Hinges

hay hay! been tweaking hitboxes so they behave with all kinds of attacks, all that good stuff… mostly to save future-me some pain 😅

now I’m tempted to extend melee a bit… finishers? special moves if Mandy’s surrounded? gap-closers? all the fun stuff 👀✨

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Ohhh yes thank you for the info! And really glad you are liking what you see! Mine still needs some tweaking and clean up but it really got a great update today to be more consistent.

Ohhh 100% they can be tricky to pull off and it's so hard to get the values and timing right!

combat polish dayyy ✨
tweaking knockback, tightening movement, abusing my curve alpha maths until it behaves lol

slowly getting that juicy hack ’n slash feel ✨

what makes combat feel GOOD to you in games? 👀

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Dark and edgy

hay hay! been updating the lock-on a bit more 👀

added a soft lock so you can see what Mandy will attack without hard locking — still tweaking values but it’s feeling really nice!

happy days, baking dem beans ✨

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hay hay! just a lil reminder that you can wishlist Scarf of Embers on Steam 💙✨ it helps way more than you think!

also fun question:
do you prefer Kingdom Hearts style combat or Devil May Cry style combat more? 👀

store.steampowered.com/app/3889980/...

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no more always having two big demon claws out (All the time)

also fixed a weird lock-on bug and honestly? very happy with how it’s feeling now 💙
question for gamers: what’s your favorite kind of lock-on system?

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A map of the intro zones of blood & flames, the buried valley and great Caldera

a map of the pyrewoods in blood&flames

A map of Cauldron Cove in blood&flames

A map of the ashen highland in blood&flames. The uncolored areas are currently not made or incomplete.

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I tend to work with these "boxmaps" when i design my levels to get a feel of the level design and keep tabs on developpement progress.

dont plan to make them available in the game itself through. Its mostly for my own enjoyment

No rigs. no baked anims. just ✨maths✨
the scarf itself, the claws, the motion, all procedural. (Mandy’s punches are normal anims, but everything else is maths wizardry 🧮)

and yes… I’m absolutely gonna spam this on some enemies 😈

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Thank you!glad you are liking it.

Gave Mandy’s scarf a proper transformation — it can stretch, snap, and do all kinds of wild stuff now.
still a few things to polish, but I think this one’s gonna be really cool…

oh yeah, in case you were wondering, Mandy is a shadowfire witch 🔥🖤

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testing a fun idea 👀✨
what if Mandy’s scarf turns into claws for her attacks? 🧣💅

I can make them stretch, snap to targets, and do all kinds of wild stuff, this is just a rough test, but I’m curious…
what do you think of scarf claws? 💙

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small update today 👀
been busy improving the animation system so swapping animations and characters is way easier on my end.

aggro anims, aggro-with-weapon anims, clean character switching without tons of logic… and dynamic bones oooooo ✨
it’s shaping up nicely 😌
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Howdy! 🤠 still deep in menu work, but wanted to show off how flexible the setup is 👀✨
it’s feeling really solid now, which means I can finally start adding the pretty stuff — woot woot!

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happy holidays, you lovely humans 🎄💙
hope you’re all chilling, gaming, and surviving family gatherings 😅

lil reminder that you can wishlist Scarf of Embers on Steam if you feel like spreading some indie cheer ✨

store.steampowered.com/app/3889980/...

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MORE MENUS 😭✨
but!! the move list shows Mandy doing the attack now 👀 (ignore the missing VFX… they’re shy)

ALSO the input icons swap live based on what you’re using + your bindings. no hardcoding. very proud of this one 💙

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hay hay! nearly out of the UI dev boringness 😭✨
but hey it’s all nice and clean now, and that means future me will be very happy. woot woot! 💙

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let’s wrap up the year with this 💙
thank you all so much for the support over the past year.

next up: I’m going to try secure funding for Scarf of Embers so I can work on it full time
wishlist SOE here if you’d like to support:
store.steampowered.com/app/3889980/...

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OUTFITS 👀✨
Mandy can change outfits now! I can do unlocks, full model swaps, the whole deal — but honestly? just messing with colour variants already feels really nice 😭💙

customization brain is activated

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silly update time 😂
if you’re wondering how far the outfit switching goes… you can actually play as any character lol

yes, even a zero-eyed imp 👀
(can only do a basic 2-hit combo, no jump, no skills… extremely cursed, 10/10)

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been really enjoying working on the outfit system lately 👀✨
having clean, flexible menu UI has been such a treat honestly

quick question for gamers: what kind of outfits do you like seeing in games?
cozy? stylish? silly? lore-heavy? (pls keep it SFW 😅)

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planning to bring a bit more classic platforming back into SOE 👀✨
things like spinning on lamps, auto-jumping from rooftops to ropes, and proper rope climbing

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another update because why not 👀
probably my last UI update for a bit

the save UI isn’t showing the most accurate info yet, but it is loading, saving, and even auto-saving correctly, which is the important part ✨

taking a break from UI now. my brain needs it.

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finally getting back to adding and cleaning up things that aren’t UI 😭✨

you might not notice it right away, but if you get too close to bushes they fade to see-through now 👀🌱

can’t wait to properly get back to main dev again 💙

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made a small effect so Mandy doesn’t get hidden when running through bushes helps a ton when zoomed out and makes the world way more fun to just hop around in.

quick question for gamers: what makes platforming feel good to you? camera? visibility? movement speed? 👀

#IndieDev #Platformer #UE5

coding, bug hunting, tweaking things… you know the drill :p
outfit system got me thinking how many outfits before it becomes “ok this is a lot”? 😂
to any dev reading this: even the boring grindy days move the project forward. keep going 💙

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Okay so SOE has the sparkles back ✨
they mark what’s climbable, very Sly-inspired!

they’re a bit hard to see right not.
AND under the hood? I made a little tool to help set up all those playable points.
@sayuriartsy.bsky.social is helping me btws!

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another SOE update ✨
busy refactoring the animation system so I can do more with it and save time when setting up other characters later on.

question for gamers & devs: what’s an animation detail that instantly makes a character feel good to play?

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like hack ’n slash? ⚔️
like platforming? 🧗
like collecting shiny things? ✨

well… maybe Scarf of Embers is for you 👀💙

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