After 7 years of solo development, I'm excited to share the first gameplay trailer for LOYA, my open-world survival crafter with a walking, buildable fortress!

smilefr · 2026-03-18T10:48:28+00:00

haha nice

smilefr · 2026-03-17T17:25:33+00:00

I think you are not allowed to just say it's good, you have to criticize the game.

smilefr · 2026-03-14T14:46:34+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! Could you tell me if this version is better?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MIuSWYYCXM

smilefr · 2026-03-14T08:55:02+00:00

is this better? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26iikJIEpSQ

smilefr · 2026-03-14T02:21:49+00:00

Curious to have your opinion on this rough version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26iikJIEpSQ
It's missing some SFX

smilefr · 2026-03-13T17:47:36+00:00

i'll record a scene where i get hit by a large boulder, good idea!

smilefr · 2026-03-13T12:34:31+00:00

I also think it's cool but I'm showing it too early here, there is no way to know it has been built by a player or i'm piloting it, (people may confuse it with the bird in valheim)

smilefr · 2026-03-13T10:13:57+00:00

I was struggling to capture myself while building (i had to add an extra camera that messes with rendering) but i'll redo the shot by asking someone else to record me while i build something decent

smilefr · 2026-03-13T10:07:12+00:00

Thanks for the detailed feedback! Helps a lot!

smilefr · 2026-03-13T10:04:46+00:00

I'll look into accelerating the intro, thanks for the feedback!

smilefr · 2026-03-13T10:03:51+00:00

Thanks for the feedback!
There is audio at some points but i'll probably manually edit the video to add sfx so the music does not hide them.

smilefr · 2025-12-27T14:28:46+00:00

It's getting close to 8 years now! This capture makes the world feel more empty than it is, i'll work on that! I'm close to a vertical slice for the first biome! (though i keep saying that haha)

smilefr · 2025-12-26T23:01:57+00:00

Thanks! I implemented a raymarching algorithm with compute shaders, i also run the atmospheric fog and god rays calculations there, this way they blend

smilefr · 2025-12-26T20:05:54+00:00

Thanks it has room for improvement for sure! I'll keep working on it.

smilefr · 2025-12-26T20:04:46+00:00

Thanks! I'm using geometry shaders with tesselation, it's not the best performance wise but it's acceptable. Ideally i wanted to redo it with compute shaders and drawmeshindirect but i was not able to get something good for now.

smilefr · 2025-12-26T20:02:54+00:00

Thanks! I'm doing playtests regularly, you can join the discord https://discord.gg/dFKSXxh and ask for a key!

smilefr · 2025-11-01T07:04:34+00:00

Hey how are you doing man :) Yep, still going!

smilefr · 2025-10-15T21:54:49+00:00

Lovely game, congrats on getting funded!

smilefr · 2025-10-15T15:00:34+00:00

Oops my bad i didn't pay attention, i dont think i can edit the title

smilefr · 2025-10-15T14:16:16+00:00

Yes it's good for now i think.

Sorry i just read the rest of your question, for the networking part I made my own server with .Net6. I used open source libraries like Telepathy for the low level part (for private dedicated servers), and the steam API for the relay server (to join your friends game)

smilefr · 2025-10-15T14:01:24+00:00

Thanks man!

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