I Made A HUGE Mistake With My Game... (Devlog) 

i'm so sorry your parent has cancer, but i'm glad you worked on the project at all! take your time mr.saultoons!

Finally a faceplant update The Level looks absolutely gorgeous, Kudos!

making a mistake that forces you to have more custom art kinda sounds like a blessing in disguise to me! youre a great artist and the more hand made details we have vs. tiling will be well worth the wait - level looks awesome

Sorry to hear about your parent's condition. Hope they will get well soon. And best of luck the development.

Sorry about your parent, i can't imagine how hard it's been, i wish a speedy recovery to him/her ❤

Aye man don't worry about it, you can't expect yourself to be perfect, we all go through a long period of time where our productivity plummets, ive been stuck in that hole for 5 months, but i know i will inevitably get out of it, life can be stressful and your mental well-being should always take priority. Even when you feel like there is no excuse for you struggling to make progress, there is, simply worrying about your own lack of progress can also be a detriment sometimes. As for my lack of progress, i think it's simply because I'm too scared to write, i decided to make a story game and it's extremely nerve racking, but i refuse to drop it, i need to make this game, i got into game development to help express myself so i wont so easily drop a project that is entirely designed to do that, it's theme is very personal to me and i want to share what's going on in my head with my friends but i cant do it with words so i need to make this game and despite my lack of progress over these past 5 months, im determined, it's inevitable that i will finish this game so long as i keep pushing forward. As for this video, I like what you've done with the art, it looks very nice and feels polished, can't wait to see what the rest of this game will look like :-)

a game with uncontrollable character like this could be a metaphor for the type of adhd mentality where someone is obsessed with their goal so much they don't realise they need to take breaks and that overworking themselves can be harmful and even less effective (especially considering that the game would be literally easier if Faceplant stopped running for ONE Second x)

I wish your family a speedy recovery!

0:14 i'm so sorry to hear about your parent may god cure them very soon

Those brushes are really clever. I struggled making a 2d game so much I just opted for 3d instead. I'm not an artist so I have no idea how hard a brush is to make. But damn that might have changed things for me.

I love the theme of nature covering the industrial background, keep going!

Life happens all the time. It's not an excuse it's just, well life. There is always somthing, good and bad. No matter how dark it gets, even in darkness, there's light. You will get through it and released a cool game. No doubt in my mind. Keep it up!

This is looking really fantastic! As someone who's working on game dev project (in very early stages) with someone, solving the issues of HOW things look, how to apply the visuals, how to integrate 2d with 3d-- visions of where you wanna take things are met with revisions so often that it's hard to make progress until you sort out the mistakes/obstacles! I wish you luck on Faceplant! I'm looking forward to this game :)) and can't wait to see where you take it!

Keep well, mate. Life throws a lot of curve balls but I'm sure you'll find a way through it. Looking forward to seeing more of the game and will surely support it on release!

I LOVE the flower trail. your thought processes inspire me to keep learning. Earned a subscriber.

Very sorry about your parent, I wish them well, alongside you and the rest of your family and friends that struggle with this news. The lower than expected amount of progress is completely understandable and it's fine. Life can be a pain sometimes, but it's good to see you are still going strong. Keep up the great work, and once more I wish you the best.

stay safe, mr. Saultoons !! take care of your self and your famility! as the other comment said, we can wait this youtube chanel doenst need to be another thing to worry about

Looks slick! Your solution for the background art works really well

So glad you found an art flow that's working for you!! It's a really interesting approach, I want to try working with similar steps for my art and seeing what happens Sorry to hear about your "excuses"--sounds like a lot's been going on, and it's good to spend time on the things that really need it. (Like family ♡) Don't worry about us!!

Going through all that and you've nailed the art! This looks fantastic.

I really enjoyed how you sketched out the levels! Making scribbles is such an important step :D And wow, those flowers wherever you walk is such an amazing detail 💛

The level art snapshots look fantastic. Best wishes to you and your family as well.

Bon courage ! Mais c'est chouette d'avoir des nouvelles même pour annoncer que ça n'a pas avancé :)❤

That looks really sick! Especially how the plants grow behind the character!!! Also make sure to take your time with the situation you're in right now (new job, parent's cancer, ...) :D

Saul this game is going to be so cool when it comes out. I enjoyed playing it in the play test and would love to see the finished game (Also i love the new shorts you are coming out with)

Looking forward to more updates on this game!

Take your time and don't overexert yourself, thank you so much for showing us still, I always look forward to your videos! Also i'm so sorry about your parents, I wish them a fast recovery!

IDEA: I haven’t watched all the devlogs so I’m not sure if this is already in the game. The plant guy could create grass and foliage wherever it runs. On top of just looking really cool and creating some visual interest, it would also indicate which areas you have reached so you can see when you reach a new high score. You could also incorporate it into the game’s story. Then check points could also be indicated by a pot that grows a big sunflower when you reach it. I’m sure there are tons of other stuff you could do with the idea.

Faceplant (TM) simulates life really well. It's a constant struggle with lots of ups and downs, but you just gotta get back up and run and jump your way to the top. Best of wishes with everything, Saul!

