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I tell you the same thing I told all the others: before you start making the game, decide how much time you want to spend on it, then cut it in half. If you want to be done in a year, make a game you can finish in 6 months and you might be done in 1.5 years. This decision, the scope - defines everything else, the graphics, AI complexity, level complexity and amount, the number of interactable objects, weapons/skills, movement variety and so on. Hitman is an immersive sim. For Singleplayer-Games, this is the most complex genre you can choose (except some RTS games maybe). Attempting to make an immersive sim as indie dev is a nightmare, trust me, because I tried it. You need all the combat mechanics as well as the stealth mechanics on top, also you need very complex AI that reacts to distractions, checks rooms if the environment changed (door opend, broken glass on the floor), you need a ton of UI Indicators/Audio Samples/Animations to tell the player what the AI is thinking, what the AI agent has noticed, why he is doing what he is doing. And all of that is just the tip of the iceberg, because you need very complex, engaging levels which are extremely hard to design for this genre. And you have to teach the player all of the mechanics and the AI, so the tutorial is also very complex to make. Delivering a Story in such a setting is a nightmare. Because the levels are so big and full of details, you will run into performance problems. The list goes on and on, I could write a book why it's so damn hard to make an immersive sim like Hitman. My Suggestion: Don't make a stealth hero. Make a hero game where movement and combat is fun - you bash into a level, kill the enemies, level complete. Just some simple open areas for fights, and jump&run platform paths to get from one area to the next one. Both are somewhat easy (and fun(!)) to design and you will have something cool within a few weeks. (With an immersive sim you will have something cool only a few months before the game is finished, because all systems rely on each other. That's particularly demoralizing.) But - it's up to you, just my two cents from my personal experience.
I totally hear you! Game dev is a long process but luckily I have nowhere to be! I know it's going to be difficult but this is just the current state of the game and what I think fits my vision best. I know the game will be difficult to develop no matter which genre, and from what you've said I know for sure this will be a very long task. However, this is the current state and plan for the project, like in the video I'm sure the game will evolve as I see / reach my limits or get to a place where I know I'll be unable to develop it myself. That's something that will come further down the line though, I appreciate your concern!
damn, this just gets better and better the hitman approach is also a stroke of genius honestly, making the game be just big open stages rather than a full open world makes things way easier without sacrificing the players fun or capacity to chose their own path also, fully support the idea for a more stylized approach, as a great youtuber once said unlike graphics, style ages beautifully oh and, the design honestly looks freaking awesome personally, i quite like it, the artist knocked it out of the park with that one lastly, if i may make a suggestion regarding the visuals, blending into the spider verse's aesthetic with the ultimate spiderman ps2 game might be the way to go, like a 50/50 or 60/40 blend of the two, which in my honest opinion would look quite unique and charming
I really appreciate the kind words! I think this game loop should hopefully be awesome but we can't really say until it's put to function. I'm excited to test it out and I'm happy you think it sounds as fun as I did 😁 That was exactly my thought process with the graphics too! I think that's what I was most scared of in this video, it's definitely a change from the realistic graphics I envisioned before. This should hopefully make development 1. Easier(ish) for me and 2. The game won't have to compete with the actual AAA games in terms of graphics. It would also hopefully age much much better. Glad you like the Alter design 🥳 I was super excited when I got it, I couldn't wait to show it off. That's the plan I have right now with the graphics! Game development takes a long time so we'll have plenty of time to dial in exactly what style or look we're going for, but a 50/50 like blend is what I'm aiming to recreate right now.
@@transmattergamedev oh don't mention it, yours is a very promising project if i'm honest, the game is moving along pretty well, the concept sounds extremely fun and more importantly, you are keeping things relatively simple without sacrificing the fun factor, which is very important i'd say. as for the graphics, you see the thing is, by making it stylized like that, rather than it not having to compete with AAA, if anything, i'd say that very choice allows you to more easily go up against AAA titles, the graphics not being realistic now makes this not a matter of how well rendered your game is, but instead allows the audience to focus mainly on what counts, that being the experience itself. so yeah, no need to worry about the changes, far as i can see every decision you've made so far has only made things better. yours is a project everyone here can safely expect great things from, and i for one can't wait for the next update.
I'm also pretty obsessed with Spider-Verse. The animation since I saw it has just felt like perfection to me. In my current game I've been using the same animation style and it's pretty easy to do with existing animations in terms of frames and steps. If you want it to feel more like how Spider-Verse felt there's some Blender tutorials on how to do it and make it feel natural to your project. I just love the low choppy animation aesthetic.
