Kryptic Studios: Star Dancers Dev

BOI DO I HATE #WATER!!!! It's stupid wetness and stupid hydration. Stupid flowing mechanics and stupid laws of physics. Stupid piss-making mechanics and stupid need for survival. Screw water, I hope you evaporate. (Video speed 2.5x) #godot #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #StarDancers #programming

My first attempts at fluid physics.... I've got so much work ahead of me..... #coding #godot #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #programming #StarDancers

I MAY have re-added Animalese back into my overlay... I MAY also have went a little overboard with the customizations...... Shoutout to @pinguis.bsky.social for providing the sound assets, and inspiration for the customizations! #coding #godot #streamer #vtuber #indiedev #solodev #gamedev #skull

I still need to polish it up some more, but the block angle system is at least functional. I don't want to admit how long this took, or the coding war crime I committed to do so. Also, basic workbench is done. #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #Godot #StarDancers #pixelart

Over the past week or so I've been working on adding walls, caves, water basics, and better generation in general. If you have any dogs give them a pet and tell them I said they were a good boy/girl. This is a threat. 🔫🙂 #coding #gamedev #indiedev #programming #godot #solodev #StarDancers

Made a LOT of updates to my overlay, including damage and levels for chat and myself. Plus animations. Plus phrases. Plus a bunch of other stuff I can't remember because I've been blindly hyper-focusing on this thing for days now... #godot #overlay #streamer #vtuber #indiedev #solodev #gamedev

I made a LOT of updates to my #godot #overlay last night. -I now primarily speak through tts. -You can just murder me if you get tired of me talking through tts. -Also updated the chat visuals and did a LOT of refactoring and optimizing. #coding #vtuber #streamer #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

I'm still on the fence, but I MIGHT get back into #streaming in the near future while I work on pixel art assets for #StarDancers. A short test of my #godot #overlay I made over a year ago. It still works surprisingly. #coding #vtuber #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #streamer

I'm FINALLY working on the pixel art for Star Dancers, which has been a long time coming. My art skills are rough, but I'm hoping to improve along the way. Anywho, say hello to the very first 'officially' created sprite for the game, the smelter. #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #godot #solodev

Man I hate trees. Their stupid trunks and their stupid leaves. Their stupid wood and stupid roots and stupid photosynthesis. #coding #godot #indiedev #solodev #gamedev #StarDancers #programming #trees

Hickory Dickory Dock, It's currently shading o'clock, The clock struck one, I suck at rhymes, Hickory Dickory Dock #coding #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #gamedev #gamedevelopment #godot #StarDancers

D0n't h8 m3 cuz 1'm sl0p1ng, m8! #solodev #indiedev #gamedev #gamedevelopment #coding #godot #StarDancers

I'm FINALLY working on planets again! Instead of making all the art as I go along, I made a simple "template" system where I can do quick color swaps for different block types, then can come back and work on the art later. Good for prototyping! #coding #godot #solodev #indiedev

Star Dancers Fun Fact: "Overburn Transit", your standard travel method between planets, literally detonates a Starship's engines. It only works for Star Dancers because one Dancer known as G-102 "Mad-Lad" Gary annoyed reality into rewriting itself. #gamedev #lore #indiedev #solodev #StarDancers

I'm honestly loving how responsive and snappy the movement feels now. While charging a boost, your ship's turn speed increased by 50%, allowing for better control of boost direction. Also working on procedurally generated asteroids. #coding #godot #StarDancers #indiegame #solodev #indiedev

Starship movement updates! -Charge boost your engine, allowing quick direction changes in the heat of combat. -Engine and wing trails, 'cuz it looks cool. -You can now strafe back left and right instead of fighting momentum. #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #gamedev #godot #StarDancers

I HATE WORKING WITH UI SO MUCH I SWEAR TO GOD! Anyways, here's a planetary orbit state where you can select a celestial body to visit. It also goes directly to the orbit state if you choose a planet as a destination in the Star System Map! #coding #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #godot

The ship doesn't just "warp" anymore, it DETONATES. Plus a big background and warp visuals overhaul. #indiegame #solodev #indiedev #space #godot #coding #GonePlaid

Playing around with warp effects at the moment. I still need to work more on the warm-up and cool-down tho.... Also added in a system for orbiting planets, giving you time to choose your destination or just coast in orbit for a while. #coding #solodev #gamedev #stardancers #indiedev

FINALLY added in moons and their orbits into Star Systems. The complexity of it all is getting out of scope for the current UI, so I might have to redo some things to make it sensible. #coding #godot #space #indiedev #solodev #gamedev

This is sped up almost 300,000% for showcase purposes. Planets now have an updated orbit trail, tapering to show the direction of orbit for planets. Star systems all now "face" a single direction, with "North" pointing to the Galaxy Center. #coding #godot #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #StarDancers

-Planets now orbit their respective Sun! -You can now WarpDrive across the Star System! -You can open the map and watch yourself zoom across Star Systems! -System Map now shows player facing direction. -Complete Starship Overhaul(way simpler now)! #coding #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #godot

