"I'm not the most talented artist" (5:28). That’s nonsense, your game looks absolutely gorgeous! The pixel art in the thumbnail was the main reason I started watching your devlogs in the first place.
I think, for biomes being right next to eachother in the world vs going through portals: You should do both!! It will make some feel like natural exploration, and then the one or two you find through a portal would feel like a wonderful achievement. This is an awesome project, I look forward to seeing it complete and playing it!
RUclips algorithm is doing its job, this looks awesome! I think just walking between biomes would be the best, reserving the use of a portal mechanic for very special areas. When you were hitting things in the video, the entire screen/world shake felt a bit jarring. It could just be me though. Wishlisted!
Looks lovely! I think it could be cool if you could just walk into the biomes, and then maybe have special ones like a 'floating island biome' (I don't know, just an example - something cool). That could be a place where you need special equipment or something to get there. Just a thought - it looks really nice:D
I like having biomes next too each other. . . perhaps you can make equipment like a snow-suit, or a dessert turban that you need to go to the biome, otherwise you start to burn/freeze? This keeps the realism of having the biomes next to eachother while providing the player with the achievement of reaching them.
In know, But my game is also about enchantment and portals, so I'm not trying to make a realistic game. Just a game that feels nice to play. Thx glad you like it :)
The emphatic "every" along with the beat drop at 2:45 is very satisfying. As someone who dabbles in game dev, it's always interesting to see different approaches to procedural generation. Also, your art is great!
I think you should do a mix of both biomes spawning next to each other and have unique (otherworldly) biomes that need to a portal of some sort to reach. Otherworldly biomes and portals give the player goals to work toward, while having biomes spawn around each other gives players more reason to explore those biomes.
I honestly think putting the biomes behind a portal will kinda introduce repetitiveness back into them. It sounds like the purpose for biomes is to break up the repetitiveness of the world, so i think i would put them inside the actual world without portals. Just make sure to not have hard cuts like Minecraft but to introduce them gradually. So having few cells be another biome and then more and more as you get closer and at some point it's just a few cells that are the old biome. Regarding biomes i would like to see: i'm a weeb lol so i think having a japanese style biome would be awesome. A dark green forest with red torii gates here and there and some cherry blossoms would honestly look so nice, especially in your awesome pixelart style :) I also like snow so my favorite biome is already there, looking gorgeous and cozy.
Awesome video, you've definitely got something good cooking here, and I can't wait to see where it goes! When it comes to whether the biomes should be scattered around the world, or in portals, I personally think that they should be in the same world, together, as it makes travel and exploration much more prevalent, that is, if you want that, if you don't, and you instead want to focus more on crafting (one of the main aspects of your game lol) then portals would be better, I just think it shouldn't be an arbitrary choice...
Yoooo. This game looks awesome. As someone who is getting into gamedev this video also gave some very approachable insight into world generation which is cool. Keep up the good work man!
Really nice looking game, will be wishlisting. I love the overall look and chill vibe. As far as the biomes, I think both options you mentioned would be good. You could have a world map where the biomes are next to each other but maybe far apart enough so that it would make sense to have portals that you can activate once you've found it. I will also mention that the screenshake needs a little work, there's definitely something off about it. keep up the good work!
A) love the look of this game B) I think having a world you explore and find new biomes would be best but would be cool having portals that send you to rare biomes with higher amounts of certain resources.
This is a gorgeous game! I really like the fact that you break down the technique of doing things in your project, thanks for the insights, really helpful!
your art is outstanding, the style and feel is so cozy and im so glad i found your channel i cant wait to see how this turn out and hopefully get to play on day!
This looks really cool! I'll have to go back through the devlog and see some of the other stuff for this sometime. If I were to suggest a few more biomes, I would say a Volcano, Savanah (which I would imagine working well as a transition biome), and maybe an Ocean with islands scattered about? I don't quite know how you're handling all of this yet, but this project definitely has my eye on it now. Can't wait to see more!
I'd love to see a jungle, but for that to be as good as I imagine, you would need very diverse flora in there, and you said you have a hardtime making your (very awesome looking btw) sprites, so I'd reserve that for later.
