pixelcat

#indiegame hobbyist developer/#indiedev - currently working on 'Junkstar' - a spacewreck dungeon crawler

[pixelcat @pixelcatdev]

Happy #FollowFriday everyone. 'Junkstar' is a spacewreck dungeon crawler with tower defense elements and crafting sim vibes. It's in its early stages - but it has some great plans and versatile gameplay.

#indiedev #gamedev #madewithunity

[pixelcat @pixelcatdev]

7 months later... gradually kicking Junkstar back into life with a few minor updates... recent replay has also brought me to the conclusion that the trading station map is totally fruitless. Time to trim some fat. #indiedev #gamedev #madewithunity

[pixelcat @pixelcatdev]

@ArturSmiarowski Emphasis on the struggle part for sure

[pixelcat @pixelcatdev]

@ArturSmiarowski Having sidelined my 'main' project for the time being, I've just restarted my prototype about 2 weeks ago (with the prototype now being almost ready for reveal), but the project's been bubbling away in design for about 12 months over numerous other prototype versions.

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[pixelcat @pixelcatdev]

@CrazyRetroGame1 I guess you could say the fly in the wine is drunk - literally!

[pixelcat @pixelcatdev]

@CrazyRetroGame1 Totally. If it's not a source of income, go at your own pace. You'll get there. I'll get there. Until then, call yourself a dev, a indiedev, a gamedev - Princess Stephanie Potato-teeth if it helps - don't feel too beat up by the title.

[pixelcat @pixelcatdev]

Just been playing the prototype, completely absorbed in the game for at least 30 minutes before realising the time.
That's a *very* good sign. #indiedev #gamedev

[pixelcat @pixelcatdev]

@NullFreedomEx Squeak, it didn't help to be fair that I'd really badly borked my test design. Just rewritten the entire thing in a segragated controller so it's more 'Universal'.

[pixelcat @pixelcatdev]

By the gods, I hate recreating inventory management systems. I don't know why I don't just create a Helper assembly with it all prebuilt and share that over my projects. #indiedev #gamedevnightmares

[pixelcat @pixelcatdev]

Ah yes. we're going to call this, the 'Infinite Baked Beans Bug' #indiedev #gamedev

[pixelcat @pixelcatdev]

@LeoLovesAI I walk away from the computer for an hour and give her a backrub. Then I'm right back to it 😎

[pixelcat @pixelcatdev]

@cokeandcode It's about 15 different .txt files with varying levels of content.

[pixelcat @pixelcatdev]

Prototyping... remind self... code can be shit (for now), as long as the prototype runs... #indiedev #gamedev

[pixelcat @pixelcatdev]

@cokeandcode As long as it works, and is optimized - the secret is find whatever works for you.

[pixelcat @pixelcatdev]

@abraham_cozar Congrats, you've certainly exploded!

[pixelcat @pixelcatdev]

It's been weeks since I fired up Unity. I can't even blame being distracted by playing games. One of those thing's, y'know. It'll happen when it happens sort of thing. #indiedev #gamedev

[pixelcat @pixelcatdev]

@ArturSmiarowski Watch your footing!

[pixelcat @pixelcatdev]

@JaysGames Sorry for the delayed reply - thanks for the input! I started dabbling with a coroutine as part of the building process, it improved things slightly which was great, so thanks for that!

[pixelcat @pixelcatdev]

Couple of days off work now - one to celebrate the wife's birthday, the rest to get a wriggle on with the alpha build.

Been looking up ways to optimize map gen this last week, anyone ever used asynchronous instantation before?
#unity #madewithunity #indiedev #gamedev

[pixelcat @pixelcatdev]

What's going on? Where's the dev updates?

brb - term started at Hogwarts

[pixelcat @pixelcatdev]

Just handed my notice in on the day job - but no, I'm not going full indie (that'd be the dream). New job starts in just over 4 weeks.

Until then though, it's time to crank the dev up to 11.