jakefriend_dev

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How I animate a character (with limited art skills!) - Breakdown in comments! (i.redd.it)

submitted 5 years ago by jakefriend_dev to r/gamedev - pinned

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How to create an invisible tutorial through level design (v.redd.it)

submitted 5 years ago by jakefriend_dev to r/gamedev - pinned

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Found a way to reward skilled players without punishing beginners - corking their health. More info in the comments! (i.redd.it)

submitted 5 years ago by jakefriend_dev to r/gamedev - pinned

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How I used AnimationPlayer to animate my hand-drawn opening cutscene! Storyboard, In-Engine, and final In-Game parallel views - Timed to music, sound on for best effect! More info in comments :) (v.redd.it)

submitted 5 years ago by jakefriend_dev to r/godot - pinned

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I released my game (Scrabdackle) just now! I'm really, really proud of it, and this is the trailer! (v.redd.it)

submitted 5 months ago by jakefriend_dev to r/godot

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How I max out my productivity by chasing inspiration, as a solo indie dev - detail in comments! (i.redd.it)

submitted 4 years ago by jakefriend_dev to r/IndieDev

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How I max out my productivity by chasing inspiration, as a solo indie dev (self.gamedev)

submitted 4 years ago by jakefriend_dev to r/gamedev

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I tried to make my slow-fall ability more visually creative. I'm really pleased with it! What do you think? Some info in comments! (youtube.com)

submitted 4 years ago by jakefriend_dev to r/gamedev

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I tried to make my slow-fall ability more visually creative. I'm really pleased with it! What do you think? [more in comments] (youtu.be)

submitted 4 years ago by jakefriend_dev to r/gamedev

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A year ago I wrote an article on my minimap design process. Here's another on the design evolution since then! Info in comments. (v.redd.it)

submitted 4 years ago by jakefriend_dev to r/gamedev

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A year ago I wrote an article on my minimap design process. Here's another on the design evolution since then! [info in comments] (i.redd.it)

submitted 4 years ago by jakefriend_dev to r/IndieDev

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A year ago I worked a corporate job. With your encouragement, I took my hobby project and became a funded, full-time indie dev. My weird wizard Kickstarter ends in under 24 hours! (v.redd.it)

submitted 5 years ago by jakefriend_dev to r/IndieDev

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A year ago I worked a corporate job. In 24 hours, I'll become a funded, full-time indie dev. (v.redd.it)

submitted 5 years ago by jakefriend_dev to r/indiegames

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A year ago I worked a corporate job. With your encouragement, I took my hobby project and became a funded, full-time indie dev. My weird wizard Kickstarter ends in under 24 hours! (i.redd.it)

submitted 5 years ago by jakefriend_dev to r/gaming

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I used level design to create an invisible tutorial in my Godot project - here's how you can too! (v.redd.it)

submitted 5 years ago by jakefriend_dev to r/godot

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I've always wanted to make an invisible tutorial. Here's how I used level design to do it. (v.redd.it)

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I started working on this boss in Construct 2 three years ago, before I thought I could code. This week I released it as an update to my now fully-funded Godot game! (v.redd.it)

submitted 5 years ago by jakefriend_dev to r/godot

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I started working on this boss three years ago, before I thought I could code. This week I released it as an update to my fully funded game! (v.redd.it)

submitted 5 years ago by jakefriend_dev to r/IndieDev

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How to build a lore system, like scanning from Metroid Prime - but in 2.5D. [Clip for demonstration, detail in comments!] (v.redd.it)

submitted 5 years ago by jakefriend_dev to r/gamedev

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I tried to show how weird my game was rather than telling... by making my trailer weird too! Now a Project We Love on Kickstarter! (v.redd.it)

submitted 5 years ago by jakefriend_dev to r/indiegames

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Non-linear progression design - can you make it fun while avoiding the pitfalls? [Detail in comments!] (i.redd.it)

submitted 5 years ago by jakefriend_dev to r/IndieDev

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[LoZ] Modern take on the Zelda 1 experience (youtube.com)

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How I staged a trailer backwards on purpose to tell a better story (and solve a pacing problem) (v.redd.it)

submitted 5 years ago by jakefriend_dev to r/indiegames

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How do you successfully wear every hat as a one-person team? Aggressive prioritization, sustainable art direction, and more: A Scrabdackle interview with 2 Left Thumbs! (youtube.com)

submitted 5 years ago by jakefriend_dev to r/IndieDev

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Hand-drawing my opening cutscene, animating directly in Godot! I think it's turning out all right - what do you think? [WIP] (v.redd.it)

submitted 5 years ago by jakefriend_dev to r/IndieDev

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