Harry Elwell

Games, art and sounds from an aspiring indie developer and compulsive overthinker. 🪐👁️

[Harry Elwell @procrasteroid]

Aaaaaaand.. that's a wrap!

Presenting my Jam submission for @ludumdare 52:
Combine Harv-racer 🚜🐄🌽

Play: https://t.co/9VaZQo756s

Corn makes you go fast, yee-haw! Watch out for cows.

All music, art, FX, and code is original. I'm so proud!
#ldjam #ludumdare #gamejam #solodev

[Harry Elwell @procrasteroid]

@AquamarinerGame Love the eeriness of the music, the effect on the organ/string sound is perfect 🙌

Makes me feel warm and fuzzy, yet unsettled.

[Harry Elwell @procrasteroid]

@north_spire That's exactly it! Had to get a little creative with the velocity + gravity, allowing some hang time to get the feeling right, there's definitely still some tweaking to do but I'm really happy with it so far as a rough proof of concept. Death Unphased looks awesome by the way ✌️

[Harry Elwell @procrasteroid]

Immensely proud of how this prototype is coming together. I call it #Flippet, a platformer where jumping rotates the world 90º.

It may not look like much yet, but the mechanics are really starting to feel like a game 🙌

#screenshotsaturday #IndieGameDev #gamedev #madewithunity

[Harry Elwell @procrasteroid]

Latest addition to my little work-in-progress #2Dplatformer prototype: Gravity-controlled platforms that move on a fixed axis!

Not the best demo video, but it's late and I'm tired. Above all, I'm immensely proud that I made time to add a new feature after a long day.

#indiedev

[Harry Elwell @procrasteroid]

Still haven't gotten my screen recording settings quite right.. jealous of all those buttery smooth clips I see in my Twitter feed! But alas, you'll just have to take my word that it's wonderfully smooth IRL 🙈

[Harry Elwell @procrasteroid]

Here's my latest progress on a little platforming prototype I've been whittling away at in the background. Working title: #Flippet. Every tie you jump, the world rotates 90 degrees. Next up: Platforms that move with gravity on a fixed axis!

#gamedev #madewithunity #2dplatformer

[Harry Elwell @procrasteroid]

Well, it took me 2 and a half hours but we have basic movement!

Thanks to @DawnosaurDev for their awesome video on player movement: https://t.co/ekk8wyKHvF

I've been wanting to try this approach to movement physics for a while now 🙌

Next up: Jumping and rotation ⬆🔄
#gamedev

[Harry Elwell @procrasteroid]

It's been a while since I've actively done some #gamedev, so in the next few hours I'm going to try and build a quick prototype of a #gameidea I had recently:

Jumping rotates the world 90°.
That's it. That's the game.

https://t.co/cfWnfkGCI3

Follow this thread for updates! 🎮

[Harry Elwell @procrasteroid]

Haven't tweeted in a while as I've been obsessively getting to grips with sound design and synth hardware.

SO—here's a simple #gameidea I've had for a little while now, finally wrote it up as a concept:
"What if chess moves worked like RPG skills?" ♟

https://t.co/U4GNNkPpNt

[Harry Elwell @procrasteroid]

And for anyone curious, here's the zoomed-out view in the editor. It's like watching ferrets navigate a maze!

[Harry Elwell @procrasteroid]

Since #LDjam wrapped up a week or two ago, I've been quietly working on an update to my @ludumdare jam submission, Combine Harv-racer.

After many failed attempts, I finally got my bot-controlled opponents showing signs of life. Look at them go! 🚜🚜🚜

#gamedev #indiedev

[Harry Elwell @procrasteroid]

Update: I've been having a tonne of fun this weekend, learning my way around these bad boys first hand, after months of watching videos.

Shout out to both @CUCKOOMUSIC and Free Beat on YT, for making some of the best content out there for anyone getting into hardware synths. 🙌

[Harry Elwell @procrasteroid]

New toys 🎹 🎛️

I've been researching and planning this for a long time, excited doesn't even begin to cover it!

#newsynth #microfreak #korgvolca #nts1 #bastl #audioproduction #gamemusic

[Harry Elwell @procrasteroid]

So the rating period for Ludum Dare 52 has now ended.

No matter the final result, it has been an incredible experience and I'm so grateful to everyone who played and commented on my game, Combine Harv-racer.

The response and feedback blew me away! 🐄🚜🏁

#ldjam #gamedev #ld52

[Gamedev.js @Gamedevjs]

Have you created a Web game for the recent @ludumdare? Share your creations if you'd like to be featured in the upcoming @GamedevJSWeekly issue this Friday!

#gamedev #gamedevjs #LDJAM #LudumDare #GameJam #JavaScript #HTML5 @phaser_ @GDevelopApp @playcanvas @defold @melonjs

[Harry Elwell @procrasteroid]

@wildh4rt Appreciate this is an old tweet but this is so accurate! Not only is it feature creep, but you also end up with a game that's confusing and unintuitive for new players due to the sheer variety of features.

[Harry Elwell @procrasteroid]

@dom_dere @ludumdare Ah that's awesome, I love the artwork and the description on the game page!

Will definitely give this a go when I get time tomorrow evening and will let you know how I got on! 🤠

[Harry Elwell @procrasteroid]

I've played so many great #ldjam games in the past 24hrs.

There are some really talented people out there! 🤯

If you're reading this and submitted a game for @ludumdare, drop a link and I'll be happy to try it when I get a chance tomorrow 🙌

#gamedev #gamejam #LudumDare #ld52

[Harry Elwell @procrasteroid]

@JoeFazzinoIn3D You know what, no kidding, that exact thought crossed my mind when I played your game and spotted a name in there, haha! Like I made a proper mental note and acknowledged it when I saw it. Great to see another convert 😁

[Harry Elwell @procrasteroid]

@NamedZak Ahh you made the music for your team's entry! It's awesome to see the FL Studio project, so much more advanced than what I had going for my submission 🙈 really cool!