay The Spire run that I started months, completely forgetting what I was building the deck around

Kenney is the best:

If you like turn-based strategy along the lines of FF: Tactics/Advance Wars it's a fun one, I've put quite a bit of time into it!

Love these, reminds me of "Into The Breach"

Today, we are announcing the formation of United Videogame Workers-CWA, an industry-wide union formed by @codecwa.bsky.social and @cwaunion.bsky.social 💪🎮

We're launching at #GDC2025 this morning to build a video game industry that works for us. We're done playing.

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Day 17 - Joust

Fresh build! Poison and slow effects implemented, money shield for the bankers, some fixes and UI updates!
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Day 16 - Halo: CE

Now with mobile support! Because it was pretty good out of the box!
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First playable build!
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