Avoiding Development Hell | Project Feline Devlog 

WISHLIST ON STEAM ► s.team/a/2214460 MERCH ► patreon.com/raymondcripps Thank you so much for your patience these past years. As I continue ahead with development, I have found that it is not always the measure of technical skill that counts, but rather the ability to navigate the sum of all games one must play to be an indie game developer. Being a good programmer or level designer is helpful, but matters not if you cannot be decisive. I hope this episode has shed some light on that 'meta' level that this craft demands, and my personal struggles with it. While it took longer than it should have for me to decide on my game's structure, I made that decision knowing I had tried every available alternative. In retrospect, I feel I knew the right way from the beginning but had allowed fear and self-doubt to lead me astray. I hope not to make that mistake again.

Quick Idea you don't have to scrap your old levels entirely, you can retool them into open world / hub segments that you use to travel between levels like Sonic adventure 2 or the Lego star wars game. Remove some of the obstacles and open up some of the segments and your essentially set. Players can now practice between levels and enjoy the movement mechanics in a much more casual environment edit : sonic adventure 1 o7

Honestly, i don't think you should scrap the open-world stages. They could serve as a hub of sorts, a place to calm down a bit after an exhilirating gauntlet of platforming, which are mostly optional to overall progress. This way theres no possibility of them ruining the pace. They could also provide you with a place to organically tell the story of this world, a place where all the characters could catch up to/meet each other. I kinda feel like Project Feline will be in the same niche as Neon White, just without the insufferable visual novel segments. I'm really hyped about PF and really wanna see where the game ends up. Best of luck to you and your team and, most importantly, take your time.

LOOK MA! I'm on TV! ☝ I'm happy to see one of my speedruns officially on the channel, and you chose that one of all runs XD With every update, I get more excited for the eventual release of Project Feline! I really wana get my hands on that Lab level 🥺

I still like the idea of tasks, aside from replaying for a shorter time, why not have different sets of goals that can be achieved in more than 1 run

I am so blown away by the realization you came to for play time. How everything flipped when you realized that finishing a level quickly should actually be rewarded. Really amazing video, thank you for making it.

I'm glad you remembered the reason why we love the game just because a map isn't that long doesn't mean it's bad

I feel like it would be cool if gabby would gain momentum when hitting/killing enemies, like that she doesnt completly stop when she faces an ennemy

If you haven't already, take a look at the game Neon White. With the new revelations mentioned in this video you might be able to draw quite a bit of inspiration from Neon White's game play designs as it's stages are meant to be replayed to get faster and faster completion times. There's even secret shortcuts and skips that you discover after multiple runs that net you faster times.

“threatened to closely monitor your communications” Australia moment

You are not alone in this development. Not only do you have your team, you also have the feedback and engagement of the community that you need to pay attention to what works and what does not. Always expand your thoughts out of your own head, don't keep them in all the time or else your view will become skewed.

This new direction in the level design is awesome! Plus, I don't think you have to completely give up on that idea of having different objectives in a level. I think you might just have to look to a different game aside from Tony Hawk for inspiration. For example, the levels in Sonic Adventure 2 have additional missions with a variety of objectives that you can go back to complete after the main story mission. Some of those missions even involve certain key items that you need to find in other levels to complete. Completing more missions also unlocked extra content, like a secret level. I always really liked that. The levels themselves were already really fun to replay solely to get better times, but the additional missions added some fun variety and gave me incentive to explore the levels at different speeds too.

When you started this series thought the game was essentially going to focused on Sonic-style linear courses that focused on utilizing speed and environment to get to the end as fast as possible, (with maybe some open hub levels connecting them in between.) I'm really happy to hear you're finding your focus again, and I'm super excited to see development go forward!

Man discovers he wasn't making a Tony Hawk game, he was making a Sonic game

these levels are looking amazing, fantastic progress

Hey, going the Neon White route is pretty great. You should absolutely consider speedrunning more throughout your designs and encourage the player to move fast through levels, such as providing bonus / alt stages for finishing quickly.

I am genuinely so excited for this game. I first found your channel because of this video, and from there I went back and watched through your whole devlog journey. I've been part of a big, ambitious project like this myself, so I can very much relate to some of the fears and tradeoffs you've made over the years. And the realization you made here I think is the key to all of it. You've discovered what you're making, what this game is gonna be. And you've already proven with your years of work that you have the skill, drive, and care to execute it. You're gonna kill it, man.