I have no idea what your vision for the game is in terms of mechanics, but the art style feels so whimsical, I feel like there needs to be some magicy stuff. Like potions, some spell stuff, maybe accessible through rituals that need rare resources to do. Through ritual unlockable magic and potions you’d also be able connect that with the world or other mechanics in really cool ways. You could make potion ingredients farmable, findable through exploration, or mob drops. Some rituals could maybe only work in specific biomes or in specific conditions like weather, altitude, season or time
Cool video! If I can give a few suggestions: for one, I'd recommend reducing the screen shake when breaking things, or at least giving the player the option to do so themselves. Right now, it's too strong for my tastes. Also, on the topic of biomes - have you considered adding an underground 'biome' / dimension? You could even add different cave biomes, such as one with stalagmites and another with lava. I understand if this is outside of your vision or the scope of the game.
Just stumbled across your channel and your art style has me hooked. I would love to see a biome that's mostly water, like a coral reef biome that's only accessible via boat or something. Excited to see more of this series :)
Your game is looking amazing. I had a similar concept a few years back but never got far into it and abandoned it. I'm glad to see someone pursuing this idea with success. (Also, I love that your devlogs are completely focused on game updates and not tedious bugs. It's great to see devlogs like this.)
Great work, your game looks awesome +1 wishlist In terms of biomes that may be interesting to implement, I feel a bog or swamp like biome would be cool. Keep up the great work, a lot of the math generally went over my head but I found it very interesting.
i can definitely see the potential in this game maybe to add visual diversity adding things like flower patches could work well, another suggestion is maybe adding flowing rivers to add interest and make them barriers to overcome same with ravines
As someone who plays a lot of Dark Souls and stuff like Don't Starve. I would suggest adding a daylight/Night Cycle and I'm on my way to check if you've made other videos on this game but from this video I didn't see too many monsters. As someone who likes a lot of challenge and many others who could get into that, some more monsters and mobs would definitely make the game feel alive and fun. Love what you've made so far, great game can't wait to play.
Hi! Your game looks awesome, I've added it to my wishlist immediately! I would defenetivly prefer if all the biomes were connected to each other in one big world, it would feel more like a real open world adventure rather than just connected areas, but that's just my opinion! Good luck with your development in the future!
For the biomes, I'd recommend keeping them next to each other with flowing borders, making them more seamless (like melting snow patches going into the forest, sand being blown from the desert and so on) and add a sub-biome using the portal idea, this sub-portal is unlocked by preparing some materials found deeper in the biome (like a golden scarab in the desert, black ice in the snow biome, ect) after unlocking the portal, they allow the player to progress into the sub-worlds, which are like a different type of their own world, for example: desert -> red desert/badlands, winter forest -> glaciers, blizzard and something like that, forest -> dark forest) each of the sub-world being harder than the previous area, but with more amped spawn chances for rarer ores and materials. This will add more onto the exploration of the world, it will add diversity and also more gameplay, and lets not forget about the pretty-fing of the world :3
Love the game! I believe an ecosystem can improve your entire game. Like various animals you encounter in different biomes which react differently to the player. Squirls running up tree or etc, you get the point. Would love to see any of these biomes: -Jungle -Beach/Coast -Swamp -Savanah -Mixed Forest w/various trees Good Luck on your game! 😸
im loving the look of these biomes!!! id say the desert is my favourite, but maybe replace the little tuffs of grass with something that suits the desert more? maybe like more rocks or even dead vegetation? Still loving it though!! i cant wait to see what you do in future :D
I think adding some verticality(think links awakening for example) could make the landscape more interesting. You could also add caves in those “plateau” mountains. Then you could also add waterfalls or something like that, that then make rivers. And if you have rivers and lakes, there is so much cool stuff you could add. I’m excited to see where this game will go
I love that you explain the math side of things that's what actually attracts someone like myself trying to learn how to be a better dev although most people don't like that side
The game looks absolutely gorgeous! Just a thought on the shrubbery: The forest ground might come off as a little noisy. Perhaps the bulk of ground scattering could be made up of low contrast 'flat' textures and the taller shrubbery could be more sparse or lumped together, similar to the trees? A little white space in between would make it easier on the eye and could add to visual interest from a composition standpoint. Plus it would section areas into separate meadows, if you will. Looks amazing as is! Just a thought.
