@@thatFain It's already really clear that those clips are not from your game, but you could also add a subtitle on screen showing the game's name. This would also be useful if people want to look into that game more out of curiosity or to understand some of your comparisons better.
@@rayk7307 thats a super good idea. also why the heck didn't I think of that as I made the video xD. I'm making the new devlog atm and will include that ! thanks
Excellent devlog! In particular I appreciate your in depth breakdown of what you wanted from the attack system, and WHY you made those choices. Also super handy to show how everything was set up in unreal itself!
Thanks :) yeah these little breakdowns also help me immensely to not lose focuse and define what I realy want for the game. And it helps to communicate what the game is about ^^.
1:54 and 4:08. Stop using cast nodes, they are hitting performance and you'll have a hard time fixing it later on as the project gets bigger. Use interfaces instead.
Hey there and thanks🖤 I work on the next Devlog atm and decided I'll go with streams on Twitch. I'll announce when the first one will drop and link to the channel in the video I guess, but i know what you mean with better overview 😬
I just started to watch your devlogs (all of them) and tbh it's very interesting and educational too! Can you please tell me how in the world did you manage to implement sound for the destructibles?
I just can't get enough of that dark souls/valheim vibe that the game has, one thing you might try is to lower the resolution of ground textures, that might make that vibe stronger, good luck!
So is this supposed to be a souls like game or it is just heavily inspired I would love to have Magic and stuff as long as it's a lil more viable then in the souls games
Well you could say its a souls like game but I don't realy like that term, because its kind of hollow (pun intended ^^). The world building and atmosphere is heavily inspired by dark souls and berserk. But the combat will be a bit more "arcady" like the old zelda titles. I would love to add magic to the game, but that will be later in development. At the moment my focus is to get a good melee combat in and after that some ranged combat with bows and crossbows.
Oh yeah the magic spells in spelbreak felt very satisfying to use. Wil have to look at that again. At the moment I'm not planning to make a very deep spell cast system. Mostly because of time constrains. But maybe this will come into the game at a later point.
Hi, I too am trying to make a souls inspiration game, and on the animations of the weapons, I noticed something that made me reconsider the feeling during the play and waste a lot of time recreating the animations. A trick I found useful is to decrease the animation as much as possible before activating the hitbox and then end the animation with the cool down part where the player cannot attack because he is stuck in the animation, this is to give the sensation to the player that the action of pressing the button occurs practically simultaneously with the attack. Have you found any system to make the charging part interesting?. I hope it can help you in some way in not wasting too much time on animations
Hey thanks for the tip :) I'll usually make animation timings by testing what feels good to me. So there is always a good bit of going back and forth, and it will cost a bit of time but I think its worth spending that time to kind of realy get feel for the game. In my case I want to have this wind up for the attack, it will in the end act a bit like a "cooldown" or drawback to specific attacks. But I know what u mean though, this does not fit for every game.
Yep, the plan would be to have a set schedule for the streams so people know when they are. But I will not make a stream before september because of time constrains
Haha yeah, fog is on the never ending list of stuff to do ^^ I'm also not that happy with the sky at the moment and I also want to change it. But before that I want to get some more Level Design in.
It's called that way, because after a big catastrophe demons and otherworldly monsters got spawned in this world, who almost wiped out every other live forms. All remaining humans are in a state of hopelessness and despair. The only ones fighting against this evil are the players of the game. *gestureing like a preaching storyteller* I have to to write down the backstory for the game at some point ^^. I also found it was a good fit because you also will loose your gear upon death, which can lead to some despair xD. And lastly i thought it sounded cool 👀.
@@thatFain I have to say it's intriguing. I can't remember a game that deals with oaths of any kind. And what could be the content of something called the Oath of Despair? What does one have to swear to take this oath? You could build a mechanic around that concept. Like, the player takes an oath to only use a given type of weapon for their next mission, and if they break their oath by using something else they get a massive debuff, or something like that. And since you have demons, maybe demonic pacts are also a thing?
