I can very much feel the effects of taking a long break from gamedev, as most of my time was spent on fixing my trashy code :confounded:

I only have screenshots this time around, I don't have the mental enegry to fight ScrrenToGif for a decent export :skull:

After a day of work, it seems like our ducks still tend to explode when they walk off a platform...

I did manage to finish the enemy AI (which is just picking an attack and target at random) surprisingly fast, but I had to do some ugly coding to get it to work. If I do a post-jam version, I'll raze everything to the ground and start from scratch.

Here's another creature design to celebrate:

Taurent is the matured form of Mermoo. Its mind and body are wracked by extreme emotions and physical changes due to the massive amounts of hormones flowing through it. They frequently get into violent brawls with other Taurents, but if the two survive the fight, they will form a strong bond and come closer to maturing into their final form.

I have had a bunch of things to do over weekend so am hoping I can finish a working game on Monday?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKNIz2S9e70

What if tiny creatures had to operate a human-sized spaceship?

This is a little mock-up of the cockpit that little pooflings will have to navigate. The layout will change, but I wanted to include all of the various interactive elements.

I am doing all of the art in Inkscape. @atonic and @katagatame are doing the rest in Godot.

I overscoped a lot!!! Gonna try my damned hardest but no promises

21 hours to implement my heinous half-baked idea

Today was a very busy day and I didn't manage to make any progress

I still don't know what I'll do, the urge to make a pokélike is great, but I don't think I can pull this off in this little time

I'll use the end of the night to flesh out some ideas and spend the whole of tomorrow on the project, send me luck

Gameplay loop is just about complete... now to figure out how to do Gameboy-style audio...

https://dashingstrike.s3.amazonaws.com/LD56-gameplayloop.mp4

Before freaking out that the performance of your barely functional pixel art game concept is hideously unplayable, do check that your CPU isn't already doing this for reasons known only to Windows.

It may be time to throw this PC into the furnace. Or the fires of Mordor.

Started messing with the visuals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdeICtuUw-0

Hey, fellow jammers! 🎉

We’re super excited to be part of this Ludum Dare jam and couldn’t be more hyped to share what we’ve been up to! Our team, which is somehow just shy of 40 people (yes, you read that right!), has been working hard to bring our game to life. And let me tell you, herding that many creative minds? It's like herding... well, whatever the game’s Tiny Creatures equivalent of a stampede is. 😅

We’re posting concept art, sneak peeks, and more soon on our socials, but wanted to share with everyone here too!

Best of luck to all of you, and we can’t wait to play your games when the weekend settles!

@atonic's progress so far, featuring a tiny poofy creature caught up in a spaceship that's zooming around.

https://youtu.be/bfCyfDSE61I?si=b_xjmoG6G1jBxqPX

I will flesh out the graphics and make more poofling sprites. Will we have an actual game at the end of this? Maybe, maybe not 😅

Giving our tiny creatures some life

I spent a lot of time making the character feel good to control, and to make the sprites feel cohesive and responsive. It's really fun helping her along and rolling around like a pillbug...

Come hang out with me! I'm doing a late night stream c:

https://twitch.tv/squuuidly ⬅️⬅️⬅️

Lots of set up today. Tomorrow bringing it all together!