100 Days of Game Development | Making a Rogue-like RPG 

Haha thanks! I currently work as an artist at a game dev company, I've been with them for a few years. I learned art first technically, I spent several years in the film/VFX industry where I learned a lot of the art stuff, but I've always loved making/playing video games so I slowly but steadily transitioned to coding so that I could combine the two I chose rogue-like because they are some of my favorite styles of games to play. I especially like ones that fit more into "rogue-lite" where I don't feel extremely punished for losing in the game. I chose civil war, because of the story for the game. There are very specific story beats that lend itself well to that era. Plus I feel like most indie devs make games that are based around a "fantasy" genre, and I wanted to try and stick out a little more. Endeavor is currently the working title, but who knows it could change in the future :)

Thanks! Part of the reason I started this series publically is to force myself to commit to a project like this 😅

Thank you so much for the comment, It's comments like this that amp me up and help me to keep going. I'm planning on releasing one longer video each month to show progress of the game. So There should be a new one in about a week :)

Thanks for the vote of confidence! Here's to hoping I can make it happen.

Thanks! Horses are definitely something I've thought about, they were so important in that era that it would feel near criminal to not include them. Still working out how that would affect the overall game, but it's something I definitely want to do. and yes, 100% there will be fishing :D

Thanks for the awesome comment! I agree with you. It’s easy to think I’m going slow when (x) popular RU-vid game dev makes a video like “I made this Extreme MMO in 1 day!” Or other content designed to make it seem like they’ve done the impossible

Thanks! Its really easy for me to feel like I haven't done enough in the time that I've been working. These kinds of videos help me realize that I've actually done a lot haha

Alex! Thanks a ton, I defintiely want to have a bunch of my friends try it out when it's ready. Fun fact, this idea spawned from the game nights we used to have!

Thanks Bob! Hope you are doing well!

Thanks! I want to make a game very familiar to LoZ fans, but I also really care about making something that can stand on it's own two feet.

Thanks!

Awesome! Thanks for watching!

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Welcome!

Thanks I appreciate the compliment! I just want to make a good game, whether it’s a success or not (or even if it’s good or not) is yet to be seen haha. My hopes is that I can build a small community of likeminded people to help me make it good, through feedback and play testing :)

I appreciate you joining in on the ride! Haha yeah, they all have valid points, I would say in general making nearly 100% of your own assets on a game as a solo developer is seen as a bad idea, but I really have a vision for the style of graphics that the game needs among other things

Thanks! I hope to make something that honors that purchase!

@@LastEmberGames in case you're unfamiliar - TUNIC would be a great source of inspiration, in my humble opinion.

Love Tunic! Great game

I just started! :D

Thanks! Still a long way to go!

So yeah, I keep using the term randomized dungeons because that's what people are most used to hearing when I say "procedural generation", but the story of the game itself and the reason dungeons are a tad randomized have meaning, and isn't there just for the sake of a fun buzz word or mechanic. Though they are randomized, they will still feel a bit more structured than other roguelikes like moonlighter or enter the gungeon. at the end of the day I want them to feel more like a Zelda dungeon. You'll see what I mean hopefully by September when I am finished with the vertical slice of the game :)

Hey I actually already have a small one, where I put out smaller updates to the game. Sometimes daily/weekly depending on how busy I am. In the future it is also where I'll hold play tests :) discord.gg/4QGkcPjqpG

I dont know If overpowered is the word haha. I just really want to make a good game 😅

Haha yeah he won’t always be so happy, I’ll add facial animations soon. There will also be facial hair options you can add to your character eventually.

Dude yes! Buzzards, and crows and dead animals for sure

Probably soon! (Within a month or so)

I will definitely invite people when it’s ready to do some testing :)