I think the gameplay loop sounds amazing but I think maybe having one or two unique ways to deal with the boss like in hitman but you decide also it might look good decreased the cel shading a bit for less thick outlines
@@transmattergamedev I took a screenshot of alter, I'm considering playing around with some comic based design. Obviously not for my use, but if you like what I make it's yours to use :)
also I have a few questions and some suggestions you can add to your game obviously you don't have to if you don't want to. I know that solo Game Dev is hard but do you think you have any date on when you might release Another Devlog. Suggestions: And later in the future of your game development you think you can change Alter's abilities from having multiple abilities into copy abilitie. I feel like it makes more sense for Alter's name because as you said in the first devlog alter means DNA and really makes more sense for his powers because by using his enemy's powers he can alter his abilities into his enemies abilities. And you can also use the abilities that you mentioned from the first devlog because maybe alter can have multiple copy abilities or maybe altar has a limit to his copy abilities the possibilities are endless endless endlessss. Well maybe you could add this you don't have to of course if you don't want to either way you add this or not I'm just happy I can see your devlog journey to making this amazing video game and I can't wait to see where it goes also have a nice day.
Ahhh this is a really cool idea! I wish I could use this but I think the way I envision Alter he has his current powers he has right now, it's best for gameplay and it's just the way I imagine him. However, just a little sneak peak, I have been workshopping villains and something pretty similar to that is in concepts right now 🤫
oh, my, god did you hit my expectations, with a truck on this one, for starters the Alter model looks sick, though the logo could be bigger or more visible, but eh and secound off all the gameplay loop sounds good but you will have to balance how good it feals, for example a random generated Key room (how i'll call it) is not good on too small or too big (have that in mind while designing the levels) i hope this project will be enjoyable for you (also don't fail at school lmao :3)
That's all stuff I have in mind designing these levels!! Thank you so much for the support!! I definitely think I'll increase Alter's logo, it would fit the comic aesthetic more and also just make it much more recognizable. I'll do my best not to fail at school LOL
I look forward to your progress! I just got my first PC and downloaded unreal engine because I too would love to make a super hero game! But it’s definitely intimidating. Your dev logs give me motivation! 🙌🏾 keep up the good work!
Very cool too see a bit of development onto a game as most you dont really get to see the whole process thats behind it so its always very nice to see more about that. I wish you all greatest with your project and i truly do hope to see it completed one day.
For some reason, I have my own headcanon that Alter was a molecular biologist and encountered a rare form of cancer. In an attempt to cure his illness, he inadvertently transformed his cancer cells into possessing the capacity to alter DNA, the negative implications was that the proliferation of cancer cells occurred at an accelerated rate. The swift proliferation of cells would have prompted the integration of an inhibitor in Alter's suit, with the aim of restraining the development of the cancer and preventing unwanted mutations, or even his untimely demise. This measure, however, would have restricted the capacity of Alter's suit's power reserve. I could even imagine this feature could be used in the final boss as well, if Alter throws up a hail mary and destroys the inhibitor in an attempt to subdue the boss in a tragic fashion. (Another idea that just came to mind - Rather than Alter using a mechanical inhibitor, an alternative approach to him inhibiting the spread of his cancerous cells could involve using a specially designed virus that utilizes siRNA to form an RNA induced silencing complex, which could potentially halt the progression of his cancer.)
Definitely! I think it'll be a while before we know the true PC requirements, especially since this is still early tech demo phases but once I get a release in I'll definitely show all those so you can see what specs are needed!
There arent many superhero games these days, especially original ones that arent marvel or dc. My dream game is an open world superhero rpg with an original setting. So seeing your devlogs, Im really rooting for you and Alter to do well. Keep up the good work man 😀
I think you should upload once every 30 days to report whatever you have done in the game even if it's very little. This will build a habit and consistency for both developing more and for the content. Plus the content has seemingly performed amazingly and UA-cam heavily favors consistent uploads. I think within a year if you uploaded once a month you could make actual decent money off of youtube to support the project. I'd also suggest working more on the story and maybe focusing a few devlogs into the lore of the world and hero. I can definitely see Alter 3 being a triple A title coming out 10 years from now with its own amazon prime series in another 10 if you really put your all into this game. Keep up the great work I look forward to the next devlog.
That's what I want to try doing ~ every 30 days is the goal. The hardest part is doing with school and everything but with my semester about to end I'm hoping I can build better habits for the next semester. The story has been worked on! There will be news about some of that and a reveal in the next devlog so I cant wait for that 🤫. I appreciate the kind words! Alter having his own show would be crazy LOL thank you for your support!!