Working on an updated Ship Customization UI. Although it's better than the previous one, I might rework it later to show mechanical arms physically replacing the parts of your ship later. This is WAY better then it used to be tho... #coding #solodev #gamedev #indiedev #godot

After a LOT of headaches, coffee, and existentialism, planets now loop indefinetly like you're circumnavigating them. Generation still needs to be reworked to fit this new system, but should be a simple fix. #coding #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #godot

My April Fool's Prank was spending the past two days implementing Character Save data and Inventory Permeance because I'm too broke and sleep deprived to do much else. Get pranked, nerds. #coding #aprilfools #indiedev #solodev #gamedev #godot

After playing @internetskeleton.website's game, I realized I needed to put in a disclaimer in my game as well since it's also in early in development. Should have so this MUCH sooner. Go buy his game btw, that's a threat: skeletonsoftware.itch.io/decay-chain #coding #indiedev #gamedev #solodev

Please excuse me while I take a break from Star Dancers #indiegame to hyper-fixate on making my own #website for the next few days.... ☠️ I've kinda put it off for a LONG time, time to fix that. #coding #webdev #hyperfocus

Today's progress: -Items now spawn from blocks when broken -Item spawning now uses ItemIds and ItemData It took a while for my smooth-brain to make this, but it works. 😅 #gamedev #indiedev #coding #godot #solodev

Both block placement and mining using objects and tools are now functional. There's no animation, limitations, timing, etc, but it's a good start for now! I'll work on animations when I start fleshing out character customization. #godot #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #coding

MORE updates: -3 building blocks -Added item details when hovering -Stack Priority -Optimized item tracking Now to start working on: -Dropping items -Placing Blocks -Mining blocks with tools #coding #godot #indiedev #solodev #videogame #update

Current FINISHED updates: -(super) simple space stations -Proc gen rework to allow stations -Item pooling -Item framework -Player inventory -Inventory UI -Drag and drop on inventory UI -Item stacking and prioritization -Hotbar functionality #coding #godot #solodev #indiedev #programming #gamedev

Item sound go brrrrrr

I had an "Item Concept" in place previously for playtester feedback, now I'm redoing the entire system using Item Pooling and optimizing item scripts. #godot #coding #programming #gamedev #gamedevelopment #solodev #indiedev

Currently working on a basic UI layout. A lot of this won't be usable for a while, but it's still nice to prepare for the future. Ya'll better stay hydrated or I'll personally track you down and swap skulls with you. Hydrate before you diedrate. #coding #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #programming

The funnest thing about making my own game is the ability to go online and just download whatever photo I want as a temporary texture when testing new mechanics or features. This is a totally serious game, I swear. #gamedev #programming #sonic #solodev #coding #indiedev

Updated the #ProcGen fog system for space exploration. Still a needs some work, but I love how it looks so far. Also updated star variety in the background. #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #space #programming #coding #godot

After roughly 24 hours of coding, I've removed and fixed every error in the game and added a few other optimizations as well. This is unedited gameplay footage WITHOUT any editing or loading screens. #coding #gamedev #programming #godot #solodev #indiedev

Finally implimented PLANETARY save data. It works by only saving the blocks you've modified, cutting down on load times and file size simultaniously. #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #space #godot #coding #programming #StarDancers #survival

ACCURATE(ish) PLANETARY ORBITS ARE UP AND RUNNING! The video's x1,000,000 speed for preview purposes, and so you can see the elliptical orbit showing the push and pull of celestial masses based on their distance from the sun. #gamedev #space #indidev #solodev #coding #programming #pixelart

YOOOOOOOO, LET'S GOOOOOOOO!!!!!! I managed to finally unique planetary orbits working!!! This is obviously just a "bare bones" debug setup, but it's a start. Gods I hate math. #coding #programmer #indiedev #solodev #gamedev

You can now select planets by clicking on them, is a tip I garnered from a friend a few days ago. I'm embarrassed at how long this took me. Now that Map functionality is complete (for now), I need to figure out what to work on next. I'm kinda bad at planning😅 #indiedev #gamedev #StarDancers #space

I may be pouring a little TOO much love into the map mechanics. Added the ability to zoom in and out and focus on individual planets. Also changed around the UI to allow you to focus on the system's sun itself. #indiedev #gamedev #Godot #StarDancers #Space

Updated the map to only display Scanned and Visited Planets in a Star System. Undiscovered planets will be replaced with an 'Undiscovered Planet' shader, and have their names other other details omitted. #indiedev #gamedev #StarDancers #solodev #godot

Finally modified the save system to keep track of player's last visited star systems. Needed to make the system flexible since the save files grow similar to that of Noita or Starbound where data is generated ONLY after visiting new areas. #indiedev #gamedev #godot #space #gamedev