@@ysgramornorris2452 Exactly, The "Oath of Depsair" triggered the great Cataclysm. Which raises the question, why would someone take this oath and who or what posses that much power to make an oath like this. Damn, why didn't i think of that. I absolutlely love the idea to make a mechanic out of this ! It could be like fragments of the Oath of Despair are scattered around the land. Players then can take their own oaths at specific locations, which will grand buffs and debuffs. This would also fit well with the gear loss. I need to write that down. Thanks for the Idea ! 🖤 Will take a while though until I'm at the point to implement that.
You're really inspiring to me. I've always dreamt of making games, but can never get past the steep learning curve. This is motivating me to give it another try(again). Thank you❤
Thank you! hearing that means a lot to me 🖤 I know what you mean, the learning curve for game dev can be pretty overwhelming. And we tend to overlook the things that we learn along the way. Give yourself time to learn and try not to stress yourself too much. Making a game (even a small one ^^) takes a lot of time, try to be okay with that. I'm also struggling very hard with that and always think that my progress is not good enough. If you are learning game dev in your free time this is even more important, because you will burnout otherwise. What I want to say is, its totaly okay to take a break :) You can always come back and try again. Oh, also you don't need to know everything to make a game. I think a good approache of getting into it is by thinking of a super simple mechanic, just one, like you can punch or kick and than thinking about what can I do with this mechanic and making a simple 5 minute game out of that. Researching only the exact things you need to know, for that mechanic to not get overwhelmed.
@@thatFain I will take this advice to heart. I'm a high schooler, so I can only do game development for about 1, maybe 2 hours a day. But I will try to make the most of my time. Thank you for taking the time to help out a random person in your community. It truly means a lot. I wish you all the best with your game, and will definitely get it when it releases :)
@@Zeptoid No problem, happy to help :) TH-cam also has a lot of good tutorials to get into game dev :) I'm sure you can do it 💪. Just don't stress yourself too much :).
is so refreshing to see a Zweihander move fast like an actual sword. There is a TH-camr called Robinswords who has a lot of sword movements to get reference from.
Thanks : ). Ohhh yeah I know and love his channel ! At the moment I'm not making the animations by my self, and its not that easy to finde good ones, that are also a bit realistic. 😬
Great work, you're an inspiration to the game that i m making, keep up the good work. if you have a discord server or a reddit set for the game please share it in the vid description
Nice work! I will always mention the art style I really like it. Always waiting for your new video. idea for the future: maybe rocks or some sticks that you can pick up and throw it at enemies so you can distract them and then attack. Is this a good idea?
Thanks :) Hope to get the next devlog out on saturday or sunday. This one is a bit longer, if I dont manage to get it out on the weekend then it will come out definitely early next week.
Thanks :) 🖤 This is an retro art style inspired by the ps1 and n64 era. If you like art styles like this you can search for psx artstyle or ps1 artstyle. Theres also a subreddit called ps1graphics Also some people I follow are: - @heinn_dev
I look forward to each and every video just seeing the notification gets me excited to watch it great video as always But to answer the question near the end of the video personally I wouldn't go for the streaming option just because me personally wouldn't be able to watch it live maybe whenever I have time but to give a suggestion I wouldn't mind you making modeling videos and having a conversation during those but it's completely up to you Still great video
Again thanks for kind words :) Ah kk thanks for the answer, yeah true it would make sens to also post this sessions as video. I will think about it a bit and then do what feels right I guess. But also this will not effect the Devlogs I will keep making them.
Apply a generated cloud as surface heightmap for bumps in the terrain. Add roots, and make the trees look more crooked and cursed. Don't be afraid to make them giant and menacing, they define your map. Make them have hallowed bends, sometimes even loops. Looking really good btw. Don't forget that souls likes are always designed to look like out of a nightmare.