I like the first open for biomes positions, because it feels to me more cohesive. Portal idea is good too, as minecraft does with the nether. Challenge would be find a way to make unique to your game so it doesn't feel like a copy of that. Keep up the good work!
The game looks very nice, I like the concept. There is a game called Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri that has the same isometric rendering style for the map. Your map looks a bit flat whereas the example has hills and mountains that fit your same map style. Just a thought but regardless, your game is amazing and I'm excited to see where it goes.
I can't believe I only found this now, it looks like a great game (although I won't be able to play it until I get a PC). I do have a small suggestion that could add in an incentive to travel away from the monolith(?), what if you made some destroyed ones around the world, maybe even in the other biomes. It would give players a better chance to explore and create other bases around the world, and if you make some form of teleportation with the mushrooms from the snowy forest, it would add in a late game accomplishment.
bro your game has so much more potential that you can image, im pretty sure that if you dont disregard the PvE and PvP side (yes, some sort of "competitive" multiplayer could be actual fire) this is gonna blow up fr
I think your game is shaping up really well! For the biomes, I’d recommend making it like in minecraft. On a side note, I noticed the screen shake. Personally, I found it a bit jarring. Maybe consider toning it down or adding an option to toggle it off.
Following this project has been fun! It's looking better every time. A lot of that technical stuff was way over my head, but I learned a lot. :) I sent you an email back in June and just sent a followup in case you missed it. Hope to hear back from you soon. Also, I agree with the previous commenter that your art is gorgeous!
Depending on if you do seasons, you can either have special seasonal biomes that are always a season, or just have the biomes cycle through seasonal variants.
I’d imagine the dessert and snow biomes can be borderd by the forest but dessert and snow cannot border each other thus making the forest more abundant but also making the dessert and snow biomes slightly more rare. Villages in Minecraft aren’t particularly amazing in anyway but finding one makes u instantly go to it for that little boost. Little sense of excitement specially when you spawn into the world. Structures are a must they don’t have to be villages
Technically I am not a dev but a person who tries to make games and now learning from different sources. I just found your channel but seems interesting what you make but I am not a coder myself. If I could suggest some biomes then I would add : - swamp - tundra - tropical In my opinion the assets looks good and the isometric view adds a lot to this game.
5:43 Honestly getting to the biomes through a portal would be kinda weird, i would prefer them being just randomly generated around the world and save the portal for a more fictional biome, maybe a crystal world or something. Also i would love to see the "boring" stuff in videos (6:25), i think it would help a lot of people! Anyways can't wait for more videos!
Have not read through all the comments but adding topography - high and low areas would help with the diversity and also adding multi-level caves/dungeons to explore within the higher and lower elevations would be cool as well. The caves/dungeons would also be procedurally generated. Rare resources, special items, quest items, etc... could only be found in such areas. I agree with a toggle for gridlines. I love the art style - hope you have plans for at least a loose story to be told - objectives to be met - some sort of progression and end goal - just a sandbox to build in gets boring quickly - will wishlist...
Hi! I love your videos, it's really interesting to watch the development process! (Oh great RUclips algorithm, please be kind to this man and his channel) Regarding the location of biomes: I never liked how games can have completely opposite biomes nearby (like a snowy forest and a desert). At the same time, I would like to see some variety of landscape in the immediately accessible area So, it seems to me, you can use both options for the placement of biomes - put similar ones in climate (forest, hills, swamps, etc.) next to each other, and hide more contrasting ones behind portals (desert, snow). I think this would add realism to the game
I LOOOOVE THE STYLE of this game but it would be cool to have option for the graphism, with or without the grid, the camera effect, the way things render and everything
I would like to see a mountain and make the time of year effect the forests, also to add a sense of achievement, you should implement some techtrees for different things so it gives players something to work for!
I believe making the pickup range larger (if possible) like in stardew would make farming more satisfying. Along with "queuing" the block you interact with so that you can for example click on two stones making it farm the first and as soon as it is done begin with the next one. (If you have not already done it)
I Think Jungle/Tropical Biome Could Be really Cool, maybe they can generate in oceans, like an island. and To get there you have to craft a special type of boat (Kinda What You Where talking about with Portals).
