Developing Gameplay and Characters for Crimson Hollow RPG

🎮 The video is an update on the progress of a hand-drawn video game about a magical town called Crimson Hollow.

🎨 The visual artist game developer shares her strategy for creating characters in the game.

🔧 The focus has been on improving the gameplay, specifically the crafting system using recipe cards in the player's inventory.

✨ Players progress in blacksmithing from Apprentice to Journeyman to Master, unlocking new abilities and improving item quality.

📚 Revamped recipe page in the player journal to help manage recipe cards.

⛏️ Implemented a mining mechanic with different deposit types, providing ores for blacksmithing.

🏢 Created the exterior and interior of a cozy blacksmith shop in the game.

🎥 Organized player's animator with animation blending trees for mining, running, and object interaction.

🌙 A lunar energy bar was added to visually communicate the moon cycle to players.

🌃 Improved day and night cycle script that turns street lights on and off at night.

🌗 Implemented a lunar cycle script that displays the current phase of the moon.

🔑 Character design is essential in driving the player's narrative forward in the game.

🎨 Creating unique characters for video games requires a consistent and isometric animation approach.

🔄 The character design pipeline involves concept art, 3D modeling, and 2D animation.

🖼️ The character artwork in Crimson Hollow focuses on portraying professions and backstories through outfits and silhouettes.

🎨 To streamline the process, line art and flat colors are used for the character portraits, with emphasis on value ranges for visual interest.

🎮 The 3D modeling stage involves collaborating with an experienced modeler to create character models for animations, using a combination of miximo and unity asset store animations.

⭐ The creator is making progress in adding new characters to the game.

🎮 The creator has a Patreon page where supporters can access exclusive content.

📚 The creator also has a Discord server where they provide updates and engage with the community.

🙏 Thanks to the contributors and community for their support and motivation.

🎮 Adding gameplay and characters to the cozy RPG game.

👋 Signing off and looking forward to the next video.