Thanks for the tips :) will try them out! Oh yeeah I want to have crooked nightmarish trees in the second area "The Bog". I want to have the first area look more "normal" on the nature site, to get a big aestetic difference of the areas. Will keep youre feedback in mind while designing that :)
Keep up the good work, Fabian! I really enjoy your devlogs!!! Anyways, I may have some useful advice for you: - I have seen a couple of bad casts in your blueprints. When you cast directly to a blueprint, the memory gets filled up with all the data (meshes, animations, etc.) that this blueprint is made up of. It's much faster to cast to an interface or to a C++ base class. You can check the memory size with the reference viewer. It might be ok now, but it can get really ugly (trust me, I've been there). It also has an effect on your compile time and editor load time. - The AI looks quite boring, unpredictable and unfair. Before you play test, you might want to look at the EQS to implement a battle circle system or something else that suits your needs. - The water shader doesn't really go with the retro look of the game. I would go for some UV panning and noise, just like in the good old N64 days. Hope that helps! :) Cheers
Thaanks so much for the feedback. - Haha yeah I should exchange the Casts for Interfraces. Should do that rather soon to not forget about it, I had some problems wiht understanding how to implement them correctly and wanted to get stuff done, but I think I begin to understand how to implement them now. - Truuuueee, the AI is pretty dumb right now ^^ have to make them a bit smarter ;) - Ah yeah good point. Will try and test that out. Helps a lot :) Thanks
The destruktion is looking pretty good! Idk if this is Something you are allready planning to change but i noticed how the grass blades? Planes? (Idk what you call them) are more saturated than the ground grass texture wich makes them realy stick out. Also I would be interestet in lifestreams
Thanks :) Haha yeah i know what u mean, that is deliberate, the material for the grass is (just like the leafs for the trees) also made in such a way that I can change the color, and gradiant of them. I want the grass to kind of pop out, but maybe I will reajust the color a bit. A nice thanks, thats good to now.
If you can, change it so that debris fades away and de-spawns instead of shrinking. It's ok as is, but the change will help prevent it from looking too cartoonish.
Thats an option, but the drawback here would be that you could not cycle through to the others. Or i would have to repeat the call of checking for enemies, which i think i don't want to do atm. Because right now i only use one Sphere Trace, which is pretty cheap performance wise. But I'll keep that in mind and will test around a bit in the future :)
using examples from other games to illustrate what you're trying to accomplish works very well. great devlog
Thanks :),
thats good to know, Im always a bit hasitant to use footage from other games, to not kind of be misleading I guess.
@@thatFain It's already really clear that those clips are not from your game, but you could also add a subtitle on screen showing the game's name. This would also be useful if people want to look into that game more out of curiosity or to understand some of your comparisons better.
@@rayk7307 thats a super good idea. also why the heck didn't I think of that as I made the video xD.
I'm making the new devlog atm and will include that ! thanks
@@thatFain I'm glad you found my suggestion useful :D
Thank you for the vids, I look forward to the next one!
Excellent devlog! In particular I appreciate your in depth breakdown of what you wanted from the attack system, and WHY you made those choices. Also super handy to show how everything was set up in unreal itself!
Thanks :)
yeah these little breakdowns also help me immensely to not lose focuse and define what I realy want for the game.
And it helps to communicate what the game is about ^^.
I would very much enjoy a live stream of 3d modeling/level design and keep up all the amazing progress : )
Nice thanks, thats good to know :).
It would then be over on twitch I think.
I'll post an update on that when I have set something up.
1:54 and 4:08. Stop using cast nodes, they are hitting performance and you'll have a hard time fixing it later on as the project gets bigger. Use interfaces instead.
Yep I'll change them out.
It's on top of the to do list :)
I would like to help you out for free with this project if you want. So i could learn some more 3D modelling.
Hey, there thats super kind, thank you
really cool that you are not going the stamina route. It has become so over used as of late
True, I know what you mean.
I found you this morning and I love this project, keep going 👍 that would be great if you could live streaming on TH-cam for a better overview ✌️
Hey there and thanks🖤
I work on the next Devlog atm and decided I'll go with streams on Twitch.
I'll announce when the first one will drop and link to the channel in the video I guess, but i know what you mean with better overview 😬
I did the exact same thing with my fractured Geometry Collections 😅 Only have them spawn after destroying the regular mesh
^^ nice. if it works it works ^^
I just started to watch your devlogs (all of them) and tbh it's very interesting and educational too! Can you please tell me how in the world did you manage to implement sound for the destructibles?
nice thanks again :)
I just can't get enough of that dark souls/valheim vibe that the game has, one thing you might try is to lower the resolution of ground textures, that might make that vibe stronger, good luck!
Thanks
sure, livestreams would be fun, if you're up for it that would be amazing.
thanks for the feedback.
I'm still thinking about it. time wise I think it would start in september, because i will not be able to stream in august.