9:36 On the issue with how to tie level design with the world I recommend analyzing levels from Titanfall 2, both singleplayer and mutiplayer. Titanfall also focuses on wall running and keeping your momentum up so all enviroments are designed with that in mind. At the same time the art direction is one of the best ones I know and they managed to pull off making the complicated level design feel natural with the enviroment.

Following this since early development and seeing how far it's gotten really feels good tbh!

I think you need to play Sonic Adventure 2 😀 You can make high-speed levels to give the players a rush, but too much rush is draining and people will look for something calm to play after. You do need to break up the momentum with the slower exploration levels to make people really appreciate the sense of speed you get in the faster levels. Plus there's a sense of skill in speedrunning the exploration levels. Again, see SA2 for how slow is too slow because the random locations for the treasurehunt levels were frustrating as heck and changed the pace drastically.

Breaking down this process has been really insightful, speaking about what makes a challenge, etc. Great dev log

I just got done watching the devlog playlist.. thank you for this treat!!

The new levels are looking really nice! The laboratory aesthetic fits Gabby really well. Can't wait to know more about Gabby's backstory. Having played a lot of parkour games from Mirror's Edge to Neon White, I can confidently say that the amount of "content" in a game doesn't correlate with the actual size of the levels. Replayability is much more important. Neon White has a lot of extremely short, minimalistic and linear levels which manages to be extremely replayable with speedrun goals and secrets. Having a similar momentum-based movement system, I think Project Feline can definitely learn from Neon White and lean more towards repeating short levels rather than trying to provide gigantic maps.

As the game is focused on maintaining your momentum, i would advise adding a slide attack that keeps your momentum but has a smaller attack window. That way you can keep the fantastic flow of the gameplay intact. Don't remove the normal attacks though; those would still have their uses. You could also have the damage of the slide scale with your speed, alowing players to speedrun through areas and enemies if they can master your system. You're doing awesome man, keep up the great work!!!

The way you tackled this and sticking with the original approach you had for the game is very inspiring! Level design decisions are always so exciting to watch! Can’t wait for the next progress update on this

Ive been following your project since just before the first playable build was released and im loving the direction you are taking the project. Super excited for release

Yeahh I feel like the game is more about traveling and having fun while discovering new things then grinding to collect things or do something. The game just feels so chill

This is so amazing! I'm glad I discovered your channel!

Great video. It's cool to see how you've explored all the ideas and landed on the best for your game.

Woo! Way to progress! Keep at it, you doing a good job!

YOOOO THERE IT ISS!!! MAH FANART :DDD im really happy with the new (i think) direction, i hope that we get a updated demo sometime before release.

I have a TON of respect for the level of commitment you went through to figure out what was wrong with the level design, to the point you pulled out an old classic to get inspiration. Keep up the great work! (also your editing is great!)

The process you're making with the game is really inspiring ngl

Hey! A good advise from a felow GameDesigner: try segmented gameplay. Describing it with words is kind of difficult, but i will try. Segmented gameplay means some kind of parts that consist of some mechanics, witch you have to complete like a bucket list from Tony Hawk, BUT it does not mean that it needs to be just like a task. So if we look at the big tunnel level in your game and some other lvl's. They are great, cause they have a wave feel, you have to go in some kind of rithm and in a path. And this leads to the core principal in your game: Your map will be good if it has some kind of race the player can complete. Having multiple paths is a great thing! So this leads to a new way for those bulky maps, like in this video. It has some kind of paths, but you can get lost. And here comes segmented gameplay, as soon as you come on first obstacle, you will have a text for what to do next, and a small dinamic bucket list, of some kind of small path. Like rail for 5 seconds, then go 5 wall rides and a big goal it collect all 5 gears. This will help players to know what they are supposed to do, and IF they complete it, you can paint the part in some kind of color or design it somehow, so the player can SEE what he/she is left to complete. This is an easy aproach to this great problem in designing maps for fast games, took me about a month to solve)

it would be amazing if after finishing the game, a level editor would be unlocked, and players could share levels to a Mario maker-esk system. Even if tools were very basic, or difficult, certainly it would add some major replay ability even for the casual player.

