Super excited!
I finally got around to setting the values for each fish depending on their rarity for increasing catch difficulty. I also wrote a method for generating a random path the fish will take.
I think the main mechanic is pretty much complete :)
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It's done!
I finally ironed out all the kinks and the player can now teleport between their dock and the town scenes using additive scene loading.
I also did some more work with the fishing mechanic, I'll be showing that off tomorrow :)
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You can actually use it in the editor too! If you right click your scene in the project menu and click load scene additive, you can have both scenes loaded and work on them at the same time
Basically, it loads the new scene without unloading the current scene. For my case, I'm using it so that I don't have to create a new player instance while still keeping the town a separate scene.
I've been there before and it is a struggle, but this looks amazing! Super impressive
Today I was learning how to use additive scene loading in order to teleport the player into town!
It was also my first time using Unity Events (which I used to know when the new scene is loaded), so it was a lot of struggling but I got it in the end :)
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Couple small steps today.
Along with a few bug fixes, I decided to get started on improving the main mechanic. The fish now have 5 spawn points instead of just 1!
Next I'm going to improve the fish swim paths by making each one unique :)
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Big steps today!
It may not seem like much has changed, but over the past 2 days I did a complete overhaul of my inventory system. It's now much more scalable (Which is always my goal)
There are a few small bugs to squash, but I'm happy with the progress :)
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Sometimes it's really hard to enjoy coding!
I spent today fixing bugs that have popped up over the past week or so and improving my inventory system.
It looks like tomorrow will be more of the same, but hopefully I have more to share soon :)
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I feel your pain, I hate that feeling!
Exciting! Can't wait to get there myself
I spent today ironing out some bugs in my code as well as practicing more pixel art, making some sprites for my game that may or may not be used.
I think I'm getting somewhere? I will probably be sharing some of them tomorrow :)
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I honestly don't even know, is cozy a style 😂? I'm forcing myself to use a smaller color palette to keep the vibes simple
I did some more practicing today and I think I'm maybe getting somewhere? Who knows tho 😂
I've planned for my cozy fishing game to be pixel art from the start, and despite knowing it would be a steep learning curve, I still underestimated how hard pixel art is.
I just keep telling myself it's all for the vibes and aesthetic :)
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This is my first time seeing your game and I already think it's insanely cool. Maybe it's the Avenged Sevenfold swaying my opinion though :)
That aurora borealis looks insane I love it! How did you make it?
A sketch of the symbol for dar, based on the Greek symbol for a "lowercase" delta :)
I decided the fictional currency in my cozy fishing game will be called dar, based off the latin word for give, dare (dar-ay).
It'll be little gold coins like typical, but I thought giving it a unique name and symbol will help with world building :)
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Sadly no fun videos today because I was working on some more story stuff.
We now have:
20 (mostly) developed characters!
A (growing) list of 7 cats!
I got a little burnt out on coding, so I'm going to put more focus on developing the story :)
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You can finally sell your fish in my cozy fishing game!
This took so long because I kept coming up with better ways to implement it, but that's all for the best because now the code is very scalable :)
We suffer in the early stages to flourish later!
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My new banner art ft. Whimsy's big snout :) (Whimsy is the titular wyvern)
I had a spark of creativity and decided to make a banner for my account.
I put the art in the banner spot and instantly fell in love, I'm very happy with how it turned out :)
Feel free to take a peek at it in my profile!
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Lots of progress today!
I added half of my fish into the game, set the variables for each, and finally got around to making the Inventory Menu update as you catch more fish.
I'm feeling good about the game, excited to work more tomorrow :)
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I love this art style! What engine was this game made in?
I struggle with this daily! Sometimes it can be so hard to stay zoomed in on one task, but one benefit is catching a lot of problems before they even arise.
I think of it as a blessing and a curse :)
After another 4+ hours of research, I finally settled on a list of 30 fish including their rarity and sell price!
( For a first draft anyway :) )
My next steps are to put a good chunk of them in game and make the fish list update in the inventory.
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Researching for a video game??
Yes! Cus I want the town in my cozy fishing game to feel as real and alive as possible.
So, I just spent over 2 hours making a list of fish that naturally live together, sorted by where you can catch them in-game :)
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I'm sure the final version will look nothing like this, but at least now I can get to some more development.
This is the game world map I drew weeks ago for reference!
I'm just jumping from task to task at this point, but it doesn't matter cus I'm my own boss :)
Today I put together the bones of the town scene. Now I can get to some things I've been meaning to like NPC's and the cats!
- Tiny Wyvern
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No video or screenshots today, sorry!
Today I wanted to take a second pass over the story and try to flesh out some more of the details.
That way the story will be ready for when I start putting together the actual gameplay :)
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It’s #screenshotsaturday if you are an #indiedev show me the #indiegame you are working on right now!!! 👁️👁️
I'm making a game!
Currently untitled, it's a cozy, story-rich fishing game heavily inspired by #StardewValley and other farming sims.
I will be sharing many updates along the way, so stay tuned!
