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• Player Sprite, Title and more soon!
  March 25, 2025 by gianlu.sc#platformer, #indie, #animations, #title

  Hello World! Today I was working on a player sprite and its idle animation, and I'm pretty happy with it for now, so I wanted to share this :) I also been working on an enemy, so I wanted to share my... Continue reading

  
• Animations
  March 22, 2025 by gianlu.sc#sprites, #update, #player sprite, #enemy slime, #platformer, #adventure

  Hello everyone! I have been working on animations the past week and a half, and think I can finally share some selfmade sprites! As you would guess, I'm still learning so it won't be breathtaking cons... Continue reading

  
• Update!
  March 16, 2025 by gianlu.sc

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  #metroidvania, #indie, #indie dev, #platformer, #update, #early access

  Hey everyone! Last night I updated the available version to 0.0.1.3. Notes: You can now open a menu by pressing [ESC] which allows you to open a map. The map can also quickly be opened by pressing [TA... Continue reading
• New test available
  March 08, 2025 by gianlu.sc

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  #demo, #metroidvania, #2d, #platformer, #godot, #gdscript, #indie

  As the title suggests, I uploaded another test version with a level design in the context of my previously finished tutorial world map that I also posted earlier this day on my itch.io devlog. I hope... Continue reading

  
• Tutorial World Layout (Alpha)
  March 07, 2025 by gianlu.sc

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  #map design, #world design, #level design, #design

  Today I designed a simple tutorial world for players to learn basic mechanics. its fairly linear and represents the prologue of my game. of course its not a final version so feedback is appreciated! K... Continue reading

  
• New download available
  March 04, 2025 by gianlu.sc

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  #new, #combat-system, #metroidvania, #melee, #fast, #arcade, #indie, #indie-dev

  I now "updated" the version. I threw assets away because I want to learn my own style of pixel-art, rather than picking someone else's work. Accordingly it looks way worse, but I was able to implement... Continue reading
• I started implementing a first combat system
  March 04, 2025 by gianlu.sc

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  #combat, #combat system, #metroidvania, #metroidvania combat system

  So today I finished working on player movement and simple enemy AI. Its not perfect yet but for debugging and testing purposes its enough for me. I now wanted to start implementing my first ever comba... Continue reading

  
• New prototype started!
  March 01, 2025 by gianlu.sc

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  #update, #prototype, #metroidvana, #2d, #platformer

  As I was thinking about the current demo, I thought it would be a good idea to create a prototype along. This way its easier for me to play-test and debug. I will build upon my already done work, with... Continue reading