You should check out the free-to-play game Warframe, for two reasons. One, it's got mid-mission dialog that I think would be a great point-of-reference for you when developing your story dialog, there's quite a few small implementation lessons you can glean from it. Two, Warframe has a lot of high-momentum gameplay, and capitalizes on it by having short procedural levels that the playerbase runs again and again and again, which sounds an awful lot like where your levels are headed.

wow, it’s been so long since i watched the devlogs for this game, cant believe how far it’s come

I really like those new more open levels, the cliff face idea for the second level is really cool! It'd be really cool to see a large clean energy farm level, with solar panels, wind turbines and maybe some big computer buildings to run across, you could incorporate floating "drone" platforms to jump across and that would allow you to use the wind turbines as obstacles, those same drones could also have solar panels on to make floating walls to run across.

Very happy to see that you re-discovered the vision of your game ^^ your level-designer seems to be a huge help to you and thats awesome Feedback from watching the gameplay shown in the video: Small space dizzyness: Watching the abandoned port gameplay felt claustrophobic and quickly caused me a bit of dizziness ( i am prone to motion sickness generally) but watching the laboratory and other gameplay i felt none of that. I think that with the smaller/denser space there's a lot more looking around and movement in small routes and like you said I don't think Gabi's movement mechanics plays with that well at the moment. The camera being so zoomed in while thats happening maybe contributed to the dizziness for me there. It looks like your camera zoom is linked to the speed and the zoomed out view, having more of the level in view helped a lot for me. Collectables/completionist: I'm not really a completionist type of player, i never wanted to or cared to spend the hours looking for and grabbing every collectable in openworld games like assassins creed for example. I think the collectables being in the linear map are nice, you see all or almost all of them ( if u have a couple specially hidden ones that would be cool in a linear map) but hiding them around the open world hub would motivate me to slow down and look for them all which i think is counter to your gameplay loop/vision/what is fun with Gabi. I feel much better about replaying a short level to get everything (and knowing they are all there and it's my skill being challenged) vs them being all over and i have to go find them (so now its more just a time sink or a wikipedia/youtube guide situation) thats my perspective on those at least. Maybe in the open area instead of throwing them in many places, design specific areas that act as challenge areas that have an obvious goal or some messaging to the player that: hey yes if u do this you will find a collectable, so it's never a question of "where is it?", and more a question of "can u get it?" I really like the enemies mechanic shown at 14:15 (omg i went through the whole video a second time to find this time stamp) Looks like a really cool mechanic that pulls the player toward interacting with the thing and getting rewarded by moving in an interesting way. really awesome. With regard to replayability concept? You could work with your level designer in the later stages of development or even post release to fashion a level editor maybe? possibly link that to the steam workshop. This can create a lot of replay value from the community developing their own levels and players challenging them? There are a few games around that do stuff like this and even have monthly community spotlights, themed challenges etc that drive community retention through the collective/shared experience. Having things that are current and happening can help people stay motivated enthusiastic and rewarded for their time. and leaderboards for competing globally and/or vs friends is cool too. similar to mario level-maker and stuff like that ? am also thinking of rhythm games where people replay a level/song multiple times to set better scores and compete with each other. All points above are just a single data point, me and my 1 person worth of perspective. Use/ don't use, agree/disagree as you want good luck with development ^^

It's always such an intersting time tuning back into these development updates. This video in particular hit soooooo close to home for me and the project I've been working on. I always get hung up on some aspect or other which grinds my progress to a halt on all of my game projects...no pun intended. I'm determined to see my latest one through which is a first person runner/platformer and found some level designers to work with me so here's to hoping we can finish up production on it in the next month or two!

This game is like trackmania, but with a speedy catgirl

I've been following your progress for awhile. It's great to see you overcame the Tony Hawks game mechanics trauma. It's also 100% A+ what your level designer did for you. There are a massive amount of time saving tricks for build/level work that people pull out of the hat. I'm see people doing weekend level design builds in Unreal Slackers and it's amazing. Personally, I'd rather have more levels that take less time and be able to complete compared to a massively longer one. Many people will end up having their most favorite levels to play or replay from a game. It gives people more choices in what to do. You can keep your existing already created level work and just add new levels into game play. It's all about people having fun and feeling engaged. Keep up the Excellent work, everything just keeps getting better and better with the game.

I think a longer level wouldn’t be bad. Maybe even a long rail that leads you to focus on a beautiful scene for a moment.