Biome placement wise, I think you should have both! Require portals to reach other biomes so it feels like a large achievement, but let each biome have sub-biomes (biomes of similar climate) so that each world still feels varied!
Hi, I think you should experiment with making the terrain block borders less visible. Also, I definitely think you should seperate the grass and rock from the terrain block and give it a slight random offset from the center of the terrain block. This would greatly help with making the "ground look as random as possible", through the use of white noise you could both generate the grass and rocks, as well as give it a random offset.
I think biomes could be accessible through portal AND being able to travel to them on foot, only the biomes solely accessible through portals could be more fantastical in theme, while the regular biomes are more based on real world natural biomes. Examples could be a biome that, instead of pools of water, they are sky islands, while another one could be a more subterranean biome like a crystal cave (you wouldn't have to program an entire underground level to your world or anything since that area would only be accessible through portal!)
Variety in height would help alot. It wouldn't have to have any effect on the gameplay itself, but it could make it feel a lil less stale... It could be quite subtle, aslong as it adds something to the visual aspect
Should the biomes touch or be independed worlds, i think the worlds idea is more interesting but it depends on what the goal of the game is, love the project and its a huge inspiration
Do both biomes connected right next to each other and through portals, for the ones through portals you can make it more otherworldly maybe like a twilight biome through a portal, or through a whole or cave you can make a dark and scary biome, these are just my thoughts, hope this gives you ideas 👍👍
Why not blend the two, make them over-world traversal-able. However, in order to get there you need to have "Heat protective gear" for the desert or "Cold protective gear" for the snow forest?
I think it would be interesting to add height to the terrain. I know it would be hard with the style but I think if you made it work it make the game more interesting.
maybe so that the game isn't associated with other pixel sandbox-games, it would be nice to add perhaps something magical, or animals? There are also very good animations and nice pixel art
I believe the grid lines are more of a nuisance than helpful, especially if you're trying to make it seem less repetitive, because the tiles cannot be seamless if they all have a visible outline. I hope there'll be an option to remove the grid in-game and highlight the selected tiles only.
"I'm not the most talented artist" (5:28). That’s nonsense, your game looks absolutely gorgeous! The pixel art in the thumbnail was the main reason I started watching your devlogs in the first place.
Exactly
I agree.
I been entirely drawn to this video on the look of the game alone !!
Lol, every dev that says this proceeds to immediately show why they are one.
real!!!
when a mathematician becomes a game developer
Technically majority of game developers
You have to be good at maths to make games
I think, for biomes being right next to eachother in the world vs going through portals: You should do both!! It will make some feel like natural exploration, and then the one or two you find through a portal would feel like a wonderful achievement. This is an awesome project, I look forward to seeing it complete and playing it!
RUclips algorithm is doing its job, this looks awesome! I think just walking between biomes would be the best, reserving the use of a portal mechanic for very special areas. When you were hitting things in the video, the entire screen/world shake felt a bit jarring. It could just be me though. Wishlisted!
I'd have to agree on the screen shake, it is a bit too much.
Otherwise absolutely stunning game! Great job.
Honestly, I really like devlogs and I don’t know why they have to fall off. It’s very refreshing to see a new dev enter the RUclips world.
Looks lovely! I think it could be cool if you could just walk into the biomes, and then maybe have special ones like a 'floating island biome' (I don't know, just an example - something cool). That could be a place where you need special equipment or something to get there. Just a thought - it looks really nice:D
I just realized what I said is basically Minecraft, haha::
I like having biomes next too each other. . . perhaps you can make equipment like a snow-suit, or a dessert turban that you need to go to the biome, otherwise you start to burn/freeze? This keeps the realism of having the biomes next to eachother while providing the player with the achievement of reaching them.
5:10 What a desert doesn't look like. But common in video games, so don't take the comment as overly negative. Fun video and project overall!
In know,
But my game is also about enchantment and portals, so I'm not trying to make a realistic game. Just a game that feels nice to play.