Phenomenal video. You really hit the nail on the head when it comes too having a plan not just making a game for the sake of making a game. Project scope is the biggest killer for indie devs, I too feel it. We just take it a step at a time and hope to make it to the end, eventually. I subbed an will be waiting for more good sir!
Definitely! Rome wasn't built in a day, but having a plan definitely makes a big project seem much more feasible. I appreciate your support! The next devlog's script is already written so hopefully I can get it out soon, new info on the way!! 😁
There really aren't! I think the biggest issue is that all the well known superheroes are under copyright, since Alter's an original character he can't get taken away from me LOL. I wouldn't mind seeing some more superhero devlogs!
Something just felt better about this series so far to other Devlogs Then I realised we actually see your face and see you talk, it’s really refreshing compared to all the 2D animations, blender clips and walls of pure code. Keep the great work up. (Also with the Las Vegas setting will the gameplay loop places take place in a Las Vegas overworld you can roam around?) Forgot to ask this but will the Gameplay loop places fall into a conceive story.
i would like to help with your game but i dont know how to help so i give you some story end map idea, story idea alter lives in a modern world where some people are born with a superpower everything is ok until a villan group is formed by a very powerfull villain to find him you need to fight his army one by one or find the capitan's of villan group (like telekinella,MRgrenate,flamekiller or waterlady end even more end after you locate end deafet all of them you will haven the location of final boss :) map idea: it would really good if the maps suit the boss villans powers or personality like for exemple waterlady map where you can find her is a aquarium :D bye!!!
I like how you're going for more of a comic book and into the spider verse look I think it fits alter really well and I can't wait to see how it looks on the next update 😁👍
Definitely something I'm looking into, my biggest fear with that is similar to what happened with the Spiderman game where animating on twos with the Spiderverse suits had to be an option you could turn off. Will experiment though!
Instead of making only a menu to get to all the levels, make it so the player can choose to either get to it fast in the menu, or to travel to the level inside the city. It would give the game more of the vegas vibe
Dude! I'm not telling you how to do your thing, but I want to impart some advice. Be very careful not to scope creep! You should take a step back and use this turning animation thing as an example. It bugged you, because you've been spending a long time working on every single detail of your project. But others aren't going to notice that. What they will notice is the overall feel of the game. Spend your time focusing on a proof of concept, making a small and basic level where the fundamentals of your game work and feel good. Then you can refine the details after you have your proof of concept going. Good luck and keep going! Excited for the tech demo
It's something I want to add, but there has not been much thought into it. Obviously since Alter's main character design isn't finished I'm not putting in time thinking of his alternate looks and such. That's very far down in development and not something I'm particularly worried about right now. But, if all goes well I think alternate costumes would be great for Alter and it's something that is on the plan!
I really like what you are changing but from what the tech demo geometry looks like it doesn't seem that big I hope that I'm just not using my brain but it doesn't seem like you describe as (a big level with a bunch of different ways around things) I'm probably being rude so sorry but I love your philosophy on the design I agree that realistic doesn't matter as much as art style and for the design of alter the goggles make it too spider man like it looks cool but doesn't have a unique look because of the Googles if I remember the ai gave him orange or colored eyes. Sorry for the rant I just really like the concept
Yah I totally see where you're coming from! The level's still smaller but it's still being built up, I'll add more and more as development progresses. That's just a portion of the map I have completely blocked out that I plan on using while testing the AI and such. It's not rude at all! You're just making an observation so there's no need to be sorry LOL. I'm glad you're liking the game design!! Yahh the character design right now definitely is reminiscent of Spiderman, I'm hoping by the time we get to the next model (which probably won't be for a while) that we can find out some things that distinguish Alter's looks as his own character. In some of the initial sketches we had Alter did have Orange and Red eyes, however when actually implemented it started to make Alter look a bit scarier, less like a superhero more like a supervillain, which is not the goal. Hopefully just as we progress in development we'll find something that really makes Alter different, looks-wise. 👍
@@transmattergamedev thanks for responding I do agree with the eye thing being kinda threatening just looked cool maybe a visor thing ?? I don't know I'm not a designer. Another thing I would like to see is some stealth and I'm guessing it would be kinda funny like in spider man a bright purple dude taking out all the bad guy while they can't see the obvious purple (sorry for my sentence structure in advance) but so far looks amazing you seem to have a lot of passion and you give me inspiration to eventually start developing my dream game (If only I had a PC)
Please remove Alter's goggles😩. Also you should add some solid stealth mechanics, for example stealth take downs, crouching and something that would be really awesome : a gravity switch, you could like, walk on the ceiling then fall down and do a wrestling rko. The ceiling walk could let you get around mostly undetected but also be used in a lot of puzzle elements. Personally I think if that is possible it could replace the invisibility. Also you should do like a solid color untextured, cell shaded and outlined look if that makes sense. Anyway the game looks great, can't wait to try the demo!