The new levels look awesome, seems like they'd be super fun to play. Love seeing the progress!

you could still add a challenge system to encourage players to play the linear levels multiple times. Stuff like "get all the pickups", "complete the level without killing enemies", "reach the objective without touching the floor", or "complete the level in under 1 minute" would really give players the motivation to spend time getting good and experimenting with the mechanics

Been watching this stuff ever since I first saw you creating Gabby. Really happy to see we are in the good timeline where you realize what you’re doing wrong and are looking to make a great game for the players themselves and the character the game is made for, instead of trying to squish things into goals you made for yourself that don’t align with what really matters. One thing that popped into my head while watching this was how the game might benefit from some Metroidvania type aspects to help with replayability, such as having levels where you want to backtrack to unlock collectibles, permanent powerups, and areas you couldn’t get to previously, and while those things still might help somewhat, it feels like you already came to an understanding of how to keep players playing by knowing what has already kept them playing previously with your early designs in levels. Now, instead I think about how your levels might benefit from trying to give more room for personalization in how the player chooses to complete a level, by not making a single route to the end and giving multiple ways to complete the objective. These are just some things that came to mind while watching this video, and I hope you do well regardless considering all the effort you went through and still stuck through with making the game.

level tooling or small inhouse tools gets often overlooked when making games, but there is so much time to be saved. Especially if you know your vision and have a clear idea of the outcome! Cant wait to play your game, your "new" route seems like the best choice for your game mechanics :D

Making a creator mode either in the base game or as DLC ala Mario Maker will give it a lot of playtime and be popular among players.

you don't know how exited i am after seeing "new video uploaded" also your graphics look like it's made by people who work for actual companies it just feels "official" see what you're looking for that "anime feeling" and for now, i enjoy it alot

I'm really interesting exploring your thought process here. So cool that tools will allow you to create larger momentum-based levels than you have been able to in the past! You got darn lucky with that level designer. :)

Ooh just a thought! If you really want to include some more thinking using levers and stuff, maybe you could have pressure plates that could be activated by wall running or pulled by gabi as she rail grinds. While these buttons don't have to be used, they can be used to open shortcuts, lore areas like an abandoned subway, or have hidden drops. Take great pride team feline! All the best guys!!! ❤❤❤

Theres definitely a reason that a lot of game companies will use outdated engines or even develop their own when theres much better alternatives. They've spent years developing competencies sure, but more importantly they have years worth of tools and the amount of work upgrading engines saves is minimal compared to the amount of work that creating or updating their tools will.

I'm glad it's going in more of a speed game direction, if you're ever feeling lost neon white is one of the most beloved speed indie games. Some levels in neon white are ground down to a matter of seconds and having a grading system for how fast you are really entices players to go faster. Also can always look at surf_ maps as they have an incredible sense of momentum and speed. (though the mechanics in surf maps are way more barebones)

Great Devlog. I think you came to the right conclusion about your game direction! Good luck in finishing your game!

your game is looking awesome so far, cant wait to play it!

So glad this video came across my feed, it's an excellent example of how playtesting and iteration is critical to making a good, fun game. Very well executed and the game looks super impressive, best of luck!

Listening through this, I had an idea for a stage. A large, cylindrical stage that wrap around itself multiple times. It would allow for a small stage, some unique mechanics, and also a sense of tension as you progress, not from dying, but from the risk of going back to a previous area, almost like getting over it in a way. There's probably also some great ways you could incorporate Gabby's movement into a level designed that way, and you could definitely add some neat secrets and speed checks, basically making a soft requirement for a certain amount of speed to clear certain gaps. My brain goes to almost like a particle collider for a level like that, but it could be anything really. I just think the idea would be neat

the way I view it this game has the same vibe that people wanted from 3d sonic games for so long, the same thrill of speeding through the classic 2d games in a 3d level that rewards skill with the ability to zoom through the world

Short linear levels was always the way. Praised be the corridor, and may the lord bring you many replays of the two minute stage

Idea, If you want to go down the stage replayability route, You could do something like the earlier sonic games, multiple branching paths with secrets along the way. You cant easily complete everything in a single run, but as you replay, explore, and master the stage, you find and unlock more. Ideas for some common objectives: Complete the stage an A rank time Collect F E L I N E (Letters scattered across the branching paths, requiring backtracking, these are saved between tries of the stage) Complete Special Stage (Hidden somewhere in the stage, and will be a difficult test of your movement skills.)

Love your outdoor level mockup! If you're having some trouble figuring out a natural way to skin your "outdoor" level, check out some post apocalyptic scenes from anime with tilting skyscrapers and crumbling ocean highways sprawling across water. This can be leveraged for a bit of environmental storytelling, and cataclysms can diegetically explain the sparser levels. They also explain why other levels are extremely dense, with civilization growing in very concentrated metropolis-sized cities.

