Brynn | making Holofort (cozy colony sim)

Husband and Wife team making a Colony Management Simulator + Real Time Strategy Combat!

[Brynn | making Holofort (cozy colony sim) @holofortgame]

In one year's time I'm going to have a playable indie game and a profile picture, just you wait

I just need to learn #godot

[Brynn | making Holofort (cozy colony sim) @holofortgame]

I couldn't agree more with this. Holofort has over 200 sounds and counting. Half of them I made with my mouth.

[Giulio Piana @Giulio6686]

Hot take:

Sound design is the cheapest way to make a small game feel expensive.

Good hit sounds do more than another week of art.

[Brynn | making Holofort (cozy colony sim) @holofortgame]

@kibo16b Your terrain is looking so good!

[Brynn | making Holofort (cozy colony sim) @holofortgame]

@Flamehead_Games Ohh exciting! I've been watching the development of this game for a while now. can't wait to see it in action.

[Brynn | making Holofort (cozy colony sim) @holofortgame]

I’ve got to fix the aliasing issue on my farm plot 🙈 that’s next on my to-do list

[Brynn | making Holofort (cozy colony sim) @holofortgame]

the whole lake fort on a working day. half of what you see is here because Autumn said "it needs a thing there" and she was right every time. what would you put there next? #ScreenshotSaturday #IndieGame #GameDev #Godot

[Brynn | making Holofort (cozy colony sim) @holofortgame]

@mitansh_j07 Thank you 💜 my wife is a true visionary

[Brynn | making Holofort (cozy colony sim) @holofortgame]

@PlayPartyTag That's what the holos are for! The adventurers do all of the mining and the little guys do most of the hauling. Pickaxes definitely will be a bottleneck! Holofort's tool system is more similar to Dwarf Fortress than Rimworld.

[Brynn | making Holofort (cozy colony sim) @holofortgame]

two miners versus one cliff. the cliff has more patience, but they have pickaxes and a lot of little heart. cliff or miners? #IndieGame #GameDev #ColonySim

[Brynn | making Holofort (cozy colony sim) @holofortgame]

@arcoficarus Tallmoo

[Brynn | making Holofort (cozy colony sim) @holofortgame]

@silic2023 Genius idea!

[Brynn | making Holofort (cozy colony sim) @holofortgame]

the skellan are lizard people. every clan shares one scale color, everyone gets a cream belly, and their tails swish ALL day. their names come from kashak, a hissing little tongue. curl, club or whip tail? #IndieGame #GameDev #ColonySim

[Brynn | making Holofort (cozy colony sim) @holofortgame]

start on the campfire, end on the whole map, and the little crew keeps working the whole way out. nothing paused, nothing faked. i am SO proud of this shot. zoomed in or zoomed out? #IndieGame #GameDev #BaseBuilding

[Brynn | making Holofort (cozy colony sim) @holofortgame]

@BiniedaMateusz That’s so frustrating! I hope it gets sorted soon.

[Brynn | making Holofort (cozy colony sim) @holofortgame]

Heartbreaking to see one of my favorite studios closing. I grew up on BioWare games. Getting to play and experience Dragon Age was life changing for me. We’ve lost of one the great studios.

[Brynn | making Holofort (cozy colony sim) @holofortgame]

the humans lost earth and grew up on space stations, but they still carry old earth names. eight skin tones, eleven hairstyles, and i'm SO proud of every little face. who would you put in charge? #WIPWednesday #IndieGame #GameDev #ColonySim

[Brynn | making Holofort (cozy colony sim) @holofortgame]

the lake fort under a full moon and i'm not touching a thing. it's my little aquarium. do you ever leave a game running just to look at it? #WIPWednesday #IndieGame #GameDev #IndieDev

[Brynn | making Holofort (cozy colony sim) @holofortgame]

@GuyStephensPro Such a smart idea to change their shape as well as color. There are 20 skills in the game so far, and having different shapes for the crystals would make them stand out. Thanks for the advice!

[Brynn | making Holofort (cozy colony sim) @holofortgame]

my rock people grow crystals. one for every skill they master, up to three, each one colored by the skill. that little pop is the most SATISFYING thing in the game. which skill would you master first? #TrailerTuesday #IndieGame #GameDev #ColonySim

[Brynn | making Holofort (cozy colony sim) @holofortgame]

@RyanJ_KOL I love it too! Right now the rock people (Kurroks) gain crystals for the first 3 skills they master, but I'm thinking of expanding that count provided it doesn't look too silly.

[Brynn | making Holofort (cozy colony sim) @holofortgame]

@RyanJ_KOL That’s a great idea. I feel like a lot of colony management games skip through the night or expect the player to wait through it. I wonder if I can somehow make nights more interesting 🤔

[Brynn | making Holofort (cozy colony sim) @holofortgame]

everyone tucked in by midnight, lamps still on for the night shift. my heart. in your colony, does everyone sleep at once or do you run a night shift? #TrailerTuesday #IndieGame #GameDev #Godot