I'll definitely see what he'd look like without goggles :D But, that's later down the line right now I think focus is on getting gameplay working. I plan on stealth mechanics! The gravity switch idea is super cool too! It fits with Alters powers 🤔 maybe I'll workshop some things. That style does make sense! It sounds pretty similar to what I want to attempt to create! Hopefully in the next devlog some of that stylization could be in 😁
@@transmattergamedev Nice! thanks for taking the time to respond, also I suppose if you go for sort of a 90's era goofy comic art style then goggles would work, idk whether it fits with the rest of the enemies and stuff rn.
Since I said I'd put them in the comments instead of the description :0
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I tell you the same thing I told all the others: before you start making the game, decide how much time you want to spend on it, then cut it in half. If you want to be done in a year, make a game you can finish in 6 months and you might be done in 1.5 years.
This decision, the scope - defines everything else, the graphics, AI complexity, level complexity and amount, the number of interactable objects, weapons/skills, movement variety and so on.
Hitman is an immersive sim. For Singleplayer-Games, this is the most complex genre you can choose (except some RTS games maybe). Attempting to make an immersive sim as indie dev is a nightmare, trust me, because I tried it. You need all the combat mechanics as well as the stealth mechanics on top, also you need very complex AI that reacts to distractions, checks rooms if the environment changed (door opend, broken glass on the floor), you need a ton of UI Indicators/Audio Samples/Animations to tell the player what the AI is thinking, what the AI agent has noticed, why he is doing what he is doing.
And all of that is just the tip of the iceberg, because you need very complex, engaging levels which are extremely hard to design for this genre. And you have to teach the player all of the mechanics and the AI, so the tutorial is also very complex to make. Delivering a Story in such a setting is a nightmare. Because the levels are so big and full of details, you will run into performance problems. The list goes on and on, I could write a book why it's so damn hard to make an immersive sim like Hitman.
My Suggestion: Don't make a stealth hero. Make a hero game where movement and combat is fun - you bash into a level, kill the enemies, level complete. Just some simple open areas for fights, and jump&run platform paths to get from one area to the next one. Both are somewhat easy (and fun(!)) to design and you will have something cool within a few weeks. (With an immersive sim you will have something cool only a few months before the game is finished, because all systems rely on each other. That's particularly demoralizing.)
But - it's up to you, just my two cents from my personal experience.
I totally hear you! Game dev is a long process but luckily I have nowhere to be! I know it's going to be difficult but this is just the current state of the game and what I think fits my vision best. I know the game will be difficult to develop no matter which genre, and from what you've said I know for sure this will be a very long task. However, this is the current state and plan for the project, like in the video I'm sure the game will evolve as I see / reach my limits or get to a place where I know I'll be unable to develop it myself. That's something that will come further down the line though, I appreciate your concern!
The idea for the gameplay loop actually sounds very fun. I can’t wait to see how this turns out
Glad you like it 😁 I'm excited to get it implemented to really get to test it.
another video 🎉, didn’t ghost us 🤣🤣
No I didn't 😂😂
@@transmattergamedev Also Love the hitman Idea!
damn, this just gets better and better
the hitman approach is also a stroke of genius honestly, making the game be just big open stages rather than a full open world makes things way easier
without sacrificing the players fun or capacity to chose their own path
also, fully support the idea for a more stylized approach, as a great youtuber once said
unlike graphics, style ages beautifully
oh and, the design honestly looks freaking awesome
personally, i quite like it, the artist knocked it out of the park with that one
lastly, if i may make a suggestion regarding the visuals, blending into the spider verse's aesthetic with the ultimate spiderman ps2 game might be the way to go, like a 50/50 or 60/40 blend of the two, which in my honest opinion would look quite unique and charming
I really appreciate the kind words!
I think this game loop should hopefully be awesome but we can't really say until it's put to function. I'm excited to test it out and I'm happy you think it sounds as fun as I did 😁
That was exactly my thought process with the graphics too! I think that's what I was most scared of in this video, it's definitely a change from the realistic graphics I envisioned before. This should hopefully make development 1. Easier(ish) for me and 2. The game won't have to compete with the actual AAA games in terms of graphics. It would also hopefully age much much better.
