Starting a New Side Project (Indie Game Devlog #1)

Описание: This is my first official indie game devlog for a new side project I'm creating! Game development can really be a long journey and I spent 2 years of my spare time, using Unity, in the development of my dream project. Taking a bit of a break from it right now to focus on releasing a smaller game in a reasonable time period, 3 to 6 months. For this game devlog, I focused on updating the weapon system to add some extra mechanics and visual effects (using Unity's shader and VFX graph), to make it more interesting. There was also a bit up performance optimization thrown in there too. With all of these updates, I think the weapon system is more or less complete, next I need to start working on the enemies or getting mobile controls working.

I'd love to hear what you guys think of it so far. Or if you're a gamedev yourself, I'm always interested in the stuff other people are making.

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:54 Refactoring Gamjam Code
2:35 Weapon Dropping System
3:46 Random Break
4:09 Weapon Pickups
4:31 Weapon Level Up System
6:25 Performance Optimization
8:30 Goals For New Project
9:06 Conclusion

Social Media:
Twitter -   / mark_viola  

Here are links to the tutorials I mentioned in the devlog:

Shader Graph Tutorials by Brackeys:
   • Basics of Shader Graph - Unity Tutorial  
   • DISSOLVE using Unity Shader Graph  

VFX Graph Tutorial by Gabriel Aguiar Prod:
   • Unity VFX Graph - Weapon Effect Tutorial  

Stock footage provided by Videvo, downloaded from www.videvo.net

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