Motivation Isn't Enough | Project Feline Devlog
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- Опубліковано 23 чер 2024
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This episode is a love letter to you and the Feline community at large for standing by me. In this episode I discuss my struggles with motivation and self-doubt during some pivotal decisions throughout the development of Project Feline.
Project Feline is an anime-style parkour adventure starring Gabi the cat-girl hybrid who can build insane momentum by running on walls, grinding on rails and sliding down hills. Using Gabi's feline abilities, players traverse complex environments as fast as possible! This documentary series explores my journey as an emerging indie game developer building my dream game from start to finish, utilizing the internet and community-powered tools like Unreal Engine and Blender.
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Chapters
0:00 Prologue
0:21 Creatures of Habit
1:25 Deliberating Doubt
3:02 It's Dangerous to Go Alone
3:47 Epilogue
#indiegame #gamedev #devlog - Ігри
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Even though I've withdrawn from UA-cam a bit this year, lots of progress (visible and invisible) has been made on Project Feline. Lately with the help of my supporters I've been able to set time aside to produce more devlogs in the background. There are multiple episodes in the works and it will be a little while before they are ready to come out, but I've been sharing daily updates and video editing process with my supporters via my Discord server.
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Here are some new features yet to be shown in the devlogs:
• Proper loading screens with % bars
• New cel-shaded enemy models & animations
• Momentum-based combat revamp
• Flexible mission objective framework
• Time & score attack mission types
• Collect-a-thon mission type (with time limit parameter)
• Floor-is-lava mission type
• Look development (in-progress)
• Procedural stage tools (in-progress)
• "Laboratory" stage (revisions in-progress)
• "Port" hub world (in-progress)
• HUD redesign
• Mission result screen system (with audio + animations)
• Optimised enemy spawn system (in-progress)
• Revamped Gabi model & animations (in-progress)
I'm currently working on a new model & animations for Gabi, which I am streaming here on UA-cam once a week!
Building habits is incredibly important. Not just for game development, but for life itself. I used to live an unhealthy lifestyle due to poor eating and little to no exercise. After slowly correcting my diet, I eventually started incorporating exercise into my week. Fast forward to today, if I don't do all of my exercises on my workout days, I feel ashamed.
A quote I love from William Somerset Maugham and I first heard from the book The War of Art.
"I only write when inspiration strikes. Fortunately I am inspired every day at 9am sharp."
Basically you just got to sit down and do the work. Even if you don't feel it. It's a tough skill to learn but it's a very valuable one.
4:06 YOOO that’s my art⁉️ Gameplay also looks more and more interesting as logs go on🔥🔥cant wait till the full project is out
The gameplay segment at 3:35 looks S O sick I can't wait to get my hands on this game.
Hope youre doing well, dude!
it looks smooth but i just cant get over how blank these wall looks just 2D object with texture
Oh yeah when I hear “titanfall inspired parkour anime momentum platformer” that’s exactly how I would envision it
@hishamaru 3:35 - 3:41 looks like it has a lot of variance. if we're talking about 3:41 onwards, maybe. but i was so focused on the speed and gameplay that i didnt even notice the textures on the walls.
Your project actually motivated me to create my own game, we're 2 years into development and also on Steam. Habit forming is CRUCIAL, there are SO many days when Unreal is crashing or when there's a game breaking bug, or when you've accidentally deleted a days worth of work and you want to give up, or put it off for awhile. I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one experiencing this.
Those who are searching for a way to be self motivated I have two -
1. Take a note book and everyday write down "I will make a great game" or something like that. Whenever you lose motivation, look at these words in the notebook.
2. If you are demotivated, try to find the reason. What made you upset? What is not letting you work? Try to find solutions to those aspects. If there's something distracting you, throw it away at once. If it's a bug irritating you, leave it, work on something else and get back to it next day. If you can't come out with something, again, give it time. Not necessary that you need to do it then and there.
These kind of shorter dev logs are just as inspiring and useful as the big ones.
Just keep up the good work. You know we're always looking forward to the next one.