Glad you like the Alter design 🥳 I was super excited when I got it, I couldn't wait to show it off.
That's the plan I have right now with the graphics! Game development takes a long time so we'll have plenty of time to dial in exactly what style or look we're going for, but a 50/50 like blend is what I'm aiming to recreate right now.
@@transmattergamedev oh don't mention it, yours is a very promising project if i'm honest, the game is moving along pretty well, the concept sounds extremely fun and more importantly, you are keeping things relatively simple without sacrificing the fun factor, which is very important i'd say.
as for the graphics, you see the thing is, by making it stylized like that, rather than it not having to compete with AAA, if anything, i'd say that very choice allows you to more easily go up against AAA titles, the graphics not being realistic now makes this not a matter of how well rendered your game is, but instead allows the audience to focus mainly on what counts, that being the experience itself.
so yeah, no need to worry about the changes, far as i can see every decision you've made so far has only made things better.
yours is a project everyone here can safely expect great things from, and i for one can't wait for the next update.
this is gonna be one of the best indie games ever if he doesn’t ghost us
I won't I promise ! :D
I'm also pretty obsessed with Spider-Verse. The animation since I saw it has just felt like perfection to me.
In my current game I've been using the same animation style and it's pretty easy to do with existing animations in terms of frames and steps.
If you want it to feel more like how Spider-Verse felt there's some Blender tutorials on how to do it and make it feel natural to your project. I just love the low choppy animation aesthetic.
I REALLY WANT TO PLAY THIS GAME IT LOOKS SO COOL SO FAR!!!! Keep up the good work. Also I really liked the realistic version of him.
Thank you so much!!
Alter is boutta be lit please don't stop working on this
One of the hardest things you can do is realizing you need to restart or redo something. I'm definitely excited to see where you go man!
It definitely is! I appreciate your support :DD
I think the gameplay loop sounds amazing but I think maybe having one or two unique ways to deal with the boss like in hitman but you decide also it might look good decreased the cel shading a bit for less thick outlines
YES please make it a cartoon/ cell shaded game it will help make it feel unique and beautiful!
Ofc! The cartoon cell shaded look will be AWESOME
Yo glad to see ur here and posting!
Definitely! Hopefully I'll be able to post more often from now LOL
@@transmattergamedev I took a screenshot of alter, I'm considering playing around with some comic based design. Obviously not for my use, but if you like what I make it's yours to use :)
@@transmattergamedev with your permission of course
amazingly video!! super excited for all the changes and to see you continue to progress! 🥳
Thank youuu :DD 🥳
Whoooo!
I friction love this game
*frickin
Haha! I'm glad you're enjoying watching the process 😁🥳
Noice. Alter looking like a cutie, r34 when? Jokes aside he looking beautiful 👍
Noice.
also I have a few questions and some suggestions you can add to your game obviously you don't have to if you don't want to. I know that solo Game Dev is hard but do you think you have any date on when you might release Another Devlog.
Suggestions:
And later in the future of your game development you think you can change Alter's abilities from having multiple abilities into copy abilitie. I feel like it makes more sense for Alter's name because as you said in the first devlog alter means DNA and really makes more sense for his powers because by using his enemy's powers he can alter his abilities into his enemies abilities. And you can also use the abilities that you mentioned from the first devlog because maybe alter can have multiple copy abilities or maybe altar has a limit to his copy abilities the possibilities are endless endless endlessss. Well maybe you could add this you don't have to of course if you don't want to either way you add this or not I'm just happy I can see your devlog journey to making this amazing video game and I can't wait to see where it goes also have a nice day.
Ahhh this is a really cool idea! I wish I could use this but I think the way I envision Alter he has his current powers he has right now, it's best for gameplay and it's just the way I imagine him.
However, just a little sneak peak, I have been workshopping villains and something pretty similar to that is in concepts right now 🤫
oh, my, god did you hit my expectations, with a truck on this one, for starters the Alter model looks sick, though the logo could be bigger or more visible, but eh and secound off all the gameplay loop sounds good but you will have to balance how good it feals, for example a random generated Key room (how i'll call it) is not good on too small or too big (have that in mind while designing the levels) i hope this project will be enjoyable for you (also don't fail at school lmao :3)
That's all stuff I have in mind designing these levels!! Thank you so much for the support!! I definitely think I'll increase Alter's logo, it would fit the comic aesthetic more and also just make it much more recognizable. I'll do my best not to fail at school LOL
I look forward to your progress! I just got my first PC and downloaded unreal engine because I too would love to make a super hero game! But it’s definitely intimidating. Your dev logs give me motivation! 🙌🏾 keep up the good work!
