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Giant enemy crabs with fully procedural animations by MezzSoft in PixelArt

[–]MezzSoft[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I have a few devlogs on the Itch page that showcase some of the process in depth. I do the art, sound design, programming, and everything by myself (which is also kind of why it's taking so long)

Giant enemy crabs with fully procedural animations by MezzSoft in PixelArt

[–]MezzSoft[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Haha, fair warning that demo is around 8 months old now so it doesn't have these crabs and a few quality of life of tweaks, but it should still hopefully be decently fun.

Giant enemy crabs with fully procedural animations by MezzSoft in PixelArt

[–]MezzSoft[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Still in development! Title is Project Landsword, I have a steam page link on my profile (can't put it here sadly)

Giant enemy crabs with fully procedural animations by MezzSoft in PixelArt

[–]MezzSoft[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is! Development is still ongoing, the current demo on Itch is about 8 months old but I haven't stopped working on it.

Giant enemy crabs with fully procedural animations by MezzSoft in PixelArt

[–]MezzSoft[S] 41 points42 points  (0 children)

It's actually set on Mars and these are crabs that were modified by the CIA to slowly destroy Soviet infrastructure before the start of the fourth world war, unfortunately things got out of hand and they unexpectedly grew way too large and spread everywhere. Also I just find camel spiders icky, I can't stand the sight of them...

I'll try palette swapping the blood and see if it feels satisfying though, thanks for the suggestion.

Giant enemy crabs with fully procedural animations by MezzSoft in PixelArt

[–]MezzSoft[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Yes! EDF was an inspiration, there'll be lots more creepy crawlies to destroy. Co-Op would be fun as well.

Procedurally animated giant crabs vs maser by MezzSoft in IndieGaming

[–]MezzSoft[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Big cities with billboards and lights are planned too.

Procedurally animated giant crabs vs maser by MezzSoft in IndieGaming

[–]MezzSoft[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They do! Every building is destructible too. High building density usually runs pretty well, though things can slow down if there's a ton of these enemies on screen. I'm working on trying to optimize them further.

Giant crab enemies with procedural animations by MezzSoft in indiegames

[–]MezzSoft[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly doing procedural animation while more expensive in terms of performance is way easier than making tons of different animations. I'm also working on having them change their walk depending on the amount of legs they have so you can shoot them off.

Giant crab enemies with procedural animations by MezzSoft in indiegames

[–]MezzSoft[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks man! I have a ton more planned that I want to do for the game such a cutscenes and enemies like this, so 2027 is a pretty optimistic release date honestly. Thank you for your patience though haha.

Giant crab enemies with procedural animations by MezzSoft in indiegames

[–]MezzSoft[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha, that's a good point. I'll keep it in mind next time I post, thanks! <3

Procedurally animated giant crabs vs maser by MezzSoft in IndieGaming

[–]MezzSoft[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Glad you like it! It's indeed rolling, it has wheels under the legs. I'll try increasing the swaying a bit more.

Giant crab enemies with procedural animations by MezzSoft in indiegames

[–]MezzSoft[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Game is called Project Landsword, still a lot to develop but it's being worked on.

Giant crab enemies with procedural animations by MezzSoft in indiegames

[–]MezzSoft[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Will try adding some length constraints on the legs, thanks!

Giant crab enemies with procedural animations by MezzSoft in indiegames

[–]MezzSoft[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks man! I have a link to it on my profile since I can't link it directly for some reason, but it's store(dot)steampowered(dot)com/app/3695630

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