Wes!

Had to take a week to upgrade my project to the latest version of Unreal, and update the input / ui system. I’m hoping these make things simpler, but it sure is boring looking work!

It’ll be a year in November! I’ve got it on the steam deck, but I want to make sure that the base building works well and that multiplayer isn’t (too) buggy before releasing a demo. I’m almost to the point where I just need to make more things, not new features.

I also made a composter, which you can load animal waste into, to craft compost to improve your soil, but that’s also to be shown later.

Hahahaha kinda! I prototyped animal buildings, but I can’t get out of the current map for TECHNICAL REASONS which I intend to fix next week. Which means I can’t buy the plans for a barn… which means the goat remains homeless and pooping everywhere.

VFX are fun. I made VFX years ago, and it’s good to get back to it.

Anyways, I made stink vfx today because I wanted to make something FUN. Also made wind. But stink.. stink lasts forever.

#gamedev #solodev

Really made some progress this week!
 
Players can interact with foliage and trees. Grass bends and trees react to the player. More to do there!

Rain and fog! What other weather should I make?

Day/night turns lights off and on now.

#screenshotsaturday #cozygame #solodev #ue5

Let's do some starter packs again. I have FIVE packs of solo devs on my profile.

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Please check if you're on one and don't make me do it before asking.

#indiegamedev

#bird life 🐦submission for today's #pixel_dailies @pixeldailies.bsky.social

A sunset view of the playspace.

A rare sunset picture! The lighting changes all the time, and it's nice to see that it actually.. ya know, works?

Bonus goat sideview. It's still pooping EEeeeverywhere. I gotta give this thing a home.

#gamedev #solodev

Much appreciated Sheff! Why is it always a pain in the butt to do the small things? I’m going to make a whole video about what all I needed to make to deform a tree.

Although this looks like basically nothing, I legit have been looking forward to this moment for 6 months at LEAST

As an indie game dev, I’m basically a factory that converts small accomplishments into annoying my spouse for an hour trying to explain it.

Witness! The beginning of something cool. Trees and foliage now react to the player. If you hit a tree with an axe (oh god that animation isn’t right) the tree will wobble. If you walk through grass, the grass sways. Just beginnings, much more needed to sell it!

#gamedev #ue5 #unreal #cozygame

This week I took a brief and needed vacation, but still got home and made some progress. Currently working on some tech debt with crafting and planting as well as making sure bugs (insects) actually do the things I think they should!

#screenshotsaturday

Daytime! dirt is working, but the lights are on.

Nighttime. The lights are on, but my character is glowing too brightly.

Tweaks I need to make to daytime vs. nighttime!

1) The character shader needs to be darker at night, juuuust a touch.
2) Lights need to be off during the day!
3) I should probably activate windows at some point.

#gamedev #unreal5 #ue5

Looking forward to seeing the combined result! I went the “screw it” approach with a thatched roof recently, which resulted in me just modeling and texturing the damn thing.

A plagiarism device made to create mid-tier “content” at scales untold of before in human creation. No way that’s gonna be used to scam people!

#screenshotsaturday that damn goat keeps pooping on my stoop! I have company in town this week so I don’t have too much progress. Terrain materials are working though!

#gamedev #cozygame

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Too hot to be inside, time to find a lake and wait out the heat.

The WIP looks great, looking forward to seeing more!

I can also increase or decrease the amount of procedurally created 'dirt', so the next step is to art it up a little and see what looks good!

#gamedev

At first it will probably just be dirt, but I could see layering in a few different types. These tiles are procedurally generated, as a starting point, randomly created from the world seed.

Finally getting terrain materials worked out. The player will be able to place terrain materials (think - putting cobblestone down, or using it to make trails on the property).

#gamedev #ue5

So… you axe that poop to death.

Well, I haven’t modeled a shovel yet (it’s not hard I’m just a human with a set amount of time) and the axe harvests the poop. To make animal waste, to turn into compost, to improve your crops!

Thanks Vinchenzo :)

This week I made insects, started fish, goat poop, and terrain materials. I hope to have ground covered in other things besides grass next week.

#screenshotsaturday #gamedev

There's a lot to fix, but I took a moment to play my game at night. It felt.. nice.

#indiedev #solodev #cozygame

Did that goat poop in front of the door? Yes. yes it did. Also the beginnings of actual TERRAIN MATERIALS.

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Purple Night 💜

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