Rod | making ExJanitor: Data Cleanup 🪠

Zildo was the janitor. Robots took his job.
He did not take it well. 🪠

Wishlist now on Steam ↓ (please)

[Rod | making ExJanitor: Data Cleanup 🪠 @RodGameDev]

the easy way to do 2D shadows looked terrible.

so i built a 3D mesh system instead... in a 2D game.
now every shadow adjusts dynamically based on light direction.

because of course i did.

#indiedev #gamedev

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It's insane how Crypt of the Necrodancer OST is, to this day, one of the best of all time. I've been listening to it non-stop, and it always gets me going!

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@thePHNX_qr Yo! That's a great idea, thanks!

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dressed up as a janitor just to make a pause menu.

filmed it in real life, then animated frame by frame
in pixel art on top. it's called rotoscoping.

looks like one of those hyperrealistic SpongeBob scenes.

i love it.

#indiegame #gamedev

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@kinetizen @MakoFukasame Sorry, what are you talking about here? The game has zero AI art; it's all hand-drawn by me (a programmer; that's why it's not really perfect lol). Maybe you just haven't seen this technique yet, it's called rotoscoping. Definitely recommend checking it out!

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@axaltsgaxel None. Exjanitor has zero AI art.

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@Guhguhguh8 Thank you so much! That's done! The video shows a slightly older version of the game. I've responded to the tweet with a screenshot of how it's currently looking, if you wanna check it out :)

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@vtlynch1 Thank you! That's already done; the video showcases kind of an older version of the game, haha

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@Folkzweise Thanks for the feedback! Nothing is really "final" (ever). To give an example, I've seen a lot of comments here saying that the animation was a bit slow; therefore, I've already changed this in the game 😭

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@LutZ_Composer Sim, estou fazendo tudo sozinho! Apenas a parte de SFX e músicas que não sou eu que faço pois sou uma negação 😭

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@flarn2006 that's a fair point. thank you for the feedback!

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seeing people from all over the world
react to Exjanitor for the first time
is something i wasn't expecting to feel this good 😃

[Rod | making ExJanitor: Data Cleanup 🪠 @RodGameDev]

@LutZ_Composer Fala mano! Acertou na mosca! É um roguelite sobre o último zelador (o Zildão) humano, que é demitido e fica doido das ideias, resolvendo destruir todos eles. A mecânica principal é que você constrói suas armas com powerups e powerdowns (você escolhe os efeitos ruins também)

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@Mr241256290 Comecei a usar 😂

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@GodzillaCheeze It's called rotoscoping; you can do it with anything, really! Just record whatever you want, export the videos as images, and then draw on top of the PNGs!

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@CrB_Games Yes, I did! Right now, the only part that doesn't look drawn is the font. Should I change that as well? 🤔

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@kurorosage Thank you! Right now, I only have the pause menu as a manually filmed feature, but someone here commented on using rotoscoping for a giant hand boss, this is likely going to happen now😭

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@Beef_Backup Zildo always has his backup notebook 👀

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@Bo__oW I may speed it up! Thanks for the feedback!

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@AadzeNomad Yo! A hyper-realistic hand as a boss would be insane 👀

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@Madam_Sombra Thank you so much! The game has been in development for two years (even though the video is kind of old), so yeah, a lot of love!