I will be honest i have tried game devlepment but i just keep haiving issues so i keep giving up. So i never ended finishing my project for example like you saying have motivation and dout in myself in doing anything more. I want to say that we will keep suppoting you evem after project feline keep up the good work 👍 (sorry i just dont know how to end this comment in a proper way but i hope if raymen sees this it can help him to going forward )
SO EXCITED!! Don't doubt yourself, you've got something great here, and us speedrunners who spent hundreds of hours playing just the demo are proof of that!
I'll be patient for the next build! Keep it up!
i have been watching your development for a few years now. It's super exciting to watch your progress and inspires me to work on my game, thank you for the update.
Raymond: *Talking about motivation*
Me: That roaming attack looks SO COOL
Your attitude on self doubt as a tool is motivating in and of itself! Thanks for the inspiring content as always, just seeing the gameplay every few months makes me feel all sorts of creative hype for the project. Let's goooooooo!
Thank you for talking about this! I dont know how many times Ive had to explain to friends that the "motivation" for doing my own environment art isnt something given and instead is earned from trying everyday even if you dont get much done. you summed it up perfectly!
I'm always inspired by the work you do! Thank you for reviving my passion for game development!
bruh where all the members at lol
You were a motivation and inspiration for me. Making games isn't easy and it's important to be diligent and know in the end it's worth it.
This is a BIG help. Not only with game making, but with office work or school work.
Thanks for sharing your journey and making these videos!
While habbits beat motivation any day, I think there are a few rather easy things that can help "staying motivated" too, which also makes it easier to build habbits.
1) Streamline your work. You can't keep the initial enthusiasm forever so I think it's best to prepare a (high-level) guidance to minimize any roadblocks you may encounter. The less effort it requires to get started the easier it will be for you. The initial step is always the hardest too, so starting should be extremely easy.
For me this includes working with a project board, where I can define features/tasks and structure them. It prevents analysis paralysis as I otherwise often get lost in thoughts about what is most important next, what I need to do before starting with this or that feature or in brainstorming details. So I can just sit down, read through a handful of tasks and pick the one I want to work on the most. Restructuring, extending and maintaining the board is a welcome change from the dev work too, as I can just fully commit to just brainstorming and be creative.
2) Iterate fast. And I don't mean to rush everything but perfect is the enemy of good. When you are spending an eternity on a single task you'll likely get frustrated and burn out quickly. Especially if you finally got to a point where you are satisfied just to find out that the mechanic is not fun, doesn't fit the theme, etc. Progress and (small) successes on the other hand are inherently motivating I think, so keeping up a good pace can become a self-sustaining cycle. Just start and get some things done, even if you aren't super satisfied yet (as long as it works) or don't end up using it at all.
3) Look out for inspirations. I like to watch game retrospectives, dev logs, etc - mostly out of entertainment - but I often get new ideas and an urge to implement them, especially if I already had some similar concepts or ideas which I felt were lacking before. Getting inspired often brings a new wave of motivation. It's just important to keep the scope realistic and to weave the inspiration into what's already there, so don't just start a new project any time you have a cool new idea.
holy shit this gameplay looks crisp as fuck
Stay motivated! I love your blogs, and the passion you're putting into the project. The music, and everything else you've shared on your journey has been amazing! There's a lot of people who want you to succeed :D
I remember first hearing about this game, watching one of the earlier dev logs and seeing the effort put into animating Gabi at an anime frame rate in a full speed game, just being enamoured with the tech and coding work behind it. Cannot wait to see the game completed!
Thanks for posting this. As a beginner game dev, knowing that there’s a path forward for me to get over my inexperience and analysis-paralysis gives me just a bit of hope.
This is beautiful. This strategy can be applied to anything literally anything. I used to do the same thing when going for a run. My goal wouldn't be to go for a 5km run, it'd be simply be to put my running shoes on and step out the door, which was mentally far easier than "going for a run". The thing is once I had my running gear on and I was outside I FELT like running (90% of the time). It was very rare that I would turn around and come back inside. My fitness skyrocketed from the moment I started that habit.
Great tips mate! Can’t wait for the next update!
jeeps getting better and better! keep it up!
Oh yeah I definitely am looking forward to the next update looking at the footage, keep it up!
This is looking better and better every video!
so happy your still working as hard as ever
Super hyped! The art style is quite amazing and the gameplay is satisfying, can't wait to see this blow up on release!
Your environment design has improved so much over the course of development, keep it up!!