Here is an idea in case case nobody pitched it yet. You could make some levels reversible in the sense that as soon as the player reaches his goal he then has to go the same route backwards. A good example is going into a facility to get to some secret documents and has soon as you found them, the security system activates. You then have to escape from the same route made more difficult with (more) enemies, lasers or even holes in closed off walls to thread through. Going through a level in reverse can still feel like a new stage and I believe mario kart has an option to drive stages in reverse for this purpose. Also, it will easily double the playtime in a stage with little effort.

Gotta be one of my favorite videos here. Mostly because how despite your initial desires, you ended up going back to square one, because its what the fans loved about the game. I'm not really interested in the game but I've been enjoying watching the devlogs.

when Raymond starts to talk about the labratory level where he invited his friends to play it and also said they completed the level in 4 mins but continued to play the level for 30 mins that made me remind of Trackmania speedruns because they pump hours to get few hundreads of a second to get the world record and trackmania maps are small so yeah that made me reminded me about Trackmania exept it's a platformer

Glad I stumbled upon this during my late night insomnia adventures. Looks really cool!

by this ,this game become favorite of speed runner community

Nice, as someone that wants to speedrun the game, i'm happy it is going back to shorter linear levels. Can't wait for when it releases on steam.

what instantly came to mind when you said speedrunning; trackmania's community maps maps that are built by individuals playing the game for themselves and to share with friends and other over the internet this would ofc be quite the undertaking, but if possible, could be a huge asset for replayability, increasing playtime per player a lot

Now this, this is a good a good example of what development hell really is. Not just that it is a bad thing, but how it looks, feels, and comes to be (damn that skate board rabbit hole). Its good to hear that there is a way out, simply the fail faster approach, focusing on the players and getting out of your own head. I'll def need to keep this in mind if I ever get around to releasing one of my own projects, being willing to adapt the project as I learn how others see it.

This video really made me excited about your game, hope you get your deserved success! And most important of all, that you enjoy with awe your finished game!!

Great take on the modifying mechanics, its always so tempting to go ahead and rewrite whole designs and mechanics from start.

HES BACKKKKK also great progress! it kinda interesting to see that you ran across the same problem sonic team had when making boost stages for sonic

Haven't been following this series for a while but holy it looks so good now

I remember watching an interview with Shigeru Miyamoto who said him and Reggie would set up a blank white room with a few boxes exclusively to test Mario's movement. It's the first thing they develop; and the first level they make for every single Mario game. Good on you for focusing on continuing your current movement system. Save the idea of a skater style system for a possible sequel.

I think this was the right decision. With games like this, players just want to go as fast as possible and speedrun these levels, I spent hours playing Sky Port and trying to get a faster time. With enemies and other obstacles it should be even more fun

Hey, I have been following since the start and I must say that this version looks the most fun and satisfying.

Comgrats to the level dev for making that breakthrough! It's definitely super empowering to have easy-to-use art tools to ensure that you have the freedom to move fast and break things. Even if you're stuck designing levels in blender, the modifiers and geometry nodes are a godsend for automating art pipelines

Have you considered having some levels structured like graphs with linear segments that interconnect so the player has to go back and forth across each linear segment to get to different parts to complete the level, making the player essentially replay but still in one playthrough (maybe enemies/obstacles/platforms/walls/grindrails could be added or removed to shake things up when the player is traveling back through later in the level)

This is extremely relatable. I've been obsessed with playtime and how long my levels should be as well. It's like looking in a mirror, thanks for that ;)

Yes you are doing a very good job with your game. Can't wait to play it.

Rather short and memorable than drawn out to a point where content just exists to pat out the play length rather than granting a nice fresh experience.

I always like when games use hub levels to traverse between missions and wish more had them, instead of level selection. You can fill the hub with everything you want and even it can provide lots of playtime, add interaction to it, small little challenges to practice the skills, shops, hidden secrets and sub levels. This can break the repetiteveness and provide gameplay variety. But it does not need to stray away from the main gameplay. For example you can put a skin shop at a rooftop which you have to access by platforming. Maybe even keep the enemies in the stage, like fog of war kind of thing. As one of the comments said "You do need to break up the momentum with the slower exploration levels to make people really appreciate the sense of speed you get in the faster levels."

nice to see you realising whats really important about what you love its not about keeping people around, its about getting them to love your game and make them want to be around

I remember seeing the early development videos a long time ago. The games come a far way and looks great, very well done.

