Ghost Knight: A Dark Tale - Dev Log 01
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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2023
- This devlog talks about animation/mechanics and thought process behind it.
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Lmao that ending. You could just say something like "thank you for watching this devlog, hope to see you in the next" Aside from that, the stamina mechanic is a little bit concerning to me, I won't lie. But I trust the design will be built around it. My only concern is when there are a lot of enemies you get into a tight spot from attacking a lot. Thanks for the devlog
Nothing really to be concerned about, but its all about how you play the game, If you're playing Dark Souls and you recklessly run into a room and aggro everyone, you're gonna get wrecked, no matter how much stamina you got. Its about moving and shooting with strategy.
@@officialgrimwaregamesllc that's a good point. As long as you don't run out of "stamina" when hitting all your shots and playing deliberately, it shouldn't really be a problem.
The first ghost knight could be a second playable character i loved its run with its chest high out front
I could probably refine that model more - but there's actually several armors you can upgrade to in the final version - that increases the amount of hits you can take
As a fellow indiedev struggling to release anything (too many ideas) this video was very interesting, mostly because of obvious your game isn't a straight up copy but you have your own thing going and seemingly able to see the end of the game that you can release.
I'm of the opinion that games are art, you can be inspired by someone or something, but just copying someone's art without having your own spin on it or your own voice often leads to a feeling of hollowness or emptiness, because a lot of it is lived experience and are inspired by different things.
How many "souls-like" clones out there? Tons, the ones that stand out have their own spin and their identity. Finding your niche or creating it often helps as well.
Then again its not like I'm some bigshot success story either so, grain of salt.
That's a really fun looking game. Great job man. The enviro's also look really cool.
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Bruh I can relate with you with that on my old CZcams vids.
yeap, its that imposter syndrome.
@@officialgrimwaregamesllc So I guess that’s what it’s called the-
**Among Us memes kick in**
Game looks awesome. Thanks for showing some of the early art to make us non-artists feel a little better
Your game looks amazing, great job
Bruh, this game looks awesome!!!!!
Ghosts n goblins is one of my favorite games and this game BLEEDS that inspiration, definitely following this one
Love it, I feel if Ghosts n Goblins was made in 2023, ot would look something like this
Nice❤
Can you make video on art , background, platform, lightning making and placement... it's looking cool'
Looking really good.
One point you maybe could consider is the following. Letting the player choose between security (save point) and ability usage will lead to players never using your abilities (see for example Hollow Knight, Healing vs Spells). Players will always be cautious and will not spend the resources.
Again game looking awesome and your animation is beautiful.
Feels like donkey kong and rayman legends, youre on a great path!
Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze vibes with the amount environmental details, truly amazing.
It's refreshing a game with the same charming, light-hearted vibe and aesthetic that MediEvil had. Most metroidvanias and side-scrollers go full grimdark when combining medieval and spooky themes, and while I like those as well, it's nice to have something less serious that pursues that youthful Halloween nostalgia feeling instead. Will definitely wishlist on Steam!
Thanks :) yah, MediEvil is great, love the remaster as well. Had a fairly quiet release, didn't see anyone talkin about it.
I love your art style choice here. ❤️
amazing keep it up
BRUUUHHH This looks sooooo goood ❤
Thank you! Cheers!
I really like the art style. And I do like Ghosts and Goblins but found it too merciless to try and beat. But this one looks like something I would play for a while
Yeah GNG is an interesting one. Super GNG for SNES is the first game I've ever played, so my perception of difficulty is skewed. But I will say GNG resurrection, I had a hard time with with a lot of enemies spawning right beneath me. Which I try not to do. It is a lot of memorization, in a way kinda reminds me of hard mode in guitar hero or something, where after a while you just get into a flow-state. At least from my own experience
your game looks beatuiful
Very cool artstyle! Nice job😊
The gameplay reminds me of ghost n goblins :D
Can you do a devlog how you approach world building from greyboxing to "final" piece? I think this also is something people would love to see as there is not much information around web how to do it properly. And from what we see in your game I think you really nailed it!
