Ein: The Zyms' Pathkeeper

Who is Ein? What are the Zyms? 👽✨
A game by @donerefstudios — more soon.

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9 seconds. That’s all we have to convince you to stay.

We’re a small indie team building "EIN: The Zyms’ Pathkeeper" from the ground up. 🛸

This is just an early look. There’s a lot more coming.

Follow our journey. 👀

— @DonerefStudios

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Game development takes time, but every step forward is worth celebrating. 🎮❤️

Still a long way to go, but we're slowly getting there, piece by piece!

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Guess the sound… featuring our captain and its rifle unit 😂

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No marketing budget.
Just a goofy tiny Zym with unlimited spin potential.🌀😂

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From blockout to finished scene 🌲

For #Blocktober, take a peek at how we bring the forest biome to life, from ProBuilder to final polish!

Follow us for more behind-the-scenes dev updates!

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When the Zym goes fishing on Mazequare hoping to catch big fish, but ends up getting schooled by a huge Mukko 💀🎣😭

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EIN: The Zyms’ Pathkeeper is taking shape. ✨

Assets, lighting, VFX and polish.
Piece by piece, our alien world is coming to life. 🌲

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You’re welcome for those 10 seconds. 😂

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Our Symulacra Captain is getting shiny, reflective & animated! ✨

Next stop: equipping its rifle unit and entering the action.

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We all started somewhere... right? 😂🎮

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Yeah bro, it's just a simple brazier mesh. 🔥
Don't worry about the 1M+ polygons...

Sneaking high-poly meshes into the game like 🤫😈

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Here's why lighting matters in indie games..
It's one of the most overlooked parts of game development.

NO LIGHT. NO GAME. JUST DARK SCREEN. 😭

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🚧 Our June Dev Journal is out!

We've made progress across gameplay, UI, level design, and art, and we're getting closer to showing gameplay.

📖 Read the full dev journal: https://t.co/YE7Y8aNyKz

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We're getting closer. Thanks for all the support! 💙

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🚀 Our June Dev Journal is live!

New progress on character behaviors, our first biome, UI/UX, dialogues, and art is bringing @EinPathkeeper one step closer to gameplay.

📖 Read the full update: https://t.co/5lKAz9qfLI

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Our world is finally starting to feel alive 👾

Still cooking the gameplay, but here's a peek at what we've been building.

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@banner_rush Yeah haha. We find ourselves moving from place to place to borrow some A/C while coding...

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Summer game dev checklist:

☑️ Cold drink
☑️ Fan on max
☑️ PC overheating
☑️ Feeling like I’m coding in the Sahara 🏜️🔥

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This part of my life is called…

AHHHHHHHHHHH 😭

🐛 BUGS
💥 UNITY CRASHES
🎨 NEW MUKKO WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO DESIGN

…but we keep going.

INDIE GAME DEV!!! 🎮🔥

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@banner_rush How did it go? Any better? XD

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@banner_rush yeah, it's bad