I'm really sorry that you have so much problems in your life. It's great tat you are still doing this game. I was watching your videos as inspiration to learn godot

This looks amazing. I been watching your videos and they are helping me a lot. I learned so much from you.

Smashing it mate. Keep going you'll get there eventually.

Great video! Direct, good info, fast, love it

It’s very interesting how the project will develop, I’m looking forward to the next devlog!

I'm sorry to hear that about your parent... I know that... My dad died few years back and my mum passed away last year, so my development journey and life overall is a little complicated... But we have to keep going! I wish you and your parents the best! Project looks awesome!

It can be hard to keeping up with everything life gives. Remember to give yourself the time you need to think through these thing, love the visuals and take as much time as you need

Keep up Saul! Never give up your game or your lifegoals!

so sorry to hear about your parent. hoping for a speedy recovery

Stay strong Saul! And take your time, there is an order to things. We can always wait! Thank you for the update!

I really enjoyed the music at the end. Is that the kind of direction that you want to go with the music for the game? I think it would fit :D Also I feel like this game would be a banger on the switch. Thoughts on publishing there?

Yo, really like your Art. Hope the cancer situation develops in a good way and good luck for your job!

Huge improvement! Keep going!

Thanks for sharing, good luck on everything and with life stuff. Cheers!

look amazing, glad to see a new video!

Trust the process! I cant wait when the game releases!

Massive support! Cant wait to play it!

babe, WAKE UP. NEW SAULTOONS DEVLOG DROPPED! the art making revamp is probably a better choice for this, as it makes the art look more hand-drawn and carefully made as for 0:15 1) sorry for your parent, I _really_ hope they get better asap 2) Hope you are ok after getting hit by a car Hope life gets better for you

This is super not my kind of game, but I love your content. Can't wait to try it and fail miserably but see all the work you've put into it :)

Awesome work bud, keep going!

I like the look you've ended up with. Curious - did you consider changing the tile size to 1/4 of the original, and then mapping them out that way? I think the solution you came up with worked pretty well, just wondering. Thanks!

Looks great, keep going :)

All the steps you are taking to build up to the final design, are you doing each of those steps in the engine or are you going all the way through in PS and then layering it into Godot? Hope my question makes sense, this answer would help me out a lot with my game. Thanks!

Sorry you've had so many hangups, but man where you've landed with the art style looks great!

An idea, IF when you are falling you can plant a seed that grow to a plataform, look like an iterresting ideal, right?

Duuude it looks so good!

I would be happy if you answer this question , thank you Walking in Aseprite etc. I don't understand how they do the attack effects. Can you express this with characters consisting of zeros? (pixel art)

Looks great!

how about the name "Dizzy"? sounds like daisy, but... you get dizzy watching her run around. I uhhdunno Beautiful look so far, looks great!

The game art looks fantastic

I wonder if bro has any good canvas size recomendations for pixel backgrounds?

Can confirm being bald makes it hard to make devlogs. Lol jokes aside nice work, looks amazing! Love the color choices!

Awesome!

What do you use for your art?

Sorry for your Parent! Hope you'll cheer up!

Nice, cool advicd!

Don't worry, looks good!

I know this may seem like an odd request, but I'm a game developer who's making a top-down roguelike, but I'm stuck on just on a roll animation, whenever I try animating it on my own it ends up really ugly. At the moment I have all of the necessary animations for my game. Can you make a roll animation for me? if yes just reply to my comment if you're interested. Thanks for reading. You really don't have to, but I thought this would be a good place to ask.

I'm sorry to hear that you learned how to drive :

I was waiting for that vid❤🎉

Sorry to hear you're bald. Hope you get better soon

I know this is gonna be good

this finna be good

Cool

Dude, you are quite scopecreep addicted

I know what it's like, my Aunt has been dealing with Stage 4 Breast Cancer since Sept. 2021. I'm so sorry to hear that has happened to your parent.

Why are you using Godot 3? + I hope your parent get well❤❤

instead of plants on steel, i think it'd more realistic if something else was left behind. this is a great mechanic because it provides some feedback and gives a sense of progress to the player

this is great

Sorry to hear about your parent, don’t left marketing at the end , it may take more time than you think

GG

Is it true that your parent was diagnosed with cancer? I'm so sorry to hear that. Also... learning to drive whilst getting hit by a car is very unfortunate. And don't worry about the baldness. It makes your green screen super crisp!

1bit pixel art black and white, orrrrr python script. i like the way you think

I'm so sorry you got bald. Greetings from another bald person. But seriously, I hope it all gets better with your parents.

yo

Dude, please clean up your Devlog playlist. I randomly found your channel and want to watch the whole story, but vids in playlist not even backwards but randomly organized. Also there is an option in YT Studio for playlist to automatically place new vids at the end of a playlist so you wouldn't need to re-ordrr them every time. thx for your content

Why not just use tilemaps?

bruh i rememebr when face palm was a freakin angry canadian do i qualify for senior discount ?

game changed and learned a new thing

cute

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Awesome!