Macklin McAllister

Owner/Director of Vervonne Entertainment, I put the 'small' in small indie studio. Working on Cower & Tremble.

[Macklin McAllister @MacksimizedMint]

Never Rust. Never stop moving forward. A full remake of Cower & Tremble is coming.
⚔️ Play the original: https://t.co/5v7pVyTZBv

[Macklin McAllister @MacksimizedMint]

It’s been a while! Lately I’ve put my head down and focused all my effort on chugging along. 🚂

I've also updated the project to unreal engine 5!
It wasn't too hard. I’ll have you know I only cried for about 20 minutes.🥴

#cowerandtremble #gamedesign #indiedev #roguelite

[Macklin McAllister @MacksimizedMint]

I’ve updated the sounds and FX for the different runes available for weapons. I didn’t feel like the lightning rune made weapons feel ‘shocking’ enough.

#cowerandtremble #gamedesign #indiedev #indiedeveloper #mobilegamedev #roguelite #pcgaming #dungeoncrawler

[Macklin McAllister @MacksimizedMint]

I’ve updated some of the enemy designs to be more dynamic. Right now I’m focusing on fleshing out these core systems for the update. (This still counts as an update I think.😛)
#cowerandtremble
#gamedesign #indiedev #mobilegamedev #roguelite #pcgaming #dungeoncrawler

[Macklin McAllister @MacksimizedMint]

I’ve updated the mouse & keyboard controls to have Tremble attack based on the where the player clicks. Previously mouse and keyboard controls were just ‘keyboard’ controls and the arrow keys were used to attack.
#cowerandtremble #indiedev #mobilegamedev #roguelite #pcgaming

[Macklin McAllister @MacksimizedMint]

I’ve gone ahead and updated the old title menu. I’m not sure how much more I’ll fiddle with it since I really like this iteration.
#gamedesign #indiedev #indiedeveloper #mobilegamedev #roguelite #cowerandtremble

[Macklin McAllister @MacksimizedMint]

I’ve been messing with a significant change to the weapons system in #cowerandtremble

Now you can carry 2 weapons!
I'm really liking the added dimension to gameplay so far. It still needs some polish, though.

#gamedesign #indiedev #indiedeveloper #mobilegamedev #roguelite

[Macklin McAllister @MacksimizedMint]

I’ve whipped up a new dialogue box interface.

I felt like the old one didn’t match the tone of #cowerandtremble the way it should. I may iterate on it a bit more but I like the sleeker design.

#gamedesign #indiedev #indiedeveloper #mobilegamedev #roguelite

[Macklin McAllister @MacksimizedMint]

I’ve been working on a massive overhaul on information obfuscation for #cowerandtremble. At some point I realized:
“Wait a minute… Not showing the player important information is *not* actual difficulty.”

#gamedesign #indiedev #indiedeveloper #mobilegamedev

[Macklin McAllister @MacksimizedMint]

I've made a smaller update to destruction FX and sounds. I wanted destroyed objects to have a satisfying ‘crunch’ and when they are destroyed. The old FX were pretty generic and flat in comparison.

#gamedesign #gamedev #indiedev #indiedeveloper #mobilegamedev

[Macklin McAllister @MacksimizedMint]

I’m finally starting to get a lot of these pieces glued together! Here’s an early preview of the Embark menu that #cowerandtremble will be using in the upcoming update.

#gamedesign #gamedev #indiedev #indiedeveloper #mobilegamedev

[Macklin McAllister @MacksimizedMint]

It’s been way too long since I’ve done an iOS build to make sure things are working for mobile. After just a few days of teeth gnashing I've got C&T back up and compiling. 🤠

#gamedesign #indiedev #gamedev #indiedeveloper #mobilegamedev

[Macklin McAllister @MacksimizedMint]

Since I’ve been making some big updates to the art and environments I didn’t want to leave the Temple out. It’s a place where the player will constantly be visiting so I figure it deserves an update.

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[Macklin McAllister @MacksimizedMint]

With this wrapped up I think I’ve got the basic boss updates done. So here’s Gearshift!

#cowerandtremble #gamedesign #indiedev #gamedev #indiedeveloper #mobilegamedev

[Macklin McAllister @MacksimizedMint]

Phew! This rework was a headache. 🤪

I really liked the concept for eyeball’s fight but I had to put a lot of thought into how this sort of thing would work with all of the new weapon types and abilities.

#gamedesign #indiedev #gamedev #indiedeveloper #mobilegamedev

[Macklin McAllister @MacksimizedMint]

Magnewatt may be my favorite fight in classic #cowerandtremble. I didn’t really want to change much beyond upgrading a few things.

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[Macklin McAllister @MacksimizedMint]

I agonized a lot over how to update Jackslot and ended up turning the boss into Manufactory. I’m also playing around with telegraphing some attacks. I'm going to keep an eye open for areas I think telegraphs may be helpful.

#gamedesign #indiedev #gamedev #indiedeveloper

[Macklin McAllister @MacksimizedMint]

@LabsSkull I really appreciate that, thank you!

[Macklin McAllister @MacksimizedMint]

Here’s the update for Solder. As far as the general theme for the boss not much has changed. I dig the sword I made here so I’ll probably need to get around to adding it as a cosmetic item.

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[Macklin McAllister @MacksimizedMint]

Turmole is getting an extensive rework for the next #cowerandtremble update. I was never really satisfied with Turmole before so I felt like I may as well do a complete overhaul.

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