About jakefriend

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Solo indie dev from Toronto working on Scrabdackle, a top-down action-exploration game about a novice wizard exploring a strange land.

Wishlist on Steam and try the demo! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1578720/Scrabdackle/
Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/bUY6HP8

185% funded on Kickstarter in early 2021, and targeting a [ERROR_NOT_FOUND] release date :)

Scrabdackle - Act 1 preview reel

This reel gives a sneak peek at some environments I haven't shown publicly before - four dungeons, plus a couple other smaller areas. These areas are all part of Act 1 of Scrabdackle, but are found outside of the current demo boundaries (so technically, this isn't a reel of ALL of Act 1, or it'd ha…

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Scrabdackle Devlog - Procedural Generation: Making environments feel 'natural'

This video goes into details on how I use procedural generation in Godot to help make outdoor ennvironments feel more organic and 'natural,' and into my art asset design process overall. Hope you enjoy! 0:00 - Intro and PCG 1:01 - Decor types 3:02 - Asset design 5:13 - Outro Scrabdackle is a game…

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Scrabdackle Mini Devlog - Animating Peeky: How to animate a complex character in Godot

In this video, I'm using Aseprite for drawing the animation frames, and in Godot I'm rigging the character using spritesheets with AnimationPlayer nodes for managing frames and other properties, and AnimationTree nodes to string things together cleanly. Scrabdackle is a game made by a solo develop…

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