Thx glad you like it :)
Biome idea:
some sort of swamp / marsh that has a lot more water than land and maybe very dense vegetation, so it's harder to move around in
I like it!
The emphatic "every" along with the beat drop at 2:45 is very satisfying. As someone who dabbles in game dev, it's always interesting to see different approaches to procedural generation. Also, your art is great!
I think you should do a mix of both biomes spawning next to each other and have unique (otherworldly) biomes that need to a portal of some sort to reach.
Otherworldly biomes and portals give the player goals to work toward, while having biomes spawn around each other gives players more reason to explore those biomes.
I honestly think putting the biomes behind a portal will kinda introduce repetitiveness back into them. It sounds like the purpose for biomes is to break up the repetitiveness of the world, so i think i would put them inside the actual world without portals.
Just make sure to not have hard cuts like Minecraft but to introduce them gradually. So having few cells be another biome and then more and more as you get closer and at some point it's just a few cells that are the old biome.
Regarding biomes i would like to see: i'm a weeb lol so i think having a japanese style biome would be awesome. A dark green forest with red torii gates here and there and some cherry blossoms would honestly look so nice, especially in your awesome pixelart style :)
I also like snow so my favorite biome is already there, looking gorgeous and cozy.
Yea I think you’re right.
Thx for the feedback :)
Awesome video, you've definitely got something good cooking here, and I can't wait to see where it goes! When it comes to whether the biomes should be scattered around the world, or in portals, I personally think that they should be in the same world, together, as it makes travel and exploration much more prevalent, that is, if you want that, if you don't, and you instead want to focus more on crafting (one of the main aspects of your game lol) then portals would be better, I just think it shouldn't be an arbitrary choice...
The UI and sounds can really make a game great. So definitely cover it if you're willing. For example, I think about Thronefall.
Man, the pixel art is one of the most gorgerous I ever seen
Yoooo. This game looks awesome. As someone who is getting into gamedev this video also gave some very approachable insight into world generation which is cool. Keep up the good work man!
Bro i seriously cant wait for this game
This is the most underrated game dev channel I've seen. You'll get big one day!
This looks amazing and sounds insanely fun to develop, once you get your head around things, good job!
Really nice looking game, will be wishlisting. I love the overall look and chill vibe. As far as the biomes, I think both options you mentioned would be good. You could have a world map where the biomes are next to each other but maybe far apart enough so that it would make sense to have portals that you can activate once you've found it. I will also mention that the screenshake needs a little work, there's definitely something off about it. keep up the good work!
Add fog to the snow forest and sandstorms in the desert
A) love the look of this game B) I think having a world you explore and find new biomes would be best but would be cool having portals that send you to rare biomes with higher amounts of certain resources.
This is a gorgeous game! I really like the fact that you break down the technique of doing things in your project, thanks for the insights, really helpful!
your art is outstanding, the style and feel is so cozy and im so glad i found your channel i cant wait to see how this turn out and hopefully get to play on day!
This looks really cool! I'll have to go back through the devlog and see some of the other stuff for this sometime. If I were to suggest a few more biomes, I would say a Volcano, Savanah (which I would imagine working well as a transition biome), and maybe an Ocean with islands scattered about? I don't quite know how you're handling all of this yet, but this project definitely has my eye on it now. Can't wait to see more!
i literally subbed yesterday wondering if the game was dead due to you uploading 8 months ago! glad to see ya around
Your pixel art style is so good looking! I lived the nerdy description of octaves and noise :D
I'd love to see a jungle, but for that to be as good as I imagine, you would need very diverse flora in there, and you said you have a hardtime making your (very awesome looking btw) sprites, so I'd reserve that for later.
I have no idea what your vision for the game is in terms of mechanics, but the art style feels so whimsical, I feel like there needs to be some magicy stuff. Like potions, some spell stuff, maybe accessible through rituals that need rare resources to do. Through ritual unlockable magic and potions you’d also be able connect that with the world or other mechanics in really cool ways. You could make potion ingredients farmable, findable through exploration, or mob drops. Some rituals could maybe only work in specific biomes or in specific conditions like weather, altitude, season or time
Cool video! If I can give a few suggestions: for one, I'd recommend reducing the screen shake when breaking things, or at least giving the player the option to do so themselves. Right now, it's too strong for my tastes. Also, on the topic of biomes - have you considered adding an underground 'biome' / dimension? You could even add different cave biomes, such as one with stalagmites and another with lava. I understand if this is outside of your vision or the scope of the game.
