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Kren

Kren was my first action platformer prototype. I never finished it even though it received overwhelmingly positive reactions when I first showed the gifs. I might reboot the project someday.

Kren devlog #3 – basic metroidvania planning

August 10, 2017June 9, 2016 by Nikles
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A well developed metroidvania game should start with a solid planning phase. One of the first things to figure out is the character movement. I’m not talking about physical variables such …

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Kren Devlog #2 – Officially looking for a (Pixel) Artist

August 10, 2017May 16, 2016 by Nikles
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Today I started posting around forums. I’m looking for an artist. I have no artistic skills whatsoever; I cannot draw tilesets, sprites, animations… let alone concept art.

Read moreKren Devlog #2 – Officially looking for a (Pixel) Artist

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Kren Devlog #1 – Upgrade System and Level Specific Items

August 10, 2017May 10, 2016 by Nikles
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This post is outdatedThe following (quite naive) ideas and methods have now been replaced. This post was written when I was just starting out with game development (I was learning …

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Game title: KREN

August 10, 2017May 10, 2016 by Nikles
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My Game Development setup

August 19, 2017May 6, 2016 by Nikles
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Not relevant anymoreThings changed quite a bit and thought I’m still using the same notebook, I’m now a happy Windows 10 user running GameMaker Studio 2. I use Linux only …

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Testing the platformer engine I’ve been working on

August 10, 2017May 6, 2016 by Nikles
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I’ll write a longer post soon. You can watch the video on youtube with some audio effects as well. I’m still early into the planning stages of the game. I …

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