Earned my sub. Great devlog. Inspiration to all small devs
Thanks very much for the sub.
So is this supposed to be a souls like game or it is just heavily inspired I would love to have Magic and stuff as long as it's a lil more viable then in the souls games
Well you could say its a souls like game but I don't realy like that term, because its kind of hollow (pun intended ^^).
The world building and atmosphere is heavily inspired by dark souls and berserk.
But the combat will be a bit more "arcady" like the old zelda titles.
I would love to add magic to the game, but that will be later in development.
At the moment my focus is to get a good melee combat in and after that some ranged combat with bows and crossbows.
Sounds cool either way to me keep up the great work God bless
@@exoticrezki9881 thanks :) 🖤
I really like the art style. Also a massive souls fan. Good luck with this project man.
Thanks :) Always happy if people like the art style
Is there going to be in depth in magic spells? You know similar to spellbreak (a dead game battle royal)
Oh yeah the magic spells in spelbreak felt very satisfying to use. Wil have to look at that again.
At the moment I'm not planning to make a very deep spell cast system. Mostly because of time constrains. But maybe this will come into the game at a later point.
Hi, I too am trying to make a souls inspiration game, and on the animations of the weapons, I noticed something that made me reconsider the feeling during the play and waste a lot of time recreating the animations. A trick I found useful is to decrease the animation as much as possible before activating the hitbox and then end the animation with the cool down part where the player cannot attack because he is stuck in the animation, this is to give the sensation to the player that the action of pressing the button occurs practically simultaneously with the attack. Have you found any system to make the charging part interesting?. I hope it can help you in some way in not wasting too much time on animations
Hey thanks for the tip :)
I'll usually make animation timings by testing what feels good to me.
So there is always a good bit of going back and forth, and it will cost a bit of time but I think its worth spending that time to kind of realy get feel for the game.
In my case I want to have this wind up for the attack, it will in the end act a bit like a "cooldown" or drawback to specific attacks.
But I know what u mean though, this does not fit for every game.
Good luck on your project and gamedev journey, hope you willl succeed! :)
Thanks 🖤
Looks really nice : )
Are you looking for people that help you with the project?
Hey thanks :)
Majoras mask is the best zelda ever created, the new botw games and wind waker take a close joint second
True !!
A live stream is a cool idea, wil can make a post to anounce it one or two days before the live stream
Yep, the plan would be to have a set schedule for the streams so people know when they are.
But I will not make a stream before september because of time constrains
Ahh EXTRAordinary scenes! 😋
Thanks :) 🖤
Why don't you use some high resolution textures? there are thousands of assets in the Asset Store.
Its an intentional art style decision.
I love old games and pixel art, the style is also an homage on old ps1/n64 games.
I love how they look.
The blood trails that show up when destroying the barrels and crates is pretty funny. It's like you're killing mimics that spit out potions.
Haha true :D.
Hmmm...
also note to self --> add mimics ^^.
That potion fountian bug had me in tears laughing
^^ I also had a good laugh when I found this bug
Maybe add some fog in some areas , makes areas feel more detailed and comes with a nice feel danger and fear
Haha yeah, fog is on the never ending list of stuff to do ^^
I'm also not that happy with the sky at the moment and I also want to change it.
But before that I want to get some more Level Design in.
I have a question: Why is it called "Calamity: Oath of Despair"?
It's called that way, because after a big catastrophe demons and otherworldly monsters got spawned in this world, who almost wiped out every other live forms.
All remaining humans are in a state of hopelessness and despair.
The only ones fighting against this evil are the players of the game. *gestureing like a preaching storyteller*
I have to to write down the backstory for the game at some point ^^.
I also found it was a good fit because you also will loose your gear upon death, which can lead to some despair xD.
And lastly i thought it sounded cool 👀.
@@thatFain good reasons
@@thatFain I have to say it's intriguing. I can't remember a game that deals with oaths of any kind. And what could be the content of something called the Oath of Despair? What does one have to swear to take this oath?
You could build a mechanic around that concept. Like, the player takes an oath to only use a given type of weapon for their next mission, and if they break their oath by using something else they get a massive debuff, or something like that.
And since you have demons, maybe demonic pacts are also a thing?