Just stumbled across your channel and your art style has me hooked. I would love to see a biome that's mostly water, like a coral reef biome that's only accessible via boat or something. Excited to see more of this series :)
The pixel art and esthetic of the whole game is beautiful
Your game is looking amazing. I had a similar concept a few years back but never got far into it and abandoned it. I'm glad to see someone pursuing this idea with success. (Also, I love that your devlogs are completely focused on game updates and not tedious bugs. It's great to see devlogs like this.)
thx
glad you like it :)
@@John-Brx You're welcome. I look forward to playing it someday. Curiosity question - what engine/software do you use?
@@pwyounggamedev im using unity
Wishlisted! I really hope you have a Playtest or some form of early access. This looks awesome! It's exactly the type of game I aspire to making...
Great work, your game looks awesome +1 wishlist
In terms of biomes that may be interesting to implement, I feel a bog or swamp like biome would be cool.
Keep up the great work, a lot of the math generally went over my head but I found it very interesting.
Beautiful game and beautiful new biomes
i can definitely see the potential in this game maybe to add visual diversity adding things like flower patches could work well, another suggestion is maybe adding flowing rivers to add interest and make them barriers to overcome same with ravines
As someone who plays a lot of Dark Souls and stuff like Don't Starve. I would suggest adding a daylight/Night Cycle and I'm on my way to check if you've made other videos on this game but from this video I didn't see too many monsters. As someone who likes a lot of challenge and many others who could get into that, some more monsters and mobs would definitely make the game feel alive and fun. Love what you've made so far, great game can't wait to play.
Hi! Your game looks awesome, I've added it to my wishlist immediately! I would defenetivly prefer if all the biomes were connected to each other in one big world, it would feel more like a real open world adventure rather than just connected areas, but that's just my opinion! Good luck with your development in the future!
I'm looking forward to this🥰 It is something worth waiting for.
For the biomes, I'd recommend keeping them next to each other with flowing borders, making them more seamless (like melting snow patches going into the forest, sand being blown from the desert and so on) and add a sub-biome using the portal idea, this sub-portal is unlocked by preparing some materials found deeper in the biome (like a golden scarab in the desert, black ice in the snow biome, ect) after unlocking the portal, they allow the player to progress into the sub-worlds, which are like a different type of their own world, for example: desert -> red desert/badlands, winter forest -> glaciers, blizzard and something like that, forest -> dark forest) each of the sub-world being harder than the previous area, but with more amped spawn chances for rarer ores and materials.
This will add more onto the exploration of the world, it will add diversity and also more gameplay, and lets not forget about the pretty-fing of the world :3
Love the game! I believe an ecosystem can improve your entire game. Like various animals you encounter in different biomes which react differently to the player. Squirls running up tree or etc, you get the point.
Would love to see any of these biomes:
-Jungle
-Beach/Coast
-Swamp
-Savanah
-Mixed Forest w/various trees
Good Luck on your game! 😸
im loving the look of these biomes!!! id say the desert is my favourite, but maybe replace the little tuffs of grass with something that suits the desert more? maybe like more rocks or even dead vegetation?
Still loving it though!! i cant wait to see what you do in future :D
Love the art and the explanations, that's an instant sub
Awesome, thank you!
Bro this is amazing, like
I think adding some verticality(think links awakening for example) could make the landscape more interesting. You could also add caves in those “plateau” mountains. Then you could also add waterfalls or something like that, that then make rivers. And if you have rivers and lakes, there is so much cool stuff you could add. I’m excited to see where this game will go
I love that you explain the math side of things that's what actually attracts someone like myself trying to learn how to be a better dev although most people don't like that side
Love the game man. have a good day
The game looks absolutely gorgeous! Just a thought on the shrubbery: The forest ground might come off as a little noisy. Perhaps the bulk of ground scattering could be made up of low contrast 'flat' textures and the taller shrubbery could be more sparse or lumped together, similar to the trees? A little white space in between would make it easier on the eye and could add to visual interest from a composition standpoint. Plus it would section areas into separate meadows, if you will. Looks amazing as is! Just a thought.
thx,
yea i think you have a point there!
