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Rahil Blade4 years ago

My exams preparations are currently going on at the moment as a result I have played very few games from the jam. But when i saw this game I wanted to check it out immediately!! This is an awesome looking aesthetically pleasing game that tells a imaginative short little story while impressing the audience with it's minimalistic game design. 

I wanted to ask  ... is the animation ragdoll based or you have pre-set the key frames ? It looks random at times (not that it's bad or anything just curious about how you meant to implement that)

Also if in the future you try to make a full version (which I hope you do) try adding a rhythm based element to it. I feel the movements and the world itself could really fit in with that kind of gameplay!

All in all a solid game that leaves me very curious for further updates!

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tanatb4 years ago

I'm glad that you saw the game and that it hooked you into trying it, and I'm really glad that you liked the game! I really appreciate how you described the game -- it means a lot to me :)

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tanatb4 years ago

So this was the asset I used for the houses: https://www.kenney.nl/assets/fantasy-town-kit and they came in separate parts and I don't know blender well enough to re-stitch the asset back together. So I just imported the separate meshes and created my own house models based off of the different parts. 

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tanatb4 years ago

For example, this is what my player object looks like:

it's really janky and I would not recommend it.

I added the animation controller to the Player object and animated just the 'Model' object. I have a similar set up for the NPCs and that allowed me to utilize the same animation across all the different NPCs. Nothing is rigged, there is no ragdoll, I'm just squash-and-stretching the base mesh.

When you're moving around it's just the combination of this idle animation (that actually always plays LOL) and the wacky physics makes it feel ragdoll-y despite nothing actually being ragdoll-like.

If you're curious, feel free to take a look at the repo https://github.com/ttanatb/BuildingRelationshipsV2 just take note that I excluded all the assets that I don't have permission to redistribute.

Also I just wanted to say thanks again, because I'm really glad at least someone is wanting to see more from this little experience I've made. I'm always a fan of sprinkling rhythm-based elements into the environment, but I doubt I'd be able to scope that in for this project, whoops. Regardless, thanks for leaving such a kind comment -- you've really made my day

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Rahil Blade4 years ago(+1)

Haha no need to thank me!

Your game is amazing and Thank YOU for showing the animation setup! I think the way you implemented it, even though it's manually done still gives that unexpected vibe in the movements!

Continue making such great games you have a bright gamedev future ahead of you!

If I get some time again I will go through the game again ... I think i did not catch all the fishes lol. 

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tanatb4 years ago(+1)

Ah, your comment really does mean a lot to me! You can't make me not thank you 😂 And there may or may not be a secret interaction that you can activate by collecting all the fish 👀

I really appreciate what you said about my gamedev future, can't wait to make more games (maybe Ludum Dare next)!

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Rahil Blade4 years ago(+1)

Just finished your game again! This time got all the 10 fishes (that barrel was a sneaky little one) also got the ticket and the interaction!

I took my time and found all the treasures chest as well, the one at the top was extremely UNEXPECTED, initially I thought it you forgot to remove some object but then after receiving the very SMALL number of shoes 😂😂😅 I investigated !!!

It kind of also gave me the "a short hike" vibes!

Without exaggerating or praising you too high this game could have a full blown commercial release maybe not in this form, but some of the ideas here can be expanded upon into something special! 

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tanatb4 years ago(+1)

The dialogue with the small amount of shoes is literally my favorite piece of dialogue I've ever written, and I'm glad that you found it funny :)

I'm also really glad you found ALL the chests! As far as I know, you're the first to do that (or to tell me that they've done so).

I really enjoyed A Short Hike so I'm glad that the game reminded you of it!

Thanks for playing it through a second time, really means a lot to me :D Also appreciate the amount of praise you've given to the game, it's made me really want to put more time into gamedev :)

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