@@ysgramornorris2452
Exactly,
The "Oath of Depsair" triggered the great Cataclysm. Which raises the question, why would someone take this oath and who or what posses that much power to make an oath like this.
Damn, why didn't i think of that. I absolutlely love the idea to make a mechanic out of this !
It could be like fragments of the Oath of Despair are scattered around the land.
Players then can take their own oaths at specific locations, which will grand buffs and debuffs.
This would also fit well with the gear loss.
I need to write that down.
Thanks for the Idea ! 🖤
Will take a while though until I'm at the point to implement that.
Look really great! This game is really promising
Thanks :)
You're really inspiring to me. I've always dreamt of making games, but can never get past the steep learning curve. This is motivating me to give it another try(again). Thank you❤
Thank you! hearing that means a lot to me 🖤
I know what you mean, the learning curve for game dev can be pretty overwhelming. And we tend to overlook the things that we learn along the way.
Give yourself time to learn and try not to stress yourself too much. Making a game (even a small one ^^) takes a lot of time, try to be okay with that.
I'm also struggling very hard with that and always think that my progress is not good enough.
If you are learning game dev in your free time this is even more important, because you will burnout otherwise.
What I want to say is, its totaly okay to take a break :) You can always come back and try again.
Oh, also you don't need to know everything to make a game.
I think a good approache of getting into it is by thinking of a super simple mechanic, just one, like you can punch or kick and than thinking about what can I do with this mechanic and making a simple 5 minute game out of that. Researching only the exact things you need to know, for that mechanic to not get overwhelmed.
@@thatFain I will take this advice to heart. I'm a high schooler, so I can only do game development for about 1, maybe 2 hours a day. But I will try to make the most of my time.
Thank you for taking the time to help out a random person in your community. It truly means a lot.
I wish you all the best with your game, and will definitely get it when it releases :)
@@Zeptoid No problem, happy to help :)
TH-cam also has a lot of good tutorials to get into game dev :)
I'm sure you can do it 💪.
Just don't stress yourself too much :).
is so refreshing to see a Zweihander move fast like an actual sword. There is a TH-camr called Robinswords who has a lot of sword movements to get reference from.
Thanks : ).
Ohhh yeah I know and love his channel !
At the moment I'm not making the animations by my self, and its not that easy to finde good ones, that are also a bit realistic. 😬
Great work, you're an inspiration to the game that i m making, keep up the good work. if you have a discord server or a reddit set for the game please share it in the vid description
Thanks
@@thatFain appreciate it
Nice work! I will always mention the art style I really like it. Always waiting for your new video.
idea for the future: maybe rocks or some sticks that you can pick up and throw it at enemies so you can distract them and then attack.
Is this a good idea?
And I will always be happy if people like the art style ☺ thanks
@@thatFain yeah fair point thanks for listening ❤
@@drpepetheguy Of course, thanks for sharing ideas :) thats always welcome !
Looks nice, when update?
Thanks :)
Hope to get the next devlog out on saturday or sunday.
This one is a bit longer, if I dont manage to get it out on the weekend then it will come out definitely early next week.
Hey, this Series is very interesting. Excited to see more! I was wondering what you'd call the Character's Art Style? It looks sooo good!
Thanks :) 🖤
This is an retro art style inspired by the ps1 and n64 era.
If you like art styles like this you can search for psx artstyle or ps1 artstyle.
Theres also a subreddit called ps1graphics
Also some people I follow are:
- @heinn_dev
@@thatFain cool thanks for the answer!
I look forward to each and every video just seeing the notification gets me excited to watch it great video as always But to answer the question near the end of the video personally I wouldn't go for the streaming option just because me personally wouldn't be able to watch it live maybe whenever I have time but to give a suggestion I wouldn't mind you making modeling videos and having a conversation during those but it's completely up to you Still great video
Again thanks for kind words :)
Ah kk thanks for the answer, yeah true it would make sens to also post this sessions as video.
I will think about it a bit and then do what feels right I guess.
But also this will not effect the Devlogs I will keep making them.
Apply a generated cloud as surface heightmap for bumps in the terrain.
Add roots, and make the trees look more crooked and cursed. Don't be afraid to make them giant and menacing, they define your map. Make them have hallowed bends, sometimes even loops.