I think portals to the other biomes would be neat! Like finding the portal to that biome unlocks a desert world that you can freely travel to and from
I wouldn't complain seeing a cherry blossom forest, also an autumn themed forest would look gorgious !
I like the first open for biomes positions, because it feels to me more cohesive. Portal idea is good too, as minecraft does with the nether. Challenge would be find a way to make unique to your game so it doesn't feel like a copy of that.
Keep up the good work!
The game looks very nice, I like the concept. There is a game called Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri that has the same isometric rendering style for the map. Your map looks a bit flat whereas the example has hills and mountains that fit your same map style. Just a thought but regardless, your game is amazing and I'm excited to see where it goes.
I'm a sucker for cute and artsy games! Glad RUclips recommended this to me :D
I can't believe I only found this now, it looks like a great game (although I won't be able to play it until I get a PC). I do have a small suggestion that could add in an incentive to travel away from the monolith(?), what if you made some destroyed ones around the world, maybe even in the other biomes. It would give players a better chance to explore and create other bases around the world, and if you make some form of teleportation with the mushrooms from the snowy forest, it would add in a late game accomplishment.
bro your game has so much more potential that you can image, im pretty sure that if you dont disregard the PvE and PvP side (yes, some sort of "competitive" multiplayer could be actual fire) this is gonna blow up fr
I think your game is shaping up really well! For the biomes, I’d recommend making it like in minecraft. On a side note, I noticed the screen shake. Personally, I found it a bit jarring. Maybe consider toning it down or adding an option to toggle it off.
Already implemented a setting for the camera shake :)
Following this project has been fun! It's looking better every time. A lot of that technical stuff was way over my head, but I learned a lot. :) I sent you an email back in June and just sent a followup in case you missed it. Hope to hear back from you soon. Also, I agree with the previous commenter that your art is gorgeous!
exploring biome after biome just walking around would be sick asf
Commenting for the algorithm 🫂🫂
More tree variants would help tons with the repetitiveness imo. Absolutely stunning game btw
Depending on if you do seasons, you can either have special seasonal biomes that are always a season, or just have the biomes cycle through seasonal variants.
I’d imagine the dessert and snow biomes can be borderd by the forest but dessert and snow cannot border each other thus making the forest more abundant but also making the dessert and snow biomes slightly more rare. Villages in Minecraft aren’t particularly amazing in anyway but finding one makes u instantly go to it for that little boost. Little sense of excitement specially when you spawn into the world. Structures are a must they don’t have to be villages
How beautiful is this gaaame!!
Technically I am not a dev but a person who tries to make games and now learning from different sources. I just found your channel but seems interesting what you make but I am not a coder myself. If I could suggest some biomes then I would add :
- swamp
- tundra
- tropical
In my opinion the assets looks good and the isometric view adds a lot to this game.
5:43 Honestly getting to the biomes through a portal would be kinda weird, i would prefer them being just randomly generated around the world and save the portal for a more fictional biome, maybe a crystal world or something. Also i would love to see the "boring" stuff in videos (6:25), i think it would help a lot of people! Anyways can't wait for more videos!
Finallyyy!
The game looks so goood!
(Also, first one here!)
@@VentuureFR thx, glad you like it :)
@ no problem! super excited for when it comes out :)
I think seamless transition are better than portals.
Have not read through all the comments but adding topography - high and low areas would help with the diversity and also adding multi-level caves/dungeons to explore within the higher and lower elevations would be cool as well. The caves/dungeons would also be procedurally generated. Rare resources, special items, quest items, etc... could only be found in such areas.
I agree with a toggle for gridlines.
I love the art style - hope you have plans for at least a loose story to be told - objectives to be met - some sort of progression and end goal - just a sandbox to build in gets boring quickly - will wishlist...
This game me flashbacks to some basic work I've done on my open world game. Man I have to get back to gamedev.