I'm glad they motivate you!! :D
Yess you're back!! keep up the great work man!!
Most definitely! Thanks for your support 😁
At 13:00 I really agree EVERYTHING!
Happy you agree 😁😁😁
Very cool too see a bit of development onto a game as most you dont really get to see the whole process thats behind it so its always very nice to see more about that. I wish you all greatest with your project and i truly do hope to see it completed one day.
Glad you're enjoying it 😁😁
For some reason, I have my own headcanon that Alter was a molecular biologist and encountered a rare form of cancer. In an attempt to cure his illness, he inadvertently transformed his cancer cells into possessing the capacity to alter DNA, the negative implications was that the proliferation of cancer cells occurred at an accelerated rate. The swift proliferation of cells would have prompted the integration of an inhibitor in Alter's suit, with the aim of restraining the development of the cancer and preventing unwanted mutations, or even his untimely demise. This measure, however, would have restricted the capacity of Alter's suit's power reserve. I could even imagine this feature could be used in the final boss as well, if Alter throws up a hail mary and destroys the inhibitor in an attempt to subdue the boss in a tragic fashion.
(Another idea that just came to mind - Rather than Alter using a mechanical inhibitor, an alternative approach to him inhibiting the spread of his cancerous cells could involve using a specially designed virus that utilizes siRNA to form an RNA induced silencing complex, which could potentially halt the progression of his cancer.)
Oooh interesting... Not much thought has been put into Alter's origin yet but this sounds awesome!!
Been fun watching yo work on the project hopefully this next devlog doesnt come by on summer break i would love to see more!
I hope the next devlog comes sooner too! I'm happy you're enjoying watching the progress thanks for your support 😁😁
Don't ghost me, I'm invested. (mentally)
LOL I won't!!
ill be sticking around for the final game....atb
Thank you thank you! 😁 Hope you enjoy your time here!!
Idea: you should add custom clothing through out the story or you can purchase them in game
Oooh I see. That would be interesting!
Hey, next dev log can you add texture/ poly count and lighting Settings cuz, let's just say, I don't have the best pc
Definitely! I think it'll be a while before we know the true PC requirements, especially since this is still early tech demo phases but once I get a release in I'll definitely show all those so you can see what specs are needed!
@@transmattergamedev awsome
The gameplay loop idea seems amazing! I can't wait to see how you'll implement it
I'm glad you like it 😁 I'm excited to get it fully implemented and working !
There arent many superhero games these days, especially original ones that arent marvel or dc. My dream game is an open world superhero rpg with an original setting. So seeing your devlogs, Im really rooting for you and Alter to do well. Keep up the good work man 😀
Glad I can be an inspiration :D I appreciate your support!!
You should add an eavesdrop button for alter to get info from guards
Smart! That'd definitely be helpful!!
I think you should upload once every 30 days to report whatever you have done in the game even if it's very little. This will build a habit and consistency for both developing more and for the content. Plus the content has seemingly performed amazingly and UA-cam heavily favors consistent uploads. I think within a year if you uploaded once a month you could make actual decent money off of youtube to support the project. I'd also suggest working more on the story and maybe focusing a few devlogs into the lore of the world and hero. I can definitely see Alter 3 being a triple A title coming out 10 years from now with its own amazon prime series in another 10 if you really put your all into this game. Keep up the great work I look forward to the next devlog.
That's what I want to try doing ~ every 30 days is the goal. The hardest part is doing with school and everything but with my semester about to end I'm hoping I can build better habits for the next semester. The story has been worked on! There will be news about some of that and a reveal in the next devlog so I cant wait for that 🤫. I appreciate the kind words! Alter having his own show would be crazy LOL thank you for your support!!
Phenomenal video. You really hit the nail on the head when it comes too having a plan not just making a game for the sake of making a game. Project scope is the biggest killer for indie devs, I too feel it. We just take it a step at a time and hope to make it to the end, eventually. I subbed an will be waiting for more good sir!
Definitely! Rome wasn't built in a day, but having a plan definitely makes a big project seem much more feasible. I appreciate your support! The next devlog's script is already written so hopefully I can get it out soon, new info on the way!! 😁
I can’t wait to play this!
even if you make the game more stylized you can keep the realistic model as an alternative costume to unlock
I plan on it! I still think the realistic model is awesome!
You should make it so the enemys could hear you this would make the sneaking part of the game better and nerf the invisible power at the same time
That's definitely getting implemented!
Your handsome man, thanks for the good content.
