Making a game about size and scale (GMTK 2024 Devlog)

Link to the game I talked about that inspired me, 13F:

Go play the game, if you want to experience it yourself!

What's up, Gamers?
This is a devlog about my attempt to participate in the GMTK 2024 Game Jam! Hope you enjoy it!

The game that I'm developing as an indie game dev is called Isadora's Edge! A 2D Pixel Art platformer game, that I'm developing in the Godot Game Engine! If you're new to Godot or have any questions about Godot or game dev in general, feel free to ask me!

=== THE LOVELY AND TALENTED INSANDIO ===

=== ATTRIBUTIONS ===
Music used in the background is from the incredibly talented Low Frequency Music!

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[mojo.monkey]

I made a game for the jam about a "built" climber who "scales" a climbing route. It was fun being in the jam!

[luigiboy]

this was my first ever gmtk jam, and second ever game jam overall, nice to see you participated too lol

[walkersheep]

I love watching your videos; they are very entertaining! I can't wait to buy and play the game!

[cutiemonica]

I worked like every waking hour (and cut out half my sleeping hours) I had making my game Break to Scale, and I'll be real your work ethic here makes mine look slow LOL

[eatower]

This was a really interesting idea. I followed the herd and went with a space game. It's called gravity Riders and It's about gravity and time dilation and stuff.

[ludomaster]

I'll try to remember to watch this tomorrow, as I am in bed, and cannot have audio. I won't watch this video without audio. It is probably awesome though ^^

[darkoblivionmaster]

Oh nice to see you did the jam too! I'm rating games as I watch your video haha

[nilsmuller-cleve]

Really have to say your production value improved so much over the last two videos. The development footage adds a ton! <3

I can relate too much to crunching during gamejams to a point that it becomes unhealthy, so I love your idea of dedicating some set hours.
And even for 8 hours this is quite an impressive game you put together.

If you want to try your hand on similar scoped challenges I can recoomend the Trijam, which is a 3 hour jam that runs every weekend. You can even submit your entry if you took over 3 hours and mention how long you worked on it, which usually leads to lower ratings in the "time restrictions" voting category, but you're work isn't lost for slight mis-scoping.

[insandio]

Nice game yooo I actually had a lot of fun playing it!! Can’t believe you got it all working in such short time great job 👏

[Zyiah]

This was my first GMTK game jam and I really should've slept more

[Chromeheartsjay]

This was my first game jam and it was fun. My game is Mr mouse and it was fun to see how everyone else made a game with the theme given

[corpsthese]

From what you described, 13F seems pretty similar to The Exit 8 that came out 8 months before and got kinda trendy among streamers and stuff if I remember correctly ^^ Anyway, I'm gonna test and rate your game, it seems fun :P

[jacobkart]

I love how your game is coming along, will support the kickstarter. There’s a thought here about Sabotage and Sea of Stars for lighting stuff, also second wind jm8 might like you on the game dev podcast if that’s a thing.

[corpsthese]

Definitely gonna check your game, ours is about building a bigger and bigger space ship to shoot ennemies 🚀

[Duckamoly]

I was planning on only doing the first two days due to scheduling issues but since the levels weren’t finished I still had to use the few other hours in the next two days 😅
I made a superliminal styled puzzle game. Over time the cool ideas I had were culled due to various reasons but at least it was a fun little project at the end.

[vulcwen]

Oh it was last week already? Welp. At least I'm having a good time with my longer term project :)

[RKIOrbMage]

I made a super weird with a friend that's super good at pixel art for this gmtk... Our dynamic reminded me of you and your artist fer for Isadora's edge! You play as a dino in a spaceship that shoots evil snailiens (snail + aliens) to make their shells bigger. Then, you use your long neck to enter their shells with snake like controls, avoid the obstacles in the shells and destroy them from the inside!
So sad that you didn't manage to finish :(

[godliro]

In 4hrs!! whow!
Luv your videos mate and ur short vids are also super insightful!!

If I may ask, could you please make a video about state machine and how do you manage all those super complex attacks and states for Isadora!!
Thanks and am super excided to play Isadora's Edge!

[VX]

I have a really good idea for your indie game
You should add a speed power up and like it makes the main character have lightning spiralling around them and it makes them faster and jump higher and it also gives you a new way to attack you just hold down A and then that will make chain attack as long as you’re holding that down in sequence the main character in game will just keep attacking

[andreash]

sounds like a guide to a heart-attack with 30