Hi! I love your videos, it's really interesting to watch the development process! (Oh great RUclips algorithm, please be kind to this man and his channel)
Regarding the location of biomes: I never liked how games can have completely opposite biomes nearby (like a snowy forest and a desert). At the same time, I would like to see some variety of landscape in the immediately accessible area
So, it seems to me, you can use both options for the placement of biomes - put similar ones in climate (forest, hills, swamps, etc.) next to each other, and hide more contrasting ones behind portals (desert, snow). I think this would add realism to the game
ye totally
I LOOOOVE THE STYLE of this game but it would be cool to have option for the graphism, with or without the grid, the camera effect, the way things render and everything
I would like to see a mountain and make the time of year effect the forests, also to add a sense of achievement, you should implement some techtrees for different things so it gives players something to work for!
I believe making the pickup range larger (if possible) like in stardew would make farming more satisfying. Along with "queuing" the block you interact with so that you can for example click on two stones making it farm the first and as soon as it is done begin with the next one. (If you have not already done it)
i feel like your voice got deeper
wishlisted the game
Possible haha
Thx for the wish list :)
5:35 your sprites are beautiful
I Think Jungle/Tropical Biome Could Be really Cool, maybe they can generate in oceans, like an island. and To get there you have to craft a special type of boat (Kinda What You Where talking about with Portals).
Biome placement wise, I think you should have both! Require portals to reach other biomes so it feels like a large achievement, but let each biome have sub-biomes (biomes of similar climate) so that each world still feels varied!
Hi, I think you should experiment with making the terrain block borders less visible. Also, I definitely think you should seperate the grass and rock from the terrain block and give it a slight random offset from the center of the terrain block. This would greatly help with making the "ground look as random as possible", through the use of white noise you could both generate the grass and rocks, as well as give it a random offset.
Ah, and your assets are great, be proud of your pixel art skills!
I am going to add an option to disable the grid.
I will try to give your idea a try if i find the time :)
I'd definitely want to see a mushroom biome and a mushroom hat on that little guy
I think biomes could be accessible through portal AND being able to travel to them on foot, only the biomes solely accessible through portals could be more fantastical in theme, while the regular biomes are more based on real world natural biomes. Examples could be a biome that, instead of pools of water, they are sky islands, while another one could be a more subterranean biome like a crystal cave (you wouldn't have to program an entire underground level to your world or anything since that area would only be accessible through portal!)
Variety in height would help alot. It wouldn't have to have any effect on the gameplay itself, but it could make it feel a lil less stale...
It could be quite subtle, aslong as it adds something to the visual aspect
Just wishlisted the game... Now imma watch the whole video
Very nice graphism.
5:47 i think first variant. Cool game btw)
Should the biomes touch or be independed worlds, i think the worlds idea is more interesting but it depends on what the goal of the game is, love the project and its a huge inspiration
your awesome keep this up!
Definitely consider varying heights for trees for some more variety
Do both biomes connected right next to each other and through portals, for the ones through portals you can make it more otherworldly maybe like a twilight biome through a portal, or through a whole or cave you can make a dark and scary biome, these are just my thoughts, hope this gives you ideas 👍👍
Why not blend the two, make them over-world traversal-able. However, in order to get there you need to have "Heat protective gear" for the desert or "Cold protective gear" for the snow forest?
I think it would be interesting to add height to the terrain. I know it would be hard with the style but I think if you made it work it make the game more interesting.
the background music is a bit loud
maybe so that the game isn't associated with other pixel sandbox-games, it would be nice to add perhaps something magical, or animals? There are also
very good animations and nice pixel art
I believe the grid lines are more of a nuisance than helpful, especially if you're trying to make it seem less repetitive, because the tiles cannot be seamless if they all have a visible outline. I hope there'll be an option to remove the grid in-game and highlight the selected tiles only.
Yes there will definitely be an option to disable de grid!
maybe the game looked cool in a forest with tall trees, or glades with flowers and small ruins near them
I like the biomes!
Looks good!
Can you make variations of existing biomes and make some rarer than others? Like the savanna being rarer than an ordinary forest
Idea: Remove the grid on the floor and make it visible only near the player
Finally alive again
please just make the music lower (better remove rhem)
the game looks astonishing btw !