Haha 😅 thank you so much! I'm glad you're enjoying the videos!
I like the new alter design it looks awesome 😁👍
Glad you like it 😁😁😁
Keep it up for some reason there aren’t a lot of superhero devlogs
There really aren't! I think the biggest issue is that all the well known superheroes are under copyright, since Alter's an original character he can't get taken away from me LOL. I wouldn't mind seeing some more superhero devlogs!
I LOVE HIT MAN, im now so hype for this game
ME TOOO! Thank you so much for the support :DD
I agree with the stylized approach for sure
Something just felt better about this series so far to other Devlogs
Then I realised we actually see your face and see you talk, it’s really refreshing compared to all the 2D animations, blender clips and walls of pure code.
Keep the great work up.
(Also with the Las Vegas setting will the gameplay loop places take place in a Las Vegas overworld you can roam around?)
Forgot to ask this but will the Gameplay loop places fall into a conceive story.
Your speakers two wayed
This game looks like it’s going to be so awesome and cool !!!!! 😮
😮😮
i would like to help with your game but i dont know how to help so i give you some story end map idea, story idea alter lives in a modern world where some people are born with a superpower everything is ok until a villan group is formed by a very powerfull villain to find him you need to fight his army one by one or find the capitan's of villan group (like telekinella,MRgrenate,flamekiller or waterlady end even more end after you locate end deafet all of them you will haven the location of final boss :) map idea: it would really good if the maps suit the boss villans powers or personality like for exemple waterlady map where you can find her is a aquarium :D bye!!!
Woahhhh!! All this sounds super cool!! Not much thought has been put into real story plot points but this sounds really awesome!
Your game has a bight future ahead of it so just stick to it
Will do! I appreciate the support 🙏🙏
I think the suit could use some black accents on it to make it pop more, but keep going bro good job
I like how you're going for more of a comic book and into the spider verse look I think it fits alter really well and I can't wait to see how it looks on the next update 😁👍
I'm excited to show :DD Next update should be coming soon!!!
This game looks sooooooooo goooood
😁😁 Thank you soooooooooo much :D
@@transmattergamedev ofc man, your a crazy good game dev I hope I can be good as you one day
Maybe have it in a lower frame rate like into the spider verse and maybe the comic style as well and slimmer limbs?
Definitely something I'm looking into, my biggest fear with that is similar to what happened with the Spiderman game where animating on twos with the Spiderverse suits had to be an option you could turn off. Will experiment though!
hes baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack
I ammmmmmmmm 🥳
I haven't even watched the video yet but I know it's going to be amazing.
😁😁 I hope you enjoy it
@@transmattergamedev I really did thank you for the amazing devlog.
It's really cool 😮😊
I'm glad you like it 😁😁
What if Alter had the guards just start talking about him or mocking him like Spiderman ps4
That's actually planned! As Alter becomes more well known more and more guards will mock him
Instead of making only a menu to get to all the levels, make it so the player can choose to either get to it fast in the menu, or to travel to the level inside the city. It would give the game more of the vegas vibe
Ahh that'd be cool! It be a lot more work but it would definitely feel more connected 🤔
keep it up
:DD I appreciate your support!
i can tell you tried pretty hard lol.😄
Kinda reminds me of Payday. Should have customisation and multiplayer :P
Dude! I'm not telling you how to do your thing, but I want to impart some advice. Be very careful not to scope creep! You should take a step back and use this turning animation thing as an example. It bugged you, because you've been spending a long time working on every single detail of your project. But others aren't going to notice that. What they will notice is the overall feel of the game. Spend your time focusing on a proof of concept, making a small and basic level where the fundamentals of your game work and feel good. Then you can refine the details after you have your proof of concept going. Good luck and keep going! Excited for the tech demo
Ofc! That's the goal! I appreciate the honesty, scope creep is something I'm definitely trying to be very wary of, thank you for the support! 😁
@Transmatter Game Dev awesome! Looking forward to see where you go from here!
I think people would expect beating a horde of goons in a Superhero game. Hitman concept seems off.
It's definitely something to play with. The concept isn't set in stone but I think this is much more of a game than a random combat simulator.
An because that's all you said you wanted
Good luck
Don't give people the ability to ignore you, they should know what you have to say.
Definitely!
@@transmattergamedev I will support you 100 %.
Uh If you need music for this game id love too make some or compose the whole thing or just help in any way
I'll KIT :DD
I have a question will there be alternate costumes for the superhero suit.