FINALLY BACK TO DEVELOPING AGAIN!!! -Added a lot of stuff I'm too lazy to regale here, more info in the link! Simply put, you can now explore the barebones of the galaxy. Game still sucks tho.... kryptickralo.itch.io/star-dancers... #gamedev #indiedev #godot #solodev #StarDancers

I'm still working on Star Dancers, but development has slowed down due to a LOT of things happening in my personal life. In the meantime, here's the beginnings of Terrain Manipulation! #stardancers #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev #godot

So I'm adding some UI to the galaxy map to display star systems and their planets (planets that have not been visited will be blurred out when playing). What are your thoughts of the UI composition here? Just looking for feedback before I commit too much to it. #gamedev #indiedev #godot #space #hi

So I FINALLY managed to get the star system map to display planets dynamically using their respective seed. There's only one system type at the moment, but each star color will be it's own type with a different color and (hopefully) mechanically different sun and planets. #indiedev #gamedev #godot

I made a LOT of optimizations to the galaxy map, and it runs buttery smooth even on my old and decrepit laptop. Also added in a better UI which generates ALL the data for any solar system when looking at it. Hoping to make this UI as simple and intuitive as possible. #gamedev #indiedev #godot

Yooooooo, I ain't even finished yet and this things is already looking better than I ever expected! Really proud of myself with how majestic and ambient this looks, both as a programmer and an artist, even though it's so simple. #gamedev #indiedev #godot #gamedevelopment #StarDancers

I updated the title screen with updated visuals to test out concepts for other areas of the map, and I'm pleasantly surprised with how things look so far! Follow the project here: kryptickralo.itch.io/star-dancers #gamedev #indiedev #godot #gamedeveloper #stardancers

Godot's Terrain feature, although helpful, didn't quite work with my chunk system, so I decided to code in a "Terrain Pass" to act as an auto-terrain generator. Become a game designer they said, it will be easy they said. #gamedev #indiedev #procgen #godot

Updated my title screen to emphasize the mood of the rest of the game. I'm really happy with how it turned out so far! Temporary music is by @moomarmouse.bsky.social , but I'll likely redo it later in development. #gamedev #indiedev #indiedeveloper #godotdev #godot #StarDancersSeedsofEternity

Currently working on generating terrain and biomes for planets. Took a lot of inspiration from @terraria.bsky.social(plz don't sue me). Any biomes or planet types you'd like to see? #procgen #proceduralgeneration #gamedev #gamedevelopment #indiegame #indiedev

Me: "Mom, can we buy No Man's Sky?" Mom: "We have No Man's Sky at home, sweetie." *No Man's Sky at home* #gamedev #indiedev #godot #gamedevelopment #indiegame #IndieGameDev #meme

Terraria 2 plz don't steal (is joke, plz don't sue): #gamedev #indiedev #godot #gamedevelopment #indiegame #IndieGameDev

I went on hiatus from a personal #gamedev project known as "Project Liberator" a while back, which took inspiration from #Terraria, #NoMansSky, #ArmoredCore, and #Asteroids, and I'm thinking about continuing it again. Thoughts?

I FINALLY HAVE A #Twitch #STREAM SCHEDULE!!! This week I'll mainly be doing #gamedevelopment since I've been working hard on K.R.A.P.S. lately, reworking some systems in previous projects since I suck a little less now! My socials: linktr.ee/kryptickralo #gamedev #vtuber #indiedev #interactive

I added in a cutscene trigger when chat uses the "Kralo.Kill()" redeem. One of these days I'll stop working on K.R.A.P.S. and start working on ACTUAL GAMES! Any other gimmicks you all want to see? #godot #gamedev #indiedev #stream #streamer #twitchstreamer #gamedev #gamedevelopment

I added in a "Be Right Back" button directly into K.R.A.P.S., because I'm the king of innovation and not because I'm lazy and keep forgetting to swap back to the proper scene in #OBS. #lazy #gamedev #indiedev #godot #twitch #twitchstreamer #godot #indieznutz #overlay

Added an "Ads In Progress" window, letting me and everyone else know when mass-ads are rolling. Might make a "Be Right Back" window too so I don't have to swap between OBS and K.R.A.P.S.. ☠️🦴 Also working on a raid event too! 🦴☠️ #gamedev #vtuber #streamer #indiedev #skull #twitch #godot

People can now customize the sound that plays when they interact in chat. No way in hell will I come to regret this feature in the future and will need to code in a volume and silence/vibrate function to retain my own sanity. #vtuber #streamer #twitchstreamer #gamedev #indiedev #fart

Hippity hippity, whipping out the glockity. Since chat can kill me for a few seconds to silence me, figured I'd return the favor. #streamer #stream #godot #twitch #indiedev #gamedev

So there's apparently a bug in my #stream overlay created in #godot where the chat field can process BBCode from #Twitch chat. Screw it, it's a feature now. #gamedev #vtuber #streamer #indiedev Also, hi, I'm KrypticKralo. I'm a Game-Dev/Streamer in my free time!