I love these devlogs keep em coming!
For sure, that sounds good, though I'd say you already know how to do this. Your channel is filled with handpainted texture assets and levels you've made. Its basically that, but you mess around with gray cubes until the the level feels fun with the enemy theme. Like "is this lava level fun, even though there's no lava here and its all gray cubes" If so Proceed to the art-part of it
I think there's probably tons of breakdowns of games that have this - Check out some of the GDC videos on like Uncharted Environments or other post mortems - I think there's also tutorials on The Gnomon Workshop about environment creation
@@officialgrimwaregamesllc oh I am not really pointing at myself with this "request". I just think this is something people are interested in. 😅
@@Niko_3D ah I gotcha.
A knight with a lot of ranged attack
hahahh this end is kinda funny! thanks for the video!
Thank you for watching :)
Great work looks terrific! I suggest dropping the checkpoint requirement, maybe instead add a defensive mechanic that uses the plasma
This is honestly looking great.
I appreciate how you talk about the design decisions, which shows there is actual thought and passion behind it. Keep it up mate!
Your game looks fantastic! Immediately I get that nostalgic appeal and overall colorful and stylized look like in ps2/ps3 games.
The only thing that I feel is worth doing a little differently from my point of view is the main character look. It's already good so if you don't feel like changing him that's totally fine.
I'd recommend making him leaner (thinner) and with a bit more personality visible from a distance. At the moment he looks too bulky and resembles just a ball of muscles rolling over the level.
A good reference would be Dead Cells main character. Something in these proportions.
Shovel night has his shovel and horned helmet, dead cells has the strange looking head. Your character has a bright pony tail and a dark face with bright eyes. I'd say make them a lot more bigger. The hair can be longer and follow the player procedurally like in Celeste. The larger head with bigger eyes would easier convey emotions and expressions.
Wishlisted! This looks beautiful but the gameplay seems great, can't wait for it, great job!!!
Thank you
Nuthin' but net!
Your "limited animation abilities"? I'm a former 3D animator; your run cycles and ability animations are fantastic. You have a great sense of anticipation and follow through that makes everything feel really deliberate and satisfying. The characters are well designed for animating and are in full 3D (thank you for not using the pixel art trope).
Thanks, but I'm also comparing myself to like animators who do it full time and I see my own flaws so I can get better and better. As far as pixel art, I love it, some great pixel art games have come in the style like Blasphemous, but its just a different skill set than the one I have and I preferred to lean into my strengths and its all a balancing act.
@@officialgrimwaregamesllc pixel art is fine; I'm just burned out on it. It's nice to see indie games that use different aesthetics. I don't think there's been a 2.5D Ghosts n' Goblins-like so you're breaking new ground with your style.
@@IanZamojc Thanks, but I'm also comparing myself to like animators who do it full time and I see my own flaws so I can get better and better. As far as pixel art, I love it, some great pixel art games have come in the style like Blasphemous, but its just a different skill set than the one I have and I preferred to lean into my strengths and its all a balancing act.
Looks like you are refining the game rightly.
its coming along
Holy moly that's an impressive feat, it looks stunning! keep it going!
Dude this is crazy. Can you talk more about how do you model and animate stuff please?
Love the Halloween aesthetic. Looking Amazing.
Spooky times :)
It's so cool to see how the game started out from the beginning.
It's hard but I will wait patiently until the game comes out of my wishlist and into my library.
It is great to see your progress and what you achieved already!
Would be funny if we get a real ending to the videos once you have released the game🤔
Until this happens: Where ending? :@
what is this ending you speak of, never heard of it 😋
awesome!
I love the aesthetics! Very well done
It looks amazing and fun, and that's rare for indies, considering all indies being made, not only successful releases.