This game has a lot of similarities in design to one of my favorite games, Cyber Hook. I honestly was grinding one map just to get the best score, and had about 100 attempts at it. Most of the maps are these big open linear maps, but with enough speed you could find ways to skip parts to go even faster. Excited to see how things develop!

Yea, Project Feline seemed from your first description like the game ment for speedruns, so am happy you reevaliuates it on that axis.

I understand this struggle all to well. Fist of the Forgotten is also a very momentum focused game, and it's possible to zip past months of work in seconds. Here's hoping we both pull off some successful projects! The world needs more fun, momentum-focused games!

I think Ultrakill is an example of a game that in theory has a very short playtime, but in practice has insane replayability due to the high skill ceiling, and features like different difficulty levels and ranks being achievable, and the fact that getting perfect rankings unlocks new content.

You're an Inspiration man, looking for what your players love and building up on that is something you don't see very often these days. Wish you the best, and take your time with the game until it's ready, we'll play it, don't you worry king! ^^

I've been playing a lot of devil may cry recently, and one of the reasons it's so cool is that you can take down entire bosses, clear entire stages, and go crazy with your style, all without ever getting hit or slowing down. Watching the gameplay, it looks kind of unsatisfying when you sometimes gotta run at normal speed when you lose all your momentum. While I haven't played the demo myself, I'd like to say that, for the sake of coolness, you should theoretically never ever have to slow down. It's a game all about speed, right? Also, no game is complete without an emote button; if you did it in the same way pizza tower did it it wouldn't slow down gameplay but would make you look so much cooler doing stuff. My best wishes!

i personally would love a speedrun type level where what you have to do is make as much momentum as you can to reach a lever to open a gate before something eliminates you/ends your run in said level. and i can imagine like 3-5 ways to reach said end point, you can go: completionist: getting all the gears, hitting the lever and have a score above (enter score here) [grants Stylish jumper's jumping augment] {grants a double jump} speedrun: getting to the end point as fast as you can (before timer reaches half) [grants Speedster's speed jets augment] {grants a dash ability that can be used once before needing to touch the ground} casual: reach the end before timer runs out. [grants access to the next level, nothing more]. thrillseeker: reach the end point without collecting any gears but with atleast (half of timer remaining) [grants Drenalin's stimulant pill] {grants increased perception, slowing down time for a bit] easter bunny: find all of the hidden (hidden object) throughout the map before hitting the lever [grants Bonnie's easter surprise] {its a mystery box, it can give Drenalin's stimulant pill, access to a level skip, or hidden sound tracks available only after finishing the game} i do not know if these work with what you have in mind, but honestly it was just some stuff that came through my brain. also Drenalin, Bonnie and Speedster do sound like neat nicknames for characters (if you plan to add any)

I’m a big fan of movement games and I’m really excited for Protect Feline. :D Moreover it’s been super cool watching these expertly crafted devlogs! It’s really educational and gets me really excited about gene development has a whole. Super cool stuff!

You're so good at telling your story, wow, kinda jealous to be honest. Hopefully, that will shine through in your game as well.

You're an inspiration man. Keep pushing forward. Never give up.

From what I can see from the revised version of the levels, it gives me modern sonic vibes, I’d recommend giving those games a look to get some inspiration

This is why Sonic games are so fun to play. There are very few stages, but they are addicting. Getting fast enough times to get the S rank, then trying to shave off even more seconds just for the sake of being faster. I think a ranking system or time based rewards might be a good way to incentivize players to replay levels in Project Feline as well!

MRW he thinks he's making Tony hawk: *PANIC* MRW he realizes he's making Sonic: Calm

Nice to see this Project grow, as always...Btw...I always tought a "Sonic like and something like that Truck jumping game" would be best for your game... Heck, I beat you can make a endless repeating level with a time limit, where you can exeed it with some pick ups and it would be a blast :3

NOOOOO... I binge watched all your devlogs and I'm up to date. now i have to wait to see what Awesome content comes next! jokes aside really awesome work man cant wait to see where it goes!

I was gonna say, you basically went from a more closer Mirror's Edge type feel (with third person ofc) to a more Sonic Adventure / Spark the Electric Jester type feel. Seems like it's the right direction.