Looking really good btw.
Don't forget that souls likes are always designed to look like out of a nightmare.
Thanks for the tips :) will try them out!
Oh yeeah I want to have crooked nightmarish trees in the second area "The Bog".
I want to have the first area look more "normal" on the nature site, to get a big aestetic difference of the areas.
Will keep youre feedback in mind while designing that :)
amazing devlog, excited for new videos!
Thanks :)
The new one will hopefully drop at the end of next week ;)
@@thatFain hell yea! what i really liked about the game is dark fantasy aesthetic, super cool!
Love the vibes keep it up man!
Thanks
I realy like the artstyle
Thanks 🖤
I dig the artstyle!
Thanks 🖤
0:15 No we thank you! 😀
🖤 ☺
Yeah, I would love devlog live streams
Nice, thanks. Would you prefer twitch or youtube for streams?
@@thatFain I prefer youtube. But I would watch in any platform
Keep up the good work, Fabian! I really enjoy your devlogs!!! Anyways, I may have some useful advice for you:
- I have seen a couple of bad casts in your blueprints. When you cast directly to a blueprint, the memory gets filled up with all the data (meshes, animations, etc.) that this blueprint is made up of. It's much faster to cast to an interface or to a C++ base class. You can check the memory size with the reference viewer. It might be ok now, but it can get really ugly (trust me, I've been there). It also has an effect on your compile time and editor load time.
- The AI looks quite boring, unpredictable and unfair. Before you play test, you might want to look at the EQS to implement a battle circle system or something else that suits your needs.
- The water shader doesn't really go with the retro look of the game. I would go for some UV panning and noise, just like in the good old N64 days.
Hope that helps! :) Cheers
Thaanks so much for the feedback.
- Haha yeah I should exchange the Casts for Interfraces. Should do that rather soon to not forget about it, I had some problems wiht understanding how to implement them correctly and wanted to get stuff done, but I think I begin to understand how to implement them now.
- Truuuueee, the AI is pretty dumb right now ^^ have to make them a bit smarter ;)
- Ah yeah good point. Will try and test that out.
Helps a lot :) Thanks
The destruktion is looking pretty good!
Idk if this is Something you are allready planning to change but i noticed how the grass blades? Planes? (Idk what you call them) are more saturated than the ground grass texture wich makes them realy stick out.
Also I would be interestet in lifestreams
Thanks :)
Haha yeah i know what u mean, that is deliberate, the material for the grass is (just like the leafs for the trees) also made in such a way that I can change the color, and gradiant of them.
I want the grass to kind of pop out, but maybe I will reajust the color a bit.
A nice thanks, thats good to now.
If you can, change it so that debris fades away and de-spawns instead of shrinking. It's ok as is, but the change will help prevent it from looking too cartoonish.
Will try that :)
this is tight
Thanks 🖤
cool, looks like a soul game in valheim style
thanks :)
yeah both of these games are a huge inspiration for me
@@thatFain grüße nach hamburg xo
nice job
Thanks ☺
Love where you're going with this and I share many of your ideas. Love it! Keep it up!!!!
Thanks 🖤
Gute Arbeit 🎉 Wahnsinn was du da reinsteckst 👍🏼
Thaaanks :) 🖤
@@thatFain gern 🤍😊
Fellow DS2 enjoyer, commenting for support and to say it's looking good so far.
Thanks :).
Nice! It's always good to meet DS2 enjoyer ^^
8:09 I think you could save on geometry with some normal maps on the sides of those tents, without sacrificing aesthetics
Good point, will test a bit around if I reviste them.
4:50 Maybe you could always calculate only the closed right / left enemy instead of having an array of every enemy.
Thats an option, but the drawback here would be that you could not cycle through to the others. Or i would have to repeat the call of checking for enemies, which i think i don't want to do atm.
Because right now i only use one Sphere Trace, which is pretty cheap performance wise.
But I'll keep that in mind and will test around a bit in the future :)
So great to see this game evolving
Are you making backgroundsong too?
Thanks
Eagerly waiting to play this game one day, keep up the good work dude
Thanks :) 🖤
Will do my best to keep it up ᕙ(⇀‸↼)ᕗ
LOVE the concept and the explanations you do 👏
Thanks :) 🖤