It's something I want to add, but there has not been much thought into it. Obviously since Alter's main character design isn't finished I'm not putting in time thinking of his alternate looks and such. That's very far down in development and not something I'm particularly worried about right now. But, if all goes well I think alternate costumes would be great for Alter and it's something that is on the plan!
Shouldn't alter be a bit more buff or have more muscle definition considering he can alter his dna?
the animation is really cool but it's kinda slow if you make him hit faster that would be better
good work tho
I'll definitely try implementing that! Especially with the new artstyle, I think it'll add a cartoony flare to it!
@@transmattergamedev good luck bro
But what is alter personality? U gonna need to have that
Ofc! I have thoughts on it but nothing I'm ready to announce yet...
so we cna speedrun it by completelty breaking the game?
I mean it's my goal to try to make breaking the game as difficult as possible buttttt players always find a way so most likely LOL 🤷♂️
I really like what you are changing but from what the tech demo geometry looks like it doesn't seem that big I hope that I'm just not using my brain but it doesn't seem like you describe as (a big level with a bunch of different ways around things) I'm probably being rude so sorry but I love your philosophy on the design I agree that realistic doesn't matter as much as art style and for the design of alter the goggles make it too spider man like it looks cool but doesn't have a unique look because of the Googles if I remember the ai gave him orange or colored eyes. Sorry for the rant I just really like the concept
Yah I totally see where you're coming from! The level's still smaller but it's still being built up, I'll add more and more as development progresses. That's just a portion of the map I have completely blocked out that I plan on using while testing the AI and such.
It's not rude at all! You're just making an observation so there's no need to be sorry LOL. I'm glad you're liking the game design!!
Yahh the character design right now definitely is reminiscent of Spiderman, I'm hoping by the time we get to the next model (which probably won't be for a while) that we can find out some things that distinguish Alter's looks as his own character. In some of the initial sketches we had Alter did have Orange and Red eyes, however when actually implemented it started to make Alter look a bit scarier, less like a superhero more like a supervillain, which is not the goal. Hopefully just as we progress in development we'll find something that really makes Alter different, looks-wise. 👍
@@transmattergamedev thanks for responding I do agree with the eye thing being kinda threatening just looked cool maybe a visor thing ?? I don't know I'm not a designer. Another thing I would like to see is some stealth and I'm guessing it would be kinda funny like in spider man a bright purple dude taking out all the bad guy while they can't see the obvious purple (sorry for my sentence structure in advance) but so far looks amazing you seem to have a lot of passion and you give me inspiration to eventually start developing my dream game (If only I had a PC)
what is this als sample project? Where can I find it?
hey i have a health ui idea there is no way to send it to you but i think it would work well for alter
Hey! I'd love to see it :D! You can send it to me via twitter or through discord!
My discord is otwo#9280
@@transmattergamedev i don't have those 😥can i email it ?
@@transmattergamedev nvm i got it to work
hello how are you doing today
no you are not.
I'm doing amazing thanks for asking!! How're you?
@@transmattergamedev great you have inspired me to make a full game to sell
@@madelinejaimez6301 what do you mean then who is
@@CosmicGamesoOfficial i thought I was :(
Please remove Alter's goggles😩. Also you should add some solid stealth mechanics, for example stealth take downs, crouching and something that would be really awesome : a gravity switch, you could like, walk on the ceiling then fall down and do a wrestling rko. The ceiling walk could let you get around mostly undetected but also be used in a lot of puzzle elements. Personally I think if that is possible it could replace the invisibility. Also you should do like a solid color untextured, cell shaded and outlined look if that makes sense. Anyway the game looks great, can't wait to try the demo!
I'll definitely see what he'd look like without goggles :D But, that's later down the line right now I think focus is on getting gameplay working. I plan on stealth mechanics! The gravity switch idea is super cool too! It fits with Alters powers 🤔 maybe I'll workshop some things. That style does make sense! It sounds pretty similar to what I want to attempt to create! Hopefully in the next devlog some of that stylization could be in 😁
@@transmattergamedev Nice! thanks for taking the time to respond, also I suppose if you go for sort of a 90's era goofy comic art style then goggles would work, idk whether it fits with the rest of the enemies and stuff rn.
Is there any way I can get into contact?
Definitely! DM me on discord, otwo#9280
I'll eventually make a game discord but for now feel free to send a DM 😁
@@transmattergamedev thank you man
are you gonna make the game cost money?
I haven't put much thought into it yet! That's something way down the line. We'll see as the game unravels!
I mean it’s a lot of work, should cost at least some money
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6:37 real
the most slay video yet
@@madelinejaimez6301 Cap
@@transmattergamedev not cap
the antenna ears look wierd