Sekamelica

I did use fixed framerate for a while for my in-dev metroidvania, but I changed it a few months ago and i really love the gain of fluidity, it feels visually better. Also I don't use pixel values for distances and frames values for durations so I didn't got real benefits from that either.

Fair enough, I will be very aware of if you did a good job or not then ☺️

Do you have already plans for a new game btw or just chilling for now?? 👀

I improved the game's skilltree!
In Vindica's world, hematokinesis is the art of controling one's blood. To tap into this strength, you will have to sacrifice health by redirecting your blood flow into powerful hematokinetic abilities, ranging from key abilities to useful skills and upgrades.

Oh damn sorry I totally forgot to check the beta when you were seeking testers! 😭
Congrats on the real release!!! 🎉♥️

SinaRun on Steam SinaRun is a momentum-based platforming and speedrunning game. Find a level you love, play it hundreds of times and try to become the best on the leaderboard!

My game SinaRun is now out, like for real, no early access, no nothing, just straight up out.

I'm sure players will find bugs, but overall, it's done, we move on!

store.steampowered.com/app/324470/S...

Not yet! 🥲 I'm too perfectionist to my own good and i've been reporting it for 3 months in a row now but soon i will do it eventually 😁

I cleaned the new axe swings animations, and while i was at it, also improved the 2 axe swings i already got (and their charged variants), cause they weren't as cool as the new ones.

Still, recency bias or not, my favorite is the swing up anim, with the downward pogo close second!

Subnautica was made by Unknown Worlds but they got bought by Krafton, there was a massive layoff orchestrated by Krafton then a big lawsuit from ancients from Unknown Worlds against Krafton but I don't know how did it goes then :(
I loved Subnautica so much i'm so mad it ends like that

Btw for a 2D game with no skeletal animation I think you should manage your animator transitions in code. The nightmarish mess of transitions would have made me crazy before I got the new attacks working if I didn't reworked Vindica's animator in that way, here is the before & after:

I'm pretty happy with how the swing charge system impacts the feels, as well as the possibility to follow each of the 3 main attacks with a fast whirl attack. I think they convey the weight and force of the axe and give a lot of interesting options regarding planning/positionning/dmg optimization.

The game got directional attacks and a pogo downward swing now!
A bit reminiscent of Hollow Knight but I like it a lot! I aimed for a different feel for the attacks at the start with a swing charge system that can be chained with a whirl attack, but after many iterations I ended up somewhat close!

Inédit à Angoulême ! On en parle beaucoup...mais l'avez-vous expérimentée ? L'IA dans l'animation : révolution créative, accélérateur de projet ou mirage ? Rendez-vous du samedi 15 (matin) au dimanche 16 novembre (soir) pour une Jam sur l'Intelligence Artificielle Générative ! Une Quoi ? Deux jours d’expérimentation et de collaboration où vous pourrez mélanger techniques traditionnelles et outils IAG, en équipe. L’occasion de tester, apprendre et réfléchir aux usages possibles de ces technologies dans nos métiers. L'objectif n’est pas de promouvoir l’IA à tout prix, mais de créer un espace pour expérimenter avec recul, partager les pratiques, et surtout questionner collectivement les transformations en cours dans les métiers créatifs. Pour Qui ? Créatives et créatifs, étudiantes et étudiants, professionnels de l’animation, des VFX et du jeu vidéo, passionnés de nouvelles technologies ou simplement curieux… Cette Jam est ouverte à tous celles et ceux qui souhaitent expérimenter et partager autour de l’IAG appliquée à la création. L'Objectif ? Créer un film d'animation (de format très court) en 48h avec l'aide de l'IA, par équipe de 4 (3 professionnels de l'animation + 1 étudiant ou 4 professionnels en fonction du nombre d'inscriptions) Pour les pros, la Jam permet d'expérimenter avec les différentes IA (en SaaS), tester ses usages et s’y confronter de façon concrète. L’objectif, pour les étudiants, est de découvrir/explorer diverses utilisations de l’intelligence artificielle de manière encadrée, expérimenter et tester avec des mentors, travailler au contact de professionnels de l’animation et tisser du lien avec le milieu professionnel et les participants issus des autres écoles, se forger une opinion. Des ateliers et conférences rythmeront ces deux jours de Jam qui sera par ailleurs encadrée par des professionnels du secteur expérimentés.

Donc mi novembre, Magelis organise sur un week-end une "creative jam" dans les locaux de l'ENJMIN, au plateau projet, qui demande aux M2 de libérer ledit plateau et leurs pc de travail dès le vendredi... Et la jam c'est réaliser un court métrage d'animation full IA.
Je suis super en colère. 1/5

Hot bath time!

Who wants some moss berry soup

I've finally found a workflow that I like with enemy AIs so I'm working on combat again!
What do you think?

Can't wait to animate more stuff and try the implement the first boss fight using the new tools I did!

Thanks!! Positive game feel feedback from you means I'm on the right track 😄

I've finally found a workflow that I like with enemy AIs so I'm working on combat again!
What do you think?

Can't wait to animate more stuff and try the implement the first boss fight using the new tools I did!

Entering the unsupervised Crabbles zone to get power back in (they messed up their cable management job)

Entering the unsupervised Crabbles zone to get power back in (they messed up their cable management job)

We just reached 5,000 wishlists on Hold the Mine in 14 days!

This is huge and feels incredible, thanks a lot everyone for playtesting the game on steam and sharing the game around, it helps us a lot 🥰✨

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Thank you!! ✨

Thank you!
I've used Sourcetree a lot but not really a fan, fork seems pretty good tho I'll probably try it when I'll change things out!
Gitlab is a good equivalent to github but they too stepped into AI with Gitlab Duo, so I'm already worried about enshitiffication & no privacy of repos to feed AI.

This remember me that maybe I should opt for another versioning strategy than Github (but I loved it with Github Desktop which is very nice, quick & easy for solo projects). Any intuitives alternatives you would recommend?
I come from a programming background but I never enjoyed console only tbh

mdrr non mais je m'auto vanne sur le fait que je suis turbo longue à sortir des trucs mais tkt vas y avoir des trucs cools sur le jeu bientôt-ish !

My contribution to the trend 🫡

Chat I hope all of you understood that it was an april fool's in which i wrote the wrong month by mistake, so you know that I'm not really releasing the game today, August 1st 2025?

Quotidian censorship and ai bot analysis scrapping and report is awful, you can't trust to continue to have access to anything even your own works. I really hate the censorship climate we have recently, things have gone very bad very quickly.

Any good alternatives to the google drive ecosystem?

I love the ikenfell logo!!

I. love. designing. game logos. Capturing the soul of a thing, and keeping it captive within a small picture with some type. I just love the problem solving and the beauty of it.