Awesome stuff so far! Been a long journey, but we're still here for ya!
Thanks for uploading this. I think it's the wake-up call that I needed.
Nice! Looking forward to more devlogs.
And yeah, a lot of development is unmotivating grind. It takes a lot of determination to finish a game.
This is really great wisdom for almost anything. I’m definitely going to trying it out. Keep up the great work! The game looks awesome!
Thanks for sharing how you approach this, it definitely must be a challenge with such a long term project
This video seems like the most relatable video youtube has shown me. As an indie guy myself with a big project (24M visits) sometimes the pressure of how you want the game or story or whatever to turn out can be too much. But developing habits & talking to your community are some of the best motivating factors out there. When I see people im my community be hyped for the full release I get very motivated to get it done... Addicted, even, as you said!
So what project you working on? I want to show my support! :)
Thank you very much for staying diligent to your goal. It's awesome to see. I mean it.
Thanks for sharing your experience, sir, I'm gonna use that into practice when studying or any other things that I struggle with
you're a huge inspiration to my moonshot gamedev ideas. thank you!
I also asked you how you're focusing on the project for a long time. And I worried that you're answering the question for almost 10 minutes on the live stream. And I haven't asked any other questions since then. Anyway, I've been working on my habits for like 2 years. And I haven't heard of a method like yours. But I figured out that if you want to do something. Don't do other things. Just stare at the walls if you're bored. Then your brain will start to work. I'm sure this game is going to BOOM! No matter the time that's being released, watching you make progress is motivating!
Hmm, just checked in last night, funny to see it up today
It's nice to get a project feline update again
Really excited for the game
2:38 this sequence looks so freakin amazin's✈also, the old adage quote is true: Motivation fleets. But discipline is key.
While making music and especially after passing the 50h mark on a song, I start writing a bunch of psychotic ramblings down on notepad to not bin the whole thing. Like:
-Fix the kick
-FIX THE KICKKKK!!!!!
-Really bad before hats
-Bitcrush on kick???
-Reese or top ruining kick??
-RENDER IF CHANGE TOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-Tape on everything?
It really helps. 👍
Very nice insight for a topic I think a lot of creatives have to wrestle with
Sup Raymond, see if you could revisit the overall level design, i think you were on to something with the Tony Hawks style open world aspect that leads to portals for different levels. Gamers just like other consumers dont know what they want, but being a dev myelf, I can tell you that your solution has been proven for Mario 64 (open hub world and transport to levels by traversing to paitings), Sonic, GTA. Trust me, you are on the right track, it will still provide some linerality.
Thank you!
Just like everything thats hard but needs doing, you just do it, and it gets easier to do as you do it.
Which sucks :P Theres no magic pill to make your entire project a breeze to do all the time. Ive been working on my own artsy projects as well, and the hardest part is constantly staying engaged enough to do the things that need doing, like the pose work or the building work. Its so easy to think it up and put it on paper in words, but actually crafting entire sets or making that pose look just right with limited tools and the like is very tedious and sometimes frustrating.
But the end result is always worth it. One thing that helps keep me moving forwards is that fact alone. The idea that i can look back at it and say 'i did that' just drives me.
But at the end of the day, you just do it because it needs doing and it wont be done unless you do it P:
Ironically another thing that really helps keep things moving, once you have this down and you just do it, is having a direction to move towards. Once you have both the drive and the direction, things usually just move on their own and fall into place. You just gotta set it all up and do it.
Guess you solved my dilemma, I'm always finding other things to do instead of learning and practicing.
There was a time when i was building and developing, but i let it go because of "motivation".
And your answer is quite spot on for my own problem.
Thank you so much for your words and hard work.
In moment my motivation is rage!
But i spread my experience and knowledge
solid solid solid advice
holy shit NOW THATS WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT games coming along super nice
I know you didn't show off a lot here, but it looks so good. Also nice bit of life advice you got there.
Make a habit, overcome doubt.
I'm pretty sure I can get one of these two to happen, don't know which one though.
you game is so cute and well done i realy like your work!
you got this broski
If you're ever looking for inspiration for level design, check out the 3D sonic games. Sonic is obviously a very fast character and while he is somewhat vertically limited, the more open straightaways could be a good part of levels to take inspiration from.
