Andy Lean

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[Andy Lean @andyleanio]

I'm 36.

Indie hacker from Germany.

Looking to connect with more builders & indie hackers!

[Andy Lean @andyleanio]

@anardooo I’m thinking about making everything obtainable via looting or crafting.
Except for legendaries, which must be crafted - hat somehow fits the dwarven setting.

[Andy Lean @andyleanio]

Day 11 of building "Dwarves", a Diablo-Minecraft crossover.

Today I'm ​faced with a big decision for the core gameplay loop.

How should gear be acquired?

​🔨 Crafting like in Minecraft (gather & forge stuff)
🏴‍☠️ Looting like in Diablo (monsters drop gear)
⚒️ Hybrid (loot materials/base items, forge & upgrade)

​Which loop sounds most satisfying to you?

​#gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #minecraft #diablo

[Andy Lean @andyleanio]

@tbytefrontier For the last days, I’ve been running it without loot and only with crafting, and yeah it feels like somethings missing.

[Andy Lean @andyleanio]

Picture of the day. Lava lake next to a broken dwarf house.

[Andy Lean @andyleanio]

@elgermerlo Currently building Dwarves, a Diablo-Minecraft crossover 😬

[Andy Lean @andyleanio]

@serhat_dmrl Dwarves, a Diablo-Minecraft crossover ⚔️

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Day 10 of building "Dwarves", a Diablo-Minecraft crossover.

“Does it support controllers, even it is played in the browser?”

@michael_graeter yes it does. Dwarves now has controller support 🎮 The mining controls were a bit tricky and Im still tweaking them, but it works.

[Andy Lean @andyleanio]

@anardooo Thx :) I dont wanna lose myself to much in details, but somehow it feels better now.

[Andy Lean @andyleanio]

Day 9 of building "Dwarves", a Diablo-Minecraft crossover.

My dwarf, then → now ⛏️
1️⃣ Day 1: six colored boxes
2️⃣ A face, arms, joints, a belt
3️⃣ Hand-drawn pixel skins: beard strands, cloth, buckle, boots

[Andy Lean @andyleanio]

@DanielZambrini Mining is already implemented 😅 Its more about balancing and game mechanics now

[Andy Lean @andyleanio]

@oldstackjournal Building Dwarves, a Diablo-Minecraft crossover ⚔️

[Andy Lean @andyleanio]

@muyaben1 Thx! The messy middle is way more fun to share. Next up the beetle gets friends. What should the next monster do? 👀

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Introducing: Blast Beetles 🧨

Slow, quiet, and harmless right up until they aren't.

Once one reaches you it swells, then it detonates, ripping a crater into the rock and taking torches, ladders, and any other monster nearby with it.

But the real danger is what's left behind. The tunnel you knew is gone, and whatever was sealed behind the walls is now part of your problem.

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Day 8 of building "Dwarves", a Diablo-Minecraft crossover.

Today I started on coop mode. A few big questions I still need to answer:

💰 Loot: should everyone see the same drops and race to grab them, or should each player get their own private loot?

💀 Death: when you go down, can friends revive you, and how long should they get? What if nobody does?

↔️ Distance: can players split up and explore alone, or should the group stay together?

And so on...

What do you think? 🤔

[Andy Lean @andyleanio]

@leilei739821175 Dwarves, an endless isometric voxel action RPG with roguelike elements. What are you up to? :)

[Andy Lean @andyleanio]

I'm 36.

Indie hacker from Germany.

Looking to connect with more builders & indie hackers!

[Andy Lean @andyleanio]

@ImNotAV1rus Hey, happy to connect 🤝 What are you building right now?