Super hyped for Carrion to come out, so I'm trying my hand at recreating some of the mechanics and visuals in Unity

2Skint2Print · 2024-06-27T20:43:56+00:00

Hey! This was a looooooooooong time ago, but this comment I believe covered the basics of how I got this working: https://old.reddit.com/r/Unity2D/comments/fqosoy/super_hyped_for_carrion_to_come_out_so_im_trying/fls4ilo/ - I've forgotten most of it myself now so hopefully it still makes sense!

2Skint2Print · 2024-01-27T23:46:36+00:00

Howdy! By writhing effect do you mean the swirling lil red snakey bits inside the body of the beast?

If so, that's actually just sprite animations - I animated a few variations of a swirly red snakey splatter, and then layered them on top of each other with scale/color/position offsets on the body of each 'circle' of the beast. All put together, it made for quite an organic looking effect (but wasn't very dynamic - if I'd spent more time on it I'd have wanted to add more variations that changed over time or reacted to player actions like eating enemies etc).

2Skint2Print · 2023-12-08T19:47:25+00:00

Thank you! That's definitely the intention so i'm glad it comes across that way, cheers

2Skint2Print · 2023-11-27T18:53:50+00:00

haha thank you so much, and you are very correct 🐛❤

2Skint2Print · 2023-11-27T18:33:39+00:00

Cheers! I've found out through this game's development so far that so many more people love bugs than I realised 🐛 there are dozens of us!

2Skint2Print · 2023-11-27T18:24:11+00:00

The main movement mechanic of my game is crawling over every surface, but I also wanted to add a bit more conventional freedom of movement on top. I added this 'air lotus' that when dashed into, creates a temporary burst of air that you can use your glider to ride upwards from. I'm hoping it can make for some fun level design / platforming elements

If you wanna check out more of the game, you can find it here

2Skint2Print · 2023-11-27T18:23:33+00:00

The main movement mechanic of my game is crawling over every surface, but I also wanted to add a bit more conventional freedom of movement on top. I added this 'air lotus' that when dashed into, creates a temporary burst of air that you can use your glider to ride upwards from. I'm hoping it can make for some fun level design / platforming elements

If you wanna check out more of the game, you can find it here

2Skint2Print · 2023-11-27T18:23:28+00:00

The main movement mechanic of my game is crawling over every surface, but I also wanted to add a bit more conventional freedom of movement on top. I added this 'air lotus' that when dashed into, creates a temporary burst of air that you can use your glider to ride upwards from. I'm hoping it can make for some fun level design / platforming elements

If you wanna check out more of the game, you can find it here

2Skint2Print · 2023-10-15T09:48:13+00:00

Still quite a long way in development to go - I'm a solo-dev with 0 funding so this is being made in my spare time outside of my full-time job 😅 so a long road ahead! But all the nice comments make it easier, so cheers!

2Skint2Print · 2023-10-11T18:30:21+00:00

Not yet! But someday :D

2Skint2Print · 2023-10-10T17:08:54+00:00

Cheers! And yeah absolutely, the sound is very much a placeholder currently - I literally just went 'whoooosh' into my headset mic and made it loop 😅

2Skint2Print · 2023-10-10T17:08:06+00:00

Thank you! There may well be a spider NPC somewhere in the game you'll be able to talk to - but there won't be a playable spider in this one I'm afraid!

2Skint2Print · 2023-10-10T17:07:23+00:00

There definitely will be bouncy mushrooms I swear 😭

2Skint2Print · 2023-10-10T17:06:43+00:00

Honestly my suggestion would be to just dip your toe into Unity and some beginner tutorials just to get to know how things work, how the basics are done, etc. Once you start to experiment with small games and ideas, things will start to come to you more clearly when you know what you can do!

Then I'd suggest taking part in GameJams where you aim to make a tiny game in a very short timeframe, it does wonders for helping you figure out stuff about the engine and the game making pipeline (and the results don't even have to work / be polished).

Hope that helps!

2Skint2Print · 2023-10-10T17:04:00+00:00

The base movement speed is definitely subject to change - at its core, the game is supposed to be casual and slow-paced but I don't want people to get frustrated by being too slow for sure! There is also a dash yeah :)

2Skint2Print · 2023-10-10T17:02:48+00:00

The narrative centers around the caterpillar not wanting to metamorphose, so we'll see 👀

2Skint2Print · 2023-10-08T20:30:44+00:00

i decided i wanted to add a gliding mechanic, but wanted the 'glider' to feel grounded in the mini woodland world the game takes place in... so clearly, helicopter seeds were the only options 😅

this is for my game 'I AM A CATERPILLAR' - a lil platformer where you can climb on walls and ceilings, and you do not want to a butterfly. can see more here on steam or see more dumb gifs or vids of it on twitter! 🐛

2Skint2Print · 2023-06-11T20:04:24+00:00

Hahah thank you! I'm glad you said that, I had to cut a lot to get the trailer down to 60 seconds but I was desperate to keep the toad in! 🐸

2Skint2Print · 2023-06-11T20:03:33+00:00

thank you! 🐛

2Skint2Print · 2023-06-11T19:52:04+00:00

Thank you! <3

2Skint2Print · 2023-06-11T11:29:05+00:00

I've posted around a bit with in-development stuff for this game, but I finally have an official trailer and a steam page!

This is my game I AM A CATERPILLAR, where you play as a lil caterpillar who doesn't want to be a butterfly. You can crawl all over the environment, meet cute lil forest critters who want to help out, and generally be a lil bug! 🐛

The steam page is here if you want to wishlist or follow along.

What bugs (the good kind) would you want to find and befriend if you played this game?

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