Inside The Indie King's Field Revival YouTube video by EphiTV

Soulslikes? Those are old news. The latest indie revival is all about bringing back the glory days of King's Field. I decided to investigate. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ-H...

Wrong turn

Ignore the terrible camera angle. I don't have a phone tripod so I just balanced it on my mic stand lmao

Rebuilt my input handling from the ground up recently. Seamless swapping between devices, more controllers supported, warnings about duplicate binds, etc. Lots of stuff I was putting off forever.

I Played 12 Upcoming Indie Games That You Should (Maybe) Wishlist Right Now YouTube video by EphiTV

Taking a break from DLSS memes to mention that I just dropped a video about 12 new & upcoming indies you should (maybe) wishlist right now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH_z...

Despite "Immersive Sim" being the third largest sub-genre in Next Fest, there are almost no imsims to be found. There are a lot of AI slop simulation games though.

Been cooking up this lockpicking minigame these past few weeks. My cursor doesn't show in the recording, but you have to keep it steady on the target icon. WIP!

What Happens If You Noclip Out Of The Backrooms? YouTube video by EphiTV

Everyone's talking about "looksmaxxing", so I decided to have a "maximum-look" outside the bounds of many Backrooms games. Horrors mogged, or whatever. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPTf...

Now that I've implemented player stats, I get to do stuff like this. #screenshotsaturday

Thank you!

Since your equipped camera already controls what UI you see, I decided to take it a step further and add custom themes for each one. New fonts, colors, and maybe more?

Kind of difficult to explain the complexity of this design decision. But most games (even many RPGs) give the player full stats but just hand wave them for enemies. Like when your attacks are limited by stamina but the enemies don't have literal stamina and can attack endlessly.

Been working on some RPG mechanics for my next game and made the decision to not just give the player stats, but all enemies too. Adds a ton of complexity and extra work, but it'll let me do neat things like apply status effects and modifiers regardless of the target.

Looking very slick!

Extremely niche complaint, but modding Unity games built with IL2CPP is a nightmare and I curse all devs who do it (not really). That said, I am working on a new video with one such game.

Crunchy texturing process! #screenshotsaturday

Level design is often about filling spaces with random junk. Sometimes I turn these props into physics objects, let them scatter, then turn them back into static objects to be used in the game.

Made some new limb damage UI. Bonus leechrat getting obliterated by some mushrooms. #screenshotsaturday

The algo absolutely hates me tagging the devs, so here's a list of games I talked about: Northern Journey, Devora, Caput Mortum, Drowned Lake, Devoid, Routine, Metamorphosis, and Lunacid.

I Played Every Indie Game The Internet Told Me To Last Month (And Brought You The Best Ones) YouTube video by EphiTV

Did a video on a bunch of big indies everyone told me to play, plus a bunch of cool unknown ones I discovered recently. Check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=bany...

hint: a very long time

"It's just a new door type, how much time could it take me to implement?" - every game dev ever

I don't recommend trying to slide on very steep slopes
#screenshotsaturday

Been messing with my volumetrics setup a lot lately. Adds a lot of atmosphere for some small tradeoffs. Here's a little on/off.

Every few weeks I get inspired to improve my movement code some more. Here's the latest walk, sprint, jump, ledge grab, vault, climb-into-crouch, dash, and powerslide.

Made a new glass shader and some shatter effects this week (bonus peek at some WIP level design). #screenshotsaturday

I love indie games

Made some crunchy posters to liven up your post-apocalyptic concrete bunker.

Dreaming of 𝕨𝕒𝕣𝕞𝕖𝕣 𝕕𝕒𝕪𝕤 🌴🏖️
#screenshotsaturday

Finally, Squirrel Stapler 2 YouTube video by EphiTV

Posted a video over the weekend on Uktena 64, a recent comedy-horror retro hunting sim. Surely the Squirrel Stapler fans will be pleased. Check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFYu...