I haven't had much time this week to work on my game, but here's a small recap of the week: I mad...

I haven't had much time this week to work on my game, but here's a small recap of the week: I mad...I haven't had much time this week to work on my game, but here's a small recap of the week: I mad...

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Frederik Roessell

• 13h

I haven't had much time this week to work on my game, but here's a small recap of the week:

I made it bigger and more rogue like. It got more repetitive and boring so I scaled it back to arenas.

8 compact encounters, randomized arenas, upgrade combos and a cleaner cartoon look.

The focus now is making each run feel different and update the art style.

I'm not happy about the current look, so I've gone back to the concept stage to find a design style I'm happy with.

Game Design Game Development

Benjamin C

max

• 13h

the blue game screen looks cool. how long did it take?

Asif Bashir

pro

• 12h

cool

Rohan Ahmed

pro

• 10h

The shift from a bigger roguelike map to compact randomized arenas feels like a smart scope cut—those upgrade combos should make each run feel distinct. Excited to see the cleaner cartoon direction land.

Progress Fisayo

• 9h

Amazing work so far🙌

MD Rafee Alam

• 2h

Scaling back to arenas after it got repetitive is the right call, knowing when to cut scope is half the job on solo projects.

Amanda Galeano

pro

• 21m

looking good!

Anastasia Astaeva

• Sep 12

I’m designing a cozy café customization mini-game where players can choose furniture, change the décor, and create their own unique atmosphere.

This first stage focuses on visual development and exploring different interior combinations. Next, I’ll bring the environment to life with animation and interactive logic in Rive

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Frederik Roessell

• Sep 9

I managed to port the game to Unity and spent most of the time adjusting the lighting and the atmosphere so the game has a good contrast and depth.

The earlier versions looked flat and boring so I changed the art style from grimey rust to dark neon blue again - similar to the threejs prototype.

I also added the option to play the game with twin joysticks instead of an auto shooter. It's more of a challenge.

The UI is still terrible. I had Codex assemple all the ui into prefabs yesterday so I can adjust it myself as I'm not particularly good at Unity and can't edit UI through code yet.

Game Development Game Design Unity

MD Rafee Alam

• Sep 9

Switching to twin joysticks over auto shoot is the right call for that arena layout, gives players a reason to actually aim. Honest touch admitting the UI still needs work, most devs would just not mention it.