Godot Gamedev Diaries

https://parallelpapel.itch.io/bravesirknight/devlog/764274/release-5-is-out-stage-redesigns-no-new-adult-content

Some much needed level redesign was done for R5. I was initially torn between releasing it or holding it back until I could add more adult content. In the end, I opted to release it, as getting feedback on the level design would be useful.

My to-do list right now:
* New shield enemy, that is invincible from the front - possibly bear or cow
* New ranged enemy that throws a chakram or something that flies in a C curve - possibly feline
* Make a decent main menu screen
* Make proper graphics for the control scheme on the main menu
* Make better looking tilesets (note to self, tiles have to be 50x50 in size)
* Make better looking level backgrounds
* Find one new music to use for stage 3

Forgot to post here that Release 4 is available for download and browser play from itch.io. There's also an APK for Android devices!

The first upload had a visual bug that I completely missed, so I fixed that and reuploaded as R4a. Thus far, no other bugs have been pointed out, which makes me happy! On the other hand, a number of QoL have been asked for, mainly on F95, which is very understandable, though I may not put the effort into all of them, as I want to finish the game, not keep it around as a forever project. There's a lot I learned with it, so, once I move on, I can do something better.

Copying from my F95 post. Right now, imgbb isn't loading for me, nor is postimage.cc or even postimage.org, so no image uploads.
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So, having some trouble with my orc animation right now because of my own code working against me.

The problem: checking which sex scene to play happens both in the player AND the enemy's scripts. This is terrible because instead of having only one place to look at in order to fix, I have to keep checking two. How is this biting me in the ass? In the form of me not creating a "sex_on4s" for the orc gal. Since that part is written in the player script, I either work on a fix there, or create a proper "sex_on4s" animation for the orc, or create a dummy to stop some of the errors.

As if that wasn't enough, I also have to contend with this shit:


Yes, the face, hair and breasts are on the wrong side. Why? Because fuck if I know, Godot apparently hates working with bones. Keep in mind, this kind of error happens all the time with the orc gal in the editor, though a simple advance on any animation fixes everything's positions.


That's from the editor. Why in the fucking fuck that happens? Turns out it's because I'm being "lazy": the textures for the hair, chin, ear and face are all separate nodes, child nodes of the head shape. This means that, in theory, dealing with the parent node alone should replicate every position and rotation to its children.

This, however, becomes a problem because I'm not doing that straight on the textures, I'm doing that through a "RemoteTransform" node.
I'm not using these RemoteTransforms on the kobold enemy, but I'm using on the player and the princess, and the player's head textures can very easily "glitch" [URL='https://f95zone.to/threads/released-help-me-brave-sir-knight-a-godot-dev-diary-previously-just-sharing-my-great-idea.171385/post-11784188']if you move left-right fast[/URL], the head takes 1 extra frame to get in place with the rest of the body.
- Now that I actually know the fucking cause, I also understand why this is happening: Godot draws stuff on screen going from the bottom of each scene upwards. Child nodes are always drawn before the parent nodes. Due to the RemoteTransform, ONLY the parent node will be affected, a change that won't travel down until the next frame. Why, however, it's not properly updating while fucking the orc gal as shown way above, I still don't know.
- See, remote transforms were supposed to help in order to properly align the draw order of textures: you put the remote as a child of the bone, then just point to the actual texture, which will ideally be ordered elsewhere, so that it's easier to rearrange what piece goes on top of what, like breasts show on top of the torso, boots show on top of the shins, etc. But Godot's entire draw order is one of the most infuriating aspects of the engine. As I said above, it draws in a reverse vertical order, whatever's at the bottom of the scene's node list is drawn first and on top of other stuff.

Another annoying bug that popped up is that after fucking the orc, she'll remain stuck to the player.

On the bright side, she's properly attacking, being hit and disappearing if she dies instead of fainting.

As posted on the game's itch.io page:

Due to my actual full time job, I haven't had time to do much, especially after the hard drive failure some weeks ago (which erased my drawing progress on the new enemy, orc gal).

So, when will the next update drop? Fuck if I know. Right now, I have to finish revising and correcting a contract before the end of the year, so the real limit is december 15, give or take. That, by itself, wouldn't really bother me, deadlines are part of the drill. What isn't part of the drill is regulators asking my boss (and me, indirectly) "why are you delaying this process?" - To be fair, my boss is doing what he can to get us extra time.

Fun times...

Anyway, here's to hoping this shit moves forward ASAP, as I'd like to get home from work and just feel light and carefree.

https://parallelpapel.itch.io/bravesirknight

Release 2 is now available for browser play and download (windows and linux)!

Besides what I did in my 2 previous posts, I added some scale details to the kobolds' sex animations, as well as an option to choose between anal/vaginal penetrations

Now it's time to figure out what to work on for the next release. Off the top of my head, I can only think about graphics:

* Make a proper series of body parts for the player character;
* Make decent looking tilesets
* Make backgrounds
* Add an effect to hits that land
* Add a death animation for the bat, as right now, it just disappears

I could also use some extra female groans, moans and grunts to use with the sex animations, that'll require some time looking for free sounds around the 'web.

On another note, the face of the kobold in the mating press animation is something that I definitely want and will rework, but as is, it serves it purpose, so it'll remain for some time.

Very small progress these past few days, and expect further progress to be slow this month. Work is really biting my ass, so I can't dedicate as much time as before.

Anyway, I've managed to fix a bug that'd cause the player to randomly be unable to do anything after an attack. The culprit was an animation key. I've drawn a kobold head for the laying/mating press big animation, but haven't finished it properly yet. I've also created 3 pieces of top clothing for the kobold enemies to wear, give them nicer looks.

Once the head is done, I'll probably release V1.

Plans for the princess will probably wait a V2 release. I'll work on adding some logic to get a different reward based on how many enemies you raped before finishing the stage, getting the best one by not raping any. I might also add a bit of logic to make the player recover 1 health when he first rapes an enemy, so there'll be mechanical reason to do that, a double reward!