Bring Me Polish, And Viewers

It's been a long 7 months since my last post and gosh do I have a lot to share with you! Not a lot of personal life news to share but I do have a lot of video game development to show off!

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Sprinkling in the good stuff

I've been slowly but surely building out new content. I've tried to make each area feel unique by utilizing a series of unique colors or visual styles.

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Item/Inventory Rework

The previous inventory system (represented by a backpack) had significantly more slots than the new system has and this led to some overbearing gameplay. Tracking 12 active items and a ton of passive items begins to feel like chaos pretty quickly. All of that aside... the items felt boring.

My new approach has been to make every item feel special and provide some visual flair where applicable. You have to equip the items to specific body parts which creates a better sense of immersion. Foot items generally provide speed or fluid immunities which is important because you can't have 30 pairs of running shoes anymore.

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Some more improved scenes

There were many moments where I felt like I was losing my mind while building content and would redirect myself into rebuilding a scene or expanding on a previously built level.

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New Music

I've recomposed the entire soundtrack (aside from one song) and it has had an immensely positive effect on the gameplay experience. I don't want to share it just yet but I promise that it's probably pretty good.

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Twitch Stats Report

With Twitch, consistency is key, it seems. I've maintained streaming 3 days a week and it's starting to pay off! I intend to keep going into the foreseeable future.