Matt White

in 2008 I was working on a comic called The Silver Sun. It never got finished, but some of the ideas ended up in Ghost Song. This is how Charley and Pasha were designed in 2008. Pasha got aged up a bit for the game, and Charley didn't appear... exactly... #art #characterdesign

I'm Yuki Knoxville and this is metal spin #screenshotsaturday
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I think it could be manageable if you're pretty savvy with tech stuff or have advice from someone who is experienced with the process. Doing all consoles at once, solo, as a first time thing though would be quite insane lol

I'm not actively developing Ghost Song at this point, but the console ports were created with the help of Kittehface Software. I did a lot of optimizing work for the game especially for Switch version but the big brains stuff and shepherding the overall process was KF

Ghost Song is 50% off on Nintendo eshop and Playstation store. If you have a Switch 2, it runs perfectly in my tests at steady 60 fps (it had some FPS issues on Switch 1, sadly).

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#screenshotsaturday It can be hard to tell unless you have a big screen and eagle eyes, but Yuki can smile. She can also turn her head and look around while moving, which took an embarrassing amount of work to make happen #gamedev #solodev #metroidvania

thanks! I do all the art in my games. Ghost Song had music and some sound effects created by those I contracted. As well as the voice acting obviously

same universe as GS, some lore connections to GS and some things happening in the background, but the driving thrust of the story is about new characters and their plot

in short, they're designed to be human-like. the horns have another explanation

thank you very much!

thanks!

thanks! it's very messy on the project level because the tool I use (Spine 2D) isn't really designed to be used the way I'm using it, but it's getting the job done

thank you!!

thank you kindly

It takes place in a fictional universe where Earth exists, but it's not set on Earth. It's a shared universe with my previous game (though it's a new story with new characters, not a direct sequel).

Hero art of the game's protagonist.

My next game is called The Silver Sun. LMK if you have questions!

-Sci-fi game with exploration, action, and rpg aspects
-Play as Yuki, a very tough, very cool android girl
-Melee focused
-Not a souls-like
-Yes those are horns
-Still pretty early in dev

#gamedev #solodev

thank you!

thank you!

yeah she is an android, I had a pinned post with info but I accidentally deleted it earlier lmao. I'll re-post it when I get back a bit later

thanks! odin sphere is great, and muramasa is one of my early inspirations for getting into game dev.

also, I had a pinned post about the game with some info and a hero shot, it seems I accidentally deleted it when I was fussing with a glitching out bsky interface earlier!

(Game is called The Silver Sun, I had a pinned post with info about it but I accidentally deleted it somehow, I'll post it again asap)

that's good common sense wisdom, thanks for the reminder!

thanks! incidentally, I think merely lowering the tick rate of the interpolations does a lot to break up that (for many of us) negative feel of 2d models. Putting some chop into it goes a long way. Vanillaware does this constantly and is a high example of 2d rigged animation

#screenshotsaturday Heavy attack button can be held for a charged version. This character is made from multiple different 2d skeletons which are sometimes substituted for traditional animation. #gamedev #solodev #metroidvania The goal is to avoid the paper doll or "flash" look as much as possible.

Ghost Song is 50% off on Steam Autumn Sale! store.steampowered.com/app/347800/G...
It has spooky parts for your halloweeny needs #metroidvania #gamedev #solodev

are you saying you brought in a save file that contains all weapons expecting the all weapons achievement to unlock when you launched the game? iirc, achievement check happens when you pick up an item

haven't heard this one yet, to be honest. you cant unlock any achievements at all?

thank you! 🙏

one of my steam library categories 🤠 #gamedev