Спасибо
Nice attack patterns
That's kinda what I've been trying to do when I do my animation, work an hour a day at least. Unfortunately, my depression overtook me along with my doubts, and I've been doing nothing in the past few days. 😅 I've been kinda hoping maybe my second animation might jumpstart my channel and I could get support too. But I have my doubts lol.
Game's looking really good. I haven't been watching in a long while, but the algorithm suggested it again lol.
I was just like "I don't have any motivation to work on my game" then I go on youtube and immediately see this video
Go work on it!
thanks@@RaymondCripps
i am now waiting for Gabi the Cat-Grill Hybrid
i only recently started following project feline but i am super interested to see how Gabii's story plays out :D
I was just about to procrastinate. Thanks
I really need to take this advice. Instead of distracting myself with video games, I need to be able to just sit and make something. The games are starting to get boring, even... but because that's a habit, I just continue it, and it creates a negative feedback loop. Thank you.
Linear level design is underrated. No, I don't want to break my flow by having to explore or backtrack. Yeah, it's a little harder to tell a story or have a sensible world, but you can be immersed in the action instead.
I'm still so glad you went back to linear level design. It's refreshing to see this game played the way it wants to be played
This probably has an obvious answer seeing how speedrunning exists and this game being velocity focused but surely there's gonna be time records right? where you can see how fast everyone went through the stages, just sets up competition for those kinds of players.
Cool
I love the choppy style of movement animation. It makes it really look like she was ripped out of a manga and put into a video game rather than from an anime.
I know that giving Her I only one cat ear is deliberate choice to make Her stand out, but still I kinda struggle to accept asymmetry in anything remlutly humanoid. Ever fought about giving Her some kind of accessory on the other side to create some kind of balance. Maby give her holographic one on the other side, or some kid of antenna.
genius video
Fans: Why you're not loosing motivation?!
RaymondCripps: That's my secrete captain, I'm always unmotivated.
Ive been working on my project for about 6 months now and just this week, I've started having doubts about it, whether Im going in the right direction, should I lower the scope, should I change the game completely, should I just start working on a simpler project... For now, Im going to finish the demo and start gathering feedback and decide after that what to do
I really hope I'll be able to play this game, I've been following this project from the beginning and at the time I had a computer to play the demo on
I wish this would also come to console since I don't have a PC, but that's not likely to happen and that's okay
But I'll find a way to be able to buy and play this game anyway, because I love it so much
It only now hit me how similar this is to sonic
I'm on level design doubt low right now... it halted good 6mo progress.
New video cool
cat girl hybrid mix. still social and with it though
Kind of reminds me of a book I read, which basically said that negative emotions are not to be avoided but to be accepted. They are biological signal for something that needs to be changed.
Could you eventually make alt costumes for gabi?
Oh k
Why are there glowing yellow usury symbols floating midair?
I will try your methods hope they work for me tho (I am game dev like u)
Please consider to release the for Android mobile too, ill be happy spend money on it 😊👍
i know its hard but i would love if you could try and get this game onto xbox because i do not use my laptop for gaming and i do not have an actual pc so when im gaming i use xbox and this game looks absolutely amazing keep up the good work
how are there comments 4 days ago
do you use unreal engine for this game?
Game development is
Wow i didn't know about that offcore im kidding 😂
I know very well how hard the are in fact if didn't like make video games i will give up year's ago
But because I know that and i know that the only one able to this game i have in mind
I still continue working on my Big project's
As for the motivation i use different strategy wean i feaild un motivated i work in part that enjoy more and wean the time came i continue the part i have stock
One other thing i personally working on my project when ever i want after all this one good part for solo development like my self
Well said on the motivation habits.
if Gabi fits... will she sits?
level design also made me lose motivation lol
motivation idea: everytime someone pays in some random use you need to do a task or something in your game like "finish 20% of the big idea you have on your script" or just finishing a model to actually get the money.
Seems like you didnt upgrade to UE5. I think UE4 is more stable and most indies dont need Lumen and Nanite
As a developer using Unity, what are your thoughts on the price list?
you been working on this game for about 5 years man stop milking it lmfao
pls stop with the watermark, it's annoying
been here since the start. im glad your game has got so popular. keep up with the amazing work man 🫶