Great video and the game is looking absolutely awesome
Thank you
You are a big inspiration to me! And I think the ending is
your comment is a big inspiration to me! Thank you
hope you put in some backface culling for these 3d assets, the low spec gamers will appreciate it a lot
I have done my best with all that, UE4 doesn't load backfaces of objects by default, unless the shader has "double sided" enabled, I'm keeping things as efficient. Unless you mean "I hope you deleted the backfaces of the objects" in which case, there are a lot of cards in the background that look 3D - keeping it pretty low poly - and its a side-scroller the biggest polycount is on the characters if anything. I've tested on 1080 Ti and RTX 3090 so far I'm getting about 90-120FPS but not really dipping below 60, but I may need to further test on ancient hardware lol
This game is absolutely amazing to look at . Looking forward to more dev logs
Amazing pogress
Your work is absolutely insane. Would love you to go more into the art/asset creation process.
Sure thing, right now I'm writing some music for the demo, so I think the next dev-log will be mostly about that, but for sure I'll get to an art process video.
Your parallex backgrounds are truely well done. They are very detailed and cool to look at. With lightning and all. ❤
Thank you
I love this style! Best of luck with development on this, cause this looks really special! Left a like!
Thank you, I will need the luck :)
the game is shaping up nicely, and I'm very much looking forward to seeing everything come together!
i'm wondering if there's a better place to put the stamina/energy bar; you'll be needing to constantly keep an eye on it during combat, so maybe having it somewhere closer to your character would be ideal.
I too wondered about that, I'll continue to play with it as I get feedback when I release the demo, Part of me is like "If its good enough for Dark Souls it's good enough for me" But I also don't like to clutter the screen with UI
@@officialgrimwaregamesllcMaybe you could make the blue, spectral parts of ghost knight represent the stamina, kinda like in Celeste where, when you’re out of dashes, her hair changes color. Knight’s could go to blue to black And maybe the blue would slowly fade and lose its shine as you continued to lose stamina. Just a suggestion, do whatever you think is best.
Your work is great. I'm the same way but give yourself more credit, this looks awesome. And the endings are killer
Thank you, I appreciate that.
I hope this game will have a macOS(apple silicon) version in the future.
Actually, maybe you can give me some insight into this. I never used macOS or the desktop version of macOS. Do you use it for gaming? How does it handle?
@@officialgrimwaregamesllc I recently bought the game "Stray" which is based on unreal engine and it runs smoothly on my m2 pro Mac mini. macOS maybe not a common platform for gamers, but M series models are power efficient, good(not great) GPU, joypads are well supported. And Unity/Godot/Unreal can export your title directly to iPadOS, macOS Universal(x86+arm64) if your game is based on one of these.
@@officialgrimwaregamesllc I recently bought the game "Stray" which is based on unreal engine and it runs smoothly on my m2 pro Mac mini. macOS maybe not a common platform for gamers, but M series models are power efficient, good(not great) GPU, joypads are well supported. And Unity/Godot/Unreal can export your title directly to iPadOS, macOS Universal(x86+arm64) if your game is based on one of these.
@@officialgrimwaregamesllc Somehow, my reply to this is missing. can't see why...
@@huangrichard8466 this has been happening to me for some reason when I comment on other peoples channels I think, it might have to do with my VPN, when I shut it off I had no problem?
Wow it looks awesome but how did you manage to create a beautiful 2d game in unreal engine which is mostly for 3d
It's 2.5D like Donkey Kong Country Returns/Tropical Freeze/newer Mario games - I use 3D assets in a 2D setting
ok thanks
how many years did you put into the Game Dev ??? I think you are a very experienced Game Dev, not a new one .
My experience was mostly just 3D Environment art, no characters, no rigging animation experience, no vfx, no audio-production experience, all that I learned from youtube/artstation/gumroad tutorials and practice throughout the years.
I have been a professional 3D Environment artist since 2012, worked on CoD: Advanced warfare, a bit on Ghost of Tsushima and a canceled Sony title, and did about a year and a half at Microsoft working on a VR app, but I got into learning Unreal Engine 4 in 2015, doing smaller little projects to learn the engine. Until I was ready to strike it out on my own.