Project Kobold's Tale

Devlog

• small visual update!
  February 16, 2024 by NonEuclideanOtter

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  Hey there, it's been a while since my last upload. I had gone on an adventure in learning blender, and ended up burning myself out a bit. I've recently uploaded an update to Project Kobold's Tale that... Continue reading
• Autosaves, Havens and Checkpoints
  October 14, 2023 by NonEuclideanOtter

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  Sorry its been so long since my last update! Got a little burnt out, started working on another project with friends, then the Unity pricing changes drama happened, which kinda killed my motivation... Continue reading
• 7/12/23 update Time Dilation
  July 12, 2023 by NonEuclideanOtter

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  I reworked how and when time dilation happens when attacking! Previously: Time dilation happened for 0.1 seconds at a flat amount when hitting poised enemies As well as for a preset duration for each... Continue reading
• 7/9/23 update
  July 09, 2023 by NonEuclideanOtter

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  Sorry for the long hiatus! I've been going through a bit of burnout, financial woes, and life in general, but I'm back and trying to do more updates! Patch notes: Added a new attack, that features Ko'... Continue reading
• dev update : scrapping my weapon workflow
  April 11, 2023 by NonEuclideanOtter

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  #rant

  So, first off I apologize for the lack of updates these past couple weeks. I got a lot done in a short amount of time on a workflow pipeline for adding weapons to my game, and I went at it with a bit... Continue reading

  
• Shiny Rocks update
  March 16, 2023 by NonEuclideanOtter

  In case you missed the last devblog: Shiny rocks. also messed around with putting the shader on a couple other things I did quite a few bug fixes, fixed up the tutorial menu while paused (new tutorial... Continue reading

  
• Rapid fire updates
  March 12, 2023 by NonEuclideanOtter

  I've been getting so many things done here and there, I haven't been keeping good track lately... but the latest update released this morning finally future proofs save locations! This means if I move... Continue reading
• Boss update and gamepad controls fixed
  February 27, 2023 by NonEuclideanOtter

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  I finally updated the way you replenish mana in this boss fight! Also got my PS4 controller working finally, and fixed some long standing issues with controllers. The D-pad should now work properly, a... Continue reading
• Magic, mana, melee, and tutorials!
  February 25, 2023 by NonEuclideanOtter#WIP, #Combat, #Melee, #Magic, #UI, #Tutorials

  Haven't been keeping up so well with dev blogs, but I've been getting lots done the past few days! Mostly been working on improving the tutorial system to handle pre-made packages, allowing me to quic... Continue reading
• Of poise and magic!
  February 21, 2023 by NonEuclideanOtter#update, #WIP, #Magic, #Poise

  Tons of changes in this build! I've been kinda just cruisin` along, fixing bugs, implementing things, cleaning up scripts. The poise system has been a big focus, and I want to add a few more things to... Continue reading
• Quietly working on the poise system
  February 20, 2023 by NonEuclideanOtter

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  #rambling, #WIP, #status update

  Sorry there hasnt been much chatter lately, have a short video with what I'm working on! I've been making lots of little changes to how damage and enemies work, trying to make my enemy AI more modular... Continue reading
• Melee overhaul part 2
  February 13, 2023 by NonEuclideanOtter#Melee overhaul

  (This vid has sound, though sounds are not final) Spent today doing part two of my melee combat overhaul! I implemented a poise system on enemies (noted by the blue bar above them) It works like this:... Continue reading
• Melee overhaul part 1
  February 12, 2023 by NonEuclideanOtter#Melee Overhaul

  Been working on animations and making major changes to the melee combat! I settled on these combo branches: Light Heavy = back hop slash (no new animation yet) LLH = Heavy spin slash (also the standar... Continue reading
• New sprites, sounds, and systems!
  February 08, 2023 by NonEuclideanOtter

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  #Update, #WIP

  A new web build is up! A Windows build will be posted soon too! This update includes a ton of changes under the hood, but I'll stick to listing things the player will notice: New animations for all of... Continue reading

  
• The struggles of webGL
  February 07, 2023 by NonEuclideanOtter

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  #WebGL, #WIP, #Debugging

  I finally got this working in WebGL! If you were wondering why I didnt end up posting a new build last night, its because after putting all this work into making this nice looking after image trail co... Continue reading
• Fully working afterimages and tail!
  February 06, 2023 by NonEuclideanOtter

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  #WIP

  This was a fun technical challenge. Previously, my after image script worked by just saving the current sprite of the player, and putting that onto another object... but since I split the character sp... Continue reading

  
• Tail complete!
  February 05, 2023 by NonEuclideanOtter#WIP

  Finished the tail system! this took a bit longer to complete because I also went and added mutually exclusive states to the main player script, and then rewrote the entire tail controller to implement... Continue reading

  
• WIP: Character sprite and psuedo-physics tail!
  February 04, 2023 by NonEuclideanOtter#WIP

  I'm currently in the process of creating all new animations for the main character Ko! You can see the run and jump animations in this video. You might also notice the lack of tail in the animation it... Continue reading

  
• More AI and more sounds
  February 01, 2023 by NonEuclideanOtter

  Made some improvements and fixes to the enemy AI controller, and started adding sounds to various things, mostly enemies. There is now sound and a visual when you hit super armor. I'll slowly be addin... Continue reading
• Enemy AI Update: Goodbye animator mecanim!
  January 31, 2023 by NonEuclideanOtter

  Spent the last few days going from managing a web of animation transitions in the animator mecanim, to almost never having to open the Animator tab again! The animator mecanim is a powerful tool, but... Continue reading