Oneiric Worlds - Dev Blog

September 22, 2015

Pau Anime Game Show

Hi there,

Just a quick post to tell that I'll be at the Pau Anime Game Show (PAGS) in Pau (France) this week end. Don't hesitate to come in the Indie Zone and have a chat or test the demo!

More info about the PAGS here:
http://www.pags-pau.fr/

See you soon!

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August 26, 2015

Finally a trailer!

Hi!

Finally! I took the time to create a trailer to showcase the game. It took me quite some time, but first I had to work on the game to have something to show! So here it is:

I hope you'll like it! Don't hesitate to share it if you want to help.

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July 29, 2015

Explosive Plant - Timelapse

Hello everybody,

Here's another timelapse video of me creating some kind of explosive plant for "A Thief Melody". I used Krita and Blender.

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July 11, 2015

July 2015 Demo

And here is the last demo of A Thief Melody, a 3D cartoon adventure/stealth game with a contemplative atmosphere, somewhere between "Zelda" and "Beyond Good and Evil". Don't hesitate to test/share/reblog/comment/like if you want to help me!

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What's new since the last demo?

You have to know the demo quests are more or less final at the moment. The next official demos (including this one) will only provide bug fixes and graphics/sound/music enhancement. I now focus my work on adding levels and quests for the final release, which won't be visible in this demo (especially new content).

The main new things I've done since May 2015 are:

Content

1 new level: Pirate Island, and little evolution of the Slingshot Dojo.
Rewritten climbing gameplay (after all the feedback I had! Thanks guys!). Now the hero use magnetic claws and has cool and smooth climbing moves
Polish of the Thief Guild level: entrances for all the dojos, path and grass additionnal textures, torches, obelisks, trees, stairs ...
Chest redesign
New gameplay mechanics for the pirate island: cannons, wood bridges, weight switches...
New assets: palm trees, coconus trees, pirate crates, explosive plants, ivy plant, ...
New mini boss in the Pirate Island
Vegetation shader with automatic color variation
Multi texture auto uv mapping shader with smooth transitions for large funky terrains and floating islands
Integration of the Aqualums Counsellor villa and the Pirate Island in the world map

Code & optimisation

Better IHM while climbing
Vegetation shader optimisation
Vegetation meshes optimisation
Big code cleaning/rewriting on the climbing system. Now the climbing system is more robust and enables to move almost everywhere.
Lots of various bug fixes

What's broken ?

You didn't expect everything to work perfectly, did you? I'm aware of a few bugs/regressions:

Environments are still a bit empty
Some sounds must be re-designed
The game lacks some music/sounds
Some camera moves are a bit harsh/weird

Controls

ZQSD or WASD: move the character. It's both AZERTY and QWERTY compatible
Space: jump and climb
Shift: crouch, fall and block
Mouse move: move the camera
E: weapon selection menu
Left click: main weapon (Bo) or contextual action
Right click: secondary weapon
Tab: inventory/map/missions

Have fun! Peace!

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June 12, 2015

Wooden crate - Timelapse

Hello there,

It's been a a while :) It's always difficult to keep posting regularly. So, today, here's a timelapse of me creating a wooden crate for the game. This gives a good idea of how I work to create all the 3D art in my game.

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May 23, 2015

Greenlit & Presentation in Paris

Hello,

Here's a quick post to tell you about 2 things.

I - Greenlit

First, I've recently been greenlit on Steam! This is a very recomforting news for me, as it provides me a great online platform to distribute my game. For the record, I submitted my game to Steam Greenlight one year ago, and, after 1300 positive votes from the 9000 players who checked out my game, Steam accepted to distribute it.

This is a huge chance for me, because Steam is THE leader in online PC game distribution, reaching more than 30 millions gamers. It's the equivalent of the AppStore for PC. Now... I have to finish the game :)

II - Presentation in Paris

And more recently, I've been kindly invited in Paris by my old school friend Jesse to talk about my job at the Gamelier, a weekly meeting about video game creation. So I made a little talk session about being an indie, and how my everyday life is. So, for the curious people, here's the video IN FRENCH:

I hope you'll find something interesting in there!

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May 3, 2015